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Panasonic, Siemens and Printed Electronics share innovation experience at Zuken annual conferences

March 27, 2014

27 March 2014 – Munich, Germany and Westford, MA, USA – Zuken announces a string of inspiring speakers for its annual Zuken Innovation World conferences, which continue next month. Panasonic will illustrate how they used Zuken’s CR-8000 Design Force to develop the world’s thinnest and lightest 20-inch, large-screen 4K tablet at the USA event inDearborn, Michigan (April 28-30), and will … Read More → "Panasonic, Siemens and Printed Electronics share innovation experience at Zuken annual conferences"

Qt Enterprise Embedded Latest Enhancements Showcased at EE Live!

March 27, 2014

March 27, 2014 — Digia will be spotlighting its newly enhanced Qt Enterprise Embedded out-of-the-box embedded software development offering and showcasing a wide range of new demonstrations at EE Live! Experts will be on hand to walk visitors through the features and functionality of Qt and there will be regular opportunities to see the power of the Qt cross-platform application and user interface (UI) development framework through several LIVE coding sessions on site.

Demonstrations will include:

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Daintree Networks, LG Electronics USA Join Forces to Reduce the Overhead of Wireless LED Lighting Control

March 26, 2014

LOS ALTOS, Calif., and ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., March 25, 2014 – Daintree Networks, Inc., the leading provider of open, networked wireless solutions for smart building control and energy management, and LG Electronics USA today announced they have teamed to create a fully integrated LED lighting solution with wireless control for commercial settings.

Together, the companies have worked to embed wireless communication capability directly into LED drivers used in LG LED lighting fixtures, enabling seamless interaction with Daintree’s ControlScope™ networked wireless control … Read More → "Daintree Networks, LG Electronics USA Join Forces to Reduce the Overhead of Wireless LED Lighting Control"

Nuvation Helps Ambri Advance Liquid Metal Battery Technology

March 26, 2014

March 25, 2014, Sunnyvale, California. Nuvation Engineering has helped develop a battery management system (BMS) that will enable Ambri to demonstrate a large-scale prototype Liquid Metal Battery grid-scale energy storage system. Ambri’s revolutionary new battery chemistry consists of earth-abundant materials and is designed to provide a low cost solution to the challenge of intermittent power availability in regions with wind and solar resources.

“The Liquid Metal Battery is an innovative solution that is unlike any other storage technology commercially available or in … Read More → "Nuvation Helps Ambri Advance Liquid Metal Battery Technology"

Econais demonstrates how easy it is to connect devices to the Internet of Things

March 26, 2014

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 26, 2014 – At the upcoming EELive! conference, Econais Inc., the technology leader in smart ultra low power miniature Wi-Fi module solutions for the Internet of Things, will be demonstrating how easy it is for device developers to wirelessly connect their Internet of Things devices to the internet. Think WiSmart.

At EELive! Booth Number 634, Econais will be demonstrating how almost any kind of device, no matter how simple or complex, can be connected to the cloud by using Econais Modules. Econais will be showing a … Read More → "Econais demonstrates how easy it is to connect devices to the Internet of Things"

Boost performance by as much as 100x on MSP430™ MCUs with the same power budget

March 26, 2014

DALLAS (Mar. 26, 2014) – Leveraging intelligent peripherals and optimized software to ease the burden of complex math instructions, Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today announced an expanded ecosystem of free and easy-to-use math libraries for its ultra-low power MSP430™ microcontrollers (MCUs). Both MSPMATHLIB and IQmathLib software libraries are ideal for applications where performance and power are critical, such as orientation tracking. It is now possible to use an inverse tangent … Read More → "Boost performance by as much as 100x on MSP430™ MCUs with the same power budget"

Mentor Graphics Announces Lean NPI Solution to Seamlessly Automate PCB Design and Manufacturing Processes for Optimum Productivity

March 26, 2014

IPC-APEX 2014, Las Vegas, NV, March 26, 2014 —Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced its unique new product introduction (NPI) solution that seamlessly links printed circuit board (PCB) design and manufacturing operations to deliver the industry’s first integrated, automated flow for the design, fabrication, and assembly of PCBs. The Mentor Graphics® Valor® NPI software product helps the design- and product-level NPI engineer prepare and validate product models according to the manufacturer’s rule-set in the engineer’s native design tool. This ensures a perfect design for production, … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Announces Lean NPI Solution to Seamlessly Automate PCB Design and Manufacturing Processes for Optimum Productivity"

Altera and Intel Extend Manufacturing Partnership to Include Development of Multi-Die Devices

March 26, 2014

San Jose and Santa Clara, Calif., March 26, 2014– Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) and Intel Corporation today announced their collaboration on the development of multi-die devices that leverage Intel’s world-class package and assembly capabilities and Altera’s leading-edge programmable logic technology. The collaboration is an extension of the foundry relationship between Altera and Intel, in which Intel is manufacturing Altera’s Stratix® 10 FPGAs and SoCs using the 14 nm Tri-Gate process.

Altera’s work with Intel will enable the development of multi-die devices that efficiently integrates monolithic 14 nm Stratix 10 FPGAs and SoCs with other advanced components, which may … Read More → "Altera and Intel Extend Manufacturing Partnership to Include Development of Multi-Die Devices"

Plessey launches dotLED products for the wearables market

March 26, 2014

Plymouth, ENGLAND – 26 March 2014 – Plessey today announced the launch of its smallest packaged MaGIC™ LED (Manufactured on GaN-on-Si I/C) aimed at the surging wearable electronicsmarket. The PLW138003 is a white LED in a 1005 SMT package designed specifically for the demand for ever smaller LED components producing highly collimated light. Plessey’s dotLEDsweighing 0.2 milligrams and a profile of 0.2mm are an industry-leading option for any wearable application with LED content.

The 1005-size of the PLW138003 (1.0mm x 0.5 … Read More → "Plessey launches dotLED products for the wearables market"

Synopsys Collaborates with Industry Leaders to Publish Book on Advanced Software Development with Virtual Prototypes

March 26, 2014

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

Includes case studies from mobile, consumer, industrial and automotive companies that are highly experienced using virtual prototypes for software development and hardware/software integration
Provides 200 pages of practical guidelines on how virtual prototypes enable concurrent hardware and software development, test and debug up to 12 months before hardware availability
Written to help developers and managers better understand software development methods that will result in products with higher quality and reliability, and … Read More → "Synopsys Collaborates with Industry Leaders to Publish Book on Advanced Software Development with Virtual Prototypes"