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TI expands sensing portfolio with Hall effect magnetic sensors

May 19, 2014

DALLAS (May 19, 2014) – Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today strengthened its motor solutions and sensing portfolio with the addition of a new family of Hall effect magnetic sensors designed for use in industrial applications ranging from position detection to motor control. The rugged and fully protected DRV5000 sensor products include digital latch, digital switch and analog bipolar output options for such diverse applications as brushless DC (BLDC) motor control, home security, industrial valve and damper position sensors, speed and position control loops, and flow meters. For more information on the … Read More → "TI expands sensing portfolio with Hall effect magnetic sensors"

Get Sensitive with Honeywell’s Nanopower Magnetoresistive Sensor ICs Available from Mouser Electronics

May 19, 2014

May 19, 2014 – Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now shipping the new < … Read More → "Get Sensitive with Honeywell’s Nanopower Magnetoresistive Sensor ICs Available from Mouser Electronics"

Arduino and Atmel Unveil the Arduino Zero

May 16, 2014

Somerville, Mass. and San Jose, Calif., May 15, 2014—-Arduino LLC, the leading open-source hardware platform in the maker and education community and Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a global leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch solutions, today announced the latest development board, Arduino Zero.

Arduino Zero is a simple, elegant and powerful 32-bit extension of the platform established by Arduino UNO. The Zero board aims to provide creative individuals with the potential to realize truly innovative ideas for smart IoT … Read More → "Arduino and Atmel Unveil the Arduino Zero"

TI’s C2000™ Solar Micro Inverter Development Kit provides complete hardware and software for high-performance solar power systems

May 16, 2014

Houston (May 15, 2014) – Easing design for rapidly growing solar power applications, Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) announces its C2000™ Solar Micro Inverter Development Kit. The kit implements a complete grid-tied solar micro inverter based around TI’s C2000Piccolo™ TMS320F28035 microcontroller (MCU). Solar micro inverters are an emerging segment of the solar power industry. Rather than linking all solar panels in an installation together to a central inverter, solar micro inverter systems place smaller, or “micro,” … Read More → "TI’s C2000™ Solar Micro Inverter Development Kit provides complete hardware and software for high-performance solar power systems"

Silicon Valley Specialty Foundry Noel Technologies Reducing Costs of Nanoimprint Stamps

May 16, 2014

May 15, 2014, Campbell, CA – Noel Technologies, a Silicon Valley specialty foundry offering process development and substrate fabrication, is now offering services for nanoimprint technology that reduce the costs of the nanoimprint stamps.

Working with clients in the nanoimprinting marketplace, Noel is developing thin film deposition techniques with optical lithography to lessen the costs associated with producing the stamps. Also, Noel has been working with different stamp materials and films to shrink the critical dimensions (CD) down to the .2-micron range.

These film deposition and shrinking techniques can reduce the CD of holes, pillows and posts in … Read More → "Silicon Valley Specialty Foundry Noel Technologies Reducing Costs of Nanoimprint Stamps"

Mirabilis Design announces VisualSim Avionics Full-duplex Switched Ethernet (AFDX) modeling Library: a system-level modeling environment to design aerospace network architectures

May 16, 2014

Sunnyvale, CA, 15th May, 2014

HIGHLIGHTS:

VisualSim AFDX modeling library is a system-level modeling environment to evaluate the performance, power consumption and reliability of the aerospace network protocol using AFDX.
Using the VisualSim AFDX library, engineers can model high level system bus and assemble various subsystem modules such as inertial platform, auto-pilot and displays that are connected to the data communication network.
VisualSim AFDX library supports full duplex, double redundancy, high performance and deterministic/non-deterministic response time.

Mirabilis Design Inc. of Sunnyvale, CA today announced the … Read More → "Mirabilis Design announces VisualSim Avionics Full-duplex Switched Ethernet (AFDX) modeling Library: a system-level modeling environment to design aerospace network architectures"

STMicroelectronics Nurtures Young Talent in Smart Sensor Technology

May 16, 2014

Singapore, May 16, 2014 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, the world’s top MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) manufacturer and the leading supplier of MEMS for devices for consumer and mobile applications^{^[1]}, today announced the winners of its University iNEMO Design Contest 2014. The announcement concludes a year-long technology mentoring engagement with final-year engineering students from the National University of Singapore and The Nanyang Technological University. The students were mentored by ST engineers in … Read More → "STMicroelectronics Nurtures Young Talent in Smart Sensor Technology"

Mars Photos from Curiosity Compressed On Demand Using JPEG Encoder IP Core in MSSS Camera System

May 15, 2014

Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, May 15, 2014 – CAST, Inc. salesperson Steve Lilly couldn’t have imagined he’d help produce the galaxy’s most prolific selfie-shooting robot when he took that first call from Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS). Yet that’s what ended up happening, as the JPEG Encoder IP Core MSSS licensed from CAST now plays a key role in getting Curiosity Rover’s amazing photos of Mars—and itself—back down to Earth.

The innovative system MSSS designed for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover uses three imaging systems: the Mars Descent … Read More → "Mars Photos from Curiosity Compressed On Demand Using JPEG Encoder IP Core in MSSS Camera System"

Pasternack Releases New Family of Low Noise Amplifiers

May 15, 2014

May 15, 2014 – Irvine, CA – Pasternack Enterprises, Inc., an industry leading manufacturer and supplier of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, releases a new family of low noise amplifiers (LNA) capable of high gain and broadband performance between 9 KHz and 18 GHz which are widely used across the spectrum of military and commercial applications.

In Pasternack’s latest release, a total of fourteen new low noise amplifiers are offered. These low noise amplifiers provide customers … Read More → "Pasternack Releases New Family of Low Noise Amplifiers"

Miniaturized Bluetooth Smart system-in-package module removes need for RF expertise when developing smallest smartphone appcessories and sensors

May 15, 2014

Oslo, Norway – May 15, 2014 – Ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OSE: NOD) today announces that French multi-die system-in-package (SiP) design specialist, Insight SiP, has developed a miniaturized Nordic nRF51822 System-on-Chip-based Bluetooth® Smart module that requires no specialist RF engineering experience to employ and targets highly space-constrained smartphone and tablet appcessories, and computer accessories, such as body-worn health and wellness sensors and key fob proximity detectors.

The Insight SiP ISP130301 measures just 8 x 11 x 1.2 mm in size (smaller than an adult thumb nail) and … Read More → "Miniaturized Bluetooth Smart system-in-package module removes need for RF expertise when developing smallest smartphone appcessories and sensors"