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Carbodeon NanoDiamonds PTFE Coating doubles surface durability and reduces friction by up to 66 percent

March 5, 2014

Vantaa, Finland – 5th March 2014: Surface coatings specialist Carbodeon has released a new PTFE/NanoDiamond coating with twice the durability and up to 66 percent less friction than current products. The new coating has huge potential to cost-effectively reduce CO₂ output and fuel demand, as well as to improve equipment lifespan, in fields such as the automotive, aerospace and industrial machinery industries.

NanoDiamond particles are hardwearing, small, and offer very low surface friction. Carbodeon has developed a liquid dispersion of 4-6nm NanoDiamond particles with surface chemistry that has been … Read More → "Carbodeon NanoDiamonds PTFE Coating doubles surface durability and reduces friction by up to 66 percent"

Xilinx Highlights 400G OTN Solutions for Smarter Networks at OFC 2014

March 5, 2014

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 4, 2014 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) will highlight 400G OTN solutions for Smarter Networks at OFC 2014. Through a series of demonstrations and presentations Xilinx will showcase how its All Programmable devices and highly optimized SmartCORETM IP portfolio provide the fastest time to differentiation for wired network applications. Leveraging 7 series devices, the now shipping UltraScaleTM family, and the Vivado® Design Suite, Xilinx’s highly compact OTN solutions enable customers to design and deliver more efficient communications systems. To learn more … Read More → "Xilinx Highlights 400G OTN Solutions for Smarter Networks at OFC 2014"

Mentor Graphics Proposes New Accellera Standards Committee for Graph-Based Test Specification Standard

March 5, 2014

WILSONVILLE, Ore., March 4, 2014—Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ: MENT), today announced it has proposed that a new Accellera standards committee be formed to investigate the standardization of a graph-based test specification standard. To underscore this endeavor, Mentor will make a technical donation of its existing graph-based test specification format to jump-start the standardization effort.

“The Mentor graph-based specification technology brings compelling new value to the verification domain with its capabilities for quickly and exhaustively covering the device state space,” said Peter Jensen, owner and managing director, SyoSil. “This lets us use a unified graph-based description for traditional coverage-driven … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Proposes New Accellera Standards Committee for Graph-Based Test Specification Standard"

Actility and Semtech Offer Low-Cost Long-Range Radio Solution For M2M and Internet Of Things (IoT) Applications

March 5, 2014

Camarillo, CA., March 5, 2014 – Actility and Semtech Corporation unveiled today ThingPark Wireless®, an innovative, low-cost long-range bidirectional radio solution allowing M2M sensor OEMs and application providers to significantly improve market adoption.

ThingPark Wireless is based on Semtech’s ultra-long range, bidirectional LoRa™ radio transceivers for end-devices and Actility’s wireless M2M gateway with an open cloud-based platform for application development.

Actility has designed ThingPark Wireless® as an off-the-shelf solution ready to support adoption … Read More → "Actility and Semtech Offer Low-Cost Long-Range Radio Solution For M2M and Internet Of Things (IoT) Applications"

Mentor Graphics Proposes New Accellera Standards Committee for Graph-Based Test Specification Standard

March 4, 2014

“The Mentor graph-based specification technology brings compelling new value to the verification domain with its capabilities for quickly and exhaustively covering the device state space,” said Peter Jensen, owner and managing director, SyoSil. “This lets us use a unified graph-based description … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Proposes New Accellera Standards Committee for Graph-Based Test Specification Standard"

University steps closer to energy harvesting material

March 4, 2014

The long term results could lead to energy harnessing carpets or mobile devices, like phones and tablets, being charged on the move. The research has just been published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, in the world’s leading academic journal, Energy and Environmental Science ( EES, impact factor of 11.65 ).

The research carried out previously at Bolton demonstrates the development of continuous piezoelectric yarns which show high flexibility and high mechanical strength. This has now made it possible for piezoelectric … Read More → "University steps closer to energy harvesting material"

ADLINK Announces Compact COM Express® Type 6 Module Featuring High Performance and Ultra-Low Power Consumption

March 4, 2014

March 4, 2014 – San Jose, CA – ADLINK Technology Inc., a global provider of embedded building blocks and Application Ready Intelligent Platforms (ARIPs), today announced its new offering, the cExpress-HL COM Express® Type 6 Compact size computer-on-module (COM), which takes full advantage of the mobile 4th generation Intel® Core™ processor (formerly known as Haswell-ULT) to provide a compact, high-performance COM solution with outstanding graphics capabilities. The cExpress-HL targets embedded systems in medical, digital signage, gaming, video conferencing and industrial automation that need outstanding CPU and graphics performance, but … Read More → "ADLINK Announces Compact COM Express® Type 6 Module Featuring High Performance and Ultra-Low Power Consumption"

TI InstaSPIN-FOC technology celebrates one year of unprecedented, sensorless motor control with key updates, further easing design and improving efficiency

March 4, 2014

Houston, TX (Mar. 4, 2014) – Today, Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) celebrates the one-year birthday of the revolutionary TI InstaSPIN™-FOC (field-oriented control) motor control technology, along with announcing some exciting new updates and a special birthday C2000™ InstaSPIN-enabled tool offer. The InstaSPIN-FOC breakthrough motor technology has enabled motor control system designers to identify, tune and fully control (through variable speeds and loads) any type of three-phase – synchronous or asynchronous motor – in just minutes. It removes the need for a mechanical rotor sensor to reduce … Read More → "TI InstaSPIN-FOC technology celebrates one year of unprecedented, sensorless motor control with key updates, further easing design and improving efficiency"

New Microphone Closes the Performance Gap Between Array and High-End Condenser Microphones

March 4, 2014

March 3, 2014 – Depew, NY – PCB Piezotronics launches new ¼? high-amplitude array microphone designed to enable research engineers to locate noise sources in appliances, industrial tools, machinery, aircraft and automotive interiors. The microphone measures acoustic signals in the audible range of the human ear and offers an extended dynamic and frequency range often found on more expensive condenser microphones.

This all-in-one, prepolarized microphone and preamplifier has a 30 dBA low noise floor and a 143 dB upper range making it one of the highest dynamic ranges available in array class microphones. The flat frequency range up to 20 kHz allows … Read More → "New Microphone Closes the Performance Gap Between Array and High-End Condenser Microphones"

Agilent Technologies’ 80- and 120-MHz Trueform Waveform Generators Deliver Unrivaled Capabilities and Signal Accuracy

March 4, 2014

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 3, 2014 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the 33600A Series waveform generators with exclusive Trueform signal-generation technology. With Trueform, the instruments are able to deliver unmatched capabilities used to generate a full range of signals for even the most demanding measurements required by engineers and technicians during electronic device design and manufacturing test.

Agilent’s 33600A Series, which comprises four different one- and two-channel models, can generate waveforms up to 120 MHz at a 1 GSa/s sampling … Read More → "Agilent Technologies’ 80- and 120-MHz Trueform Waveform Generators Deliver Unrivaled Capabilities and Signal Accuracy"

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