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XP Power targets harsh environment and sealed enclosure applications with 90% efficient baseplate cooled 400 W & 600 W power supplies

October 23, 2012

XP Power today announced the CCH400 and CCH600 series of compact single output baseplate cooled 400 W and 600 W AC-DC power supplies suited to harsh environment applications. With its highly efficient design, up to 90%, the CCH series generates substantially less waste heat that current product on the market, this being critical for use in sealed box applications. All heat-generating components are attached to the baseplate allowing heat dissipation through the sealed box chassis or heatsink. No forced air cooling is required.

Measuring just 8.43 x 4.02 x 1.69 inches (214 x 102 x 43 mm) the compact CCH series is up … Read More → "XP Power targets harsh environment and sealed enclosure applications with 90% efficient baseplate cooled 400 W & 600 W power supplies"

TI op amps set new performance and power benchmarks for pro audio and prosumer audio systems

October 23, 2012

DALLAS (Oct. 23, 2012) – Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced two bipolar-input audio operational amplifiers (op amps) that provide unmatched noise, distortion and bandwidth performance while dissipating a mere 1.5 mA. The power-efficient, dual-channel OPA1662 and quad-channel OPA1664 enable system designers to develop the next generation of professional and prosumer audio equipment capable of producing crisp, clean “true to the original recording” sound quality. These op amps are targeted at USB and FireWire audio systems, analog and digital mixers, portable recording systems, and other applications that require … Read More → "TI op amps set new performance and power benchmarks for pro audio and prosumer audio systems"

Green Hills Software Adds AUTOSAR Support to INTEGRITY RTOS

October 23, 2012

Green Hills Software, the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, has announced the availability of a AUTOSAR compatible (AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture) Application Programming Interface (API) for its industry-leading INTEGRITY^® real-time operating system (RTOS).

The availability of the new AUTOSAR API for Green Hills Software’s safety- and security-certified INTEGRITY RTOS – combined with the existing rich set of standard APIs for OSEK and POSIX – provides automobile manufacturers a clear path to address the growing … Read More → "Green Hills Software Adds AUTOSAR Support to INTEGRITY RTOS"

Xilinx Multiplies Productivity with Vivado Design Suite 2012.3

October 23, 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 23, 2012 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced the immediate availability of Vivado™ Design Suite 2012.3, offering for the first time new productivity enhancements for customers running the tools on multi-core processor workstations as well as new reference designs for speeding design implementation.

“We continue to focus on all aspects of our customers’ productivity with each new release of Xilinx’s next generation design environment,” said Tom Feist, Xilinx’s senior marketing director of design methodology. “With Xilinx’s massive All Programmable 3D ICs with up to 2,000,000 logic cells in mind, … Read More → "Xilinx Multiplies Productivity with Vivado Design Suite 2012.3"

60V, Synchronous Buck LED Driver Delivers Over 300W of LED Power

October 23, 2012

MILPITAS, CA – October 23, 2012 – Linear Technology announces the LT3763, a synchronous buck LED driver controller that delivers over 300W of LED power. Its 6V to 60V input voltage range makes it ideal for a wide variety of applications, including automotive, industrial and architectural lighting. Similarly, its output voltage can be set from 0V to 55V, enabling it to drive a wide range of LEDs in a single … Read More → "60V, Synchronous Buck LED Driver Delivers Over 300W of LED Power"

Renesas Electronics Announces the Development of Smart Analog – A Fully Configurable Analog Front-end Technology Enabling Smarter Sensors

October 22, 2012

Renesas DevCon, Orange County, , Calif., October 22, 2012 — Renesas Electronics America, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced Smart Analog, a technology innovation that stands to have a radical effect on the way engineers implement sensors in embedded designs.

Modern sensor devices are complex systems that require tuning of circuitry to convert the analog signals produced by the sensor itself into a signal appropriate for a microcontroller’s (MCU) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) subsystem. This iterative tuning process is time-consuming, adversely affecting time-to-market for most projects. The analog front end ( … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Announces the Development of Smart Analog – A Fully Configurable Analog Front-end Technology Enabling Smarter Sensors"

Keithley Combines a Curve Tracer’s Range and Simplicity with a Parameter Analyzer’s Flexibility and Precision

October 22, 2012

Cleveland, Ohio, 22 October 2012 * * * Keithley Instruments <http://www.keithley.com/> , Inc., a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, has introduced seven instrumentation, software, and test fixture configurations for parametric curve tracing applications for characterizing high power devices at up to 3,000V and 100A. They’re optimized to provide the industry’s most cost-effective solution for characterizing the growing number of high power semiconductor devices, including those based on silicon carbide <http:// … Read More → "Keithley Combines a Curve Tracer’s Range and Simplicity with a Parameter Analyzer’s Flexibility and Precision"

Logic Bank offers Design Services based on Cortus 32-bit processor cores and firmware

October 22, 2012

Montpellier, France and Bundang-Gu, Korea – October 22nd, 2012. Cortus, a technology leader in cost effective, silicon efficient, 32-bit processor IP, and SoC design experts LogicBank, announce that they are teaming up to offer implementation of integrated circuit designs based on Cortus 32-bit processor cores. LogicBank has also licensed the Cortus APS3R core.

Cortus S.A. licenses a range of 32-bit processor cores for embedded systems. The cores provide licensees with a wide choice in embedded computational performance and silicon area to meet a wide variety of application … Read More → "Logic Bank offers Design Services based on Cortus 32-bit processor cores and firmware"

Lattice MachXO2 Control Development Kit Enables Complex System Control and Interface Prototyping

October 22, 2012

HILLSBORO, OR – OCTOBER 22, 2012 – Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced the immediate availability of the Control Development Kit for its MachXO2™ family of ultra-low density FPGAs, enabling low cost prototyping of complex system control and video interface designs. The newly included MachXO2-4000HC device includes 4320 look up tables (LUTs) of programmable logic and 222 Kbits of on-chip memory, which meet the demands of system control and interface applications in communications, computing, industrial, consumer and medical markets.

Engineers can use the MachXO2 Control Development Kit as a … Read More → "Lattice MachXO2 Control Development Kit Enables Complex System Control and Interface Prototyping"

Atmel Expands into Rapidly Growing Ultrabook and Notebook Markets with New Windows 8 Certified mXT3432S

October 22, 2012

San Jose, CA, October 22, 2012 – Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, today announced sampling of the maXTouch® S Series touchscreen controllers designed for the rapidly growing Ultrabook™ and notebook markets. Building upon the success of the maXTouch S Series, the new Windows 8 Certified Atmel mXT3432S is a touchscreen controller with a small footprint optimized for touchscreens up to 17.3 inches.

As a co-engineering collaborator with Microsoft, Atmel has helped develop high performance touchscreen specifications to support prominent features of Windows 8. These include first-touch latency, finger separation, and support for … Read More → "Atmel Expands into Rapidly Growing Ultrabook and Notebook Markets with New Windows 8 Certified mXT3432S"

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