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Kistler North America Announces Lightweight Miniature Accelerometers for Automotive Component Durability Testing

October 18, 2012

October 18, 2012, Novi, Michigan, USA – Kistler (www.kistler.com), a worldwide supplier of precision sensors, systems and instrumentation for the dynamic measurement of pressure, force, torque and acceleration, has announced the availability of its lightweight miniature accelerometers for automotive component durability testing.

Throughout all phases of the new vehicle R&D and manufacturing process, Kistler accelerometer technologies are used to test the critical automotive components found on engine mounts, rear and front suspensions, steering assemblies, exhaust mounts, bushings, transmissions and drivelines, as well as within fully instrumented new … Read More → "Kistler North America Announces Lightweight Miniature Accelerometers for Automotive Component Durability Testing"

Freescale and eSOL to collaborate on software solutions for Vybrid automotive devices

October 18, 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif. and Tokyo, Japan. Oct. 18, 2012 ? Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL) and eSOL, a leading developer of real-time embedded software solutions, announced today that they would collaborate to provide software solutions for Freescale’s automotive Vybrid devices. Asymmetric dual-core Vybrid devices can simultaneously run both a real-time application and a multimedia application. eSOL has developed a software platform for automotive Vybrid devices, enabling customers to effectively develop both AUTOSAR-compatible real-time applications that communicate with electronic control units (ECUs) and infotainment applications that use a separate OS, for example, ITRON. The platform also provides the function of linking the … Read More → "Freescale and eSOL to collaborate on software solutions for Vybrid automotive devices"

Saelig Debuts New Low-cost High Power USB Inspection Microscope/Magnifier

October 18, 2012

Pittsford, NY, USA: Saelig Company, Inc. announces the MV600UM2 USB Inspection Microscope – an easy-to-use color digital microscope with a USB interface and magnification up to 600X. It breaks the mold of traditional microscopes by providing an integrated 2.0 MP digital/video camera and adding simple-to-use PC functions for measurement and image transfer. It is compact and portable, and fits a wide range of uses for industry, school and home. Its principal purpose is for high magnification examination of surfaces such as metal finishes, surface treatments, coins, and other collectibles.

In most cases, the MV600UM2 … Read More → "Saelig Debuts New Low-cost High Power USB Inspection Microscope/Magnifier"

STMicroelectronics in Cooperation with Soitec Makes 28nm FD-SOI CMOS Process Available Through CMP

October 18, 2012

Geneva and Grenoble, 18 October 2012 — STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM), Soitec (Euronext) and CMP (Circuits Multi Projets®) today announced that ST’s CMOS 28nm Fully Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (FD-SOI) process, which uses innovative silicon substrates from Soitec, is now available for prototyping to universities, research labs and design companies through the silicon brokerage services provided by CMP. ST is releasing this process technology to third parties as it nears completion of its first commercial wafers.

The introduction in CMP’s catalogue of ST’s 28nm FD-SOI CMOS process builds on the successful collaboration that has allowed universities and design firms to … Read More → "STMicroelectronics in Cooperation with Soitec Makes 28nm FD-SOI CMOS Process Available Through CMP"

Digi-Key Corporation and Touchstone Semiconductor Sign Global Distribution Agreement

October 18, 2012

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minnesota, USA – Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s largest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, and Touchstone Semiconductor, a developer of high-performance, low power analog integrated circuit solutions, today … Read More → "Digi-Key Corporation and Touchstone Semiconductor Sign Global Distribution Agreement"

2.5A, 15V Synchronous Boost Regulator Offers 95% Efficiency, 3MHz Switching & Output Disconnect in a 3mm x 4mm DFN

October 18, 2012

MILPITAS, CA – October 18, 2012 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC3122, a 3MHz current-mode, synchronous boost DC/DC converter with integrated output disconnect. Its internal 2.5A switches deliver output voltages as high as 15V from an input voltage range of 1.8V at start-up (0.5V when running) to 5.5V, making it ideal for battery or standard 3.3V and 5V power sources. The LTC3122 can deliver up to 800mA of … Read More → "2.5A, 15V Synchronous Boost Regulator Offers 95% Efficiency, 3MHz Switching & Output Disconnect in a 3mm x 4mm DFN"

Mentor Graphics Questa Verification Platform Enables Broad Adoption of Formal Verification

October 17, 2012

WILSONVILLE, Ore., October 17, 2012—Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced new formal-based technologies in the Questa® Verification Platform that provide mainstream users with the ability to more easily perform exhaustive formal verification analysis. The new Questa AutoCheck technology delivers fully automated formal checking analysis, while the Questa CoverCheck tool provides 100% code coverage closure. The Questa Verification Platform now also offers expanded clock-domain crossing (CDC) capabilities.

Formal verification offers exhaustive functional analysis of all possible design behaviors without the need to specify the test stimulus, enabling verification early in the design cycle, before creation of a simulation testbench. … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Questa Verification Platform Enables Broad Adoption of Formal Verification"

Green Hills Software Adds AUTOSAR Support to INTEGRITY RTOS

October 17, 2012

DETROIT, MI — October 16, 2012 — SAE Convergence 2012, Booth #416 — Green Hills Software, the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, today announces the availability of a compliant AUTOSAR (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 dilemma of ECU (Electronic Control Unit) bloat facing vehicles today. The modern automobile … Read More → "Green Hills Software Adds AUTOSAR Support to INTEGRITY RTOS"

Intrinsic-ID Launches Cloud Security Application Using ‘Electronic Fingerprint’

October 17, 2012

Eindhoven, The Netherlands, October 17th, 2012 – Intrinsic-ID launches Saturnus^®, an application that puts users back in control of their digital lives. With Saturnus, users can easily protect data with their mobile devices before sending it to the cloud. Intrinsic-ID’s Hardware Intrinsic Security^™ (HIS) technology gives Saturnus users peace of mind regarding the confidentiality of their data. It is the first application that offers security based on the combination of a two-factor protection, AES encryption and a software/hardware binding. Saturnus addresses both corporations as well as consumers.

Microchip’s New SMSC JukeBlox® 3.1 SDK and CX875 Wi-Fi® Network Media Module Provide Easiest and Most Cost-Effective AirPlay® Solution

October 17, 2012

CHANDLER, Ariz., Oct. 15, 2012 [NASDAQ: MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced its latest-generation SMSC JukeBlox^® Wi-Fi^® connectivity platform, featuring the JukeBlox 3.1-AAP (part # JB3.1-AAP) Software Development Kit (SDK) in combination with the new CX875 Wi-Fi Network Media Module. This platform expansion delivers highly integrated and specialized connectivity software along with a cost-optimized and fully certified CX875 Wi-Fi module, featuring the new, low-cost DM875 Network Media Processor and 8 MB of SDRAM to reduce BOM costs by … Read More → "Microchip’s New SMSC JukeBlox® 3.1 SDK and CX875 Wi-Fi® Network Media Module Provide Easiest and Most Cost-Effective AirPlay® Solution"

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