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Accelerometers from STMicroelectronics Track Activity of Objects and People Before Reporting to Mother

February 18, 2014

Geneva, February 18, 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^{^[2]}, today announced that its accelerometer is helping to track motion in the innovative Mother and Motion Cookies from Sen.se, a designer of smart connected devices for the Internet of Things.

Sen.se’s Mother is a caring, adaptable, and programmable … Read More → "Accelerometers from STMicroelectronics Track Activity of Objects and People Before Reporting to Mother"

Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas Demonstrates Microsemi FPGA Mainstream Market Value in New SpeedWay Design Workshops

February 18, 2014

PHOENIX— February 18, 2014 — Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Read More → "Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas Demonstrates Microsemi FPGA Mainstream Market Value in New SpeedWay Design Workshops"

videantis showcases unified video/vision processor solution at Mobile World Congress

February 18, 2014

Hannover, Germany, February 18, 2014 – videantis GmbH will showcase its latest low power computer vision and video coding solutions at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week. Compared to a host CPU, the licensable videantis processor IP provides a 100x performance increase and 1000x power reduction, ideal for bringing HD/UHD video coding and novel always-on computer vision and image processing algorithms to mobile application processors.

Technologies on display

Flexible, multi-format HD/UHD video encode/decode. With support for over 15 video codecs, including 10/12 … Read More → "videantis showcases unified video/vision processor solution at Mobile World Congress"

Telit Unwraps Second Positioning Module Based on MediaTek’s Single Chip SoC Technology

February 18, 2014

RALEIGH, N.C. and LONDON – February 18, 2014 – Telit Wireless Solutions, a global provider of high-quality machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions, products and services, today announced the market introduction of Jupiter SL871. The new module, which is based on MediaTek’s low-power MT3333 core, enables multi-constellation tracking. The SL871 is the ideal solution for battery-life sensitive GNSS applications that do not … Read More → "Telit Unwraps Second Positioning Module Based on MediaTek’s Single Chip SoC Technology"

Diodes Incorporated Announces Low Voltage, Low Current Op-Amp for Battery-Powered Applications

February 18, 2014

Plano, Texas – February 18, 2014 – Diodes Incorporated has introduced the TLV271 single channel, rail-to-rail output op-amp. A drop-in replacement for alternative industry standard parts, the op-amp enables designers to make full use of the entire supply voltage operating range.

The device’s wide operating range of 2.7V to 16V enables the TLV271 to support an array of battery- and low-powered consumer and industrial products. A quiescent current of only 550µA helps minimize device power consumption over a gain bandwidth of 2MHz and slew rate … Read More → "Diodes Incorporated Announces Low Voltage, Low Current Op-Amp for Battery-Powered Applications"

Xilinx Announces 1.6Gbps Low Power, Low Cost, Small Cell Backhaul Modem SmartCORE IP for Millimeter Wave Applications

February 18, 2014

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced its 1.6Gbps low power, low cost, small cell backhaul modem IP for millimeter wave applications. The Xilinx® 256 QAM millimeter wave modem solution supports both point to point as well as point to multipoint line-of-sight communications and addresses both 60GHz and 80GHz markets. Part of the Xilnx SmartCORE™ IP portfolio, this solution consumes less than 5W of power at 1+Gbps data rates. By leveraging the 256 QAM millimeter wave modem IP solution, wireless … Read More → "Xilinx Announces 1.6Gbps Low Power, Low Cost, Small Cell Backhaul Modem SmartCORE IP for Millimeter Wave Applications"

Datalight Expands Its Comprehensive Flash Memory Support to Include SPI NOR and Freescale i.MX6 Flash Memory Controller

February 18, 2014

Datalight Inc., leading developer of flash file systems known for simplifying support for complex flash memory technologies, today announced the latest version of its market-leading FlashFX Tera product with support for SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) NOR. FlashFX Tera provides suppor t for a wide range of NOR, SLC and MLC NAND, and sophisticated NAND controller technologies. Now system designers have access to the flexibility, wear leveling and other patented Datalight technologies on SPI NOR flash.

Fairview Microwave Introduces Low PIM Mini-DIN 4.1/9.5 Adapters

February 17, 2014

February 17, 2014 – Allen, TX – Fairview Microwave, Inc. a preeminent supplier of on-demand microwave and RF components, introduces a complete line of mini-DIN 4.1/9.5 adapters intended for use in applications requiring low passive intermodulation (low PIM) performance such as cell sites or indoor/outdoor distributed antenna systems (DAS).

Mini-DIN adapters used in RF applications are similar in design to 7/16 DIN connectors, but have a more compact body and offer more precise electrical performance. Fairview Microwave’s new 4.1/9.5 mini-DIN adapters offer excellent VSWR performance of 1.25:1 up to 6 GHz. … Read More → "Fairview Microwave Introduces Low PIM Mini-DIN 4.1/9.5 Adapters"

Industrial Temperature iPAC 9X25 ARM Single Board Computer

February 17, 2014

Carbondale, Illinois – EMAC, Inc.; a leader in compact low power single board computer design and manufacturing has created the iPAC-9X25. Made in the USA this industrial strength ARM embedded single board computer is based on Atmel AT91SAM9X25 Processor. It has an industrial temperature range of -40C to +85C and utilizes 4GB of eMMC Flash, 16MB of Serial Data Flash (for boot), and 128 MB of DDR RAM.

The iPac-9X25 is a web enabled microcontroller with the ability to run an embedded server and to display the current monitored or logged data. The web … Read More → "Industrial Temperature iPAC 9X25 ARM Single Board Computer"

Merit Sensor Systems, Inc. Introduces The BP Series Blood Pressure Medical Sensor

February 17, 2014

Anaheim, California – February 11, 2014— Merit Sensor Systems, Inc., a leading designer, developer and manufacturer of pressure sensing solutions, announced here today at the Medical Design and Manufacturing Conference (exhibiting at Booth #1901), its BP Series of medical pressure sensors. These devices have been designed to provide a form, fit and function solution to existing applications and fully conform to the American Association of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) Standard BP22. They employ Merit’s proprietary Silicon Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) technology and exploit all of its benefits, including low-cost, item-to-item reproducibility and ruggedness. The BP Series operates over the pressure measurement range of … Read More → "Merit Sensor Systems, Inc. Introduces The BP Series Blood Pressure Medical Sensor"