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Rockwell Collins Develops SecureOneTM with SPARK Pro and GNAT Pro High-Security

September 17, 2012

NEW YORK, PARIS, and CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, September 17, 2012 – Design East Boston 2012 – AdaCore today announced the successful usage of its SPARK Pro and GNAT Pro High-Security products by Rockwell Collins in the development of the SecureOne^TM Guard, a high assurance cross domain guard for military tactical systems. The SecureOne Guard has strict requirements for reliability and security. In order to meet these needs, Rockwell Collins selected SPARK Pro and GNAT Pro High-Security as key development tools for the project.

Rockwell Collins selected the GNAT Pro High-Security and Spark Pro development tools to support the redeployment … Read More → "Rockwell Collins Develops SecureOneTM with SPARK Pro and GNAT Pro High-Security"

SPI/Digital or I²C µModule Isolator Provides Three Isolated Power Rails

September 17, 2012

MILPITAS, CA – September 17, 2012 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTM2883, a 6-channel SPI/Digital or I²C digital µModule® isolator with triple rail regulated power for 3.3V and 5V systems. In industrial systems applications, ground potentials can vary widely, often exceeding the tolerable range, which can interrupt communications or even destroy components. The LTM2883 breaks ground loops by electrically separating communications … Read More → "SPI/Digital or I²C µModule Isolator Provides Three Isolated Power Rails"

Xilinx Acquires Wireless Backhaul Solutions Provider Modesat Communications

September 17, 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 17, 2012 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Modesat Communications, a high performance wireless backhaul solutions provider with industry leading capabilities and roadmap. OEMs focusing on mobile backhaul platforms can now take advantage of Xilinx® All Programmable 7 series FPGAs and Zynq™-7000 SoCs< … Read More → "Xilinx Acquires Wireless Backhaul Solutions Provider Modesat Communications"

Microchip Expands USB Portfolio With Fifteen New 8-bit PIC® MCUs

September 17, 2012

CHANDLER, Ariz., Sept. 17, 2012 [NASDAQ: MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced from the DESIGN East/ESC Boston Conference the expansion of its certified Full-Speed USB 2.0 Device PIC^® microcontroller portfolio with three new Enhanced Midrange 8-bit families comprising 15 scalable MCUs ranging from 14 to 100 pins with up to 128 KB of Flash. All feature internal clock sources with the 0.25% clock accuracy necessary for USB communication, which saves up to $0.15 by eliminating the need for an external crystal. Additionally, all three … Read More → "Microchip Expands USB Portfolio With Fifteen New 8-bit PIC® MCUs"

Tektronix Adds Critical Support for 100G Communications Test

September 17, 2012

BEAVERTON, Ore., September 17, 2012 – Tektronix, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of oscilloscopes,today announced a significant expansion of its BERTScope Bit Error Rate Tester Series to meet growing 100G testing requirements. With the introduction of the new Tektronix BSA286C BERTScope,Tektronix becomes the first test equipment manufacturer to offer complete support for standards-compliant testing up to 28.6 Gb/s, including error detection, pattern generation and clock recovery.

As service providers struggle to meet global bandwidth demands, development labs face time-to-market challenges such as extremely small timing and … Read More → "Tektronix Adds Critical Support for 100G Communications Test"

Aldec Enters ASIC Prototyping Market with HES-7™ Leveraging Xilinx’s Virtex®-7, HES-7 expands up to 96m ASIC Gate Capacity

September 17, 2012

Henderson, NV – September 17, 2012 – Aldec, Inc., today announces the immediate availability of HES-7, a scalable ASIC prototype system that lowers the cost of today’s ASIC prototype process. HES-7 takes advantage of the Xilinx® Virtex-7 2000T 3D IC, which enables design capacity up to 24 million ASIC gates on a single HES-7 board. HES-7 utilizes a non-proprietary high-speed backplane connector that enables easy expansion of custom daughter boards or can enable up to four (4) HES-7 boards to interconnect – which provides design capacity up to 96 million ASIC gates.

“Today’s SoC/ASIC prototype … Read More → "Aldec Enters ASIC Prototyping Market with HES-7™ Leveraging Xilinx’s Virtex®-7, HES-7 expands up to 96m ASIC Gate Capacity"

Avnet Embedded Extends Offering to Americas Customers with Line of Computer-on-Modules from congatec, Inc.

September 14, 2012

San Diego, California – September 13, 2012 – congatec, Inc., a leading manufacturer of embedded computer modules announced today it has inked a distribution agreement with Avnet Embedded, a division of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business unit of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT). Avnet will now offer its Americas customers congatec’s complete line … Read More → "Avnet Embedded Extends Offering to Americas Customers with Line of Computer-on-Modules from congatec, Inc."

Cortus APS3 Processor Deployed in Selected Discretix CryptoCell® Security Platforms

September 14, 2012

Montpellier, France, 14th September 2012. Cortus, a technology leader in ultra-low power, silicon efficient 32-bit processor IP today announced that the Discretix has licensed the APS3 processor core. Utilized in selected versions of the Discretix CryptoCell embedded security platforms, the APS3 core has been deployed in high volumes for a variety of smartphones, tablets and home devices.

The small silicon footprint, low power consumption and high performance of the APS3 have assisted Discretix in providing optimized, cost effective security co-processor design to its IC platform customers that do not use an ARM TrustZone host processor.

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Wireless Raspberry Pi Modules Now Available From LPRS

September 13, 2012

YouTube demo of the easyRadio CONNECT2-Pi Raspberry Pi Wireless Dongle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8U5afdb_LM&feature=em-share_video_user

LPRS, Europe’s leading supplier of short-range radio devices has introduced the eRA-Connect2-PI, a USB module that provides a simple wireless bridge between two Raspberry Pi’s (Pi2Pi), or a Raspberry Pi and a PC … Read More → "Wireless Raspberry Pi Modules Now Available From LPRS"

World’s smallest 5 & 10 Watt AC-DC power supplies

September 13, 2012

XP Power today announced the launch of what are believed to be the world’s smallest 5 & 10 Watt single output AC-DC power supplies. Measuring just 1 x 1 x 0.6 inches, (25.4 x 25.4 x 15.24 mm) the miniature 5 Watt ECE05 series of encapsulated board mount power supplies are ideal for end-product designs where the available board space is at a premium and a low power high power density supply is required. Complementing the ECE05 series, the ECE10 series provides 10 Watt output from an equally compact encapsulated package measuring just 1.5 x 1 x 0.6 inches (38.1 x 25.4 x 15.24 mm).

Both series comprise seven … Read More → "World’s smallest 5 & 10 Watt AC-DC power supplies"

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