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STMicroelectronics Makes Analog 130nm H9A CMOS Process Available Through CMP

March 7, 2013

Rousset and Grenoble, France, 7 March 2013 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) and CMP (Circuits Multi Projets®) today announced that ST’s CMOS H9A process (at 130nm lithography node), which offers a large panel of analog and digital devices, is now available for prototyping to universities, research labs and design companies through the silicon brokerage services provided by CMP. The diffusion of the silicon wafers will take place at the ST plant in Rousset, near Aix-en-Provence (France). ST is releasing this process technology to … Read More → "STMicroelectronics Makes Analog 130nm H9A CMOS Process Available Through CMP"

Cadence Announces First Commercially Available Design IP and Verification IP for Mobile PCI Express

March 7, 2013

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – March 07, 2013) – Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, today introduced the first commercially available design IP (IP) and verification IP</ … Read More → "Cadence Announces First Commercially Available Design IP and Verification IP for Mobile PCI Express"

Digi-Key Corporation and MEMSIC Announce Global Distribution Agreement

March 7, 2013

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minnesota, USA – Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability, and delivery, today announced the signing of a global distribution agreement with MEMSIC, a leading provider of MEMS sensor components, … Read More → "Digi-Key Corporation and MEMSIC Announce Global Distribution Agreement"

Sensata Technologies’ industry-leading Differential Pressure sensors enable diesel automakers to meet the world’s toughest emissions standards

March 7, 2013

ALMELO, Netherlands, March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Sensata Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ST), a leading manufacturer of sensors and controls, has developed a generation-2 Differential Pressure Sensor (DPS) that diesel-automotive customers value for its industry-leading accuracy and durability in controlling emissions.

“Ten years ago, there were hardly any sensors for exhaust systems,” observes Tim Tiek,Sensata’s global marketing manager for Combustion & Exhaust. “Today, exhaust systems are so complex that automotive OEMs must continually add sensors to operate them properly.”

DPS measures the pressure difference between … Read More → "Sensata Technologies’ industry-leading Differential Pressure sensors enable diesel automakers to meet the world’s toughest emissions standards"

High Efficiency Bidirectional Multicell Active Balancer Maximizes Capacity Recovery in Series-Connected Battery Stacks

March 6, 2013

MILPITAS, CA – March 5, 2013 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC3300-1, a high efficiency bidirectional multicell battery balancer for equalizing cell state of charge (SoC) in a series-connected battery stack. With the LTC3300-1, applications such as electric vehicles (EVs), plug-in hybrid EVs and large energy storage systems using cells with mismatched capacities are no longer limited by the lowest capacity cell in the stack. The LTC3300-1 … Read More → "High Efficiency Bidirectional Multicell Active Balancer Maximizes Capacity Recovery in Series-Connected Battery Stacks"

Renesas Electronics Unveils Low-Power Microcontroller Family with up to 1MB of On-Chip Flash

March 6, 2013

Santa Clara, Calif., March 6, 2013 – Renesas Electronics America, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of a large number of new low-power, low voltage microcontrollers (MCUs). By expanding the low-power, low-voltage RX200 Series to include versions offering from 64 KB to 1 MB of on-chip flash memory, and package sizes from 48-pin LQFP to 145-pin LGA, Renesas now offers the broadest range of low-power 32-bit solutions in the industry. Combined with active mode power consumption of 7.2 mA at 50 MHz operation and a standby mode of 0.4 µA, the RX200 series is positioned to become the de-facto choice … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Unveils Low-Power Microcontroller Family with up to 1MB of On-Chip Flash"

New high performance, dual core stackable module with Texas Instruments TMS320C6657 keystone DSP

March 6, 2013

February 2013, Northwich, Cheshire – Kane Computing Ltd (KCL) have announced the availability of the D.Module2.C6657, the latest processing module in the D.Module2 series of next generation high performance stackable processing and interface modules.

The D.Module2.C6657 takes advantages of the performance and flexibility of the Texas Instruments 1.25GHz fixed and floating point dual core DSP with Viterbi and Turbo co-processors, providing 40 GMAC / 20 GFLOP per core processing power.

The module includes 3M bytes internal DSP RAM, 512M bytes DDR3 RAM, Gigabit transceivers (SRIO, PCIe) and a high-speed parallel peripheral interface, providing adequate processing … Read More → "New high performance, dual core stackable module with Texas Instruments TMS320C6657 keystone DSP"

HD-PLC Included in NIST SGIP Smart Grid Standards

March 6, 2013

San Jose, Calif. March 6, 2013—Kawasaki Microelectronics today announced that it is first in supporting the IEEE 1901 coexistence protocols that were recently announced by the HD-PLC Alliance. The alliance announced that its Broadband Powerline Communication Technology called HD-PLC IEEE 1901 was approved for inclusion in the NIST Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) Catalog of Standards in the United States.

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) initiated the public/private partnership SGIP to coordinate the development of standards for the Smart Grid. The SGIP produces and maintains a Catalog of … Read More → "HD-PLC Included in NIST SGIP Smart Grid Standards"

ACCES I/O Products Releases 6 New PCI-104 RS-232/422/485 Serial Communication Boards

March 6, 2013

ACCES I/O Products, Inc., a leader in cost-effective and easy-to-use serial communication and data acquisition products, is pleased to announce the release of a new family of PCI-104 serial communication boards—the 104I-COM-8SM Series. These PCI-104 boards feature a selection of 8, 4, or 2-ports of field selectable RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485 asynchronous serial protocols on a port by port basis. Ports are accessed via two 40-pin IDC type right angle header connectors. The 104I-COM-8SM Series are feature-rich and allow for the connection of multiple serial devices—ideal for a variety of applications such as POS, gaming systems, … Read More → "ACCES I/O Products Releases 6 New PCI-104 RS-232/422/485 Serial Communication Boards"

element14 presents the latest Freescale Freedom development hardware

March 6, 2013

CHICAGO – March 6, 2013 – Following the successful launch of the first Freescale Semiconductor Freedom development hardware for the Kinetis family last year, element14 is pleased to announce the global availability of a new board for evaluating Kinetis^® KL05Z MCUs (FRDM-KL05Z). The new platform is available to North American customers at Newark element14’s Read More → "element14 presents the latest Freescale Freedom development hardware"