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MOSIS collaborates with imec, Tyndall and ePIXfab to offer advanced silicon photonics technology

May 2, 2013

Leuven, (Belgium), May 2, 2013 – MOSIS, a provider of low-cost prototyping and small volume production services for custom ICs, teams up with ePIXfab, the European Silicon Photonics support center providing low-cost prototyping services for photonic ICs. The partnership gives MOSIS’ customers access to imec’s state-of-the-art fully integrated silicon photonics processes and Tyndall’s advanced silicon photonics packaging technology.

Imec’s silicon photonics platform enables cost-effective R&D of silicon photonic ICs for high-performance optical transceivers (25Gb/s and beyond) for telecom, datacom, and optical sensing for life science applications. The offered integrated components include low-loss waveguides, efficient … Read More → "MOSIS collaborates with imec, Tyndall and ePIXfab to offer advanced silicon photonics technology"

ADLINK’s Data Acquisition Applications and ActiveX Controls Library for HMI Now Available for Complimentary Download

May 1, 2013

SAN JOSE, CA – April 30, 2013 – ADLINK Technology, Inc., a leading provider of trusted data acquisition products, announces availability of AD-Logger™—ADLINK’s ready-to-run data capture application—and DAQBench^®, which provides ActiveX controls used for creating professional instrumentation applications using ActiveX development environments, for complimentary download. With hundreds of data acquisition modules on the market, ADLINK has developed a variety of data acquisition and development tools for reducing development time and providing complete data logging solutions. AD-Logger and DAQBench are compatible with ADLINK’s full range of data acquisition modules and digitizers and are fully downloadable … Read More → "ADLINK’s Data Acquisition Applications and ActiveX Controls Library for HMI Now Available for Complimentary Download"

Posture sensor and smartphone app promotes pain-free backs using Bluetooth low energy wireless technology from Nordic Semiconductor

May 1, 2013

Oslo, Norway – April 30, 2013 – Ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OSE: NOD) today announces that U.S. startup, LUMO, has specified its µBlue™ nRF8001 to provide theBluetooth low energy wireless connectivity between any Bluetooth v4.0 smartphone and tablet and LUMO’s $149 ‘LUMOback’ automated posture coach solution that comprises a waist-worn wireless sensor strap and monitoring app that are designed to promote healthier posture and avoid posture-induced back pain.

The American Chiropractic Association (ACA), for example, says that one half of all Americans admit to having back pain symptoms each year … Read More → "Posture sensor and smartphone app promotes pain-free backs using Bluetooth low energy wireless technology from Nordic Semiconductor"

Low Noise, 1mV Output Ripple, 5A Step-Down µModule Regulator for Data Converters & High Speed Transceivers

May 1, 2013

MILPITAS, CA – April 30, 2013 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTM8028, a 1mV output ripple µModule® (micromodule) regulator designed to power data converters and high speed transceivers. The low output ripple minimizes random jitter in high speed data transceivers for superior bit error rate (BER) performance. When powering an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), tests showed a 13dB improvement in spurious free dynamic range (SFDR) with the LTM8028 compared to a typical … Read More → "Low Noise, 1mV Output Ripple, 5A Step-Down µModule Regulator for Data Converters & High Speed Transceivers"

In Case You Missed Avnet Electronics Marketing at Design West or Embedded Vision Summit

May 1, 2013

PHOENIX— May 1, 2013 — If you missed seeing Avnet Electronics Marketing at Design West or the Embedded Vision Summit in San Jose, you are in luck. Read More → "In Case You Missed Avnet Electronics Marketing at Design West or Embedded Vision Summit"

Saelig Introduces Economical 0.65 – 20GHz Fast-Switching Synthesizer

May 1, 2013

Fairport, NY, USA: Saelig Company, Inc.(www.saelig.com) has introduced the APSYN420B – an economical, wideband, fast-switching, low phase-noise 0.65GHz to 20 GHz frequency synthesizer with a remarkable resolution of 0.001Hz and phase resolution of 0.1deg, providing a nominal output power of +13 dBm into 50 ohms. The module features a high-stability internal reference which can be phase-locked to a user-configurable external reference or used in a master-slave configuration for highest phase coherence. The APSYN420Boffers … Read More → "Saelig Introduces Economical 0.65 – 20GHz Fast-Switching Synthesizer"

Newark element14 helps U.S. industry “weather” the 2013 storm season with comprehensive power management resources and products

May 1, 2013

CHICAGO – April 30, 2013 – No matter how innovative, influential or successful, no business can stop a hurricane. And with predictions for an above-average 2013 Atlantic hurricane season^{^[i]} severe storms may wreak record havoc on U.S. industrial productivity this year. Newark element14, a leading electronics distributor, believes that some of this potential productivity loss can be mitigated if industrial engineers and maintenance professionals across the Southern and … Read More → "Newark element14 helps U.S. industry “weather” the 2013 storm season with comprehensive power management resources and products"

Acromag’s New Carrier Cards Interface XMC Mezzanine Modules to PCI Express Bus for PC-based Embedded Systems

May 1, 2013

WIXOM, Mich., April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Acromag’s APCe8675 carrier card offers a simple and cost-effective solution that allows a PC to communicate with an XMC mezzanine module over a PCI Express (PCIe) bus. System developers can insert Acromag’s FPGA modules … Read More → "Acromag’s New Carrier Cards Interface XMC Mezzanine Modules to PCI Express Bus for PC-based Embedded Systems"

Internet of Things Poses Conundrum for Industry

April 30, 2013

Cambridge, UK – April 30th, 2013. In the next decade it is predicted that ten times more ‘things’ than people will join the internet as everyday objects gain an online digital presence through the Internet of Things (IoT). But with current mobile networks developed to meet the needs of tablets and smartphones and still lacking ubiquitous coverage; devices too expensive and service tariffs too high to support a world of 50 billion connected devices; the IoT poses some major challenges that the industry has to solve.

The 5th Future of Wireless International Conference to be held in Cambridge in … Read More → "Internet of Things Poses Conundrum for Industry"

EM Microelectronic Announces Integrated Temperature Sensor in Battery-Assisted Passive EPC™ Gen2 RFID

April 30, 2013

Marin, Switzerland – April 30th, 2013 – Today, EM Microelectronic, the semiconductor company of the Swatch Group and a world-leading supplier for RFID circuits, announced the EM4325V11, a versatile and multipurpose, battery-assisted passive (BAP) RFID chip with a calibrated temperature … Read More → "EM Microelectronic Announces Integrated Temperature Sensor in Battery-Assisted Passive EPC™ Gen2 RFID"