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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"

Laird Technologies to Demonstrate New High-Performance PowerCycler at Pittcon 2013

March 6, 2013

St. Louis, Missouri, USA – March 6, 2013 –Laird Technologies, Inc., a global leader in the design and supply of customized performance-critical components and systems for advanced electronics and wireless products, today announced it will demonstrate a new reference design for a compact PCR thermal cycler for field-level DNA amplification at Pittcon 2013. The event will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 17-21, 2013. Laird Technologies will exhibit at booth #3553.

The Laird PowerCycler is designed to provide small, single-well systems with rapid, programmable control to expedite the amplification process and enable point-of-service systems. The compact … Read More → "Laird Technologies to Demonstrate New High-Performance PowerCycler at Pittcon 2013"

Improving Electronics by Solving Nearly Century-old Problem

March 6, 2013

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — A University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering professor and a team of researchers published a paper today that show how they solved an almost century-old problem that could further help downscale the size of electronic devices.

The work, led by Alexander A. Balandin, a professor of electrical engineering at UC Riverside, focused on the low-frequency electronic 1/f noise, also known as pink noise and flicker noise. … Read More → "Improving Electronics by Solving Nearly Century-old Problem"

Saelig Announces New 5MHz to 30GHz Phase Noise Tester APPH30G

March 5, 2013

Fairport, NY, USA: Saelig Company, Inc.(www.saelig.com) has introduced the APPH30G, a high-performance cross-correlation phase noise test system for 5 MHz to 30 GHz frequencies. TheAPPH30G provides fast and accurate measurements of single sideband residual and additive phase noise, amplitude noise, and baseband noise. The APPH30G is a fully self-contained instrument with cross-correlator engine and internal low noise reference sources to enable fast and accurate “one-click” measurements up to 30 GHz.</ … Read More → "Saelig Announces New 5MHz to 30GHz Phase Noise Tester APPH30G"