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Honeywell Introduces 6 Degrees of Freedom Inertial Measurement Unit, 6-D Motion Variant

January 15, 2013

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 15, 2013 – Honeywell (NYSE:HON) announced today it has introduced its Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), 6-D Motion Variant, 6DF Series, designed to provide motion, position, and navigational sensing from a durable single device over six degrees of freedom.

The six degrees of freedom is achieved by using MEMS (microelectromechanical system) technology to sense translational movement in three perpendicular axes (surge, heave, sway) and rotational movement about three perpendicular axes (roll, pitch, yaw). Because the movement and rotation along the three axes are independent of each other, such motion is said to have “six degrees of freedom”. 

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Small footprint, very low power consumption: Bosch Sensortec introduces next-gen electronic compass BMC150 Geomagnetic sensor and accelerometer in a single package

January 14, 2013

January 14, 2013–With the new BMC150, Bosch Sensortec announces the second generation of its revolutionary electronic compass module. The new implementation again raises the bar in terms of package size, accuracy and versatility. 

The BMC150 is a 6-axis electronic compass module based on Bosch’s proven FlipCore technology which provides high accuracy and at the same time low power operation for longer battery life for smartphones, tablet computers and similar mobile devices. With a size of just 2.2 x 2.2 mm2 and a power consumption as low as 190 µA it sets new standards for compactness and battery … Read More → "Small footprint, very low power consumption: Bosch Sensortec introduces next-gen electronic compass BMC150 Geomagnetic sensor and accelerometer in a single package"

Silicon Labs To Highlight Mixed-Signal Innovations At Embedded World 2013

January 14, 2013

AUSTIN, Texas – Jan. 14, 2013 – Silicon Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leader in
high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, will showcase an array of embedded mixed-signal products and development tools at Embedded World in Nuremburg, Germany, February 26-28 at Booth 4A-211.

Embedded World provides a world-class venue to demonstrate silicon solutions and development tools that simplify the embedded design process. Silicon Labs’ latest embedded mixed-signal solutions on display at Embedded World will include a single-chip, CMOS-based relative humidity sensor, the industry’s most energy-efficient 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) coupled with “power-aware” tools, smart interfaces and development … Read More → "Silicon Labs To Highlight Mixed-Signal Innovations At Embedded World 2013"

Atmel Expands ARM Cortex-M4 based Flash Microcontroller Family With New Advanced Connectivity Peripherals and Floating Point Unit

January 14, 2013

San Jose, CA, January 14, 2013 – Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, today announced it has expanded its ARM® Cortex™-M4 based Flash family to include the SAM4E series, which features advanced  connectivity  peripherals, a floating point unit (FPU), advanced analog capabilities, and higher processing power.

This rich mix of features make the SAM4E devices ideal for the industrial automation, home and building control, machine-to-machine communications, automotive aftermarket and energy management applications.

Atmel SAM4E ARM Cortex-M4 processor-based MCUs offer more processing power with … Read More → "Atmel Expands ARM Cortex-M4 based Flash Microcontroller Family With New Advanced Connectivity Peripherals and Floating Point Unit"

Touchstone Semiconductor Introduces the TSM921/TSM931/TSM971/TSM982 Series of Second-Source Maxim Analog Comparators

January 14, 2013

MILPITAS, Calif. – Jan. 14, 2013 – Touchstone Semiconductor, a developer of high-performance, low power analog integrated circuit solutions, today announced the TSM921-TSM924, TSM931-TSM934, TSM971-TSM973 and the TSM982/TSM984 series of low voltage, low-power analog comparators. All 13 analog comparators are lower cost, electrically and form-factor identical to their Maxim’s analog comparator equivalents. Eleven of the 13 analog comparators feature an integrated 1.182V voltage reference with either ±1% (TSM92x/TSM97x) or ±2% (TSM93x/TSM98x) initial accuracy. Also, all 13 analog … Read More → "Touchstone Semiconductor Introduces the TSM921/TSM931/TSM971/TSM982 Series of Second-Source Maxim Analog Comparators"

Introducing the eVAC2000 – an advanced video annotation controller board

January 14, 2013

New York, USA and Cambridge, England, January 14, 2012 – Introducing another world first from leading embedded video experts, Advanced Micro Peripherals (AMP), the eVAC2000 is a real time NTSC/PAL video overlay and video annotation controller for the PCI/104 systems.

Advanced features include: a high resolution graphics accelerator, digital NTSC/PAL TV decoder, digital NTSC/PAL TV encoder and video overlay controller, all contained within a single PC104 card.

Accepting up to four composite NTSC or PAL analog video inputs including video cameras, digital video recording equipment or regular TV broadcasts, the eVAC2000 is ideal for a … Read More → "Introducing the eVAC2000 – an advanced video annotation controller board"

ALi Corporation integrates Cryptography Research CryptoFirewall Security Core into Next Generation System-on-Chip Solutions

January 11, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — January 09, 2013— Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI), a division of Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) and ALi Corporation (3041 TT), a leading provider of set-top box (STB) system-on-chip (SoC) solutions, today announced that ALi has completed integration of the CRI CryptoFirewall™ security technology into its multimedia STB SOC products. The CryptoFirewall core will be available in the ALi DVB-S2, DVB-C, DVB-T2, ISDB-T, and IP STB chipsets beginning in 2013.

ALi’s new generation of SOCs address the full range of cable, satellite, terrestrial, and hybrid solutions from … Read More → "ALi Corporation integrates Cryptography Research CryptoFirewall Security Core into Next Generation System-on-Chip Solutions"

Atollic adds fault analysis feature to TrueSTUDIO debugger for ARM Cortex-M3/M4 microcontrollers

January 11, 2013

Jonkoping, Sweden, 9th January 2013  – Atollic® today announced the availability of a new fault analysis feature for the Atollic TrueSTUDIO IDE when developing C/C++ projects for ARM Cortex-M3 or Cortex-M4 microcontrollers. Added to the debugger, the fault analyzer functions aid developers to identify and resolve hard-to-find system faults that occur when the CPU has been driven into a fault condition by the application software. The fault analyzer feature interprets information extracted from the Cortex-M nested vector interrupt controller (NVIC) in order to identify the reasons that caused the fault. Typically, this may include division by zero errors, accessing … Read More → "Atollic adds fault analysis feature to TrueSTUDIO debugger for ARM Cortex-M3/M4 microcontrollers"

Laird Technologies Releases Android Support for 40 Series Radio Modules

January 11, 2013

St. Louis, Missouri, USA – January 9, 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, has released Android 2.3 Gingerbread support for its Summit 40 Series radio modules, which support dual-band 802.11n (802.11a/b/g/n) and Bluetooth 2.1. 

“Business-critical mobile devices such as handheld mobile computers are beginning to run Android instead of Windows Embedded Handheld or Windows Embedded Compact,” said Laird Technologies Product Director Chris Bolinger. “40 Series radio modules now offer the same proven enterprise-grade features on both Windows and Android.”  

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