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TI expands successful software ecosystem with a new, complete real-time operating system: TI-RTOS

December 6, 2012

Dec 6, 2012 – DALLAS, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Microcontroller (MCU) developers can spend more time focusing on their unique applications because software design just got easier.  Today, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ:  TXN) furthers its investment in the embedded processing software and tools ecosystem with TI-RTOS, a complete real-time operating system (RTOS) based on preemptive multithreading kernel, for its MCU platform. With more than 20 years of experience in delivering production-quality operating system (OS) solutions for real-time applications, TI has taken its expertise in its … Read More → "TI expands successful software ecosystem with a new, complete real-time operating system: TI-RTOS"

ADLINK Technology Announces Latest Industrial Mobile Handheld Device

December 5, 2012

SAN JOSE, CA – December 4, 2012 – ADLINK Technology, Inc. (TAIEX: 6166), a leading manufacturer of industrial computing products, announced the IMX-2000, the first ever industrial mobile handheld device utilizing the Android 2.3 operating system. Combining high-performance RFID, barcode scanner and 3G/WLAN wireless transmission functions to satisfy diverse application requirements, the IMX-2000 can be applied in a wide range of industries. Applications include fully supported logistics management, transportation and factory automation. With an 800MHz computation capacity, as well as superior resistance to impact, water and dust, the IMX-2000 has the capacity to enhance productivity and significantly reduce costs. 

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Atmel First to Achieve UL Certification for QTouch Capacitive Touch Controllers for Household Appliances

December 5, 2012

San Jose, CA, December 5, 2012 – Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, and UL (Underwriters Laboratories), today announced that Atmel has achieved certification for the UL 60730-1, a standard for automatic electrical controls for household and similar use, for the AT42QT1244/5 and AT42QT1481 capacitive touch controllers.

Atmel is the first company to receive a certification for functional safety for the Class B and C requirements related to control functions for integrated circuits with capacitive touch capabilities for button, slider and wheel functionality. These controllers are optimized for household … Read More → "Atmel First to Achieve UL Certification for QTouch Capacitive Touch Controllers for Household Appliances"

Xilinx Corporate VP Liam Madden to Deliver Keynote at 3-D Architectures for Semiconductor Integration & Packaging Conference

December 5, 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 5, 2012 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced that Xilinx corporate vice president, Liam Madden, will deliver a keynote address at the 3D Architectures for Semiconductor Integration & Packaging conference taking place next week at the Sofitel San Francisco Bay hotel in Redwood City, Calif., December 12-14, 2012.

Madden will open the Critical Perspectives on 3D IC keynote session … Read More → "Xilinx Corporate VP Liam Madden to Deliver Keynote at 3-D Architectures for Semiconductor Integration & Packaging Conference"

Touchstone Semiconductor Announces Its First Analog Devices Alternate Source Part: The TSA7887 – A 12-bit, 125-ksps ADC

December 5, 2012

MILPITAS, Calif. – Dec. 5, 2012 – Touchstone Semiconductor, a developer of high-performance, low power analog integrated circuit solutions, today announced the immediate availability of the TSA7887, its first Analog Devices alternate source IC. The new TSA7887 is a two-channel, 12-bit, 125-ksps analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that can be used as a drop-in replacement for the Analog Devices AD7887.

Priced at $1.25 in 1,000-piece quantities, the new Touchstone TSA7887 is $3 less expensive, pin-compatible, specification-identical, and functionally identical to the Analog Devices’ AD7887. Touchstone … Read More → "Touchstone Semiconductor Announces Its First Analog Devices Alternate Source Part: The TSA7887 – A 12-bit, 125-ksps ADC"

Cyntech’s new Blueberry Case for the Raspberry Pi computer is now distributed by CPC

December 5, 2012

Milton Keynes, UK, December 5, 2012: Cyntech Components, a specialist supplier of electro-mechanical components and power supplies, has just released a new colour variant of its custom-designed Raspberry Pi computer enclosure. Offered in a vibrant deep blue, this distinctive alternative to the original raspberry coloured case retains all the benefits of the original design, providing a compact, low-cost enclosure, tailored to the Raspberry Pi board and with full access to all connectors and indicators. As a member of the Premier Farnell Group, CPC is an authorised UK and worldwide distributor for the Raspberry Pi computer, and will be stocking both … Read More → "Cyntech’s new Blueberry Case for the Raspberry Pi computer is now distributed by CPC"

Elliptic Offers Highest Protection for Premium Content with HDCP 2.2 Compliant Solutions

December 5, 2012

December 5, 2012 – Ottawa, Canada: Elliptic Technologies, a leading provider of embedded security and content protection for mobile devices, the digital home and many other applications, today announced support for the recently released High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection 2.2 (HDCP 2.2) specification for premium content delivery and distribution. The ElliptictVault™ HDCP solution supports HDCP 2.2 and enables the delivery of highly robust and hardware secured delivery and distribution of premium content to … Read More → "Elliptic Offers Highest Protection for Premium Content with HDCP 2.2 Compliant Solutions"

KLA-TENCOR Launches ICOS® WI-2280 Wafer Inspector For LED And Adjacent Markets

December 5, 2012

MILPITAS, Calif. (Dec. 4, 2012)—KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) today announced its next-generation light-emitting diode (LED) patterned wafer inspection tool, the ICOS WI-2280. Designed specifically for defect inspection and 2D metrology for LED applications, the ICOS WI-2280 also provides enhanced inspection capabilities and increased flexibility for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and semiconductor wafers spanning two inches to eight inches in size.

The ICOS WI-2280 represents KLA-Tencor’s fourth generation LED wafer inspection system that is built on its market-leading WI-22xx platform, delivering sensitivity with increased throughput for reduced cost of … Read More → "KLA-TENCOR Launches ICOS® WI-2280 Wafer Inspector For LED And Adjacent Markets"

Imec and UGent Unveil Breakthrough in Augmented Reality Contact Lens

December 5, 2012

Leuven and Ghent (Belgium) – December 5, 2012 –- The Centre of Microsystems Technology (CMST), imec’s associated laboratory at Ghent University (Belgium), announced today it has developed an innovative spherical curved LCD display, which can be embedded in contact lenses. The first step toward fully pixelated contact lens displays, this achievement has potential wide-spread applications in medical and cosmetic domains.

Unlike LED-based contact lenses online displays, which are limited to a few small pixels, imec’s innovative LCD-based technology permits the use of the entire display surface. By adapting the patterning … Read More → "Imec and UGent Unveil Breakthrough in Augmented Reality Contact Lens"

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