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Touchstone Expands Its Low-Power Current-Sense Amplifier Portfolio

October 24, 2012

MILPITAS, CALIF. – Oct. 23, 2012 – Touchstone Semiconductor, Inc., a developer of high-performance analog integrated circuit solutions, today announced two new members of its 1?A current-sense amplifier portfolio – the unidirectional TS1102 and the bidirectional TS1103. Starting at $0.61 each in 1,000-piece quantities, these new current-sense amplifiers combine a very low 1?A supply current, a 200-µV (max) V_OS, and very low (0.5% (max) gain error for TS1102 and 0.6% (max) gain … Read More → "Touchstone Expands Its Low-Power Current-Sense Amplifier Portfolio"

Green Hills Software Offers Field-Proven HTML5 Web Solutions Through Partnership with Obigo

October 24, 2012

Green Hills Software, the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, has announced that it is partnering with Obigo, a leading HTML5 Platform Solution Company with business areas in Automotive, IPTV and Mobile SW solutions, Web applications and services. The two companies will offer Obigo’s mature HTML5 web solutions integrated and optimised for use with the Green Hills INTEGRITY^® real-time operating … Read More → "Green Hills Software Offers Field-Proven HTML5 Web Solutions Through Partnership with Obigo"

RFEL now member of Xilinx Alliance Program

October 24, 2012

Newport, Isle of Wight, UK – 24 October 2012 – RFEL, who specializes in high performance electronic signal processing solutions, has been approved as a member of the Xilinx Alliance Program.

“We have worked with RFEL for many years,” said Mark Bowlby, Senior Manager of Partner and Ecosystem Alliances at Xilinx, Inc. “RFEL is one of the leading Design Services companies for the demanding commercial, military and homeland security markets as it is able to provide sophisticated solutions that extract the maximum performance from FPGAs. Its library of high performance … Read More → "RFEL now member of Xilinx Alliance Program"

Libelium Launches Waspmote Plug & Sense

October 23, 2012

ZARAGOZA, Spain and Redwood City, Calif.—October 23, 2012—Libelium, a wireless sensor networks platform provider for Smart Cities solutions, today launched Waspmote Plug & Sense!™, a new line of Libelium encapsulated wireless sensor devices allowing system integrators to implement scalable, modular wireless sensor networks and reduce installation time from days to hours.

Waspmote Plug & Sense! models are pre-configured to create … Read More → "Libelium Launches Waspmote Plug & Sense"

6WIND Announces Availability of Support for Intel Platform for Communications Infrastructure, formerly codenamed “Crystal Forest”

October 23, 2012

PARIS, France, October 23, 2012 — 6WIND, the gold standard for data plane processing in software-defined networks, today announced the availability of support within the 6WINDGate™ software solution for the Intel platform for communications infrastructure, formerly codenamed “Crystal Forest.” 6WIND will showcase this support at the 4G World conference in Chicago from October 29th through November 1st (booth 638).

Already used by OEMs in products based on earlier Intel architecture platforms, 6WINDGate includes optimized support for the Intel® Data Plane Development Kit (Intel® DPDK), enabling the development of best-in-class networking equipment for mobile and cloud infrastructure.

Renesas Electronics RX MCU and IAR Embedded Workbench achieve world-record benchmark scores

October 23, 2012

Renesas DevCon, Orange County, California—October 22, 2012—IAR Systems® announced that benchmarks presented by the Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC®) show that the Renesas Electronics RX600 series of microcontrollers (MCU) together with the IAR Embedded Workbench® development tool suite provides faster performing code … Read More → "Renesas Electronics RX MCU and IAR Embedded Workbench achieve world-record benchmark scores"

ITTIA DB SQL 5.5 Integrates with Many Popular Development Frameworks

October 23, 2012

October 23, 2012 — Bellevue, WA — ITTIA releases ITTIA DB SQL 5.5, the newest version of its database for developers of applications for embedded systems and mobile platforms. This new release offers the most complete embedded data management experience, with capabilities once available only to PC applications, including high reliability, comprehensive security options, Qt user interface integration, Python and Lua scripting, JDBC compatibility, and replication. Embedded devices can also synchronize their local databases with Microsoft® SQL Server® and Oracle® on Windows and Linux servers.

Whether an application is written in C, C++, Java, Python, Lua, or a combination of supported programming … Read More → "ITTIA DB SQL 5.5 Integrates with Many Popular Development Frameworks"

Agilent Technologies Launches myAgilent Personalized Web Portal for Electronic Measurement

October 23, 2012

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 22, 2012 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the launch of a new Web portal that allows customers to manage their relationship with Agilent and receive information personalized to their interests and the products they own. The myAgilent Web portal allows customers to:

Register products to receive timely updates, including firmware updates, application notes, service notifications, related forum discussions and more.
Review product warranty and calibration status.
View product order status.
Connect with peers in discussion forums.
Track products of interest and get alerts for … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Launches myAgilent Personalized Web Portal for Electronic Measurement"

XP Power targets harsh environment and sealed enclosure applications with 90% efficient baseplate cooled 400 W & 600 W power supplies

October 23, 2012

XP Power today announced the CCH400 and CCH600 series of compact single output baseplate cooled 400 W and 600 W AC-DC power supplies suited to harsh environment applications. With its highly efficient design, up to 90%, the CCH series generates substantially less waste heat that current product on the market, this being critical for use in sealed box applications. All heat-generating components are attached to the baseplate allowing heat dissipation through the sealed box chassis or heatsink. No forced air cooling is required.

Measuring just 8.43 x 4.02 x 1.69 inches (214 x 102 x 43 mm) the compact CCH series is up … Read More → "XP Power targets harsh environment and sealed enclosure applications with 90% efficient baseplate cooled 400 W & 600 W power supplies"

TI op amps set new performance and power benchmarks for pro audio and prosumer audio systems

October 23, 2012

DALLAS (Oct. 23, 2012) – Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced two bipolar-input audio operational amplifiers (op amps) that provide unmatched noise, distortion and bandwidth performance while dissipating a mere 1.5 mA. The power-efficient, dual-channel OPA1662 and quad-channel OPA1664 enable system designers to develop the next generation of professional and prosumer audio equipment capable of producing crisp, clean “true to the original recording” sound quality. These op amps are targeted at USB and FireWire audio systems, analog and digital mixers, portable recording systems, and other applications that require … Read More → "TI op amps set new performance and power benchmarks for pro audio and prosumer audio systems"