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Atmel Introduces New Highly Configurable 8-Channel LED Driver Family For Monitors and Industrial LCD Panel Backlighting

October 1, 2012

San Jose, CA, October 1, 2012 – Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, today announced a new family of 8-channel LED drivers with an integrated boost controller to deliver a complete power management system with patented Efficiency Optimizer (EO) to enhance power efficiency for LCD backlighting applications.

Atmel’s MSL3080/86/88 LED drivers are ideal for industrial LCD backlighting applications such as instrumentation, medical, avionics, military, kiosk, automotive and rugged displays.

The MSL3080/86/88 LED drivers also feature proprietary control scheme and robust design delivering greater than 92 percent power … Read More → "Atmel Introduces New Highly Configurable 8-Channel LED Driver Family For Monitors and Industrial LCD Panel Backlighting"

MIPI® Alliance To Host Open Sensor Interface “Birds of a Feather” Meeting October 18th in Miami

October 1, 2012

PISCATAWAY, N.J., Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ —

WHAT: Face-to-face meeting to discuss how various diverse sensors are integrated and managed in a mobile system for future sensor interface considerations. Sensor types may include mechanical (compass, accelerometer, gyro), environmental (light, temperature), biometrics (blood pressure, fingerprint) as well as others coming to mobile systems. This group is open to MIPI members and non-members.

WHEN: Thursday, October 18, 2012 8:30am to 3:30pm

WHERE: Hyatt Regency Miami Hotel in Miami, FL

HOW: Go to this link to register for the event< … Read More → "MIPI® Alliance To Host Open Sensor Interface “Birds of a Feather” Meeting October 18th in Miami"

TI 2.5-A isolated gate driver doubles device lifetime, extends temperature range

October 1, 2012

DALLAS (Oct. 1, 2012) – Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced an isolated gate driver for insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) and MOSFETs that is 40 percent faster than equivalent optical gate drivers. The input TTL logic and output power stage in the ISO5500 are separated by a capacitive, silicon dioxide (SiO2) isolation barrier that doubles the lifetime of the device compared to optocouplers and magnetic isolators. When used with isolated power supplies, the device provides for safer, more reliable electronics by blocking high voltages, isolating ground and preventing noise currents from entering the local ground and interfering with or damaging sensitive … Read More → "TI 2.5-A isolated gate driver doubles device lifetime, extends temperature range"

Telit Launches New Generation of One of Market’s Smallest Cellular Modules at MobileCON 2012

October 1, 2012

San Diego, October 1, 2012 – Telit Wireless Solutions, a leading global vendor of high-quality machine-to-machine (M2M) modules and value-added services, today announced the launch of its GL865-DUAL V3 banded for Asian, European, and Latin American GSM/GPRS cellular markets to be premiered at MobileCON in San Diego . The product is a backwards-compatible version of the popular and widely adopted GL865 product family but based on the latest Intel single-chip, 65nm process CMOS technology and slated to be available and cost-controlled for many years out. The new generation GL865 operates with 1.8V GPIOs versus its predecessor’s 2.8V, minimizing power … Read More → "Telit Launches New Generation of One of Market’s Smallest Cellular Modules at MobileCON 2012"

Innovative metallization process for reliable, high-efficiency solar cells

September 28, 2012

EU PVSEC 2012 (Frankfurt, Germany) – September 24, 2012 – Imec today announced that it has developed an innovative process for plated front contact formation of silicon solar cells using only one sequence to plate several metals. The large-area solar cells were processed in imec’s labs and combine an excellent reliability with a conversion efficiency of 20.3% (certified at Fraunhofer ISE-Callab). The full plating sequence has been transferred to an in-line plating tool enabling high throughput

The new process for plated contact formation uses one plating sequence (plating Ni, Cu, and Ag), followed by a thermal anneal. This single … Read More → "Innovative metallization process for reliable, high-efficiency solar cells"

Maxim Integrated Announces Five High-Integration Products Targeted to Factory Automation and Automotive Markets

September 28, 2012

San Jose, CA—September 20, 2012—Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) today introduced five high-integration products for the Factory Automation and Automotive markets that dramatically improve operating efficiencies and reduce costs. Maxim also announced it has collaborated with two firms to produce a reference design for a highly integrated telehealth fitness (“Fit”) shirt that monitors vital signs, lowers the cost of medical diagnosis, and represents a new era in preventive medical care that could reduce health care costs by up to 10x.

Factory Automation/Process Control

Maxim announced two high-integration products targeted to Factory … Read More → "Maxim Integrated Announces Five High-Integration Products Targeted to Factory Automation and Automotive Markets"

Saelig Debuts New Low-cost Wireless RaspberryPi Modules

September 28, 2012

Pittsford, NY, USA: Saelig Company, Inc. has introduced theeRA-Connect2-Pi – a USB module that provides a simple wireless bridge between two Raspberry Pi’s (Pi2Pi), or a Raspberry Pi and a PC or any other device that supports USB serial communications. Utilizing seamless easyRadio technology at 915MHz (ISM) bands, theeRA-Connect2-Pi provides considerably greater range and less power consumption than similar WiFi or Bluetooth modules operating in the overcrowded 2.4GHz bands. Frequency, bandwidth, power output and data rate can optionally be configured to allow multiple devices to communicate free from interference from each other and any other RF … Read More → "Saelig Debuts New Low-cost Wireless RaspberryPi Modules"

CML Microcircuits Release Credit Card size SDR Demonstrator

September 28, 2012

CML Microcircuits (www.cmlmicro.com), a leader in the design, development and supply of low-power analogue, digital and mixed-signal telecommunication semiconductors, has released a small demonstration platform for a complete Software Defined Radio (SDR) for wireless data applications.

The DE9941 is a credit card sized demonstration board for a complete linear modulation-based Software Defined Radio (SDR) for wireless data. It is designed to be small and low-cost with minimal components/values. The … Read More → "CML Microcircuits Release Credit Card size SDR Demonstrator"

ADLINK Introduces its New, Top-of-the-Line Advanced Motion Controller—the PCI-8254/8258

September 28, 2012

September 25, 2012 – SAN JOSE, CA – ADLINK Technology, Inc. (TAIEX:6166), a leading provider of measurement and automation products, announces the release of its new, top-of-the-line advanced motion controllers, the PCI-8254/PCI-8258, solidly delivering excellent control performance, servo updates up to 20 KHz through hardware-based PID-FF control loop and second-order filters, time-deterministic trajectory and velocity planning, comprehensive application functions, and powerful, easy-to-use diagnostic and control utilities. The PCI-8254/8258 features a superior cost/performance ratio, reducing total cost-of-ownership by 25% or more.

ADLINK’s PCI-8254/8258 features hardware-based PID-FF closed-loop control with servo updates at up to 20 … Read More → "ADLINK Introduces its New, Top-of-the-Line Advanced Motion Controller—the PCI-8254/8258"

MSC Embedded Announces New Qseven™ Embedded Platform For Faster Development of Embedded Systems

September 27, 2012

San Bruno, California – September 27, 2012 – MSC Embedded Inc., manufacturer of highly integrated standard board level products and customer-specific boards and systems, today introduced a new embedded platform designed for the fast development of embedded systems with Qseven™ modules. The powerful MSC Q7-MB-EP4 embedded platform is designed to support the latest version (1.20) of the Qseven specification, and offers system integrators a ready to use carrier board with added functionality and I/O flexibility for easy customization.

The MSC Q7-MB-EP4 embedded platform provides a broad range of the interfaces commonly used in embedded applications, such as a dual … Read More → "MSC Embedded Announces New Qseven™ Embedded Platform For Faster Development of Embedded Systems"

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