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Avnet Abacus partners with Cymbet to showcase new energy harvesting applications at first Elektronik Energy Harvesting Congress

May 30, 2012

Poing, Germany 30 May, 2012: Avnet Abacus, one of Europe’s leading interconnect, passive, electro-mechanical and power distributors, will be showcasing a variety of innovative energy harvesting technologies at the inaugural Elektronik Energy Harvesting Congress, which is to be held in Munich, Germany, on 4th and 5th July, 2012.

The distributor will be hosting a series of demonstrations based on Cymbet EnerChip™ energy harvesting (EH) evaluation kits, which have been developed for a wide range of applications. The demonstrations will highlight technologies such as flexible photovoltaic cells; vibration-based energy harvesting using a piezoelectric transducer; and a real-time-clock … Read More → "Avnet Abacus partners with Cymbet to showcase new energy harvesting applications at first Elektronik Energy Harvesting Congress"

Crystal Instruments Spider-81 Vibration Control System Offers Industry Exclusive 130 dB Dynamic Range and Wi-Fi enabled PDA or iPad Operation

May 30, 2012

May 29, 2012, Santa Clara, California, USA – Crystal Instruments Corporation (CI) (www.go-ci.com) a global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of high-reliability instrumentation and software for sound and vibration test, measurement, and control, has introduced its Spider-81, a highly modular, distributed, scalable vibration control system with centralized DSP architecture and simple operation via PC, Wi-Fi enabled PDA or iPad.

Unlike traditional controllers that rely heavily on an external PC for real-time operation, Spider-81 is the first controller to directly integrate time-synchronized Ethernet connectivity with an embedded DSP centralized architecture. Its patented dual A/D … Read More → "Crystal Instruments Spider-81 Vibration Control System Offers Industry Exclusive 130 dB Dynamic Range and Wi-Fi enabled PDA or iPad Operation"

Vincotech introduce the flyerIPM – P520 for Decentralized Motor Drive Applications

May 30, 2012

May 30th 2012 – The increasing demand for decentralized motor drives in factory automation makes the new requirements for the implemented inverters in general and for the power section in particular more and more evident. The article will illuminate the reasons for the shift towards decentralized motor drives in factory automation, the special requisitions this implicates for the drive as well as its power section. It shows on a real example how to achieve these additional demands with a highly integrated intelligent power module from Vincotech.

The growing trend … Read More → "Vincotech introduce the flyerIPM – P520 for Decentralized Motor Drive Applications"

Maxim’s High-Density QAM Modulator Chipset Enables the Next-Generation Connected Home Experience

May 30, 2012

Sunnyvale, CA–May 29, 2012–Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) announces a new high-density, wideband, scalable QAM modulator chipset: the MAX5880 digital upconverter (DUC) andMAX5882 RF digital-to-analog converter (RF DAC). 

The MAX5880/MAX5882 delivers up to 32 times more broadband cable capacity per RF port compared to a conventional analog upconverter, and saves up to 93% in power dissipation per QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) channel. The QAM modulator chipset performance exceeds Cable Labs® DOCSIS® 3.0 RF specifications.

This … Read More → "Maxim’s High-Density QAM Modulator Chipset Enables the Next-Generation Connected Home Experience"

Plessey launches an ultra-low cost version of its award winning EPIC sensor for high volume consumer applications at Chicago Sensor Expo 2012

May 30, 2012

Plymouth, ENGLAND – 30 May 2012 – Plessey Semiconductors announced today the release of the PS25451, an ultra-low cost version of its award winning EPIC™ sensor that provides remote sensing for high volume consumer markets. A novel electrode design has been devised to replace the expensive titanium dioxide electrodes currently used for the higher end, medical applications of EPIC technology.  

The PS25451 is an ultra-high impedance, non-contact, solid state electric potential sensor that can be used for a variety of consumer electronic devices such as proximity switching of lighting, gesture-based remote control of interactive toys, computer games, TVs, monitors, other appliances … Read More → "Plessey launches an ultra-low cost version of its award winning EPIC sensor for high volume consumer applications at Chicago Sensor Expo 2012"

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Selects Synopsys’ Yield Explorer for Faster Yield Ramp

May 30, 2012

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, today announced that GLOBALFOUNDRIES has selected Synopsys’ Yield Explorer® solution as part of their next-phase Yield Management System (YMS) for faster yield ramp based on volume diagnostics.  Rapid identification and correction of systematic failure mechanisms is critical to bringing a new technology node to production and driving the yield ramp on new integrated circuit (IC) … Read More → "GLOBALFOUNDRIES Selects Synopsys’ Yield Explorer for Faster Yield Ramp"

Real Intent Leads in Speed, Capacity and Precision with New Releases of Ascent Lint and Meridian CDC Verification Tools; Demos Set for 49th DAC

May 30, 2012

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – May 29, 2012 – Real Intent, Inc., the leading provider of software products that accelerate Early Functional Verification and Advanced Sign-off of electronic designs, announced today the release of version 4.1 of its Meridian™ Clock Domain Crossing (CDC) analyzer and the release of version 1.5.1 of its Ascent™ Lint tool. These new releases provide significant advances over the 2011 versions of the software.

Real Intent’s software products solve challenging … Read More → "Real Intent Leads in Speed, Capacity and Precision with New Releases of Ascent Lint and Meridian CDC Verification Tools; Demos Set for 49th DAC"

Global Technology Executives Collaborate to Deliver Faster, Smarter and Less Expensive Integrated Circuits to Consumers

May 29, 2012

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY—MAY 25, 2012—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, today announced that the worldwide semiconductor industry has reached agreement and consensus on a variety of international trade issues during the 16th annual meeting of the World Semiconductor Council (WSC). The WSC is a worldwide body of semiconductor industry leaders and executives from China, Chinese Taipei, Europe, Japan, Korea and the United States that meets annually to work together to address issues of global concern to the semiconductor industry.

“The WSC meeting process is vital to … Read More → "Global Technology Executives Collaborate to Deliver Faster, Smarter and Less Expensive Integrated Circuits to Consumers"

DFI Group Releases Version 3.1 of Its High-Speed Memory Controller and PHY Interface Specification

May 29, 2012

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – May 29, 2012) – The DDR PHY Interface (DFI) Group today released the DFI 3.1 specification, the latest version of the pervasive industry specification that defines an interface protocol between DDR memory controllers and PHYs. The specification enables the development of systems-on-chip (SoCs) that support the DDR3 and DDR4 memory standards. Version 3.1 adds support for the LPDDR3 mobile memory standard for smartphones and tablets, as well as enhancements to the low-power interface and training features. The … Read More → "DFI Group Releases Version 3.1 of Its High-Speed Memory Controller and PHY Interface Specification"

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