PHOENIX—June 21, 2011 — Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), has teamed up with NXP, and today announced the launch of its latest Speedway Design Workshop™, Read More → "USB Made Easy with Workshops from Avnet Electronics Marketing and NXP"
SAN ANTONIO, Jun 20, 2011 — According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, worldwide energy demand is projected to increase more than 35 percent during the next 20 years, making smart energy management solutions increasingly important. While much of the global focus on green technologies has been directed at smart grid design and implementation, another significant opportunity for energy savings is available today. Even small improvements in the efficiency of power supplies, motors and lighting systems – sources of huge energy demand – through the use of digital control systems could have a major impact on global energy consumption. Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL) is addressing … Read More → "Freescale Tackles Excessive Energy Consumption with Next-Generation Digital Signal Controllers"
June 20, 2011, San Juan Capistrano, California, USA – Meggitt Sensing Systems, a Meggitt group division, has announced the global market introduction of the Endevco® model 4416B, a portable, compact, low-noise battery operated signal conditioner and power supply, designed to support ISOTRON® (IEPE-type) accelerometers; prepolarized condenser microphones and preamplifiers; pre-calibrated microphone and preamplifier combination sets; and low-cost array measurement microphones, by supplying power to the transducer from a constant current (4.7 mA) source, with selectable gain of 1 or 10.
The Endevco® model 4416B signal conditioner is powered by rechargeable NiCad batteries (supplied with charger), … Read More → "Meggitt Sensing Systems Introduces Portable, Low-noise Battery Powered Endevco® Signal Conditioner for Accelerometer and Acoustic Test Setups"
San Jose, CA, June 20, 2011 – Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced the new Atmel JTAGICE3 mid-range in-circuit debugger and programmer to support all Atmel AVR® 8- and 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs). This new debugger is … Read More → "Atmel Launches JTAGICE3 In-circuit Debugger and Programmer"
MILPITAS, CA – June 20, 2011 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT3015, a 1.5A negative low dropout linear regulator featuring fast transient response, low noise, and precision current limit. With its wide input voltage range of -1.8V to -30V and adjustable output voltage from -1.220V to -29.5V, the device’s common emitter NPN power … Read More → "1.5A Negative LDO Offers Fast Transient Response, Low Output Noise & Precision Current Limit"
Based on digital-core controllers, the Ericsson 3E* second generation of voltage regulators, the 12A BMR462, the 20A BMR463 and the 40A BMR464, now support 93 PMBus commands, allowing designers to monitor … Read More → "Ericsson 3E digital voltage-regulators now support 93 PMBus commands to reduce energy consumption"
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 15, 2011 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the addition of two new application-specific modules to the N6700 Modular Power System (MPS) family, the N6783A-MFG mobile communications DC power module and the N6783A-BAT battery charge/discharge module.
The N6783A-MFG module offers sourcing and measurement capabilities specifically designed to meet the challenges of battery-powered (mobile) device manufacturing. The N6783A-BAT module … Read More → "Agilent Technologies’ N6700 Modular Power System Family Adds Application-Specific Modules for Battery Test, Mobile Device Manufacturing"
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 16, 2011 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the first modular AXIe embedded controller – the Agilent M9536A, a powerful one-slot module that can be used to build compact AXIe systems.
With built-in front panel interfaces, the new controller can easily integrate into hybrid test systems using USB and LAN. This module expands Agilent’s current offering, which provides customers the choice of external controllers or the new embedded controllers, depending on specific test needs.
The M9536A works in a number of applications that … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Introduces First Modular AXIe Embedded Controller"
BEAVERTON, OR–(Marketwire – Jun 16, 2011) – Cascade Microtech, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCD), a leading expert at enabling precision measurements of integrated circuits at the wafer level, today announced that Iwatsu Test Instruments Corporation will manufacture CT-3100/3200 Curve Tracers exclusively for Cascade Microtech to provide versatile wafer-level measurement for the growing power device market. The curve tracer units strongly complement the high-voltage and high-current capabilities of Cascade Microtech’s Tesla probe systems to speed-up the device characterization process and therefore time-to-market for power device manufacturers.
The market for … Read More → "Cascade Microtech Integrated Probe Systems Speed Time-to-Market for Growing Power Device Segment"
Raleigh, NC – June 15, 2011 – Telit Wireless Solutions, Inc., the U.S.-based mobile technology arm of Telit Communications (AIM: TCM), announced today the debut of the DE910-DUAL module, allowing M2M developers to leverage the strength of 3G CDMA networks for applications such as consumer electronics, mobile health devices, as well as telematics and mobile computing.
Featuring the … Read More → "Telit Touts EV-DO M2M Module Ideal For Commercial and Consumer Applications"
