Avnet Embedded, a division of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. ( … Read More → "Avnet Embedded Adds IEI Technology USA Corporation to Digital Signage Suite of Products"
CHANDLER, Ariz., April 19, 2012 [NASDAQ: MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced the acquisition of Roving Networks (http://www.microchip.com/get/7KXS), an innovator in low-power embedded Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® solutions based in Los Gatos, Calif. Roving Networks is a privately held, fabless semiconductor developer of Wi-Fi certified transceivers and FCC certified Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules. The terms of the deal are confidential, … Read More → "Microchip Technology Acquires Roving Networks"
CHELMSFORD, Mass. — April 18, 2012 — Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mc.com), a trusted provider of commercially developed application-ready ISR and EW subsystems for defense prime contractors, announced that it has received a contract from a major defense prime contractor to provide high performance digital signal processing modules and software to facilitate a technology refresh for the prime’s airborne radar application. The Mercury solution and subsequent refresh will also protect the prime’s significant investment in software development across a range of products. The design win is estimated to … Read More → "Mercury Computer Systems Awarded Contract to Deliver Systems and Services for Airborne Radar Program Technology Upgrade"
MILPITAS, CA – April 19, 2012 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT3988, a 60VIN step-down switching regulator that can deliver dual 1A outputs. The LT3988 operates within a VIN range of 4V to 60V, with overvoltage lockout protection against transients as high as 80V, making it ideal for load dump and cold-crank conditions commonly found in automotive applications. The LT3988 can be driven by two separate input rails or by a … Read More → "Dual 60VIN, 1A(IOUT) Monolithic 2.5MHz Step-Down DC/DC Converter Withstands 80V Transients"
WILSONVILLE, Ore., April 18, 2012—Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced the integration of its flagship Nucleus® Real Time Operating System (RTOS) with the Bluetopia protocol stack from Stonestreet One, a leading provider of Bluetooth software. The third generation of the Nucleus RTOS provides built-in power management capabilities and connectivity features ideally suited for power sensitive, wireless communication applications. The Bluetopia stack is a robust and flexible software tool that, when combined with the Nucleus RTOS, enables developers to create a variety of wireless communication applications with ease and reliability.
The strategic partnership between Stonestreet One and Mentor … Read More → "Mentor Graphics and Stonestreet One Announce Integrated Bluetooth Software Stack for Nucleus RTOS Targeting Low Power, Connected Embedded Development"
Braunschweig, Germany – 19th April 2012. Symtavision, the global leader for timing design and timing verification for embedded real-time systems, has announced that SymTA/S supports the design of ISO 26262 compliant mixed-criticality automotive electronics systems. The SymTA/S methodology overcomes the inherent safety versus efficiency conflicts, especially when ‘freedom from interference’ must be realized between software partitions with different criticality levels. The SymTA/S methodology uniquely meets the primary ISO 26262 requirement to provide reliable coverage for failure and error-free scenarios by undertaking timing analyses to optimize and verify the ECU software schedule. Crucial to this is the ability to … Read More → "SymTA/S supports ISO 26262 compliant design of mixed-criticality automotive electronics systems"
HILLSBORO, OR – APRIL 18, 2012 – Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced that Huawei Technology Co., Ltd., a global leader in telecommunications network solutions, has recognized Lattice as a “2011 Core Partner.” Huawei cited Lattice’s quality, delivery, technology cooperation and service as among the reasons for the prestigious recognition. In particular, Huawei has noted that Lattice’s design support and service are the best among its suppliers.
Lattice was recognized at Huawei’s Annual 2011 Core Partner Convention in Shenzhen, China. At that event, Huawei granted awards to a select group of companies, chosen from more than one thousand suppliers. “ … Read More → "Lattice Is Recognized As “Core Partner” By Huawei"
TOKYO, Japan – April 17, 2012 – Tensilica®, Inc. today announced that the ConnX BBE16 DSP (digital signal processing) IP (intellectual property) core has been licensedto Renesas Electronics Corporation for upcoming products for digital TVs.
“Renesas is a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions and has proven experience in developing products for digital TVs. We are proud that they haveselected our popular ConnX BBE16 DSP core after an extensive evaluation,” stated Eric Dewannain, Tensilica’s vice president and general manager, Baseband Business Unit. “The ConnX BBE16 DSP is a high-performance and very efficient 16-MAC (multiply accumulate) DSP that is ideal for … Read More → "Tensilica’s ConnX BBE16 DSP IP Core for Digital Baseband Signal Processing Licensed to Renesas Electronics"
Unterpremstaetten, Austria (April 18, 2012) – austriamicrosystems (SIX: AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of high-performance analog ICs, today released the AS5048, a 14-bit magnetic encoder IC offering new features which make it easier than ever to achieve accurate, reliable angle measurements in microcontroller-based applications.
The AS5048, which provides a PWM output and either an SPI or I2C interface, supplies absolute angle measurements to a host microcontroller. The application’s mechanical design does not need to allow for precise initial alignment of the sensor IC and the two-pole magnet it is paired with: instead, the zero … Read More → "New 14-bit magnetic encoder from austriamicrosystems makes accurate angle measurement easy for microcontroller users"
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – April 18, 2012 – Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the world leader in delivering fast, scalable communications software that addresses the challenges of building and integrating real-time operational systems, today announced it has successfully applied RTI Connext DataBus™ to a number of research projects targeting future driver assistance and integrated safety applications at Volkswagen Group Research.
By adopting a data-centric “system-of-systems” approach, the Integrated Driver Assistance and Integrated Safety Department within Volkswagen Group Research could thereby reduce its system integration efforts, thus allowing researchers to focus resources instead on new functionality and capability innovation.
“Think about the data, … Read More → "RTI Helps to ‘Think about the Data, Not How to Communicate’"
