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Renesas Electronics Introduces 14 New Intelligent Power Devices with Enhanced Protection Functions for Automotive Body Applications

Dusseldorf, April 5, 2012  –  Renesas Electronics  , a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced 14 new intelligent power devices (IPDs), including the  μPD166023, designed for automotive applications driving exterior lamps such as headlamps and fog lamps as well as seat heaters and motors.

An IPD is a power IC device that incorporates in a single package, or on a single chip, a power semiconductor switch (power MOSFETs) and its control circuit featuring interface to microcontroller (MCU) as well as protection … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Introduces 14 New Intelligent Power Devices with Enhanced Protection Functions for Automotive Body Applications"

Setra Systems Announces More than 30 Product Families Now Available for Online Ordering at www.setra.com

April 4, 2012, Boxborough, Massachusetts, USA – Setra Systems, Inc, a leading global designer and manufacturer of pressure measurement instrumentation for industrial, test & measurement, HVAC/R, semiconductor, energy, environmental, medical, pharmaceutical, and meteorological requirements, has announced the availability of more than thirty of its most popular pressure, humidity, current, barometric, and vacuum sensing product families for online purchase at www.setra.com.

The Setra Systems online ordering catalog is easily accessible from the company’s homepage, under “Order Online”, as well as under each … Read More → "Setra Systems Announces More than 30 Product Families Now Available for Online Ordering at www.setra.com"

Signal Processing Software

Northwich, Cheshire, April 2012 – Following on from the signing of an agreement last year with NEXTXEN to sell their NEXTWave Signal Processing Lab Software in the UK, they have announced further new products including NEXTWave Digital Filter Design Wizard provides a streamlined approach to creating FIR and IIR filter implementations. This software tool walks the user through easy-to-follow steps that result in the digital design of Butterworth, Chebyshev I, Chebyshev II, elliptic, and Kaiser window filters. Impulse and frequency response graphical analysis, coefficient generation to file, and … Read More → "Signal Processing Software"

Agilent Technologies Introduces the First Wideband, Dual-Channel PXI Vector Signal Analyzer with Streaming Capabilities for Detecting and Identifying RF Interference

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 3, 2012 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the availability of the first dual-channel PXI vector signal analyzer that delivers high-bandwidth, independently tuned, two-channel, continuous data capture. This product, a new configuration of Agilent’s M9392A analyzer, enables R&D and test engineers to detect and identify sources of RF interference – even in dense urban environments where many unwanted signals may be present.

The solution is ideal for troubleshooting wireless devices in either the lab or real-world environments.

The dual-channel Read More → "Agilent Technologies Introduces the First Wideband, Dual-Channel PXI Vector Signal Analyzer with Streaming Capabilities for Detecting and Identifying RF Interference"

Tektronix Announces DDR3-2133, DDR3-2400 Logic Debug, Protocol Validation Solution

BEAVERTON, Ore., April 2, 2012 – Tektronix, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, today announced the next generation of DDR3 probing solutions for  logic debug and protocol validation using the Tektronix TLA7000 Series Logic Analyzers with support for DDR3-2133 MT/s and DDR3-2400 MT/s. This is the highest performing DDR3 protocol test solution in the market today. 

With the introduction of … Read More → "Tektronix Announces DDR3-2133, DDR3-2400 Logic Debug, Protocol Validation Solution"

Renesas Electronics Introduces 14 New Intelligent Power Devices with Enhanced Protection Functions for Automotive Body Applications

SANTA CLARA, Calif, April 5, 2012—Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced 14 new intelligent power devices (IPDs), including the μPD166023, designed for automotive applications driving exterior lamps such as headlamps and fog lamps as well as seat heaters and motors. 

An IPD is a power IC device that incorporates in a single package, or on a single chip, a power semiconductor switch (Read More → "Renesas Electronics Introduces 14 New Intelligent Power Devices with Enhanced Protection Functions for Automotive Body Applications"

Imagination announces highest performance 4K capable multicore video decoder

DesignWest / ESC Silicon Valley Expo, San Jose, USA 26th March 2012: Imagination Technologies, a leading multimedia and communications technologies company, has announced the PowerVR VXD395MP video decoder with support for resolutions up to 4Kx2K thanks to a unique multicore architecture.

4Kx2K video is a core-technology for future TV applications, providing four times the volume of visual information as an HDTV. This enables realistic super high definition quality, multi-stream HD channel browsing, high frame rate support for detailed slow motion footage of sports events and other content, and ‘wall … Read More → "Imagination announces highest performance 4K capable multicore video decoder"

Matrox Adds Three New Fanless Video Wall Controller Boards to Mura MPX Series

Montreal, Canada, April 3, 2012 – Matrox Graphics Inc. announced today the introduction of three new fanless MuraTM MPX Series video wall controller boards that build upon the line’s revolutionary design. Mura is the first PCI Express (PCIe) x16 Gen 2 board class to feature both HD resolution inputs and outputs. The new fanless SKUs make use of the same high-performance, single-slot design with 64 Gbit/sec duplex data transfer and feature four HD outputs and either zero, two, or four HD inputs for maximum I/O flexibility. The fanless Mura boards have no moving … Read More → "Matrox Adds Three New Fanless Video Wall Controller Boards to Mura MPX Series"

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