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TI’s new Stellaris® ARM® Cortex™-M microcontroller motor control kit spins and tunes three-phase brushless motors in minutes

December 12, 2011

Austin, TX (December 12, 2011) – Adding to its growing portfolio of motor control solutions, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced a new motor control kit for spinning three-phase brushless motors with a Stellaris® Cortex™-M3 microcontroller (MCU). The new DK-LM3S-DRV8312 motor control kit features a 32-bit Stellaris LM3S818 microcontroller and DRV8312 motor driver to spin sub-50V, 6.5A three-phase brushless DC (BLDC) motors in minutes. The easy-to-use kit is a low-cost solution for high-volume motor control applications, including low-voltage fans, blowers, pumps, … Read More → "TI’s new Stellaris® ARM® Cortex™-M microcontroller motor control kit spins and tunes three-phase brushless motors in minutes"

Imec presents MEMS energy harvester suitable for shock-induced energy harvesting in car tires

December 12, 2011

Washington, DC, and Leuven, Belgium – December 7, 2011 – At today’s 2011 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) Imec and Holst Centre announced that they have made a micromachined harvester for vibration energy with a record output power of 489µW. Measurements and simulation show that the harvester is also suited for shock-induced energy harvesting in car tires, where it could power built-in sensors. In a tire, at 70km/h, the new device can deliver a constant 42µW, which is enough to power a simple wireless sensor node. These results, obtained … Read More → "Imec presents MEMS energy harvester suitable for shock-induced energy harvesting in car tires"

Microchip’s 3-Phase BLDC Fan Motor Driver is Industry’s First With Resistor-Programmable, Sensorless Sinusoidal Architecture

December 12, 2011

CHANDLER, Ariz., Dec. 12, 2011 [NASDAQ:  MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today expanded its sinusoidal, sensorless, 3-phase BLDC fan motor driver portfolio with the MTD6505—the industry’s first and only standalone, resistor-programmable driver that enables the selection of multiple back-EMF coefficient ranges.  This unique feature allows engineers to design for a wide variety of 3-phase BLDC fan characteristics with a single device, thus … Read More → "Microchip’s 3-Phase BLDC Fan Motor Driver is Industry’s First With Resistor-Programmable, Sensorless Sinusoidal Architecture"

IAR Systems development tools selected by Ocean Modules for next generation remotely-operated underwater vehicles

December 12, 2011

Uppsala, Sweden—December 12, 2011—IAR Systems, a leading provider of software tools for embedded systems, announced today that its build and debug tool chain IAR Embedded Workbench has been selected by Ocean Modules, an ISO 9001:2008 certified manufacturer of remotely-operated vehicles (ROV), for the next generation underwater technology. Ocean Modules V8 Offshore ROV is controlled through a combination of 8-bit Atmel AVR and 32-bit Atmel ARM MCUs and IAR Embedded Workbench was selected for its reliability.

Ocean Modules V8 Offshore ROV with its 360? control system can operate at … Read More → "IAR Systems development tools selected by Ocean Modules for next generation remotely-operated underwater vehicles"

Mentor Graphics Announces Industry’s First Integrated Solution for Component-to-System Thermal Characterization and Analysis

December 12, 2011

WILSONVILLE, Ore., December 12, 2011—Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced the electronic industry’s first combined technology for thermal characterization and simulation with T3Ster® hardware test products and its FloTHERM® software. The Mentor Graphics® T3Ster product is the world’s leading advanced thermal transient tester for semiconductor device packages and LEDs. Mentor’s FloTHERM product is the de-facto standard for electronics thermal simulation and analysis to predict airflow, temperature and heat transfer throughout electronics equipment including components, boards, and entire systems. The … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Announces Industry’s First Integrated Solution for Component-to-System Thermal Characterization and Analysis"

Arasan Chip Systems Announces 3rd Generation Hardware Validation Platform Family for Mobile Interface Standards

December 11, 2011

San Jose, California – December 8, 2011 – Arasan Chip Systems, Inc. (“Arasan”), a leading provider of Total IP Solutions, today introduced the third generation of its Hardware Validation Platform family targeted for validation of hardware and software infrastructure that comply with analog PHY based standards for serial connectivity between chips, camera and display modules, and flash storage in mobile platforms. Customers adopting emerging and existing protocols like MIPI’s Unipro, CSI-2 and DSI, JEDEC’s UFS and SDA’s SD4.0 … Read More → "Arasan Chip Systems Announces 3rd Generation Hardware Validation Platform Family for Mobile Interface Standards"

Lattice Semiconductor To Acquire SiliconBlue

December 9, 2011

HILLSBORO, OR – December 9, 2011 – Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SiliconBlue Technologies, a pioneer and leader in Custom Mobile Device™ solutions for the consumer handheld market.  Utilizing a single chip, ultra-low power Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) fabric, SiliconBlue’s mobileFPGA™ devices enable mobile designers to quickly add features to their mobile platform in areas such as connectivity, memory / storage, sensor management, and video / imaging.  SiliconBlue’s mobile FPGA devices have already shipped in the millions of units to top tier consumer OEM’s.& … Read More → "Lattice Semiconductor To Acquire SiliconBlue"

Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products and Foresight Technologies Team Up to Produce High-Performance Wet Process Tanks for the Semiconductor Industry

December 9, 2011

Reading, Pa., November 30, 2011— Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products and Foresight Technologies found the perfect fit for Quadrant’s Symalit® PFA 1000 High Purity grade fluoropolymer to produce wet process tanks for new and replacement applications. 

“We’re pleased with the results of working with Quadrant’s innovative solutions. With Symalit PFA material, we save significant cost and increase the level of quality for our high purity systems we deliver to our wet process semiconductor original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and end users,” said Scott, Osterman, vice president, Foresight Technologies. “Quadrant … Read More → "Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products and Foresight Technologies Team Up to Produce High-Performance Wet Process Tanks for the Semiconductor Industry"

andersDX Touch-dX Monitors bring Consumer-Style Multitouch to Industrial and Commercial User Interfaces

December 9, 2011

LONDON, 09 December 2011 – andersDX, market leader in the field of interface technologies and usability, has launched the Touch-dX family of medium-sized, robust, open frame monitors. These monitors, for the first time, make high-accuracy, responsive multi-touch performance commercially viable in a variety of non-consumer applications ranging from kiosks and point-of-sale systems to industrial process control, ATMs and gaming.

Leveraging patented, high-performance, optical tracking, ShadowSense™ technology, this plug-and-play monitor family offers up to five touch points and is mechanically compatible with ELO Touchsystems open frame monitors. Unlike many alternative technologies, the Touch-dX monitors can support any … Read More → "andersDX Touch-dX Monitors bring Consumer-Style Multitouch to Industrial and Commercial User Interfaces"
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