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Cree Introduces World’s First High Brightness LED Optimized for Elevated Outdoor Video Screens

DURHAM, N.C. — Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, extends its high-brightness LED leadership with the commercial availability of the new Screen Master C4SMT and C4SMD 4mm LEDs. The superior brightness and unrivaled far-field pattern matching, combined with industry-leading packaging technology, can enable Cree LED customers to deliver a better viewing experience for their audience and achieve lower system and operating costs than previous generations of LEDs. 

“With the introduction of the world’s first high brightness LED with a 20 degree tilted viewing … Read More → "Cree Introduces World’s First High Brightness LED Optimized for Elevated Outdoor Video Screens"

Cree Licenses Pioneering Remote Phosphor Patents

DURHAM, N.C.–December 19, 2011– Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) announces it has granted five LED lighting manufacturers licenses to select Cree patents through its recently launched remote phosphor licensing program. By making fundamental remote phosphor patents available through license, Cree is further enabling LED lighting adoption, as Cree innovations facilitate the development of LED lights combining remote phosphor optical elements with blue LEDs.

“Cree is committed to the development of innovative, energy-efficient LED lighting … Read More → "Cree Licenses Pioneering Remote Phosphor Patents"

Meggitt Sensing Systems Announces Global Market Introduction of Endevco® High-g Triaxial Piezoresistive Shock Accelerometers

December 20, 2011, San Juan Capistrano, California, USA – Meggitt Sensing Systems, a Meggitt group division, has introduced the Endevco® model 7274 series, a family of rugged, undamped, high-g triaxial piezoresistive shock accelerometers, designed for high-acceleration shock measurements across three mutually perpendicular axes.

The Endevco® model 7274 series is the triaxial version of the company’s popular single-axis 7270A series, sharing the same footprint, bolt pattern and highly efficient sensing system. This product family offers 20 years of field-proven pedigree across thousands of installations. Available in four unique ranges of 2000 g; 6000 g; 20,000 g; and 60,000 g, the robust design … Read More → "Meggitt Sensing Systems Announces Global Market Introduction of Endevco® High-g Triaxial Piezoresistive Shock Accelerometers"

Saelig Introduces New Economical All-in-one Ethernet Module

Pittsford, NY:  WIZ820io is a new plug-in network module that offloads Internet tasks to a mini-board that includes WIZnet’s popular W5200 IC (TCP/IP hardwired chip + PHY), a mag-jack (RJ45 with transformer) and other peripheral logic. Housed in a very small form factor (23mm x 25mm) with two rows of 0.1”-spaced pins, WIZ820io can be used as a ready-made component for Internet-enabling a product or board, and is an ideal solution for users who want to develop networked systems rapidly.

WIZ820io contains WIZnet’s hardwired … Read More → "Saelig Introduces New Economical All-in-one Ethernet Module"

Atmel Technology to Power Samsung’s Focus Flash and Focus S Touchscreens

San Jose, Calif., December 20, 2011—Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced that Samsung has selected Atmel’s maXTouch® E Series solution to power their new Samsung Focus Flash 1677 and Samsung Focus S 1937. The Samsung Focus Flash runs on Windows® 7.5 Mango OS and also includes a large 3.7” Super AMOLED™ display, touch-enabled by Atmel’s E Series, allowing for a richer color display and market-leading touch response and device performance rates. The Samsung Focus S runs on Windows 7 and features the Super AMOLED touchscreen, powered by … Read More → "Atmel Technology to Power Samsung’s Focus Flash and Focus S Touchscreens"

BIOSAP Designs Spartan-6 FPGAs into RAID Motherboard for Surveillance & Storage System Applications

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 20, 2011 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) announced today that BIOSAP Taiwan, an alliance partner of RAID (redundant array of independent disks) controller and system company BIOS Corp. Japan, has designed Xilinx Spartan®-6 FPGAs its ROMB miniITX ATOM motherboard for leading surveillance server and network attached storage system applications.

The FPGAs are being embedded into a RAID motherboard to enable system integrators to build highly reliable server appliances, such as surveillance video recorders and network attached storage. This particular ROMB appliance supports high sustained throughput and reliable data storage for … Read More → "BIOSAP Designs Spartan-6 FPGAs into RAID Motherboard for Surveillance & Storage System Applications"

24V, 15A Monolithic Synchronous Step-Down Regulator with Differential Output Sensing & Clock Synchronization

MILPITAS, CA – December 20, 2011 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC3613, a high frequency controlled on-time synchronous step-down DC/DC converter with differential output voltage sensing and clock synchronization. The controlled on-time, valley current mode architecture enables a very fast transient response by increasing its operating frequency during a transient event, allowing the LTC3613 to recover from … Read More → "24V, 15A Monolithic Synchronous Step-Down Regulator with Differential Output Sensing & Clock Synchronization"

Lattice Semiconductor Will Highlight Innovative Programmable Logic Design Solutions For Mobile Devices AT CES 2012

HILLSBORO, OR – DECEMBER 19, 2011 – Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced that it will be hosting a private hospitality meeting suite at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas January 10-13, 2012.  The suite will be located in the Las Vegas Hilton, North Hall, 28th Floor, Suite 127.   

With their small form factors, low power consumption and low cost, programmable logic devices (PLDs) are being widely adopted in the design of mobile devices and consumer electronics … Read More → "Lattice Semiconductor Will Highlight Innovative Programmable Logic Design Solutions For Mobile Devices AT CES 2012"

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