PHOENIX—August 15, 2011 — Combining a robust inventory of more than five million SKUs and unmatched physical value-add services, Avnet Express, the e-Commerce engine for Read More → "Avnet Express Turns Stock to Connector Assemblies in Less Than a Week"
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 16, 2011 – ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) and Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mc.com) have jointly developed a processing solution known as FELCO™ (Federated Embedded inteL-server for Collaborative Operations) that meets the ISR interoperability needs of the warfighter</ … Read More → "ITT and Mercury Debut Jointly Developed Embedded ISR Processing System"
CONCORD, CA – August 16, 2011 — D-Tools Inc., the worldwide leader in system integration software today announced that detailed information on the entire family of Kinetics Noise Control products has been recently updated in D-Tools product database, better enabling D-Tools System Integrator™ users to specify their products. Kinetics’ produces the industry’s largest selection of innovative products to address vibration and noise control and room acoustics for almost any residential application.
Kinetics Noise Control has extensive experience in designing and manufacturing innovative products to control sound and vibration. Established in 1958 as engineers focusing on sound … Read More → "Kinetics Noise Control’s Product Line Now Updated In D-Tools System Integrator (SI) 5.5 Software"
WASHINGTON, DC — August 16, 2011 — AUVSI Unmanned Systems Conference 2011 – Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY® Security Services (ISS) business unit, today announced its new Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Open Platform, representing a significant investment and commitment to the security and management of Autonomous Vehicles and Universal Control Segments (UCS) in the embedded and special-purpose computing market.
Targeting the autonomous systems community, the platform provides a secure, highly reliable and safe software foundation for Autonomous Vehicle and UCS developers to host their UAS (Unmanned Autonomous Systems) applications. At the foundation is Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY-178 … Read More → "Green Hills Software Launches Autonomous Vehicle Open Platform for UAV Control Segments, UAV Mission, Payload and Flight Control Systems"
MILPITAS, Calif. — Tues., Aug. 16, 2011 – Touchstone Semiconductor, a developer of high-performance analog integrated circuit solutions, today announced that it will provide free demo boards to potential customers. The offer includes all demo boards in Touchstone’s growing portfolio of high-performance analog products, including the groundbreaking 0.8V, 0.6µA TS1001 operational amplifier, and the new TS9001-1 and TS9001-2 ultra low-power voltage monitor ICs.
Engineers can register for their free demo boards at http://www.touchstonesemi.com/freedemoboards.html. … Read More → "Touchstone Semiconductor Announces Free Demo Boards Available Through Sept. 30"
FRAMINGHAM, MA – August 15, 2011 – Robotics Trends, a division of EH Publishing, today unveiled robonexus.com, an exciting new website designed to serve the masses of people interested in robots and robotics technologies … Read More → "Robotics Trends Announces Launch of RoboNexus.com Website for Robotics Enthusiasts"
DALLAS (Aug. 16, 2011) – Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today introduced two high-efficiency PWM power supply controllers with integrated, programmable-delay synchronous rectifier control outputs and pre-bias start-up circuitry. The UCC28250 and UCC28950 “green controllers” simplify design and boost efficiency in high-density isolated power supplies for telecommunications, server and industrial systems. The devices support multiple high-frequency topologies, such as half-bridge, full-bridge, interleaved forward and push-pull, that may have stringent pre-bias start-up requirements and support multiple high-efficiency topologies.
High-efficiency isolated DC/DC conversion
The UCC28250 is the industry’s first half … Read More → "TI green PWM controllers boost efficiency in telecom, industrial power supplies"
Unterpremstaetten , Austria (August 16, 2011) – austriamicrosystems (SIX: AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of high-performance analog ICs, has announced the AS1328 high-efficiency 1.5 MHz synchronous DC-DC step-down converter. This buck regulator features efficiencies up to 96%, excellent light load efficiencies and with a quiescent current of only 25 μA.
The AS1328 DC-DC can deliver up to 3A of output current at output voltages as low as 0.6 V while operating … Read More → "austriamicrosystems announces high-efficiency 3A step-down converter"
Atlanta, GA and Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) August 16, 2011 — The Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA) announced today that Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc., will be granting access to its inventory on the association’s new inventory search site, http://www.eciaauthorized.com. Only inventory from authorized distributors is displayed on the site — the first of its kind to be industry-owned and managed.
Avnet Electronics Marketing connects more than 300 of the world’s leading technology manufacturers with a broad base of customers providing … Read More → "Avnet Electronics Marketing Adds Its Inventory to New Electronic Components Industry Association Part Search Website"
