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Tektronix Delivers Technology Demonstration for High-Speed Serial Protocol Test Platform at ESC Boston 2011

BEAVERTON, Ore., Sept. 27, 2011 – Tektronix, Inc., a leading supplier of test, measurement, and monitoring products and solutions, today announced a technology demonstration at the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC)  Boston booth #309 for a protocol test platform that will enable engineers to analyze, stimulate, stress and characterize high-speed serial links — with support for speeds up to 10Gb/s. The technology demonstration highlights a Protocol Analyzer concept that customers can leverage using one instrument to perform multiple test functions and to look at a variety of protocols such as Ethernet, Fibre Channel, Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI), and Serial … Read More → "Tektronix Delivers Technology Demonstration for High-Speed Serial Protocol Test Platform at ESC Boston 2011"

ESCATEC invests in new diebonder to triple throughput

Heerbrugg, Switzerland – September 26, 2011 – ESCATEC, the EMS innovator, has invested in a Hilbond DB 750 diebonder to  increase the company’s diebonding capabilities.  The new machine is very accurate and fast, enabling ESCATEC to triple its existing diebonding throughput.  The high degree of accuracy also means that the following production steps (e.g. wirebonding) have been accelerated.  

The Hilbond joins the existing Amadyne SAM 42 diebonder that is older and very flexible but slower.  The latter is used for bigger dies and assemblies.  The new, faster Hilbond is used for … Read More → "ESCATEC invests in new diebonder to triple throughput"

AutoBuzz – Amazing JTAG/boundary-scan Tool for Debug & Repair

Eindhoven, the Netherlands, September 27th, The makers of JTAG Live™ Buzz and Buzz-plus are proud to announce AutoBuzz, the most exciting addition yet to their no-netlist-required range of JTAG/boundary-scan test and debug tools. AutoBuzz is an amazing tool that uses a unique ‘seek and discover’ feature to scan completely a compliant design and then perform comparative tests using JTAG/boundary-scan. 

With only JTAG scan-chain information plus BSDL models of the JTAG/IEEE std 1149.1 compliant parts (available from manufacturers’ web-sites), users of AutoBuzz will be able to connect to … Read More → "AutoBuzz – Amazing JTAG/boundary-scan Tool for Debug & Repair"

Newly Created Industrywide IPC-2581 Consortium Adds Key New Members; Consortium Is Focused on Driving IPC-2581 Adoption Across PCB Design & Supply Chain

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – September 27, 2011) – The IPC-2581 Consortium today announced the addition of several new members to its growing list of electronics industry companies. The new members are ScanCAD International, Ucamco (formerly Barco ETS) and Aegis Software.

The consortium, led by Cadence Design Systems and founded in August 2011 by several PCB design and supply chain companies, is dedicated to driving faster adoption of the industry-neutral design data transfer language created by IPC and known as IPC-2581.

“The addition of these new members to the Consortium clearly demonstrates that the desire for a new … Read More → "Newly Created Industrywide IPC-2581 Consortium Adds Key New Members; Consortium Is Focused on Driving IPC-2581 Adoption Across PCB Design & Supply Chain"

HDL Design House announces new design MIPI IP products

HDL Design House is a company providing leading-edge digital and analog, design and verification services and products in numerous areas of SoC and complex FPGA designs. The company develops MIPI IP cores and provides complete design and verification services for complex SoC projects.  

HDL Design House is recognized as a MIPI protocols expert and supporter of many MIPI protocols and is a key implementer of one of very first UniPro, DSI and CSI-2/3 implementation in SoC for mobile phones. As a MIPI Contributing Member, HDL Design House has access to early versions of MIPI … Read More → "HDL Design House announces new design MIPI IP products"

Ericsson Extends Vertical-Mount Voltage Regulator Series for Space-Critical Applications

  • Built-in energy-optimization algorithms reduce energy consumption
  • Designed for applications where board space is critical, new devices reduces footprints to less 2cm2
  • Single-in-line BMR462 and BMR463 join the BMR464 in adding assembling flexibility to surface-mount and through-hole devices delivering high flexibility for designers

Ericsson has introduced two new vertical-mounting members in its family of 3E digital point-of-load (POL) voltage regulators aimed at space-critical applications. The new 12A BMR462-SIP (BMR4622002) and 20A BMR463-SIP (BMR4632002) complement the recently announced 40A BMR464-SIP (BMR4642002) and offer board designers the ability to select the … Read More → "Ericsson Extends Vertical-Mount Voltage Regulator Series for Space-Critical Applications"

Atmel and Redpine Signals Collaborate to Provide Ultra-Low Power 802.11n Wi-Fi Capability for AVR and ARM-based Microcontrollers

San Jose, CA, September 27, 2011–Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, and Redpine Signals today announced that system engineers can easily implement 802.11n Wi-Fi to all Atmel AVR® and ARM®-based microcontrollers (MCUs) using Redpine Signals’ Connect-io-n(TM) and n-Link(TM) modules. System engineers for Atmel AVR® XMEGA® and AVR UC3 MCU families and Atmel SAM3 and SAM9 ARM-based MCU families can now integrate Wi-Fi capability for a variety of embedded systems in building automation, metering, digital audio and medical applications.

Atmel customers can add 802.11a/b/g/ … Read More → "Atmel and Redpine Signals Collaborate to Provide Ultra-Low Power 802.11n Wi-Fi Capability for AVR and ARM-based Microcontrollers"

Synopsys Enhances Synplify FPGA Synthesis Software to Enable Higher Reliability FPGA Design

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

  • New Synplify® tool capabilities improve error recovery and resistance to single event upsets (SEUs), increasing reliability of FPGAs deployed in the field
  • Enhanced graphical interface eases status monitoring and debugging in hierarchical design flows
  • Extended compatibility with Synopsys’ Design Compiler® tool and DesignWare® IP for a robust ASIC prototyping solution

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, today announced availability … Read More → "Synopsys Enhances Synplify FPGA Synthesis Software to Enable Higher Reliability FPGA Design"

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