Industry News
DEK Solar thinks beyond equipment to deliver PV process, support and service solutions
Following the widespread success of the award-winning PVP1200 platform and the recent European launch of the highly anticipated PV3000 metallization line, DEK Solar is consolidating its position as a major force on the solar stage. Talking recently about the company's success in the sector, Alternative Energy Business Manager, Darren Brown, attributed the trend to DEK's ability to "think beyond equipment."
Minicom Rejuvenates AAA7 Agency With Consolidated KVM and Power Management
Minicom Advanced Systems - a leading developer of IT & KVM remote access and management solutions, announced that Ohio's Area Agency on Aging District 7 (AAA7) has implemented Minicom's KVM IP and management solution, with immediate, gratifying results.
PLX Technology Completes First Design on Advanced 40nm Process Technology
PLX Technology today strengthened its industry leadership position by finishing a new design on 40nm process technology at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC). This major achievement creates new opportunities for designers looking to reap the benefits of differentiation using PLX's well-known leading performance, low power and custom software tools. PLX is taking advantage of the 40nm geometry to develop a variety of new solutions over the next few years, including PCI Express® (PCIe®) Gen 3 switches.
Exar Selects Cadence as Mixed-Signal EDA Provider
Cadence Design Systems announced today that Exar Corporation has signed an expanded business agreement to establish Cadence® as its leading chip planning and mixed-signal design solutions provider. As a result of the new multi-year agreement, the Cadence Virtuoso® and Encounter® platforms, as well as the Cadence Chip Planning Solution, will make up Exar's key mixed-signal design environment for designs at 65 nanometers and below.
Cadence Marks Annual Innovation Day with Honors for its Top Technology Leaders
Cadence Design Systems today is celebrating Innovation Day, honoring the contributions Cadence employees have made to the company and the electronics industry as a whole. Having garnered more than 800 U.S. patents and an additional 150 international patents, Cadence has a long legacy of technology innovation that has enabled EDA customers to successfully create some of the world's most recognized consumer and business products for over 20 years.
Remote Heart-Monitoring Platform Begins Validation
STMicroelectronics and Mayo Clinic, a premier health-care organization, are collaborating on a novel platform for remotely monitoring patients with chronic cardiovascular disease. The platform will provide a comprehensive and unobtrusive solution that monitors person-specific data and physiological parameters and influences lifestyle and treatment choices.
Sony's coin sized HD video camera wins 'contribution to security' vote at e-Legacy Awards
A high definition video camera the size of a £1 coin has been declared 2009's winner in the e-Legacy Award's 'contribution to security' category, which was selected by a public vote. The award ceremony took place in London on the 4th November.
The Nanoktn Supports European Funding For Technology SMEs
The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK's primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, has announced its support for Eurostars, a funding programme aimed at stimulating development in new products, processes and services by SMEs. The funding, with a project limit of €350,000 is open to emerging technology SMEs with partnerships across two Eurostars participating countries and a commitment to research and development.
Sony demonstrates revolutionary PC control interface at Vision 2009
Sony Europe's Image Sensing Solutions (ISS) division has demonstrated a revolutionary PC control interface based on three dimensional vision cameras. The system, called ICU, analyses body movements and enables users to go beyond the mouse or touchscreen to interact more intuitively with a computer.
Cerno Bioscience, Agilent Technologies to Co-Market MassWorks for GC/MSD
Cerno Bioscience and Agilent Technologies Inc today announced they will jointly market Cerno's MassWorks calibration software to Agilent GC/MSD ChemStation users. This novel calibration increases the mass accuracy of Agilent's single quadrupole GC/MSD sufficiently to identify unknown compounds. This normally requires use of much more expensive, larger instruments such as Quadrupole Time-of-Flight, or Fourier Transform Ion Resonance mass spectrometers.
Avago Technologies Provides Critical IP to Enable Juniper Networks’ Development of High-Performance Silicon
Avago Technologies today announced that it provided critical IP to Juniper Networks to enable the development of the company's high-performance silicon devices. These new Juniper designs are part of the Junos Trio chipset that enables the delivery of Juniper's MX-3D platforms.
Imagination licences Internet radio portal platform to O2
Imagination Technologies, a leading multimedia chip technologies company, reports that connected radio portal technologies developed initially for the internet-connected products of its PURE division will enable new radio features on the O2 Joggler. The O2 Joggler is an electronic hub for the home featuring digital photo viewer, news, weather and traffic reports, music and video player and calendar. A subset of the Lounge internet radio service (www.thelounge.com) has been adapted specifically for the O2 Joggler to deliver a hand picked selection of the most popular UK BBC and commercial radio stations, making those stations available through a simple and accessible 'family friendly' interface.
Ismosys Takes Mellanox Connectivity Technology Back To Home Market
Ismosys, officially launched in March 09 as a new demand creation vehicle of the Spectrum Electronics Group has expanded its existing partnership with end-to-end connectivity solutions specialist Mellanox Technologies to include Israel. The agreement builds on Ismosys' existing partnership with Mellanox in Benelux, France, Iberia, Italy, Turkey and the UK & Ireland. Previously Mellanox products were not actively marketed in Israel despite the fact that the company has one of its two Technology Centres in Yokneam south-east of Carmel City and close to The Technion, Israel's famed Institute of Technology.
MES3 series - CUI Introduces World’s Smallest Optical Encoder
CUI Inc announces the release of the MES3 series, the latest in their line of high performance micro optical encoders. Claimed to be the world's smallest shaft-type optical encoder, the MES3 has a 5 mm body diameter and a 1.5 mm shaft diameter. The series is ideal for use in medical and robotics applications where size is critical.
Cypress's New Auto-Tuning Solution said to Revolutionize Touch-Sensing Design
Cypress Semiconductor today announced an automatic tuning solution for its CapSense capacitive touch-sensing devices. While existing solutions require engineers to perform time-consuming calibrations for up to 15 capacitive-sensing parameters, the new patent-pending SmartSense™ solution sets these automatically during the design process, significantly reducing development time. The solution dynamically optimizes the baseline and detection threshold and adjusts for the optimal capacitance range. The SmartSense capability greatly simplifies the replacement of mechanical buttons and sliders, allowing designers to create a single platform for multiple industrial designs without having to manually optimize performance for each design.
STMicroelectronics, in Close Cooperation with LG Display, Unveils New Advanced Interface Standard for LCD TVs
STMicroelectronics in collaboration with LG Display today announced submission of their proposed iDP (Internal DisplayPort) interface standard aimed at replacing the current LVDS (Low Voltage Differential Signaling) standard to the VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association) TV Panel Task Group.
Agilent Technologies' Next-Generation-Sequencing Human Exome Target Enrichment Portfolio Now Available for SOLiD(tm)
Agilent Technologies today announced that its SureSelect Human All Exon Kit is now available for the Applied Biosystems SOLiD System. Applied Biosystems is part of Life Technologies Corp. The kit enables target enrichment prior to next-generation DNA sequencing.
Perforce Software Launches Instructor-led Online Courses Starting December 2009
Perforce Software is offering its most popular software configuration management (SCM) classes in an online format. The new virtual learning environment eliminates the time and expense of travel and provides attendees a high quality learning experience by blending live instructor lectures with student discussions and a virtual lab environment.
Top British Nanofirms win Business Innovation Awards
Three top British nanotechnology firms whose innovations make solar cells more efficient, help in the fight against heart disease, and improve the production of fine chemical compounds won Business Innovation Awards today at the UK NanoForum & Emerging Technologies Conference 2009.
Vishay Nobel Becomes Worldwide Partner for Weighing and Force Measurement with Schneider Electric
Vishay Intertechnology has announced that Vishay Nobel and Schneider Electric have entered into a strategic partnership through Schneider Electric's Collaborative Automation Partner Program (CAPP). Vishay Nobel will support Schneider Electric worldwide with weighing and force measurement technology. Vishay Nobel is a turnkey provider of weighing and force measurement systems and will bring to Schneider Electric its knowhow, field experience, and site expertise.
Silicon Hive Utilizes Cadence Palladium III Solution for Highest Quality IP for Multi-Core Multi-Million Gate Designs
Cadence Design Systems has announced that Silicon Hive, a worldwide supplier of semiconductor intellectual property (IP), achieved the highest quality for its HiveGo mobile imaging and video decoding solutions using the Cadence Palladium III Accelerator/Emulator. Palladium technology enabled Silicon Hive to meet aggressive IP quality requirements for multi-core, multi-million-gate designs targeting mass-market consumer products.
Heraeus establishes Heraeus Recycling Technology (Taicang) Co., Ltd. (HRTT)
W. C. Heraeus invested in a Chinese burning facility for strategic growth. Heraeus aspires towards strategic growth in the Far East. To further this goal W. C. Heraeus has invested in the Chinese burning facility Suzhou Sunhui Metalwork Co. Ltd. in September 2009.
Incremental Miniature Encoders
New miniature single-channel and dual-channel incremental encoders from Optek offer a low cost solution for small shaft motors.
WiSpry Joins the Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) Alliance
WiSpry, Inc., the leader in tunable radio frequency (RF) semiconductor products for the wireless industry, today announced that it has joined the Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) Alliance as a Contributor Member. As a MIPI Contributor Member, WiSpry will have access to industry-standard interface specifications for the mobile industry and will be able to make contributions to these standards going forward.
15kW soft-starter for compressors
Carlo-Gavazzi has introduced a small 15kW soft-starter, extending the company's range of compact modules for compressor applications such as geothermal heat pumps. The new RSBT type complements existing single-phase solutions by offering three-phase control and enhanced inrush current handling, whilst meeting residential Class B EMC requirements without the need for external filters.
YEG Opto partner with Harvard Engineering to supply Cool-LED Drivers
YEG Opto, the opto electronics division of Young Electronics Group, are pleased to announce a new franchise partnership with Harvard Engineering and the launch of Cool-LED, a new range of high brightness LED drivers giving outstanding performance and reliability whilst offering the excellent power factor correction characteristics.
ABB drive system wins the 2009 Science and Technology Achievement Award of CIS
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced recently that its drive system for paper production lines won the China Instrumentation and Control Society 's 2009 Science and Technology Achievement Award, in the Excellent Product Award category. The drive system was produced for the forestry-paper integration project of the Lonfon Paper Industry Co., Ltd. in Puyang, Henan. ABB has won this award for the second consecutive year, for its leading technology and outstanding engineering expertise.
RadiSys collaborates with Aricent and 6WIND on its Promentum platform for the LTE market, easing development risk and shortening time-to-market for TEMS
RadiSys Corporation today announced that it has partnered with Aricent and 6WIND to deliver application-ready platforms for the Long Term Evolution (LTE) Evolved Packet Core (EPC). Data traffic and mobile video usage are growing at a rapid pace, and Service Providers are demanding quick delivery of next-generation networks to satisfy ever-increasing consumer demand. Telecom Equipment Manufacturers (TEMs), in turn, are seeking solutions that enable shorter internal development cycles to deliver upon the time-to-market pressures they are facing.
Xilinx FPGAs Contribute to Global Standardization of Cryptographic Module Security Evaluation
Xilinx K.K., the Japanese subsidiary of Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX), today announced that the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan (AIST) selected Virtex-5 and Spartan-3A FPGA families for its SASEBO-GII boards for side channel attack standard evaluation and partial reconfiguration. The SASEBO-GII boards will enable the development and evaluation of performance and security of cryptographic circuits to contribute to the international standardization of hardware security.
AppliedMicro Introduces Multi-core System-on-Chip
ACAL Technology has announced that AppliedMicro today announced the first member of its APM 83K series System on Chip (SoC) family: APM 83290 - the highest performance Power Architecture(R) solution available in bulk CMOS process. Designed from the ground-up to achieve industry leading speeds comparable to designs manufactured in expensive Silicon-on-Insulator processes, the APM 83290 SoC provides a level of price flexibility that makes it attractive to a wider range of systems. The APM 83290 also features proprietary PacketPro and MultiEase technologies developed from AppliedMicro's extensive networking and processing experience for a device that delivers the best performance for wireless infrastructure, enterprise, storage, entertainment, multifunction printer and communications applications.
Zuken.com Wins Professional, Business, and Personal Services Website of the Year
The newly introduced website from Zuken has won Professional, Business, and Personal Services website of the year in the specialist Sitecore Site of the Year UK 2009 awards. These awards recognise the use of specialist web content management software from Sitecore to develop outstanding websites. Zuken and Sitecore partner, 3Sixty, developed a solution that supports multiple languages in a sustainable time effective way, satisfy global data protection requirements and address local audiences spanning 40+ countries in 100+ locations.
High capacity 1000 ton load cells for large structure testing
RDP Electronics Ltd has an extensive range of load cells including the Model MPB which can now be provided for loads of up to 1,000 tons. These very high capacity load cells have been deployed on oil-rigs and for measurements on high structures and testing of very large structures.
Hemisphere GPS Receives Cleantech 10 Award
Hemisphere GPS announced today that it was awarded a position on the 2009 Cleantech 10 list by Corporate Knights Inc. The award, compiled by Corporate Knights Inc. and Cleantech Indices LLC, recognizes companies that minimize the impact human activity has on the environment. Hemisphere GPS does this by developing technologies that improve operational performance while reducing the impact of chemical applications and lowering energy consumption.
Cypress Webinar on November 11 to Demonstrate Embedded Design Methodology Enabled By PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 Architectures
Cypress Semiconductor has announced a free, online seminar that presents a new embedded design platform based on Cypress's PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 architectures. The 60-minute webinar, entitled "Introducing an Evolutionary Leap in Embedded Design," will be presented in conjunction with EE Times on Wednesday, November 11 at 9:00 a.m. PST. Online registration is available at www.cypress.com/go/psoc3and5webinar.
DFI LANParty Provides Great Audio Experience
In order to bring consumers the best and amazing audio experience, DFI LANParty launched it's the latest DK P55-T3eH9 with the Sound Blaster X-Fi technology, which comes from Creative and offers surround sound. Instead of spending almost $100 for extra X-Fi audio card, users can still obtain the same audio effect with DK P55-T3eH9. No matter which kind of music, movies, or games you are listening, watching, or playing, DK P55-T3eH9 can deliver premium audio effect and bring you the most realistic and immersive experience.
AIS Releases a Touch Screen LCD Access Management System featuring the Intel Atom Processor for Smart Home Networking, Scheduling, and Access Control
American Industrial Systems Inc. (AIS) introduces a new Access Management System (AMS) featuring a 7 Touchscreen LCD, Intel® Atom N270 Processor, and MiFare RFID card reader providing an all in one access control system. Keeping track of traffic in content sensitive workplaces has been increasingly important; maintaining a level of security within the workplace is a top priority. Through the use of access management systems users can log and control the traffic in/out of an area. AIS' complete system combines several security systems in one including RFID readers, DI/DO (Digital input/Digital output), touchscreen logins, 1.3 MP digital microphone and camera, and motion detection features; allowing operators one single source for an easy to deploy security system in the workplace.
Astrodyne Combats Counterfeit Components
Counterfeit parts represent a threat to legitimate manufacturers of electronic equipment around the globe and aggressive measures are mandatory if product integrity is a priority. Many of the industry's best known companies have ended up with these parts without being aware that their well managed supply chain had holes in it. This is a particular problem in the current economic downturn as suppliers have reduced inventories in order to deal with uncertainty in the demand channel. Reduced inventories mean increased lead-times and purchasing professionals are often sent scrambling for components.
ICC Evaluation Service And Underwriters Laboratories, Globally Recognized Leaders In Product Evaluation And Certification, Introduce Dual PMG Listing Program
ICC Evaluation Service, Inc. (ICC-ES®) and Underwriters Laboratories (UL) have established a Dual PMG Listing Program for plumbing, mechanical, and fuel gas (PMG) products. The purpose of the program is to provide code officials and construction professionals with a reliable means to verify that PMG products comply with applicable codes and standards.
Extended Temperature NI Single-Board RIO Devices Deliver a More Rugged Solution for Embedded Deployment
National Instruments today announced four new extended operating temperature versions of the NI Single-Board RIO devices, featuring a -40 to 85°C operating temperature range. These boards provide engineers and developers low-cost embedded system development options by combining an onboard reconfigurable field-programmable gate array (FPGA), real-time processor and analog and digital I/O – all on a single-board computer (SBC). The four new NI sbRIO-9602XT, sbRIO-9612XT, sbRIO-9632XT and sbRIO-9642XT devices are designed for board-level OEM applications requiring extended temperature operation, including industrial, robotics, transportation, aerospace and military embedded systems.
National Instruments Updates Graphical Software for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Robotics Platform
National Instruments today announced a new version of its intuitive drag-and-drop software that powers the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 robotics kits for retail and education. With this system, children as young as 9 years old can design their own robots using new features such as color recognition, Bluetooth support and additional robot models that offer children more options to express their creativity. The software, which will be included with all LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 kits, is based on the widely adopted NI LabVIEW graphical programming software, which provides children easy-to-use, drag-and-drop functionality to program their robotic creations. With this software, students simply drag and drop icons that are representative of the various tasks they want their robots to perform, similar to how professional engineers and scientists control today's latest robotics with LabVIEW.
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