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MSC Gleichmann announces demo kit for digital lighting control designers
Now available from MSC Gleichmann UK, the RL78/I1A LED lighting demonstration kit allows system designers to develop and evaluate digital lighting control applications via their PC. The kit combines a fully-featured evaluation board for the RL78/I1A microcontroller (MCU) from Renesas Electronics, supported with a comprehensive and easy-to-use GUI-based development tool called Applilet EZ.
STI Electronics, Inc. & Hakko to Host Series of CIT Certification Courses in Valencia, CA
STI Electronics, Inc. in collaboration with Hakko, announces the dates for its Certified IPC Trainer Certification Courses to be held at Hakko’s facility in Valencia, CA. STI is a total solutions partner when it comes to training resources. The company offers both training services and materials to better serve companies.
G&D and NXP Sign MIFARE Licensing Agreement
NXP Semiconductors N.V and security specialist Giesecke & Devrient today announced an agreement enabling G&D to integrate NXP’s MIFARE technology into its portfolio of secure SIM products. With the new MIFARE DESFire and MIFARE Plus based SIM cards, including backward compatibility to MIFARE Classic, G&D can now serve the growing demand of mobile network operators for enhanced NFC solutions with mobile ticketing as well as mobile payment capabi...
STMicroelectronics Secures Additional Sourcing for its Leading-Edge 28nm and 20nm FD-SOI Technology with GLOBALFOUNDRIES
STMicroelectronics announces that GLOBALFOUNDRIES has agreed to manufacture devices for ST using ST’s proprietary Fully Depleted Silicon-on-Insulator technology in both the 28nm and 20nm nodes. The high-volume and timely availability of ST’s FD-SOI devices is essential in quenching the market’s appetite for smart phones and tablets that can handle all their stunning graphics, multimedia and high-speed broadband connectivity without sacrific...
EAGLE and Würth Elektronik eiSos partner on component library
CadSoft Computer, a part of the Premier Farnell group has today announced that it is to partner with Würth Elektronik eiSos to offer an EAGLE PCB component library. The EAGLE WE eiSos library is available on www.cadsoft.de/libraries.
New Embedded Features Will More Than Double Sensor Sales by 2016
Semiconductor sensor sales will achieve double-digit growth rates and record-high dollar volumes each year through 2016 as more system products gain the ability to automatically control and protect themselves, understand movement, detect changes around them, and support new user interfaces, says IC Insights’ 2012 Optoelectronics, Sensors/Actuators, and Discretes Report. The new report shows sensor sales growing 18% in 2012 to $5.7 billion, sur...
Plasma-Therm workshop attended by over 140 engineers and scientists
A recent Plasma-Therm advanced plasma processing workshop held in Tel Aviv, Israel, was attended by over 140 engineers and scientists from throughout the country’s growing semiconductor technology sector. Twenty companies (ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500) and six world class universities participated in the full day of presentations focused on applying plasma etching and deposition to the fabrication of electronic, photonic, medical, and ...
DuPont Displays Eye-Catching Material Innovations at SID
DuPont is highlighting its latest innovations for displays from June 5-7 during the 2012 Society for Information Display (SID) International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) technology for large format displays and lighting, DuPont Vertak optical bonding adhesives for enhanced display durability, and new DuPont Teijin Films’ substrates for flexible displays and ...
Mitsubishi Electric Develops All-SiC Inverter with High Power Density
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today it has developed a prototype forced-air-cooled three-phase 400V output inverter with all-silicon carbide (SiC) power modules that has a power density of 50kVA per liter. The inverter is expected to contribute to smaller and lighter power-electronics equipment in automotive and industrial applications, among others.
Mitsubishi Electric Chosen by Volvo to Develop Advanced Infotainment Technology
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today it has been chosen by Volvo Car Corporation as a partner to develop next-generation automotive infotainment systems for all Volvo vehicles launched from November 2013 onwards.