Wireless
Pro-Wave’s Sensors Now Available From LPRS
LPRS, manufacturer of easy-Radio, Europe’s most popular wireless modules and distributor of many market leading modular wireless products and accessories, now offers a wide range of Pro-Wave components for proximity detecting applications.
Very Slim Micro-Acoustic Speaker from Focus EDL
Leading electronic components distributor Focus EDL introduces the MX16-SL micro-acoustic speaker for use in applications where a slim design is desired. Called the MX16-SL, it is a slim 3.05mm speaker with a free field resonance frequency of 600 Hz for powerful low-frequency performance with a sensitivity of 73.5 dB/W/m and an impedance of 7.5 ohm.
Maxim's Shunt-Mode Audio Click-and-Pop Eliminator Saves Space and Cost
Maxim has introduced the MAX9892, a shunt-mode, audio click-and-pop eliminator designed for portable multimedia devices. This simple IC provides 35dB of click-and-pop suppression to eliminate the irritating audible artifacts generated during startup and shutdown cycles.
New design tools from Analog Devices
Analog Devices has announced the availability of two downloadable software tools that greatly simplify RF systems design. The ADIsimRF design tool easily calculates a variety of parameters within an RF system including cascaded gain, noise figure, power consumption, and more. ADIsimPLL Version 3.1 development software, a new generation of ADI’s popular phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit-design and evaluation tool, assists users in evaluating, desi...
LPRS Radio Modules control ITV's cat camera
LPRS, Europe’s leading supplier of short-range radio devices, has provided ITV Technical Services with easy-Radio wireless modules to monitor the movements of cats for a USA based programme maker.
New PentaBlade ideal for fixed M2M terminals
EAD has introduced the Pentablade antenna, a five band stubby blade antenna ideal for fixed Machine to Machine (M2M) applications. Supporting US 850/1900 MHz, and European 900/1800 MHz frequencies as well has 2100 MHz (3G), the PentaBlade offers a single solution for celluar networks. It offers 2 dBi of gain and is supplied with a standard SMA-Male right angle connector.
Solar energy harvesting kit from TI
As wireless network systems designers look to alternative energy sources, Texas Instruments has announced a solar energy harvesting (SEH) development kit that converts ambient light into power for industrial, transportation, agricultural and commercial applications. The credit card-sized eZ430-RF2500-SEH kit combines Cymbet Corporation’s EnerChip thin-film battery technology with TI’s MSP430 microcontrollers (MCU), CC2500 radio frequency (RF)...
Silicon Laboratories To Showcase Power Efficient Embedded Wireless Design At Embedded World Germany
At Embedded World 2009 in Nuremburg, Silicon Laboratories will showcase its power-efficient embedded wireless design based on its EZRadioPRO technology. Silicon Labs will demonstrate innovative design techniques through live product and hands-on demonstrations for a range of consumer and industrial monitoring and control requiring power efficiency with special emphasis on extending battery life and improving performance.
NEC's EMMA Mobile 1 System LSI for Portable A/V Devices
NEC Electronics has announced that it has commercialized EMMA Mobile 1, an optimal system LSI chip for the market of portable devices to process audio and visual data, such as portable multi-media players and mobile TVs. Samples of the new EMMA Mobile 1 are available now.
TI claims industry’s smallest most highly integrated SD/MMC voltage level translator
Engineers can now bridge the gap between two disparate voltage nodes while maintaining digital switching compatibility by using a tiny, highly integrated Secure Digital (SD)/MultiMedia Card (MMC) level shifter, introduced today by Texas Instruments. The translator’s auto-direction circuitry simplifies board design by eliminating the need for customers to program a General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) on a processor for direction control and ...