Wireless

STMicroelectronics has introduced its new automotive-grade application processor with embedded GPS for navigation and telematics. The Cartesio processor perfectly couples with ST’s GPS RF chip (STA5620), creating a unique offering that significantly reduces the form factor and bill-of-materials with no compromise in performance.

TDC has launched a Bluetooth module with an open-field range of one kilometre from its internal antenna, the longest range of any Bluetooth module. The range can be further extended by adding high gain directional antenna.

Renesas Technology Europe has announced two new microprocessors in the SH-Mobile series for application processing targeting digital TV capable mobile phones. The SH-MobileL3V2 and SH-MobileUL incorporate a high-performance, low-power multi-CODEC video processing IP from Renesas. Both devices support MPEG-4, MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) encoding & decoding and VC-1 decoding, achieving 30 fps (frame per second) performance at VGA definition.

Able Systems Limited has announced the availability of its new AP1310-DC portable mini-printer. The AP1310-DC is ideal for a wide range of mobile applications, having been specifically designed and approved to be powered directly from a vehicle battery, or any DC power source in the range 9 to 36V.

CTi Ltd, the specialist antenna manufacturer, has launched two new series of low-cost ZigBee antennas which provide designers with a wide choice of configuration options. Both series of antennas are suitable for use with any IEEE 802.15.4 standard 2.4 GHz ZigBee wireless system, and can accommodate vertically and horizontally polarised signals. Typical ZigBee wireless applications include environmental monitoring and control in homes and building...

Avago Technologies today announced two ultra-small, WCDMA duplexers with industry-best performance levels. The company is a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications. Using new and improved FBAR (film bulk acoustic resonator) technology, Avago's miniaturized ACMD-7602/ACMD-7612 duplexers deliver best in class transmit and receive insertion loss for UMTS band 1 handsets, femtocells, an...

RF Solutions has announced the availability of its new range of high quality 2.4Ghz antennas specifically designed and manufactured for operation with low power, short range telemetry systems, Wi-Fi and computer systems. The use of these antennas gives optimum range and reliability to a wide range of applications.

Analog Devices has introduced RF-to-digital baseband transceivers designed to enable the IEEE 802.16d/e mobile WiMAX standard for mobile communications devices, such as cell phones, personal digital assistants, and handheld multimedia devices. WiMAX terminals enable wireless broadband connectivity with dramatically lower installation costs than competitive wired solutions. As WiMAX evolves from a fixed-line protocol to one that increasingly ser...

PMC-Sierra has introduced its first WiMAX RF IC solutions for Femtocell base stations, Customer Premises Equipment, and Mobile Station designs. The PM8800 WiZIRD 2Tx/2Rx is said to be the industry’s most integrated WiMAX RF IC solution with full 2Tx/2Rx Multiple In/Multiple Out (MIMO) capability to support a maximum downlink data rate of 63Mbit/s per sector and a peak uplink data rate of 28Mbit/s per sector in a 10MHz channel.

Texas Instruments has introduced a pair of RF system-on-chip solutions designed for low-power and low-voltage wireless applications used in the 2.4 GHz and sub-1 GHz frequency bands. The CC2510 and CC1110 combine TI’s state-of-the-art RF transceivers (CC2500 and CC1101) with an industry-standard enhanced 8051 microcontroller, 8/16/32 kB of in-system programmable flash memory, 1/2/4 kB of RAM and many other powerful features – all inside a sm...