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Do Engineering with National Instruments UK & Ireland Technology for Academia Webcast Series
National Instruments UK & Ireland has launched an exciting new Technology for Academia webcast series about the latest NI tools and technologies that enable educators, researchers and students to ‘do engineering’. This four-part series will take place between 23rd and 27th May.
Renesas Electronics to Sell its U.S. Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication Facility to TELEFUNKEN Semiconductors
Renesas Electronics Corporation and TELEFUNKEN Semiconductors GmbH & Co. KG today announced that they have signed an agreement under which Renesas Electronics America Inc. will sell its semiconductor wafer fabrication facility in Roseville, California, to TELEFUNKEN Semiconductors International LLC, a company that includes TELEFUNKEN Semiconductors GmbH. The sale price is approximately 53 million U.S. dollars, and the closing for the sale is plan...
Sysgo and OpenSynergy Join Forces For The Automotive Market
SYSGO AG and OpenSynergy GmbH have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement targeting the automotive market. They will join forces to provide carmakers with a software platform that already meets both avionics safety standards and AUTOSAR (Automotive Open System Architecture) requirements. Rolf Morich, general manager at OpenSynergy, said in a joint press release, “The high quality standards of SYSGO’s technology enable us to provide a unive...
LPC1800 Development Tools
An introduction to the Development Tools for NXP's new LPC1800 microcontroller.
Taiwanese LED Company – FZLED - Going Global
FZLED are announcing their plans to enter multiple international markets around the world and begin offering several lines of high-performance LED products to consumers. Receiving ISO-9001:2008 certification in November, 2010, FZLED is already turning heads with their innovative products like their newly released on/off switch dimming T8 LED Tube Lights.
SmartKem Receives Investment Funding To Continue Innovative Development
SmartKem Limited, the developer of novel, printable organic semiconductor materials and ink formulations for flexible electronics, today announced it has received investment funding from the Porton Capital Group and Finance Wales Investments Limited. The investment allows SmartKem to further develop its flexible printed electronics solutions.
Aeroflex Gains A|D|S 21st Century Supply Chains (SC21) Bronze Award
Aeroflex Test and Equipment Services (ATES) – a division of Aeroflex Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding Corp. (NYSE:ARX) – has announced that it has received the 21st Century Supply Chains (SC21) Bronze Award for high quality service and continuous improvement to its calibration, repair and asset management services. The SC21 programme is administered by A|D|S, the national trade organisation dedicated to advancin...
TI offers the world’s lowest power capacitive touch solutions with new easy-to-use software, silicon and tools for all MSP430™ microcontrollers
Enabling the world’s lowest power touch sense capabilities on all MSP430 devices, Texas Instruments announced the ultra-low-power MSP430 16-bit microcontroller capacitive touch portfolio. Building on TI's embedded processing expertise, the portfolio introduces new hardware and free software solutions that gives developers easy-to-use, cost-effective options for microcontroller-based capacitive touch applications, while still benefitting fro...
Indoor radio-controlled helicopter application drives gyro sensor shipments over 30 million mark
Murata announced today that they have marked the shipment of over 30 million units of its ENC-03RC-10-R gyro sensor for radio-controlled helicopters. The ENC series of piezoelectric vibrating gyroscopes, initially designed for image stabilization in digital still and video cameras, have increasingly been in high demand to aid stable flight performance of indoor radio-controlled helicopters. The growth of the model helicopter application has rapid...
Dialog Semiconductor Begins Early Production Of PMOLED ICs With First Commercial Adoption By Lenovo
Dialog Semiconductor announced that the company's first SmartXtend(TM) passive matrix OLED (PMOLED) driver IC, the DA8620, is being used by Lenovo in its recently launched colour feature phone, the S800.