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New PRO280LM side-sealed direct-drive stage has increased width for heavy load submicron industrial positioning
Aerotech's PRO-LM series direct-drive, brushless linear servo motor driven stages now include a new 280 mm wide version, available in eight travel options from 300 mm to 1.5 m, for high throughput and heavy load precision positioning applications in harsh industrial environments. The side-sealed/hard top and fully protected stages feature heavy duty linear motion guide bearings, submicron level encoder feedback and optional cable management, and ...
Altera Delivers Industry's First Single-Chip Solution for HD WDR Surveillance Cameras
Expanding its FPGA solutions for the surveillance market, Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) announced today the industry's first high-definition (HD), surveillance internet protocol (IP) camera reference design on a single FPGA. This unique solution features Altera's low-cost Cyclone® III or Cyclone IV FPGAs and intellectual property from Eyelytics and Apical supporting AltaSens' 1080p60 A3372E3-4T and Aptina's 720p60 MT9M033 HD Wide Dynamic ...
Altera Presented with TechAmerica Foundation's American Technology Award
Altera announced its Stratix IV GT FPGA received TechAmerica Foundation's American Technology Award in the electronic components category. TechAmerica recognized Altera for demonstrating excellence in technology with its Stratix IV GT FPGA, which was designed specifically to meet the performance and system bandwidth requirements of today's high-bandwidth systems.
Altera Starts Production Shipments of Highest Density Member of Its Stratix IV FPGA Family
Altera today announced it is shipping in production the highest density member of its 40-nm Stratix IV FPGA family. Featuring 820K logic elements (LEs), the Stratix IV E EP4SE820 device is ideally suited for a variety of high-end applications that require high-density, high-performance and low-power FPGAs, including ASIC prototyping and emulation, wireless, wireline, military, computer and storage. With this announcement, the rollout of Altera's ...
Altera's Stratix IV GT FPGA Selected by NEC for Use in Advanced 100G Transponder Card for DWDM System
Altera today announced its high-performance Stratix IV GT FPGAs featuring integrated 11.3-Gbps transceivers were selected by NEC Corporation for use in a 100G transponder card for its Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexed (DWDM) system, one of the most advanced DWDM systems in the world.
Wind River Simics Adds Support for Freescale QorIQ P5020, P5010 and P3041 in Advance of Silicon Availability
Wind River, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, today announced the Wind River Simics virtual platforms for the Freescale Semiconductor QorIQ™ P5020, P5010, and P3041 multi-core processors. Simics provides Freescale customers and ecosystem partners access to a P5020, P5010, and P3041 development platforms before silicon is available, allowing them to begin evaluation and development now. Freescale introduced the advanced 64-bit dual...
Satellite Navigation System Powered by Wind River Achieves Safety-Critical Certification from European Space Agency
Wind River, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, today announced that VxWorks has been chosen to run Logica’s Integrity Processing Facility (IPF) check set for the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS). The IPF, developed and delivered by Logica, is the crucial element that validates the information broadcast by the satellites to safety critical users such as aircraft in flight or ships navigating through narrow c...
Baud Telecom Names Dragonwave ‘vendor Of Choice’ For Last Mile Enterprise Access
DragonWave Inc. ((NASDAQ: DRWI; TSX: DWI) a leading global supplier of packet microwave radio systems for mobile and access networks, today announced that Baud Telecom Company (BTC Networks) has selected DragonWave as its “vendor of choice” for wireless, last-mile enterprise access. One of BTC Networks’ valuable customers, Etihad Atheeb Telecom Company “GO”, is expanding its footprint across Saudi Arabia by deploying...
Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA First in Industry to Support MECHATROLINK-III Interface for Low-cost, High-speed Factory Automation Networks
Xilinx announced today that its FPGAs would be the first in the industry to support the MECHATROLINK-III specification, an open motion field network communications standard established by the Iruma, Saitama Prefecture, Japan-based MECHATROLINK Members Association. Xilinx Alliance Program member Tokyo Electron Device Limited has developed an IP core compatible with the MECHATROLINK-III standard for implementation with the low-cost Spartan(R)-6 FPG...
Menta and LIRMM Launch Manufacturing of World’s First MRAM-based FPGA
Menta SAS and LIRMM, an embedded programmable logic provider of embedded-FPGA Intellectual Property (IP) and a joint CNRS and University of Montpellier 2 research laboratory, today confirmed the tape out of world’s first MRAM-based FPGA. The MRAM-based FPGA leverages key innovations including non-volatile magnetic memory and patent-protected circuitry enabling compact integration of MRAM and embedded-FPGA solutions.