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STMicroelectronics is leading the trend to simplify product design with plug-and-play modules for prototyping, by releasing its third-generation development platform for customers using STM8 and STM32 microcontrollers.

Cambridge Consultants, a leading technology product design and development firm, has helped Punkt, a Swiss consumer electronics startup to bring their elegant DP 01 phone to market. Designed by leading industrial designer Jasper Morrison, the DP 01 is a DECT phone re-invented for simplicity and intuitive functionality. Using its considerable expertise in helping start-ups with new product introduction, Cambridge Consultants helped Punkt to select...

Link Microtek, the Basingstoke-based specialist in RF, microwave and infra-red technologies, has recently expanded its surface-mount product team with the appointment of Chaxu Lad as sales engineer covering central and northern England.

Nihon Superior Co. Ltd., a supplier of advanced soldering materials to the global market, announces that company President Tetsuro Nishimura will present a paper titled “Recent Developments in the Application of Sn-Cu-Ni+Ge Lead-free Solder and Halogen-free Fluxes” at the upcoming INTERNEPCON JAPAN, scheduled to take place January 19-21, 2011 at the Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo, Japan. The presentation will take place during session INJ-2, titled...

Synopsys announced it is delivering a low power, high-performance system-on-chip (SoC) design solution optimized for the Common Platform alliance (CPA) 28-nanometer(nm) high-k metal gate (HKMG) technology. Based on Synopsys' Lynx Design System and its Galaxy™ Implementation Platform-enabled flow with Synopsys DesignWare Interface IP, this solution was built through a multi-year collaboration with ARM and the Common Platform alliance [IBM, Samsu...

The UK Microelectronics Packaging Society (IMAPS-UK) has announced a call for papers and abstracts for their forthcoming “iPower” event which is intended to ‘Showcase UK Power Electronics’. The event will be held on 30 November & 1 December 2011 at the University of Warwick’s prestigious IDL Conference Centre.

What is Bluetooth 4.0? It's the latest spec from the Bluetooth SIG using Bluetooth but in a low-energy fashion. With Bluetooth 4.0 you can use watch batteries in devices ad those devices would last up to 2 years. In the example Ron demonstrates, we see someone taking a blood pressure reading and from that blood pressure monitor that data is transmitted to a PC and on to the Doctor or healthcare provider, which saves time and money.

Vector Fabrics announces it has signed a contract with the EUROPRACTICE Software Service for the provision of its cloud-based vfAnalyst tool to European academic institutions and publicly funded research laboratories. Under this agreement, vfAnalyst will be available to over 530 universities and 100 research institutes across 44 countries.

MIRTEC, the Global Leader in Inspection Technology announces that David Bennett has been promoted to President of Mirtec Europe. David Bennett, previously the Managing Director of Mirtec Europe, has been a major driving force in achieving a 200% increase on Mirtec Europe’s previous years’ turnover, effectively designing and introducing a complete distribution network spanning continental Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa in less than ...

Renesas Dx4 - Micro-controller family for automotive dashboards. This video shows the impressive capabilities of the all new Renesas DP4-H device. It is an example implementation of a virtual dashboard in which all car information and gauges are displayed on two TFT displays.