News & Analysis
White Power SMD LEDs are industry first says Vishay
Vishay Intertechnology has released the industry’s first series of high-intensity white power SMD LEDs in the CLCC-2 flat ceramic package. The robust and light-efficient VLMW82.. devices offer low thermal resistance of 20K/W and high optical power from 9000mcd to 18000mcd for thermal-sensitive applications.
Triductor Licenses Tensilica Diamond Standard 212GP Processor Core
Tensilica has announced that Triductor Technology, of Santa Clara, CA, and Suzhou, China, has signed a second license for the Diamond Standard 212GP general-purpose processor core and has completed a second design tape out. Triductor has used the Diamond 212GP processor as the system controller for VDSL2 design for both the customer premise (CPE) and central office (CO) designs. The Diamond 212GP is an area-efficient, low-power, fully synthesizab...
First Female Field Sales Engineer for NI UK & Ireland
National Instruments UK & Ireland has recently promoted Sarah Brady to Field Sales Engineer for East Midlands and the North East. In her new role, Sarah, who now lives in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, will be the first point of contact for customers in the East Midlands and the North East, with responsibility for specifying systems and introducing National Instruments innovative hardware and software.
TI's new strategic business unit intensifies focus on analog
Texas Instruments has announced that Steve Anderson has been appointed to a senior vice president position, leading the company’s new Power Management strategic business unit. The new Power Management organization is part of TI’s analog business strategy to better focus on solving customers’ analog, power management and energy efficiency design challenges.
TI and Xinwei accelerate broadband voice and data coverage to Chinese households
Texas Instruments and Beijing Xinwei Telecom Technology Co., Ltd. (Xinwei) today announced that its next generation McWiLL/SCDMA macro base stations will enable millions of Chinese households to receive voice and data traffic at exceptional speeds, while lowering the cost of deployment for the country’s service providers. By leveraging TI’s 3GHz, powerful multicore DSPs, optimized software and analog signal chain components, Xinwei ca...
National Semiconductor Enters Photovoltaic Market
Building on its leadership in power management and energy-efficient products, National Semiconductor has announced that it has entered the photovoltaic market with new technology designed to increase the overall energy output of solar electric power generating systems. National’s SolarMagic technology extracts the maximum power efficiency of each photovoltaic panel, even when some panels in the array are compromised by shading, debris or inher...
Energy Optimizers selects Ramtron’s nonvolatile F-RAM memory for Plogg wireless energy management plugs
Ramtron International Corporation, a leading developer and supplier of nonvolatile ferroelectric random access memory (F-RAM) and integrated semiconductor products, has announced that UK-based Energy Optimizers Ltd., a designer and manufacturer of ZigBee and Bluetooth smart energy saving devices, has designed Ramtron’s FM25L512 512-kilobit (Kb) serial F-RAM memory device into its series of Plogg® wireless energy management plugs. F-RAM’s No...
Ethernet media convertor with PoE capability from Harting
The new eCon 3011 from HARTING is a Fast Ethernet media convertor designed for use in industrial environments. It performs signal conversion between shielded twisted-pair cable and multimode or single mode fibre-optic cable, and also supports Power over Ethernet (PoE).
High-Power, High-Speed 850-nm Infrared Emitters from Vishay
Vishay Intertechnology has broadened its optoelectronics portfolio with the introduction of a new generation of 850-nm infrared emitters in 5-mm leaded packages. The TSHG5210 and TSHG6210 are available with ±10° viewing angle while the TSHG5410 and TSHG6x10 devices are available with a ±18° viewing angle. They offer extremely high radiant intensity with the industry's lowest forward voltage.
Advanced Power Components signs Distribution Agreement with Teledyne Relays
Advanced Power Components has added Teledyne Relays to its product line-up. Teledyne Relays claims to be the world's innovative leader in manufacturing ultra-miniature hermetically sealed RF and solid state switching products, with more than 40 years’ experience in aviation, military, satellite and terrestrial communications and commercial programmes.