News & Analysis

The new HARTING sCon family of industrial Ethernet switches is the industry’s first to offer ring redundancy on the basis of unmanaged Ethernet switches connected in a ring configuration.

Linear Technology has expanded the RS422/RS485 transceiver product family with an H-grade option designed for high temperature applications. LTC285xH versions feature an extended operating temperature of -40°C to 125°C, as well as the attributes traditionally required for these applications. The new temperature grade broadens Linear’s line of industry-standard low power CMOS transceivers, and helps ensure reliable data transmission in harsh e...

Digital Signage Specialist, ONELAN, has announced the signing of a license agreement that enables the company to include Adobe Flash animation software embedded within its Net Top Box range of digital signage platforms. The company’s V.6 software supports Flash 9 operation.

Ulli Lochmann, President and General Sales Manager of KOA Europe GmbH in Dägeling, will resign from his duties for personal and private reasons. His successor as President will be Yuji Iwasa, formerly Executive VP KOA Europe. Mr. Iwasa will be supported by Sabine Wagner, appointed Executive VP for Business Planning, and Dr. Arne Albertsen, who will be in charge of the Sales & Marketing, the Design-in and the Customer Service as new General Sales...

Keithley Instruments has announced a partnership with the Institute of Mobile Communications (IMC) of Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdu, China. The partnership calls for the IMC and Keithley to work together on joint research projects to expand existing applications as well as research emerging wireless applications and technologies.

“Many RS-485 users are completely unaware that they are taking unnecessary risk with their data because of the method they use for driver control” warns Jeff Hunter, Design Engineer at Sealevel Systems. To assist users in selecting the ideal method Sealevel Systems has published a white paper: Eliminate the Risk of RS-485 Data Corruption.

Ramtron International has announced that its FM22L16 was awarded the Product of the Year Award by Electronic Products China (EPC). The FM22L16, the semiconductor industry’s first 4-megabit (Mb) nonvolatile F-RAM memory, was selected from hundreds of products after it successfully met the judging criteria for design innovation, price performance, and technological advancement.

LPRS, Europe’s leading supplier of short-range radio devices is providing Lasersport International with a wireless solution for a novel clay pigeon shooting system. Bridgnorth based Lasersport International has been manufacturing their system since 1989 and there are now hundreds of Lasersport systems operating in almost 70 countries. The system has become one of the most popular activities for both corporate events and holiday and leisure res...

Texas Instruments has introduced a high-speed Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 On-The-Go (OTG) dual-role controller that provides flexible architecture to meet a multitude of customer-defined applications. It can operate either as a function controller for a USB peripheral or as the host/peripheral in point-to-point or multipoint communications. This low-power device’s idle mode operating at less than 100uA will extend battery life in consume...

The European Columbus laboratory is now in space, and precision resistors from the Isabellenhütte SMx series are on board. It is by no means easy to fulfil the stringent requirements set by aerospace and space organisations. Components must function reliably even when subjected to extreme influences. For example, the SMx series resistors for use in space can endure the vibrations which occur when the shuttle lifts off, remain undamaged in condit...