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Leading power supply manufacturer Lambda UK is investing an initial $100,000 in a collaborative research project with The University of Sheffield. The initial 12-month project is with the Electrical Machines and Drives (EMD) Group at the University. The project is another example of Lambda’s investment in UK engineering, coming alongside its sponsorship of graduates and undergraduates.

TTI, Inc., the leading authorized specialist distributor of passive, connector and electromechanical components has given its 2006 coveted European Award for Supplier Excellence to Phoenix Contact, a global leader in the manufacture of industrial automation, interconnection, and interface solutions.

Altium Limited continues its investment in the future generation of electronics designers and engineers, with new donations of software to the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Space Flight Laboratory (UTIAS/SFL) in support of its CanX satellite missions.

SynQor, a leading provider of high efficiency DC/DC and AC/DC converters, strengthens its senior management team with the addition of electronics industry veteran Todd Hendrix as the new head of marketing and sales. Mr. Hendrix will focus on the further expansion of SynQor's telecom business while accelerating growth into new markets areas.

Anglia has announced that it has signed a UK and Ireland distribution agreement with analogue semiconductor manufacturer Zetex.

Atmel and Quantum Research Group (UK) announced today that Atmel has licensed Quantum’s QTouch and QMatrix capacitive touch technologies. Quantum’s intellectual property will be programmed into Atmel picoPower AVR microcontrollers (MCUs), enabling the devices to be used for both touch sensing and many other control functions, for example driving motor controls, LEDs and displays. QTouch technology is used for simple keys, while QMatrix is us...

At the recent DSEi exhibition, AWS Electronics signed a contract worth £1M to supply Racal Acoustics with over-moulded cable assemblies for use in latest-generation headsets used by armed forces worldwide to enable communications in noisy environments across the full range of military vehicles. AWS Electronics is a company within the AWS Group, one of the UK’s leading specialist Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) providers which delivers...

Keithley Instruments today announced a new partnership with The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA. The partnership is designed to support research collaboration in the pursuit of nanotechnology and nanoscience solutions for the semiconductor industry’s next generation instrumentation and measurement requirements. Keithley and the CNSI will share research information to further the understanding of nanotechnology and nanoelectronic techno...

A new high linearity direct conversion I/Q demodulator from Linear Technology significantly reduces the cost of 3G and WiMAX basestation receivers. The LT5575's extended operating frequency range from 800MHz to 2.7GHz covers all of the cellular and 3G infrastructure, WiMAX and RFID bands with a single part. Its capability to convert from RF directly to baseband at DC or low frequency results in simplified receiver designs, reduced component count...

The National Microelectronics Institute (NMI), the trade association representing the semiconductor industry in the UK and Ireland, in collaboration with the UK’s nanoCMOS project, is to hold Europe’s first international conference dedicated to the subject of CMOS variability. The conference will take place on 23rd October at the Royal College of Physicians, London.