News & Analysis

Mouser Electronics has announced it is now stocking the SōL MR16 LED replacement lamp from Lamina, a leading supplier of LED lighting solutions. The lamp integrates a high-power LED light source, optical lens, and thermal heat sink shell in a traditional MR-16 halogen form-factor.

Hongfa, the solid state relay manufacturer, is the first company of its type to be awarded the prestigious “Top Brand” in China classification by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). Hongfa is the number one relay manufacturer in China, and its quality control system conforms to the requirements of ISO9001, ISO/TS16949. Environmental standards met ISO14001 and Oc...

BVM is offering some new additions to its AFOLUX Family of touch screen panel PCs. The existing range has sizes from 7 to 19 using the AMD Geode or Via Eden CPUs. The latest additions, 15-19 units, support the Intel Celeron M 1.0GHz or Pentium M 2.0GHz processors with up to 2GB of DDR2 memory and a wide range of I/O formats.

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.