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Dialog Semiconductor and BSQUARE have signed a joint technology partnership agreement to develop, market and deliver fully proven mobile applications reference boards for developers and manufacturers of smart phones, personal digital assistants, global positioning systems and other portable applications. The partnership combines BSQUARE’s expertise in developing embedded software solutions and reference designs with Dialog’s leading-edge p...

The AD8117 and AD8118 are said to achieve a bandwidth of more than 500 MHz-65 percent higher than the nearest competitive 32 × 32 arrays-making them the industry's first single-chip 32 × 32 analog crosspoint switches to achieve the highspeeds required to route Quantum Extended Graphics Array (QXGA) video signals without degrading image quality. QXGA is a high-resolution display standard (2048 × 1536 pixels) that enables very fin...

National Instruments has released a new CAN communication module for the National Instruments CompactRIO platform. The new NI 9852 module provides direct connectivity to low-speed/fault-tolerant CAN networks, and is a powerful addition to the high-speed CAN connectivity that CompactRIO already offers, further establishing CompactRIO as an ideal platform for in-vehicle measurement and control applications.

New from Digital Displays and display manufacturing partner Displaytech HK is the 32128A compact chip on glass module. Measuring just 41.30mm x 19.70mm the module has a viewing area of 36.10mm x 8.30mm and a resolution of 32 x 128 pixels.

Texas Instruments has introduced a family of fixed gain Class-D audio power amplifiers for portable applications that require higher performance within limited board space, such as cell phones, portable media players, handheld gaming devices and portable mini-speakers. The new TPA203xD1 amplifiers complement TI's popular TPA2010D1 variable gain Class-D amplifier.

Texas Instruments has introduced two new stereo audio codecs for battery-operated applications, including digital still cameras and portable media players. Designed to extend battery life by lowering power consumption, the PCM3793 and PCM3794 audio codecs offer 7mW playback with a signal-to-noise ratio of 93 dB.

Following its acquisition by Nu Horizons, DT Electronics has landed a UK and Ireland franchise with Xilinx, the programmable logic devices company. Nu Horizons already represents Xilinx in both the US and Far East. This is the UK distributor’s most significant franchise since it won the Atmel line in 2002 and it will enable the company to provide a much more comprehensive offering to customers in its core broadcast, communications and industri...

Frontier Silicon has partnered with SigmaTel, Inc. a leader in mixed-signal multimedia semiconductors, to produce Atlas 2, said to be the lowest cost, ready to manufacture combined DAB (digital audio broadcasting), FM and fully-featured MP3 player platform available today. The platform brings together Frontier Silicon’s Naples FS 2011 miniature tri-band DAB/FM digital radio module and SigmaTel’s STMP3500 series MP3 processor and portable aud...

Available from CML Innovative Technologies (CML-IT) is a series of flexible light guides formulated with a patented light dispersion polymer which is uniformly distributed through the optic core. A great replacement for neon lamps and intrinsically safe, CML-IT’s 754xSS series flexible light guides are available in diameters of 5.5, 6.5, 10, 12 and 14mm and can be manufactured with different concentrations of dispersion polymer, allowing light ...

Intersil’s ISL317XE nine-member family of 3.3V RS-485/RS-422 transceivers are said to save 50-70% of board space and delivers the industry’s only full-featured IEC61000 ESD-protected transceivers with 20Mbps data transmission rate.