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Keithley Instruments has teamed with R&D Magazine to create a Nanotechnology Test & Measurement Applications Contest for researchers and test innovators who are making complex and advanced electrical measurements on nanoscale materials and devices.
Optical Modulator Driver Designed for High-Speed Comms
The new TGA4954-SL optical modulator driver offered by Link Microtek has been designed to provide a low-cost surface-mount solution for Mach-Zehnder applications in high-speed fibre-optic communication systems.
National Instruments adopts GigE Vision Standard
National Instruments looks to have extended its machine vision market leadership by announcing its adoption of the new Automated Imaging Association (AIA) standard for Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) Vision. A longtime leader in end-user vision systems, NI now adds support for GigE Vision cameras to its existing image acquisition software.
STM gets CERN/ATLAS Award for Development and Production of Radiation-Hard Voltage Regulators
STMicroelectronics has announced that the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN, the European Centre for Nuclear Research, near Geneva, Switzerland, and the world’s largest particle physics laboratory, has honored the Company with an ATLAS Supplier Award for the development and delivery of radiation-hard voltage regulators for use in CERN’s giant ATLAS experiment.
The Definitive Listing for European Technology Events
Tech Event Guide Ltd has announced a new searchable online database which aims to become the definitive free listing of technology events throughout Europe.
808nm 200mW Laser Diode for Solid State Laser Pumping
Photonic Products has announced a new laser diode from Sanyo, the DL-LS2075, which offers high beam quality and laser performance with exceptional CW optical output power of 200mW at a lasing wavelength of 808nm.
TI's VoIP and Wireless LAN Technologies power Ascom's Voice Over Wi-Fi Handsets
Texas Instruments and Ascom Wireless Solutions, a market leader in on-site wireless communication throughout Europe, have announced that Ascom's i75 voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) handsets are leveraging TI's Wireless LAN (WLAN) IP phone platform, the TNETV1700. TI's integrated hardware and software solution delivers the performance and low power required for Ascom to deliver extended talk and standby times to its enterprise customers, and enhanced fe...
Nintendo's new home console responds to user movement thanks to ST Microelectronics
STMicroelectronics has announced that its three-axis acceleration sensors will be used to provide a motion-activated user interface for Nintendo’s new home console, Wii.
New service gives easy low-cost access to 90nm chip process technology
Multi-project wafer services company MOSIS has teamed up with IBM¹s silicon foundry to offer 90nm chip process technology on a shared-wafer basis. The MPW service will give many companies that have previously found sub-micron silicon fabrication costs prohibitive access to these technologies for as little as 10% of the price of a dedicated wafer run.
High Visibility 638nm Laser Diode
Photonic Products has announced a new high visibility, short wavelength laser diode from Sanyo which offers a very high optical output power of 40mW CW with a low threshold current of 60mA in a 9mm package.