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Solderless LED socket with optics snap-on feature
Solderless LED socket with optics snap-on feature
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An integral stainless steel spring within the socket ensures that uniform and adequate normal force is applied…
Solderless LED socket with optics snap-on feature
Solderless LED socket with optics snap-on feature
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The solderless LED socket, Type LS from Tyco Electronics are designed specifically for use with the new Philips Lumileds Luxeon…
NEMA Type 9 enclosures for electronics in hazardous locations
NEMA Type 9 enclosures for electronics in hazardous locations
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Now available from electronics packaging specialist Schroff is a range of NEMA Type 9 enclosures, which are designed for housing…
Maxim enters digital power market
Maxim enters digital power market
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In a major move, Maxim Integrated Products is entering into the emerging digital power market.

CEA-Leti, spinoff form maskless lab
CEA-Leti, spinoff form maskless lab
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CEA-Leti and a spinoff, Aselta Nanographics, are creating a joint lab to develop e-beam proximity effects correction solutions for both mask writing and maskless lithography applications.
Consortium claims SiGe frequency record
Consortium claims SiGe frequency record
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The European Union's DotFive project has produced a silicon germanium chip set that it claims has the world's highest frequency of operation in the history silicon germanium (SiGe) history. The…
Apple MacBook debuts Thunderbolt I/O
Apple MacBook debuts Thunderbolt I/O
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Apple announced its latest MacBook Pro notebooks will build in Thunderbolt, the new high speed systems interface from Intel formerly known as Light Peak. The move will send shock waves…
Renesas adds to 32bit MCU range
Renesas adds to 32bit MCU range
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Renesas Electronics has announced the availability of its eight new 32-bit V850 microcontrollers (MCUs), an addition to its existing J Series. These new V850ES/Jx3-L MCUs are an extension of the…
VPX/OpenVPX ecosystem extended
VPX/OpenVPX ecosystem extended
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Kontron has announced several additions to its VPX/OpenVPX ecosystem including the Kontron 3U VPX PCI Express and Ethernet hybrid switch VX3905, the Kontron 3U FMC carrier board VX3830, the Kontron…
Vendor agreement targets open source developers
Vendor agreement targets open source developers
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Freescale and Mentor Graphics are to partner to provide unique bundle of applications processors and user interface tools. Customers purchasing Freescale's i.MX51 and i.MX53 products can register and download the…
EnOcean appoints Alpha Micro Components to distribute energy harvesting wireless sensor modules in the UK
EnOcean appoints Alpha Micro Components to distribute energy harvesting wireless sensor modules in the UK
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Alpha Micro Components, the UK-based independent franchised distributor of electronic components, has entered into an agreement with the originator of patented self-powered wireless technology EnOcean GmbH which will see Alpha…
MIPS makes virtual processor models available to licensees
MIPS makes virtual processor models available to licensees
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Imperas, which through the Open Virtual Platforms (OVPTM) initiative (www.OVPworld.org) has become the de facto source for instruction accurate processor modeling and simulation, has announced that MIPS Technologies has licensed…
Faraday selects Silicon Frontline’s F3D for accurate 3D extraction of ADCs
Faraday selects Silicon Frontline’s F3D for accurate 3D extraction of ADCs
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After an extensive evaluation of post-layout verification tool offerings Faraday has selected Silicon Frontline Technology's F3D for accurate post-layout 3D extraction of Faraday's analog and digital converters (ADCs). The high…
Mixed-signal and digital-storage oscilloscope portfolio expanded with 26 new models
Mixed-signal and digital-storage oscilloscope portfolio expanded with 26 new models
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The Agilent InfiniiVision 3000 X-Series scopes step up performance while aggressively holding prices in line, offering bandwidths from 100 MHz to 500 MHz and industry-leading waveform update rates…
Automotive IC market to outgrow all other segments, IC Insights says
Automotive IC market to outgrow all other segments, IC Insights says
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The breathtaking 45 percent surge in 2010 was caused mainly by the automotive OEMs reluctance to buy semiconductors in 2008 and 2009. In 2010, when demand for vehicles picked up,…
Managing open source licensing for semiconductors
Managing open source licensing for semiconductors
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Read the full article on page 50 of our February digital edition.
Fraunhofer IMS develops UV-transparent coating for image sensors
Fraunhofer IMS develops UV-transparent coating for image sensors
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“We’ve developed a new process step,” said Werner Brockherde, head of department at Fraunhofer IMS, “that allows us to produce a protective coating with the same properties but which is…
An RTL to GDSII approach for low power design
An RTL to GDSII approach for low power design
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Read the full article on page 20 of our February digital edition.
Stereo analog subsystem with Class G headphone amp offers loudspeaker protection for mobile handsets
Stereo analog subsystem with Class G headphone amp offers loudspeaker protection for mobile handsets
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The loudspeaker’s ALC provides designers with several options to control audio distortion levels and prevent speaker damage. National’s LM49251 stereo analogue subsystem combines a 1.4 W Class D speaker amplifier,…
Rugged, high current spring pins rated at 1,000,000 cycles, take 9A
Rugged, high current spring pins rated at 1,000,000 cycles, take 9A
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The 085X series is characterized by a greater mass and surface area which provides a lower resistance electrical path than miniature spring pins. Because they are designed and…
Universal FPGA module with PCI Express
Universal FPGA module with PCI Express
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A reference design of a SoPC system including a 32-bit Microblaze soft-core processor for use with Xilinx Platform Studio is available free of charge. Windows, Linux, MATLAB, LabView,…
Renesas re-organises for growth, again
Renesas re-organises for growth, again
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Renesas says it has been promoting structural reforms as part of its 100-day Project in which the company reviewed all of its management resources. As integrations have proceeded for the…
Nanosensors to benefit military and energy sectors
Nanosensors to benefit military and energy sectors
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The U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) has awarded the College’s Smart System Technology & Commercialization Center of Excellence (STC) a $3 million contract to develop, fabricate and…
CPU, DRAM ride organic substrates at ISSCC
CPU, DRAM ride organic substrates at ISSCC
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Papers at the International Solid State Circuits Conference described the first simple microprocessor and DRAM structures built on organic substrates as well a process for printing both n- and p-type…
Closing the gap between MCU and x86
Closing the gap between MCU and x86
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Due to their pin compatibility and the usability of various CPUs – the current range is from ARM9 derivatives clocked at 400 MHz up to 1 GHz Cortex-A8 cores –…
Digital ambient-light sensors cut power consumption by over 100x
Digital ambient-light sensors cut power consumption by over 100x
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The MAX44007/MAX44009 are claimed to consume 100x less power than the nearest competitive product, significantly extending battery life. They offer a unique interrupt function that constantly measures the amount of…
Atmel optimizes QTouch for application-specific devices
Atmel optimizes QTouch for application-specific devices
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This family of touch controllers includes a touch sensing architecture that eliminates the need for any external components and uses only one I/O pin for each sensing channel. This architecture…
Free MCU kits on offer
Free MCU kits on offer
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On-board hardware extensions provide easy connection to other boards or devices for deeper testing of the microcontroller peripherals. All kits contain LEDs and push buttons and enable access to all…


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