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Texas Instruments has introduced the first product in the company's Z-Accel family of 2.4-GHz, ZigBee-certified network processors. Providing engineers with full ZigBee functionality without having to learn the complexities of a ZigBee stack, the CC2480 is suitable for a broad range of ...
Publication date: 15 May 2008
Nanomotion has introduced its new Edge motor, one of the smallest ceramic servo motors in the industrial market. The Edge motor provides 30 grams of thrust with a maximum operating velocity of 150 mm/sec. Capable of driving linear or rotary motion, the EDGE is well suited for applications in ...
Publication date: 15 May 2008
Micronas announced two new members of its varioHAL family of fully-integrated Hall-effect sensors with digital interfaces. The HAL 2830 and HAL 2850 both include a microcontroller, a temperature sensor, advanced on-chip compensation, and a digital output format. The HAL 2850 features a PWM ...
Publication date: 14 May 2008
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today introduced a new PSoC(r) mixed-signal array with an enhanced analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for fast analog sampling and expanded 8k Flash memory capacity for complex algorithm processing. The CY8C23x33, the newest member of Cypress's flagship PSoC family, ...
Publication date: 14 May 2008
The organisers report that the Sensor+Test fair which closed last Thursday (8 May 2008) and was held over 3 days from the 6th of May, was visited by approximately 7,900 people (2007: 8,600), and 562 exhibitors (2007, 61) spread over 20.000 m 3 (2007: 23.000 m³) showed their products.
The ...
Publication date: 13 May 2008
Matrix have recently launched a new version of their popular graphical programming language for microcontrollers – ‘Flowcode for ARM microcontrollers’.
32 bit ARM microcontrollers are now available for the same price as 8-bit micros but offer massive advantages to ...
Publication date: 8 May 2008
Microchip Technology Inc. has announced that the Integration Associates' EZLink Development Kit (Microchip part # TDKEZ915) is available on the www.microchipdirect.com e-commerce website for USD 240.
The kit gives wireless customers an easy development route for sub-GHz RF modems. ...
Publication date: 7 May 2008
CSR and QSound Labs Inc. have announced that CSR’s MusiCore1 is now being offered with mQSynth™, a powerful wavetable MIDI synthesiser from QSound. The CSR MusiCore1 is the world’s first fully featured single-chip stereo audio processor with Bluetooth for mobile phones. With ...
Publication date: 7 May 2008
Keithley Instruments, Inc. has released the sixth edition of its Switching Handbook: A Guide to Signal Switching in Automated Test Systems. At more than 180 pages, this newest handbook covers the fundamentals of the switching function in test and measurement applications, providing useful, tutorial ...
Publication date: 7 May 2008
Microchip announces the 12-member PIC24FJ256GB1 microcontroller (MCU) family, which 100 nA standby current, memory up to 256 KB Flash and 16 KB RAM. The 16-bit family integrates USB 2.0 device, embedded-host, dual-role and On-the-Go (OTG) functionality. Microchip also provides software support, via ...
Publication date: 6 May 2008
Vishay broadens its optoelectronics portfolio with the introduction of a wide-viewing-angle infrared emitter in a leaded package. With its uniquely designed lens, the TSFF5510 has a viewing angle of ±38°, which enables better performance than standard 5-mm emitters. The combination of a ...
Publication date: 5 May 2008
Emerson Network Power has expanded its portfolio of ac-dc power adapters with the launch of a 72 watt model. The AD72 power adapter features a universal 90-264 Vac input and produces a single, fully regulated 16 Vdc output capable of delivering up to 4.5 A continuously. AD72 freestanding ac-dc power ...
Publication date: 2 May 2008
Tektronix has launched its DPO3000 Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope (DPO) series of portable models that extends the advantages first introduced with the DPO/MSO 4000 series. The DPO3000 provides triggering and decode support for the most popular serial buses used in embedded system design ...
Publication date: 1 May 2008
The Maxim MAXQ3180 analogue front-end IC for polyphase electric meters measures and calculates voltage, current, power, energy, and all major power quality parameters. It integrates an 8-channel A/D converter and the company's dedicated, high-performance MAXQ microprocessor for computing a large ...
Publication date: 1 May 2008
Editorial Bolina Brasil, publishers of the Brazilian licensed edition of Elektor launched their website at www.elektorbrasil.com.br. The website has been built in close co-operation with Elektor International Media, reflecting the structure and general look and feel of the successful English, Dutch, ...
Publication date: 30 April 2008
AMS Technologies announces the availability of the new version of CoolitPCB, a software for board analysis developed by Daat Research Corporation. CoolitPCB calculates fine mesh models in the time it takes competitors to deliver coarse grid answers. The software costs $5900 for a perpetual license. ...
Publication date: 29 April 2008
Pico Technology has unveiled the PicoScope 9201, a dual-channel PC Sampling Oscilloscope with a bandwidth of 12 GHz that redefines the performance of sampling oscilloscopes at this price level.
The dual-channel PicoScope 9201 uses sequential equivalent-time sampling to achieve a sampling rate of 5 ...
Publication date: 28 April 2008
Although the May 2008 issue of Elektor will appear to have the usual 88 pages, there are in fact 95 more waiting for you on the Elektor website. All is revealed on page 12 in the magazine. The ‘15 Elektor Blockbusters’ ebook is available to all readers of Elektor, i.e. both faithful ...
Publication date: 24 April 2008
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. announced that its PSoC(r) CapSense touch sensing solution enables the touch-sensitive CineDash media console inside Acer's new Aspire 6920 and 8920G Notebook PCs. The single-chip Cypress CapSense solution enables touch-sensitive buttons, sliders and shuffle controls ...
Publication date: 23 April 2008
Acromag has announced new PMC-VSX modules featuring a DSP-optimized Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA that is reconfigurable for high-performance I/O processing and user-developed algorithms.
The PMC-VSX has DDR2 DRAM for fast data transfer to and from the FPGA and dual-port SRAM for high-speed DMA ...
Publication date: 23 April 2008
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