'Products of the Year - 2003'

19 November 2003 News

Innovative products that have featured in Dataweek over the past year.

Microchip the No 1 8-bit microcontroller supplier

Hardware acceleration product speeds design of 6 million gate FPGA system

Antenna solution for emergency services

Samtec rated No 1

Advanced telephone interface solution

EDA company wins 'Ten best Web support sites' award

Bluetooth module

'Easy-to-use' starter kit to explore reprogrammable FPGA devices

New finish for key tops 'practically everlasting'

1 million gates for under $12

Intelligence by the metre - chip network developed for textile surfaces

No float connectors

Tri-band cellular engine

'VIC-in-a-Brick' replaces quarter-brick intermediate bus converters

Single IC for 3D electric field imaging

New category of telecom IC

Power-stingy processor module operates to 85°C without fan

200 MHz PC-based logic analyser

iMEMs gyroscope wins innovation award

GPS receiver has dead-reckoning algorithm

'Modem-on-chip' reduces chip count for DSL broadband

Taiwan's 'best-flat panel display'

Low power operation plus near-gigahertz speed for SBC

Ultra-low-power Flash micro has high-performance analog

Antennas for the emerging 5,8 GHz WLAN market

Dual band GSM/GPRS component module

Automotive flat adhesive-less cables save space

Flexible power system uses 'building blocks'

Easy to erect tower

Speech recognition chip doubles as powerful general purpose embedded controller

Reference multimeter wins 'Best in Test' award

Intersil's 'Most Innovative Wireless Device'

AVR microcontroller evaluation kit targets low-power applications and is preloaded with demo firmware

Omni-directional WLAN antennas

Transmitter chip includes MCU and ADC

Single-chip FSK/ASK RF transceiver for narrowband and multichannel applications

Tiny integrated converter delivers 15 A

Poynting wins industrial innovation award

Compact surface mount switches replace jumpers and wires on PCBs

New LabVIEW 7 Express cuts development time

Navigation-style switches designed for data entry

Microstepping motor driver IC has built-in translator

Innovative range of DMMs debuts

PWM controller minimises size of transformer needed

FPGA synthesis software optimises area so reducing costs

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