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Altium Designer updated to version 15
19 November 2014, EDA Technologies
The improvements over the previous version reflect the feedback and technical advice on high-speed PCB design garnered from beta users of the software over the last 12 months. According to Altium, one ...

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Flow meter reference design
19 November 2014
Utilities can improve water- and heat-metering accuracy while operating for up to 20 years on a single A-size battery with the MAXREFDES70# ultrasonic flow meter reference design from Maxim Integrated ...

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MOST ToGo reference designs
29 October 2014
Microchip has released new MOST ToGo reference designs to make it easy for designers to learn and implement MOST technology in their automotive infotainment systems. This enables designers to leverage ...

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TrueSTUDIO boasts new features
29 October 2014
Developers using the Freescale MQX real-time operating system (RTOS) can now benefit from kernel aware debugging during a TrueSTUDIO debug session. Users of Atollic’s integrated development environment ...

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Development ecosystem for 32-bit FTDI MCUs
29 October 2014, Dizzy Enterprises, Electrocomp
MikroElektronika has signed a formal agreement with FTDI Chip to create mikroC, mikroBasic and mikro-Pascal compilers for the latter company’s FT90X 32-bit microcontroller offering. The FT90X’s proprietary ...

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Free RF component library for new Modelithics users
29 October 2014, RF Design
Keysight Technologies announced that the Modelithics COMPLETE library of RF and microwave component model libraries is available free of charge for six months to Genesys 2014 users new to Modelithics. ...

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Altera, ARM extend development tool cooperation
29 October 2014, EBV Electrolink, Programmable Logic
Altera and ARM announced a long-term agreement to expand their strategic partnership for best-in-class embedded software development tools for system-on-chip (SoC) FPGAs. In 2012, the companies announced ...

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Mouser piggybacking on NI design software
29 October 2014
Mouser Electronics announced the global release of MultiSIM BLUE, which is effectively National Instruments’ Multisim Component Evaluator: Mouser Edition. The global distributor of electronic components ...

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MPLAB Harmony gets first full release
29 October 2014, Tempe Technologies
Microchip announced availability of MPLAB Harmony version 1.0, a flexible, abstracted, fully integrated firmware development platform for all 32-bit PIC32 microcontrollers (MCUs). It takes key elements ...

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Concurrent design cuts development cost and time
8 October 2014, EDA Technologies
Concurrent design is a relatively new process strategy and, although the initial implementation can be challenging, the competitive advantage means it is beneficial in the long term.

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Fairchild evaluation boards now in DesignSpark PCB format
17 September 2014, RS South Africa
RS Components has teamed up with Fairchild Semiconductor to develop a set of complete reference designs for seven of Fairchild’s most popular evaluation boards in DesignSpark PCB format. The reference ...

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Nordic eases Bluetooth Smart development
17 September 2014, RF Design
Nordic Semiconductor has expanded its Bluetooth Smart offering with the release of a new software development kit (SDK) for Arduino-based projects and a new protocol stack. The SDK is compatible with ...

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Bluetooth starter kit for PIC32
17 September 2014, Tempe Technologies
The new PIC32 Bluetooth Starter Kit from Microchip features a PIC32 microcontroller (MCU), HCI-based Bluetooth radio, Cree multi-colour LED, three standard single-colour LEDs, an analog 3-axis accelerometer, ...

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Software tools and libraries for embedded video controller
17 September 2014, Electrocomp
To provide further assistance to engineers using its Embedded Video Engine (EVE) technology, FTDI Chip has developed a suite of additional support facilities for use with its established FT800 graphic ...

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Dev kit for industrial remote I/O equipment
17 September 2014, Hi-Q Electronics
As part of its expansion of platform solutions for the R-IN32M3 series of industrial Ethernet communication systems-on-chip (SoC), Renesas Electronics announced the availability of its new Remote I/O ...

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Driver reference designs for Cree LED bulbs
6 August 2014, MB Silicon Systems
Power Integrations has joined forces with Cree to develop four reference designs describing drivers for dimmable PAR 30 and PAR 38 LED light bulbs showcasing PI’s LYTSwitch-4 driver ICs and Cree’s MT-G2 ...

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Enhancements come to Altium’s ECAD platform
6 August 2014, EDA Technologies
Altium announced the immediate release of a new generation of its Altium Vault enterprise data management and collaboration platform. By centralising, managing and formalising the component libraries, ...

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3D PCB design tool receives update
16 July 2014, EDA Technologies
Altium has updated its signature PCB design software, Altium Designer, to version 14.3. In response to feedback from its user community, the latest release focuses on delivering improved support and new ...

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Development boards for embedded displays
16 July 2014, Electrocomp
FTDI Chip is supporting adopters of its Embedded Video Engine (EVE) technology with a range of Arduino-compatible development platforms.    The VM800P series furnishes engineers with everything necessary ...

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Kit shows off USB charging features of Renesas MCU
25 June 2014, Hi-Q Electronics
The RL78/G1C USB Charger Solution Kit (R0K578G1CD010BR) from Renesas Electronics is an evaluation kit containing an RL78/G1C microcontroller with built-in USB host/peripheral function, a charge control ...

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