Power conversion IC targets wasteful supplies 17 November 2004, Products & Solutions Power Integrations expanded its family of high-voltage power conversion ICs that cost-effectively replace energy wasting, non-isolated power supplies found in home appliances and industrial controls. ...
Faster mixed VHDL and Verilog design 17 November 2004, Etion Create, Information Security, News & Events Aldec increased the performance of its Riviera 2004.04 over the previous release, yielding as much as a 2x speed-up for mixed VHDL and Verilog designs. The performance increase was achieved by optimising ...
Ultra low-power transmitter chip in swallowable camera capsule 17 November 2004, Infrastructure Given Imaging, the maker of the world's only swallowable camera capsule for diagnosis of disease of the gastrointestinal tract, uses Zarlink Semiconductor's ultra low-power transmitter chip in its M2A ...
GPS receiver gets aiding functionality 17 November 2004, RF Design, Access Control & Identity Management, Information Security An innovative 'aiding' functionality was added to the Antaris GPS technology, jointly developed by u-blox and Atmel, which now makes 'time to first fix' within four seconds a reality. The aiding parameters ...
Hybrid choke eliminates two extra components 17 November 2004, Information Security Murata developed a device to suppress conducted and radiated disturbance with using one component instead of the usual three. The company's hybrid choke coil (HCC) is both a common mode and a differential ...
76 A pluggable PCB mount connector 17 November 2004, Phoenix Contact, Products & Solutions Phoenix Contact's Power Combicon PC 16 plug connectors have a current capacity of 76 A at a UL voltage of 600 V and allow 16 mm² cables to be connected to the PCB comfortably and economically. An integrated ...
Technologies allow 'interactive' English lessons on handheld devices 20 October 2004, KH Distributors A new English language training technology implemented on low cost chips is being introduced in Hong Kong at Sensory's 'Designing a Voice User Interface' seminar. Sensory, a leader in embedded speech ...
Do not fret - LEDs get you rocking 6 October 2004 Optek Music Systems has designed a revolutionary guitar that has a patented system that shows a player exactly where to place their fingers by using an embedded light system contained within an advanced ...
Vehicle uses innovative new exterior lighting lamps 6 October 2004, EBV Electrolink, Valves, Actuators & Pump Control Ford Australia's new generation 'Focus Concept' car that was exhibited in Auto China Motor Show 2004 uses innovative exterior lighting lamps based on the latest LED products from Osram Opto Semiconductors...
Ultra-miniature surface mount crystals 6 October 2004, Altron Arrow Frequency control products specialist Euroquartz has launched a new range of ultra-miniature surface mount crystals designed for use in a wide range of handheld communications applications. The MJ series ...
Simple battery authentication safety solution 6 October 2004, Altron Arrow, Tempe Technologies Following recent news of 'exploding' mobile phones, due to the use of counterfeit batteries, Microchip has announced that its Keeloq secure algorithm can be readily used for battery authentication in ...
All-silicon CMOS oscillator replaces xtals 6 October 2004 Micro Oscillator has designed and patented a 32 kHz all-silicon CMOS-based clock oscillator that can replace 32 kHz crystals in microprocessor and microcontroller-based systems for very robust operation. ...
Module provides complete biometric system for easy integration 22 September 2004, Altron Arrow, EBV Electrolink Atmel has introduced a new module, which is a complete biometric system, including a processing facility and authentication software, that is aimed at facilitating the addition of a biometric feature ...
Combined fingerprint sensor and smartcard reader 8 September 2004, Electrocomp, Interconnection STMicroelectronics' TouchChip Smartcard reader TCRS1A combines the company's successful TouchChip silicon fingerprint sensor with a smartcard reader to achieve ultra-secure authentication. The multifactor ...
I²C-bus interface RTC includes 32 kHz crystal 8 September 2004, Mutronics Components With the needs of today's smaller mobile equipment in mind, Epson developed an ultra-compact and thin RTC (realtime clock) module. The RX-8025SA/NB is an I²C-bus interface-compliant realtime clock, which ...
Tiny triaxial accelerometer has on-board converter 8 September 2004, Security Services & Risk Management Oki claims it has developed the world's thinnest three-axis accelerometer module, the ML8950, by integrating the sensor chip with the control IC. In addition to detecting the triaxial (x, y and z) acceleration ...
Wearable electronics concept gains momentum 11 August 2004 German clothing manufacturer rosner has designed a men's jacket called 'mp3blue' that features built-in functions such as 'mobile telephony via Bluetooth' and 'MP3 player'.
The electronics are an integral ...
Fingerprint sensor status analysis 11 August 2004, EBV Electrolink, Information Security There is no doubt that the adoption of fingerprint-identification technology will have many advantages and significant impact on our daily lives.
Each human fingerprint has its own unique characteristics ...
World connector statistics: Report 11 August 2004, News The new 2004 edition of Bishop and Associates Connector Market Handbook is available. This comprehensive report analyses all aspects of the world electronic connector market, providing detailed connector ...
Electrical controls design may be easier than you think 28 July 2004, Rittal When electrical designers are using a 2D CAD system to produce electrical designs, they may very well be using a separate solution such as spreadsheet to produce a bill of materials, point-to-point wiring ...
