SD card turns PDAs, smartphones into RFID terminals 9 August 2006, Clyde Technology ACG Identification Technologies, a component and technology supplier in the smartcard and RFID markets, has announced the availability of two new readers that interfaces with mobile phones.
The Wireless ...
Small printing mechanisms for portable electronics 9 August 2006 Custom Engineering has launched two new printers, the Plus and Mini-Plus. These very small thermal panel printers accept 58 mm paper width, and use the company's 'Sixload' easy paper loading system.
The ...
Single chip TV tuner IC now smaller 26 July 2006 Infineon Technologies has launched a low power tuner IC that integrates the RF and IF functions in only half the footprint area of current RF + IF tuner solutions on a single chip. The TUA6039 provides ...
Sleek fingerprint reader showcased at CeBIT 14 June 2006, Altron Arrow UPEK introduced at the annual CeBIT electronics trade fair in Hannover, Germany, a PC peripheral fingerprint reader that enables secure access to data and applications with the simple swipe of a finger. ...
Portable thermal printer is wirelessly connected 14 June 2006 The S'print Wi-Fi is a portable battery-powered thermal printer from Custom that has a Wi-Fi LAN 802.11 interface, Compact Flash, and wireless, serial and Ethernet 10 Mbps interfaces.
The printer, both ...
New crystal and oscillator products 17 May 2006, Actum Electronics KVG, a leading manufacturer of quartz crystals and crystal components, has recently entered the South African market through the appointment of Actum Electronics as distributor.
The company's high precision ...
SchmartBoard releases first hand solderable BGA prototype board 17 May 2006, KH Distributors SchmartBoard, the developer of a new technology that has significantly simplified the creation of electronic circuits for hobbyists and electronic engineers, has announced that its long-awaited line of ...
New g-sensors have multiple sensitivities 8 March 2006 Freescale Semiconductor has launched two dual-axis acceleration sensors and one three-axis acceleration sensor that have the g-select feature with multiple sensitivities for detecting: fall, tilt, motion, ...
Semi-rugged standalone printer for mobile applications 8 February 2006 Fujitsu Components Europe's FTP-628WSL110 is a semi-rugged, mobile thermal printer unit with a Bluetooth interface for handheld, portable and wireless applications.
In addition to Bluetooth, the printer ...
Integrated 3-axes compass chip 30 November 2005 AKM Semiconductor claims to have developed the industry's first fully integrated 3-axes electronic compass, combining three Hall-effect sensors and a mixed-signal processing chip. Developed primarily ...
Printer mechanisms offer performance and durability 16 November 2005 Fujitsu Components Europe offers a series of 24 V compact and lightweight, high-speed thermal printer mechanisms for cost-conscious POS, banking, kiosk, test and measurement, and medical equipment applications. ...
T&M products win high recognition 16 November 2005, Concilium Technologies Agilent Technologies won recognition for a number of its products by leading international publications: Test & Measurement World magazine recognised three of Agilent's products in its 'Best in Test' ...
First 16 bit DAC to achieve a sample rate of 1 GSaps 16 November 2005 Analog Devices introduced a 16-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that achieves a sample rate of 1 GSaps (giga-samples-per-second), which the company claims makes it twice as fast as competing solutions. ...
u-blox delivers millionth GPS receiver 16 November 2005, RF Design u-blox, represented in SA by RF Design, announced in January the delivery of its millionth GPS receiver to Socket Communications, for its new wireless GPS Nav Kit.
The millionth GPS module, a TIM-LA, ...
SBC lineup includes small embedded motherboard form factor 16 November 2005, Electronic Products Design Ampro's MightyBoard 800 was the company's first entry into the cost-sensitive embedded motherboard market. Utilising the popular new Mini-ITX form factor, the MightyBoard 800 addresses the need for a ...
MCU is a 'tiny dynamo' 16 November 2005, Electrocomp Zilog added an innovative 8-pin small-footprint device to its Z8 Encore! XP family of microcontrollers. Nicknamed the 'tiny dynamo' it offers the features and power of its larger XP family members, but ...
Radical new architecture for CPLDs 16 November 2005, EBV Electrolink Building on nearly 15 years of CPLD leadership and innovation, Altera released its MAX II family. The MAX II devices are based on a new look-up table (LUT)-based architecture that it claims delivers the ...
Record function density for microcontroller 16 November 2005, MB Silicon Systems Cyan Technology announced that its 16-bit Flash μCOG1m microcontroller packs more functionality into its ultra-small package than any comparable product on the market. The product, housed in an 8 mm square, ...
SAW resonators two-in-one for increased safety 16 November 2005, Electrocomp Wireless keyless entry and tyre pressure monitoring systems based on SAW resonators are catching on in a big way in automotive engineering. Although many applications require ISM bandwidth only momentarily, ...
