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Altium sponsors WorldSkills London 2011 as part of its commitment to shaping the future of electronics

August 3, 2011

SYDNEY, Australia – 3 August 2011 – Altium <http://www.live.altium.com/> announced that it is an official supplier to the international WorldSkills 2011 <http://www.worldskillslondon2011.com/> competition which takes place at ExCeL London from 5th-8th October 2011. As part of a continued commitment to the event and the education of the next generation of electronics engineers, Altium is supporting the 14 competing teams of the electronics category with its electronics design software Altium Designer <Read More → "Altium sponsors WorldSkills London 2011 as part of its commitment to shaping the future of electronics"

Express Logic and IAR Launch Thread-Safe Library Support

August 3, 2011

San Diego, CA, August 3, 2010?Express Logic, Inc., the worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOS), today announced thread-safe library support for the IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM (EWARM). Thread-safe support protects applications by ensuring that only one thread has access to a function and its data at a time. Developers using Express Logic’s popular Read More → "Express Logic and IAR Launch Thread-Safe Library Support"

Xilinx Honors LabVIEW FPGA Innovation Award Winners at NIWeek Graphical System Design Achievement Awards Ceremony

August 3, 2011

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 3, 2011 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) honored winners of the new NI LabVIEW FPGA Innovation Award last night at the Graphical System Design Achievement Awards ceremony at the Austin Convention Center during the NIWeek 2011</ … Read More → "Xilinx Honors LabVIEW FPGA Innovation Award Winners at NIWeek Graphical System Design Achievement Awards Ceremony"

Sidense Completes TSMC IP9000 Assessment for SiPROM NVM IP and Attains more than 70 Customer Licenses in the Last 12 Months

August 2, 2011

Ottawa, Canada – (August 2, 2011) – Sidense Corp., a leading developer of Logic Non-Volatile Memory (LNVM) one-time programmable (OTP) memory IP cores, announced today that the Company’s SiPROM 1T-Fuse™ OTP macro family at 130nm has met the requirements of TSMC’s rigorous IP9000 Assessment program.

Sidense offers a complete line of off-the-shelf 130nm macros covering bit counts from 8 Kbits to 512 Kbits. The 130nm macro family has been used by customers to replace ROM, store … Read More → "Sidense Completes TSMC IP9000 Assessment for SiPROM NVM IP and Attains more than 70 Customer Licenses in the Last 12 Months"

ORBexpress Extends Support to INTEGRITY 10

August 2, 2011

HERNDON, VA – August 1, 2011 – Objective Interface Systems, Inc. (OIS), the world’s leading provider of high-performance, real-time and embedded communications middleware solutions, today announced that its ORBexpress® product now supports Green Hills Software INTEGRITY® 10 real-time operating system (RTOS).

INTEGRITY 10 RTOS is integrated with version 5 of the Green Hills Software’s MULTI® IDE and includes a new project manager that makes the creation and management of complex, multi-process systems easy and intuitive. INTEGRITY 10 has new security … Read More → "ORBexpress Extends Support to INTEGRITY 10"

TI’s 50-mA, 60-V synchronous step-down converter simplifies industrial power design

August 2, 2011

DALLAS (August 1, 2011) –Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today introduced a synchronous 50-mA, 60-V SWIFT™ step-down regulator with high efficiency and low noise performance in a solution size of only 125 mm². The TPS54062 integrates both the high-side and low-side power MOSFETs, providing efficient power conversion and transient protection to noise-sensitive industrial automation and sensor control, smart meter, telecom, computing and consumer designs. For samples, PSpice™ simulation model and development kit visit: www.ti.com/tps54062-pr.

The new 50 … Read More → "TI’s 50-mA, 60-V synchronous step-down converter simplifies industrial power design"

GENIVI Alliance Unveils Member Compliance Program

August 2, 2011

SAN RAMON, Calif., Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The GENIVI Alliance, an automotive and consumer electronics industry association driving the development and adoption of an open In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) reference platform, today announced the availability of its newly-created Compliance Program to its member companies. This milestone program is the result of 14 months of painstaking research and investigation among GENIVI “expert groups” — with broad representation across the membership — to define a detailed set of technical requirements.

GENIVI members Canonical, Mentor Graphics, MontaVista, and Wind River are the first to have offerings approved as GENIVI compliant, enabling them to qualify for OEM … Read More → "GENIVI Alliance Unveils Member Compliance Program"

Adjustable Shunt Regulator Operates Over a -55°C to 150°C Junction Temperature Range

August 2, 2011

MILPITAS, CA – August 2, 2011 – Linear Technology Corporation announces a new high reliability MP-grade version of the LT1431, a three-terminal adjustable shunt voltage regulator that operates over a -55°C to 150°C junction temperature range. This device has a 100mA sink capability, 0.4% initial reference voltage accuracy and a ±1.4% maximum voltage drift … Read More → "Adjustable Shunt Regulator Operates Over a -55°C to 150°C Junction Temperature Range"

All American Recognizes Semtech’s New Ecospeed® Converters

August 2, 2011

All American Semiconductor, a leading distributor of electronic components, announces it carries Semtech’s new EcoSpeed® converter platform. The platform incorporates Semtech’s patented adaptive on-time (AOT) control architecture to deliver ultra-fast transient response and very high efficiency across the entire load range.

The AOT control architecture uses an advanced control loop to dynamically adjust the on-time based on input and output voltages. This offers the benefits of conventional converter topologies with optimal tradeoffs for … Read More → "All American Recognizes Semtech’s New Ecospeed® Converters"

Mercury Computer Systems Delivers Radar Subsystems to Raytheon for Patriot Air and Missile Defense System Upgrade

August 2, 2011

CHELMSFORD, Mass. August 2, 2011 Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mc.com), a trusted provider of commercially developed ISR subsystems, announced that it will deliver OpenVPX™-based radar subsystems to Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, to support its recently announced contracts for Patriot Air and Missile Defense System upgrades for Taiwan and Saudi Arabia.

“These upgrades leverage Mercury’s best of breed technologies and … Read More → "Mercury Computer Systems Delivers Radar Subsystems to Raytheon for Patriot Air and Missile Defense System Upgrade"