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15W I2C Power Manager Charges Li-Ion Cells at 3.5A for Tablets, UMPCs & Portable Power Systems

June 15, 2011

MILPITAS, CA – June 15, 2011 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC4155, a high power, I²C controlled, high efficiency PowerPath™ manager, ideal diode controller and lithium-ion battery charger for single-cell portable devices such as tablet PCs, ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs), personal video players, smart phones, digital cameras, PDAs, portable medical and industrial devices and personal navigation devices. … Read More → "15W I2C Power Manager Charges Li-Ion Cells at 3.5A for Tablets, UMPCs & Portable Power Systems"

Atmel Sensors Xplained Software Drivers and AVR MCUs Accelerate Development of Sensor-based Designs

June 15, 2011

San Jose, CA, June 15, 2011 – Atmel^®Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced the release of the Sensors Xplained software drivers integrated with the recently-launched AVR Studio^® 5 Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The new software drivers accelerate … Read More → "Atmel Sensors Xplained Software Drivers and AVR MCUs Accelerate Development of Sensor-based Designs"

Microchip and Digilent® Announce PIC32-based Cerebot™ 32MX7 Microcontroller Development Kit

June 15, 2011

CHANDLER, Ariz., June 14, 2011 [NASDAQ: MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, and Digilent^®, Inc., today announced the availability of a PIC32 32-bit microcontroller (MCU)-based development kit through Digilent, Inc. The Digilent^® Cerebot™ 32MX7 Development Kit addresses the growing interest in embedded-control and networking applications from the academic and hobbyist markets, and is ideal for learning about microcontrollers … Read More → "Microchip and Digilent® Announce PIC32-based Cerebot™ 32MX7 Microcontroller Development Kit"

RFMD® Announces Qualification Of GaN Power Semiconductor Process For 65 Volt Operation

June 14, 2011

Baltimore, MD., June 7, 2011 – RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq GS: RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies, today announced it has qualified its GaN1 power semiconductor process technology for 65V operation. The high reliability power semiconductor process technology supports RFMD’s GaN-based power semiconductor product designs and is also available to foundry customers through RFMD’s Foundry Services business unit. Previously, RFMD’s GaN1 power semiconductor process technology had been qualified for 48V operation. The increase in operating voltage from 48V to 65V enables … Read More → "RFMD® Announces Qualification Of GaN Power Semiconductor Process For 65 Volt Operation"

Agilent Technologies Revolutionizes Oscilloscope Probing with Automatic Characterization and Correction

June 14, 2011

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 8, 2011 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced PrecisionProbe software for its award-winning Infiniium 90000 X-Series and 90000A Series oscilloscopes. The software, which works in conjunction with built-in hardware in the Infiniium scopes, lets engineers automatically characterize and correct the response of any path to a scope input using no external equipment. The analysis provided by PrecisionProbe software improves measurement margins so engineers can make the … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Revolutionizes Oscilloscope Probing with Automatic Characterization and Correction"

Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems Introduces New Rugged 3U VPX Terabyte Solid State Memory Module with 256-bit AES Data Encryption

June 14, 2011

DAYTON, OH – June 13, 2011 — Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems (CWCES), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed subsystems for the aerospace, defense and commercial market, has introduced its newest rugged solid state drive, the 3U VPX Flash Storage Module (VPX3-1TB). This new high performance, rugged, high-capacity, solid-state SATA storage card was designed for space, weight and power (SWaP) constrained military applications. The compact module delivers 1 Terabyte of SLC NAND flash memory and can be configured as … Read More → "Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems Introduces New Rugged 3U VPX Terabyte Solid State Memory Module with 256-bit AES Data Encryption"

RF Engines Releases ChannelCore Flex – the World’s Most Flexible Ultra-Wideband Channelizer Solution

June 14, 2011

Newport, Isle of Wight, UK – 14 June 2011 – The ultimate radio receiver is capable of detecting and processing signals across all of the radio spectrum, all of the time. RF Engines Limited (RFEL) has taken a large step towards this goal with the introduction of an innovative and highly flexible, ultra-wideband, Channelizer IP core – the ChannelCore Flex™.

ChannelCore Flex is a major breakthrough as it provides the customer with the ability to extract from a very wide input signal any number of channels simultaneously in real time. These can be … Read More → "RF Engines Releases ChannelCore Flex – the World’s Most Flexible Ultra-Wideband Channelizer Solution"

Green Hills Software and Clarinox Sign Agreement to Jointly Support Wireless-enabled Embedded Systems

June 14, 2011

SANTA BARBARA, CA — June 14, 2011 — Green Hills Software, the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, has signed an agreement with Clarinox Technologies, a provider of embedded wireless solutions, to promote both companies’ joint offerings. The Clarinox application suites and drivers for short-range wireless protocols – including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and RFID – will be integrated with Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY® real-time operating system (RTOS) and the MULTI® development toolchain to deliver comprehensive application support for developers of embedded systems that utilize short-range wireless protocols.

Christopher Smith, vice president of marketing at … Read More → "Green Hills Software and Clarinox Sign Agreement to Jointly Support Wireless-enabled Embedded Systems"

Cirrus Logic CS1501, CS1601 Digital Power Factor Correction ICs Improve Power Supply System Performance and Simplify Designs

June 14, 2011

AUSTIN, Texas – June 14, 2011 – With the introduction of the CS1501/CS1601, Cirrus Logic Inc. (Nasdaq: CRUS), a leader in high-precision analog and digital signal processing components, continues to expand its line of digital power factor correction (PFC) ICs and sharpen its focus on new digital energy control-related products. Much like the CS1500/CS1600, which were introduced in 2010, these new digital PFC devices compete head-to-head with legacy analog PFC controllers by offering superior performance and allowing for simpler and smaller system designs.

The CS1501 and CS1601 are digitally controlled, variable frequency discontinuous conduction mode (VF-DCM), active power … Read More → "Cirrus Logic CS1501, CS1601 Digital Power Factor Correction ICs Improve Power Supply System Performance and Simplify Designs"

Atmel maXTouch Solution Powers Touchscreen in Samsung’s Ultra-Slim Galaxy Tab 10.1

June 14, 2011

San Jose, Calif., June 14, 2011—Atmel^®Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions,today announced that Samsung has selected the Atmel maXTouch™ mXT1386 touchscreen controller to power its flagship Galaxy Tab 10.1. … Read More → "Atmel maXTouch Solution Powers Touchscreen in Samsung’s Ultra-Slim Galaxy Tab 10.1"