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CEVA Leads Israeli Smart Grid Consortium for the Advancement of Smart Grid Technologies

August 17, 2011

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – August 15, 2011 – CEVA, Inc. [(NASDAQ: CEVA); (LSE: CVA)], the leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores, today announced that the Israeli Smart Grid (ISG) Consortium which it helped spearhead has received the backing of the Israeli Chief Scientist under its MAGNET R&D Program. The group consists of seven industrial partners and five academic institutions. It will use the funding for a three to five year development program focused on new technologies and algorithms for the emerging smart grid market, including communication technologies, demand response and consumption forecasting.</ … Read More → "CEVA Leads Israeli Smart Grid Consortium for the Advancement of Smart Grid Technologies"

Avnet Express Turns Stock to Connector Assemblies in Less Than a Week

August 17, 2011

PHOENIX—August 15, 2011 — Combining a robust inventory of more than five million SKUs and unmatched physical value-add services, Avnet Express, the e-Commerce engine for Read More → "Avnet Express Turns Stock to Connector Assemblies in Less Than a Week"

ITT and Mercury Debut Jointly Developed Embedded ISR Processing System

August 17, 2011

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 16, 2011 – ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) and Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mc.com) have jointly developed a processing solution known as FELCO™ (Federated Embedded inteL-server for Collaborative Operations) that meets the ISR interoperability needs of the warfighter</ … Read More → "ITT and Mercury Debut Jointly Developed Embedded ISR Processing System"

Kinetics Noise Control’s Product Line Now Updated In D-Tools System Integrator (SI) 5.5 Software

August 16, 2011

CONCORD, CA – August 16, 2011 — D-Tools Inc., the worldwide leader in system integration software today announced that detailed information on the entire family of Kinetics Noise Control products has been recently updated in D-Tools product database, better enabling D-Tools System Integrator™ users to specify their products. Kinetics’ produces the industry’s largest selection of innovative products to address vibration and noise control and room acoustics for almost any residential application.

Kinetics Noise Control has extensive experience in designing and manufacturing innovative products to control sound and vibration. Established in 1958 as engineers focusing on sound … Read More → "Kinetics Noise Control’s Product Line Now Updated In D-Tools System Integrator (SI) 5.5 Software"

Pentek Introduces First Fully-Rugged Mil-Spec

August 16, 2011

Streams data to/from RAID array at up to 1600 MB per second
Allows mix-and-match of eight record and playback channels
Supports remote operation and data visualization
Designed to meet MIL-STD-810F requirements

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Green Hills Software Launches Autonomous Vehicle Open Platform for UAV Control Segments, UAV Mission, Payload and Flight Control Systems

August 16, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC — August 16, 2011 — AUVSI Unmanned Systems Conference 2011 – Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY® Security Services (ISS) business unit, today announced its new Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Open Platform, representing a significant investment and commitment to the security and management of Autonomous Vehicles and Universal Control Segments (UCS) in the embedded and special-purpose computing market.

Targeting the autonomous systems community, the platform provides a secure, highly reliable and safe software foundation for Autonomous Vehicle and UCS developers to host their UAS (Unmanned Autonomous Systems) applications. At the foundation is Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY-178 … Read More → "Green Hills Software Launches Autonomous Vehicle Open Platform for UAV Control Segments, UAV Mission, Payload and Flight Control Systems"

Touchstone Semiconductor Announces Free Demo Boards Available Through Sept. 30

August 16, 2011

MILPITAS, Calif. — Tues., Aug. 16, 2011 – Touchstone Semiconductor, a developer of high-performance analog integrated circuit solutions, today announced that it will provide free demo boards to potential customers. The offer includes all demo boards in Touchstone’s growing portfolio of high-performance analog products, including the groundbreaking 0.8V, 0.6µA TS1001 operational amplifier, and the new TS9001-1 and TS9001-2 ultra low-power voltage monitor ICs.

Engineers can register for their free demo boards at http://www.touchstonesemi.com/freedemoboards.html. … Read More → "Touchstone Semiconductor Announces Free Demo Boards Available Through Sept. 30"

Robotics Trends Announces Launch of RoboNexus.com Website for Robotics Enthusiasts

August 16, 2011

FRAMINGHAM, MA – August 15, 2011 – Robotics Trends, a division of EH Publishing, today unveiled robonexus.com, an exciting new website designed to serve the masses of people interested in robots and robotics technologies … Read More → "Robotics Trends Announces Launch of RoboNexus.com Website for Robotics Enthusiasts"

TI green PWM controllers boost efficiency in telecom, industrial power supplies

August 16, 2011

DALLAS (Aug. 16, 2011) – Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today introduced two high-efficiency PWM power supply controllers with integrated, programmable-delay synchronous rectifier control outputs and pre-bias start-up circuitry. The UCC28250 and UCC28950 “green controllers” simplify design and boost efficiency in high-density isolated power supplies for telecommunications, server and industrial systems. The devices support multiple high-frequency topologies, such as half-bridge, full-bridge, interleaved forward and push-pull, that may have stringent pre-bias start-up requirements and support multiple high-efficiency topologies.

High-efficiency isolated DC/DC conversion

The UCC28250 is the industry’s first half … Read More → "TI green PWM controllers boost efficiency in telecom, industrial power supplies"

austriamicrosystems announces high-efficiency 3A step-down converter

August 16, 2011

Unterpremstaetten , Austria (August 16, 2011) – austriamicrosystems (SIX: AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of high-performance analog ICs, has announced the AS1328 high-efficiency 1.5 MHz synchronous DC-DC step-down converter. This buck regulator features efficiencies up to 96%, excellent light load efficiencies and with a quiescent current of only 25 μA.

The AS1328 DC-DC can deliver up to 3A of output current at output voltages as low as 0.6 V while operating … Read More → "austriamicrosystems announces high-efficiency 3A step-down converter"