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Anders Announces Strategic Joint Venture with CompuLab in Europe

March 18, 2011

LONDON, UK – 18 March, 2011 – Anders Electronics plc has announced a strategic joint venture with CompuLab, the Israeli manufacturer of computer-on-module (CoM) boards and miniature PC systems.

The joint venture leverages each company’s core competencies – CompuLab’s in the areas of core modules and ultra-miniature PCs and Anders’ in developing user interface solutions – to expand the product range and value proposition that the two companies can provide European customers. As part of the joint venture Anders will also be providing more resource for sales, support and marketing channels.

Anders has … Read More → "Anders Announces Strategic Joint Venture with CompuLab in Europe"

DE0-NANO – Altera’s Newest University Program FPGA Board

March 18, 2011

Hsinchu, Taiwan – March 17, 2011 – In collaboration with Altera’s University Program, Terasic Technologies has announced the release of Altera’s newest University Program FPGA development board, the DE0-Nano. Measuring just 49 mm by 75.2 mm and weighing about 40 grams, the DE0-Nano board is well-suited to a wide range of portable design projects, such as robotics applications.

The DE0-Nano is ideal for use with embedded soft processors—it features a powerful Altera Cyclone IV FPGA ( … Read More → "DE0-NANO – Altera’s Newest University Program FPGA Board"

RS and TI launch free Digital Power Supplies seminar programme

March 17, 2011

OXFORD, UK, March 16th 2011 – RS Components, Texas Instruments and Biricha Digital Power have today announced a series of free Digital Power Supply ‘Lunch & Learn’ seminars being held around the UK during March and April.

The one day technical seminars are aimed at both Analogue Power Engineers and Embedded Systems Engineers with an interest in the benefits of digital power in their power supply applications. The sessions are from 10:00 to 16:00 and are being held at the following dates and locations:

22 March RS Components Ltd Bristol</ … Read More → "RS and TI launch free Digital Power Supplies seminar programme"

Range of embedded control products from Micro-Robotics at NEW 2011

March 17, 2011

Micro-Robotics will show an extensive range of embedded control products on Stand N633 at National Electronics Week to be held at The NEC Pavilion, Birmingham on April 12th and 13th 2011.

Among the products on display will be the VM2 controller that measures only 52mm x 48mm, a size that belies its power and capability. The VM2 can handle analogue and digital I/O, graphical user interfaces, flash, RAM and external memory card filing systems and TCP/IP Internet protocols. Highly efficient, even during continuous operation the VM2 consumes only 45mA at 3.3V (149mW) … Read More → "Range of embedded control products from Micro-Robotics at NEW 2011"

Evatronix Boosts the Performance of Its ONFi NAND Flash Memory Controller IP

March 17, 2011

Bielsko-Biala/Poland, March 16^th, 2011 – Evatronix SA, the provider of robust memory controller IP, have announced today the latest generation of the NAND Flash controller IP core with significant performance improvements over the previous versions of the IP. The Evatronix NAND Flash controller will now provide application designers with a set of features aimed at even better support for High-Speed ONFi memories and an up to 64-bit configurable BCH engine for on-the-fly error correction at the highest available frequencies. Development of applications is further … Read More → "Evatronix Boosts the Performance of Its ONFi NAND Flash Memory Controller IP"

SiTime Launches the Industry’s Lowest Power Oscillator for High Frequency Applications

March 17, 2011

SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwire – March 16, 2011) – SiTime Corporation, the leader in MEMS-based silicon timing solutions, today introduced the SiT8004, the industry’s lowest power high frequency oscillator. … Read More → "SiTime Launches the Industry’s Lowest Power Oscillator for High Frequency Applications"

2011: A Maker Space Odyssey — From Maker Space to Outer Space — Announcing the 6th Annual Maker Faire Bay Area

March 17, 2011

SEBASTOPOL, CA–(Marketwire – March 16, 2011) – The ultimate 21st century county fair, Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 mashes items possessing an On/Off switch with old-fashioned human curiosity, resulting in a round-up of robots, musical Tesla coils, fresh-squeezed sunflower oil, futuristic chariot races, antique pinball machines, super-sized Lego projects, and more neon, flame, and brightly gaseous glows than are normally seen outside an MIT lab.

Maker Faire combines the best of Burning Man’s sizzling creativity … Read More → "2011: A Maker Space Odyssey — From Maker Space to Outer Space — Announcing the 6th Annual Maker Faire Bay Area"

Barco Silex presents enhanced version of Public Key hardware solution

March 17, 2011

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium – Mars 16, 2011 – Barco Silex, Barco’s center of competence for electronic design, has announced an enhanced version of its Public Key Hardware Accelerator. The BA414E is the first member of a new generation of Crypto Intellectual Property (IP) cores developed, validated and licensed by Barco Silex.

Capitalizing on its silicon-proven experience with cryptography and security hardware processing, Barco Silex is sharing its strong expertise in ASIC, System-on-Chip & FPGA design and its … Read More → "Barco Silex presents enhanced version of Public Key hardware solution"

ITRI Adopts Synopsys’ TCAD Sentaurus for Silicon Carbide Technology Development

March 17, 2011

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that the Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan (ITRI) has adopted Synopsys’ TCAD Sentaurus simulation software to support its research and development of silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor devices. TCAD Sentaurus’ accurate modeling enables ITRI to speed up the development of SiC power devices with detailed simulations of their electrical and thermal behavior.

SiC is a wide bandgap semiconductor with superior electrical and thermal properties for power devices. Over the past decade, SiC Schottky … Read More → "ITRI Adopts Synopsys’ TCAD Sentaurus for Silicon Carbide Technology Development"

Libelium launches Meshlium Xtreme providing wireless sensor networks with a ZigBee gateway to the Internet

March 16, 2011

Zaragoza, Spain – March 16th, 2011 – Libelium, a technology leader in wireless sensor networks, announces the launch of the Meshlium Xtreme multi-protocol router. The product uniquely supports 5 wireless standards – WiFi, ZigBee, GPRS, Bluetooth and GPS – as well as wireline Ethernet giving a wide choice of methods for connecting wireless sensor networks to the Internet. It also supports the storage of the sensor data in its internal database system as well as with external Internet servers.

Libelium’s CTO, David Gascón, says “Meshlium Xtreme delivers a completely flexible gateway to … Read More → "Libelium launches Meshlium Xtreme providing wireless sensor networks with a ZigBee gateway to the Internet"