Mobile MicroTuners Enable Clear Pictures on Mobile TV Phones
Mobile TV suppliers face a difficult problem in bringing real-time digital TV, comparable to the perceived quality of home television sets, to mobile devices. Interference of the television signal from the environment can result in poor reception, disappointing viewers who expect quality TV pictures even on a small mobile display screen. Broadcast TV stations, cellular transmissions and automotive ignition systems can clutter the airwaves, causing blocky TV pictures, artifacts and lost signals. The primary cause of interference, however, is the power amplifier within the mobile device, located only millimeters away from the television tuner chip. The tuner is the one small, but critical, component that is responsible for receiving and cleaning-up the quality of the TV signal.
RapidIO Radio to Debut with New White Paper
The 2007 debut episode of RapidIO(R) Radio from the RapidIO Trade Association previews a new white paper, System Interconnect Fabrics: Ethernet Versus RapidIO(R) Technology, available February 6th, which concludes that for many embedded applications, RapidIO technology outperforms Ethernet. The Podcast initiates a discussion on the comprehensive compilation of embedded interconnect information, the high-level market perspective, in the paper and technical examination of the two technologies.
TI Updates Analog eLab Design Center
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) introduced an updated Analog eLab(TM) Design Center Web site, featuring the new SwitcherPro(TM) power supply design tool – the newest in TI's Pro Series of tools – and a new release of TINA-TI(TM) 7.0 simulation environment, which now includes SMPS (switch-mode power supply) simulation with acceleration. The Analog eLab Design Center provides engineers a one-stop site to learn, select, design and simulate with resources that make it quicker and easier to achieve results using TI's high-performance analog products.
NEC Introduces Six New Microcontrollers for Inverter Control
NEC Electronics announced the availability of six new microcontrollers (MCUs) for inverter control systems, designed for advanced motor control applications in products such as air conditioners, refrigerators and washing machines. The new devices feature high performance with advanced control functions for more precise motor control, as well as integration of formerly discrete components to help lower costs. The new offering includes four 100-pin V850E/IG3 MCUs and two 80-pin V850E/IF3 MCUs.
OneSpin 360 Module Verifier Wins Design Verification Tool Award
OneSpin Solutions GmbH, an electronic design automation (EDA) company that provides breakthrough formal verification solutions, announced that its flagship OneSpin 360(TM) Module Verifier (360 MV) product has captured the International Engineering Consortium's (IEC) highest honor in the third annual DesignVision Awards program – winning the "Design Verification Tools" category award.
TI, Mouser Electronics Host Webcast on Analog eLab Design Center
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) and Mouser Electronics, Inc. will present a live Analog eLab(TM) Webcast for designers entitled "The Analog eLab Design Center Introduces SwitcherPro(TM)" on Wednesday, February 14, 2007, at 11:00 a.m. CST (18:00 hrs CET). TI Analog expert Bill Klein, P.E. will host the Webcast.
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