STARC Flow Features SpyGlass-Constraints SDC Equivalence Verification
Atrenta Inc., the leading provider of Early Design Closure® solutions to radically improve design efficiency throughout the IC design flow, announced the integration of the SpyGlass®-Constraints SDC equivalence verification capability into the production flow from the Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center (STARC).
AMPSA Multimatch Amplifier Design Wizard for AWR Microwave Office
AWR®, the innovation leader in high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA) and AMPSA, supplier of RF and microwave amplifier design software, announced a relationship that enables AWR to incorporate AMPSA’s Multimatch amplifier design technology as an optional module into its industry-leading Microwave Office high-frequency design software. By making the Multimatch Amplifier Design Wizard (Multimatch ADW) readily available to Microwave Office software users, designers gain ready access to design technology for realizing state-of-the-art, high-dynamic-range RF and microwave amplifiers (Class A and Blass B).
IEI Technology Unveils AFOLUX 4 Touch Panel PCs for Home Automation
The integration of all household electronics and the ability to control them from a central location are the essentialAFOLUX-4series elements of a modern smart home. Household appliances and functions are being automated, allowing lighting, appliances, air-conditioning, security systems, monitoring systems, telephones, intercoms and anything with remote control capabilities to be centrally controlled. The AFOLUX 4-series panel PC has a user-friendly interface and the powerful features necessary for central control of an automated household or building.
ON Semiconductor Debuts GreenPoint Reference Designs for LED Lighting
ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN), a leading global supplier of high performance, energy efficient, silicon solutions for green electronics, has launched two new GreenPoint® reference designs that will speed and simplify the development of high-efficiency LED-based lighting applications. Configured in size and features for MR16 LED replacements, the first reference design describes a built and tested 3 watt (W) to 5 W LED driver solution for driving high-brightness LEDs (HB-LEDs). The second design is targeted at designers looking to achieve compliance with the ENERGY STAR® 1.1 requirements for Solid State Lighting (SSL) in residential luminaire applications and describes a built and tested off-line GreenPoint solution for an isolated 8 W constant current LED driver.
NEC Introduces Industrial Ethernet PHY for 10Base-T, 100Base-TX/FX
NEC Electronics (TSE: 6723) announced the development of a new family of industrial Ethernet physical layers (PHYs) for 10Base-T and 100Base-TX/FX.
The new PHYs offer the best-in-class high-speed industrial connectivity and advanced cable diagnostics, and are optimized for existing industrial Ethernet protocols used in industrial automation products. The use of industrial Ethernet has consistently ramped up in recent years and now has a wider use in automation systems throughout the industry. NEC Electronics’ new PHYs address the expansive and unique needs of system designers in the industrial automation market to interconnect industrial controllers from different manufacturers throughout a process plant.
Texas Instruments Unveils CDC3S04 Sine-to-Sine Wave Clock Buffer
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) introduced the industry’s smallest four-channel, low-power, low-jitter sine-to-sine wave clock buffer, the first device in a family of sine-wave clock buffers. The CDC3S04 can replace up to three individual same-frequency temperature compensated crystal oscillators (TCXOs), reducing board space and bill of materials (BOM) by nearly half. Designers can use the CDC3S04 in a wide range of mobile applications including cell phones (UMTS/WCDMA/GSM), smartphones, mobile internet devices (MID), ultra mobile PCs (UMPC), navigation units and global positioning systems (GPS).
Programmierbare Logik Announces Universal Debug Engine Version 2.6
ARM Cortex-M3 and ARM Cortex-A8 core based microcontrollers not only feature a high processing power at low power consumption compared to MCUs with ARM7/ARM9 cores, but also, and above all, significantly better debug and test possibilities. For example, new technologies such as Serial Wire Debug (SWD), Serial Wire Viewer (SWV) and Instrumentation Trace Macrocell (ITM) enable observation of systems – also while an application is running – without any or with very little change of the timing behavior.
Webinar: A New Paradigm in Mobile User Interfaces
Throughout the last decade, electronic devices have become pervasive in almost every aspect of our lives, from work to communication to entertainment. These mobile devices improve productivity, increase access to information, connect us in ways we never thought possible and provide incredibly rich multimedia experiences. However, they still require users to act as the interface from the device to the world. But, that is about to change.
Analog Devices Rolls Out AD8120 Triple Video Delay Line IC
Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications and leading provider of amplifier technology, introduced the industry’s lowest-power, triple-skew-compensating video delay line IC (integrated circuit) for transmitting clear, sharp images long distances over twisted-pair cable for digital signage, KVM (keyboard, video, mouse), video projection and high-definition surveillance applications.
PI nano1x3 XY, XYZ Nanopositioning Stages for Super Resolution Microscopy
PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., the inventor of Piezo-Z focusing systems, has added two new multi-axis stages for super-resolution microscopy applications, providing highly accurate motion with sub-nanometer resolution over travel ranges of 200 µm in XY and XYZ. The new PI nano1x3[TM] series XY and XYZ nanopositioning stages are designed for inverted microscopes from the four major players Leica, Nikon, Olympus and Zeiss. The low profile design of 20 mm (0.8″) facilitates the integration. The large aperture accommodates microscopy accessories such as slide holders, Petri dish holders, etc. An optional 25×25 mm positioning stage serves as a stable basis for the piezo stage.
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