In response to the growing requirement for high data rate wireless applications, Plextek has extended its test and measurement facilities to 75GHz capability. This growing demand includes increasing development activity at V-band (50 to 75GHz) and E-band (60 to 90GHz).

Plextek has collaborated with Clarion Malaysia the In Car Entertainment (ICE) specialists, on the development of its new integrated audio-visual navigation system, Clarion Mirage - the industry’s first Android-based ICE system designed to full automotive grade quality standards.

Plextek has been acknowledged by the European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference, part of Europe’s leading Radio Frequency and Microwave conference. This follows the acceptance for publication of a Plextek paper at this year’s conference, describing a sub-harmonic E-band Image Reject Mixer (IRM).

Plextek Limited and RedCloud Technology Limited today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Intellectual Property Rights of Iceni Mobile Ltd including the mobile payments system (the I2S platform) developed by the same team that created the world’s most successful mobile money service, M-PESA.

Plextek is championing the latest Security and Defence SIG meeting, looking at wireless communications in an increased threat environment. The meeting will look at Critical National Infrastructure defence and Plextek’s view is that the UK needs a Cyber Attack Prevention Agency to effectively prevent against cyber attacks. The SIG meeting takes place in London on the 19th of April and is run by Cambridge Wireless.

Plextek, the leading Cambridge design house and technology innovator, today announced that PneumaCare has won two highly sought after healthcare and business accolades at the Medical Futures Innovation Awards – a Dragon’s Den-style assessment of new healthcare ideas from around the world. PneumaCare’s PneumaScan(tm) device, which monitors patients breathing without any contact with their body, received Best Business Proposition ...

Plextek, the leading Cambridge design house and technology innovator, today announced the formation of its new Systems Group. Through its Systems Group Plextek can help customers to realise business advantage by consolidating internal with external knowledge and expertise. The new group offers a new capability in systems design, providing innovative solutions and an efficient route to expert knowledge, technical skills, expertise and a proven tra...

Plextek is championing and hosting a special Cambridge Wireless and Security & Defence Interest Group (SIG) event, titled ‘Is Communications Resilience Good Enough?’ Taking place at Plextek's home near Cambridge on 12th May 2011, the event will tackle issues associated with communications in defence and security, in particular the ability to recover from change, accident or attack. Plextek’s Defence & Security Consultant...

Plextek, the leading Cambridge design house and proven breeding ground for innovative new technology, today announced its backing of Cambridge-based secure mobile payments start up Iceni Mobile. Plextek has worked closely with Iceni Mobile since 2008, contributing ongoing financial backing along with technical and commercial consultancy to support the development and deployment of its pioneering secure mobile payments platform Identity to Service...

Plextek, the leading Cambridge Design house, has announced that it has generated an internal development tool that will help software engineers analyse the contents of LTE and W-CDMA protocol messages. Traditionally these have been incredibly difficult to read and understand and the development of this software tool from Plextek will greatly speed up development time on 3G and 4G networks. A trial version is available as a free download from Plex...

Plextek, the Cambridge-based electronics and communications design consultancy, today announced enhancements to its image processing suite designed to help medical device manufacturers overcome the technical challenges involved in developing mega-pixel video solutions for medical applications. These enhancements allow medical device manufacturers to create more affordable, efficient and intelligent High Definition (HD) video imaging solutions tha...

Plextek, the Cambridge-based electronics and communications design consultancy, today announced enhancements to its image processing suite designed to help medical device manufacturers overcome the technical challenges involved in developing mega-pixel video solutions for medical applications. These enhancements allow medical device manufacturers to create more affordable, efficient and intelligent High Definition (HD) video imaging solutions tha...

Plextek, the Cambridge-based electronics and communications design consultancy, today announced enhancements to its image processing suite designed to help medical device manufacturers overcome the technical challenges involved in developing mega-pixel video solutions for medical applications. These enhancements allow medical device manufacturers to create more affordable, efficient and intelligent High Definition (HD) video imaging solutions tha...

Plextek, the Cambridge-based electronics and communications design consultancy, has redesigned two GaAs ICs for a major US-based high-technology company after the original devices, which are used in a large number of different boards and products, became obsolete and could no longer be sourced. In turning to Plextek, the company was able to avoid the expensive process of completely redesigning its various boards and products to accommodate a repl...

Plextek has supported the Ministry of Defence’s Intermediate Command & Staff Course on its annual NIGHT OWL exercise at the Joint Services Command and Staff College. The event, which featured Plextek’s Blighter radar technology, took place over two nights from the 9-10 of November and guided students through hands on experience of the latest in surveillance and security technology.

Plextek is championing a special Cambridge Wireless Security & Defence Special Interest Group (SIG) event focussing on security issues within next generation public safety requirements. Attendees will be given a valuable insight into potential improvements to public safety services and the technology in use today, in order to alleviate the increasing demands on service personnel. The event takes place at Peterhouse in Cambridge on 14th Octobe...

Plextek, the Cambridge-based electronics and communications design consultancy, today announced that it has been selected to join Texas Instrument’s (TI) Elite Design House Network. As an Elite Design House Network member, Plextek will deploy its extensive design, implementation and manufacturing knowledge with TI products to help customers more rapidly and cost-effectively bring innovative electronics products to market.

Plextek’s Director of RF Integration, Liam Devlin, will make a presentation on how to save money by using custom designed GaAs MMICs at the Microwave Applications (MicroApps) seminar taking place during the 2010 International Microwave Symposium (IMS). This year’s IMS takes place from May 23-28 in Anaheim, California. The presentation will look at how significant cost savings can be achieved and discusses the advantages of being able ...

Plextek, the Cambridge-based electronics and communications design consultancy today announced it is working with medical device company PneumaCare to support the commercial development of its pioneering PneumaScan technology. The platform utilises light based scanning to enable doctors and medical staff to achieve non-invasive assessment and monitoring of lung function.

Plextek, the Cambridge-based electronics and communications design consultancy, today announced the launch of Sentinel, a high resolution wireless camera system that can be deployed in under five minutes. Combining a high-performance digital sensor and zoom optics, intelligent real-time image processing and 3G connectivity, the battery-powered integrated system provides excellent video resolution for important scene areas, matched to the variable...