ACAL Plc has appointed Paul Webster as UK Managing Director for ACAL Technology and BFi OPTiLAS. Webster joins ACAL after more than 30 years in component distribution. Before joining the company he held the position of Head of Product Management at Electrocomponents Plc., where he was responsible for the implementation of electronics strategy throughout Europe and APAC and the introduction of over 60000 new products to their range. During his ca...

ACAL Technology propose des SRAM haute vitesse qui font appel à un processus de fabrication unique en son genre qui permettra aux OEM et aux CEM de diminuer le délai d’attente qui est actuellement de 18 à 35 semaines chez les autres vendeurs, à seulement 8 à 14 semaines avec l’alternative seconde source GSI.

ACAL Technology is offering high speed SRAM using a unique manufacturing process which will enable OEMs and CEMs to cut current lead-times of 18 to 35 weeks, from other vendors, to just 8 to 14 weeks for the second-source GSI alternatives.

ACAL Technology has launched an online World Cup competition site with a results prediction game, mini-leagues and Keepy Uppy, an online game which tests players’ online footballing skills. Players can register free at: www.acaltechnology.com/soccer and play for a chance to win a Nintendo® Wii™ with official World Cup game and replica World Cup trophies. Anyone registering on the site can also apply for one of thousands of free footballs.

ACAL Technology announced the availability of samples of Western Digital’s latest generation of 2.5 inch SATA Solid State Drives (SSD) which more than doubles the read/write transfer rates of the previous generation combined with maximum drive endurance and consistently high sequential write speeds. Based on Single-Level Cell (SLC) media, the N1x series of SSDs delivers superior performance and longevity in write-intensive, embedded OEM applica...

ACAL Technology has added powerful new web tools which enable registered users to take increased control of information and support working patterns which are more flexible and demand-driven.

ACAL Technology have signed a technical distribution agreement, covering the UK and France, with Europe’s largest independent DRAM module and Flash storage manufacturer, Swissbit. The agreement will give designers of embedded and industrial products, access to Swissbit’s rugged storage devices combined with ACAL Technology’s extensive expertise in the design and custom assembly of products for embedded and industrial environments.

ACAL Technology has helped to bring the first automatic waterproof pedometer to market. The Pool-Mate ‘swimming computer’ eliminates the need for swimmers to press buttons to record performance data whilst in the pool. Using the Bosch Sensortec BMA020 triaxial accelerometer IC, the Pool-Mate displays and stores the session time, average strokes per length, speed, distance, calories and efficiency as well as rest times between lengths for the ...

ACAL Technology are sampling compact Excelsys LED power supplies which combine up to 95% efficiency with power ratings from 30W to 300W and waterproof enclosures rated to IP67. The constant-current output LXC series, and constant-voltage output LXV series, are compact yet rugged power supplies suitable for a wide range of internal and external LED lighting applications.

ACAL Technology in partnership with Napier Technology Marketing & PR supported students at the University of Chichester with a project to develop B2B virals. 7 groups were tasked with developing a short viral to highlight the lighter element of designing electronics. These were to be targeted at the Electronics engineering community.

ACAL Technology, and Napier Partnership Ltd, have co- sponsored the media production course at the University of Chichester. The students were tasked to create fun viral videos incorporating silicon chips and other electronic components in order to promote ACAL Technology. Each video was judged on various criteria, including production quality and the likelihood that it would spread virally, by a panel of judges from ACAL and Napier, and the win...

Is your project causing you a headache? Think you’ve got major problems with your design? Think again! Watch this video and see what this poor engineer has to face. If only he’d gone to ACAL…

ACAL Technology announced the Excelsys powerKit which allows designers to configure a plug-and-play custom power module in under five minutes.

ACAL Technology is sampling the GSM/GPRS/EDGE module named as the ‘Best low-bandwidth 3G module’ in the GSM Association (GSMA) Embedded Mobile Module Competition which was announced in November 2009.

ACAL Technology is entering the final five years of a fifteen-year wait confident that a custom heater mat, designed in collaboration with Honeywell, will fulfill its vital role in allowing the Rosetta spacecraft to sample the surface of the comet, Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

ACAL Technology has extended its Fibre-optic cable assembly service and inventory with the introduction of new fibre-optic connectors from Amphenol and a broader range of fibre-optic connectors from Tyco Electronics. The new products allow ACAL additional flexibility to support customers throughout their fibre-optic design cycle, from consultancy during the initial concept and design, through to fibre-optic connector and cable assembly, product t...

ACAL Technology has extended its Fibre-optic cable assembly service and inventory with the introduction of new fibre-optic connectors from Amphenol and a broader range of fibre-optic connectors from Tyco Electronics. The new products allow ACAL additional flexibility to support customers throughout their fibre-optic design cycle, from consultancy during the initial concept and design, through to fibre-optic connector and cable assembly, product t...

ACAL Technology announces a new single-chip module which combines short-range RF with an embedded SIM for GSM or GPRS communication. Designed for low-cost machine-to-machine (M2M) applications, such as smart metering, wireless sensing, telemetry or access control and security, SIMCom’s SIM 802 module can connect to an unlimited number of slave nodes and features programmable transmit power to maximise battery life.

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ACAL Technology has announced that AppliedMicro today announced the first member of its APM 83K series System on Chip (SoC) family: APM 83290 - the highest performance Power Architecture(R) solution available in bulk CMOS process. Designed from the ground-up to achieve industry leading speeds comparable to designs manufactured in expensive Silicon-on-Insulator processes, the APM 83290 SoC provides a level of price flexibility that makes it attrac...