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This video introduces the new Blackfin® BF50x processor family. It provides an overview of key product features including 400MHz of performance, optional integrated 12-bit ADC, and 4MB of executable flash memory.

Avago Technologies announced two new miniature voltage/current threshold detection optocouplers for use in a wide range of industrial control applications. The ACPL-K370/K376 optocouplers are designed to detect AC/DC sources and convert the voltage to a logic interface across an optical coupling barrier to provide safe isolation in electronically noisy environments found in industrial applications. These voltage/current sensing optocouplers are i...

Hansatech EMS Limited, UK specialists in bespoke electronic contract manufacturing and assembly services, today announced the full implementation of a lean manufacturing initiative as part of its ongoing commitment to customers.

Lime Microsystems, the multi-band multi-standard RF transceiver IC company, announced that it is collaborating with Percello Ltd., an Israeli fabless semiconductor company developing highly integrated and low-cost digital baseband for UMTS and LTE networks, to develop a flexible high-performance reference platform for femtocell designs. The reference platform combines Percello's PRC6xxx high-performance baseband IC, with Lime's multi-band, multi-...

IAR Systems has been selected by Quake Global, a leading manufacturer of M2M communicators for multiple satellite and terrestrial networks, as the preferred software development environment for the latest QUAKE Satellite Data Modems, Q-Pro and Q4000.

Agilent announced that Yamagata University in Japan, has selected Agilent's SystemVue software for use in its emerging communications, physical layer (PHY) research. The electronic system-level software will play a critical role in the university's ongoing investigations and reduce by up to 30 percent the time required for design and verification of the Yamagata team's communication PHY system.

S-video is increasingly being phased out in many of today’s video product platforms and 4-Channels are becoming a standard output configuration. Fairchild Semiconductor is enabling designers to accommodate this transition, with a 4-Channel integrated video filter that supports the set-top-box and DVD markets.

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) today announced that it has completed a program to repurchase a portion of its outstanding Zero Coupon Senior Convertible Bonds due 2016 (“2016 Bonds”). A total of $298,174,000 nominal value of 2016 Bonds were repurchased representing approximately 30.6% of the total amount originally issued.

VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of PC and prosumer audio silicon, today unveiled the VIA Vinyl Envy VT1730 USB 2.0 Audio Controller, the industry's first highly-integrated single chip solution that leverages the broad USB 2.0 bandwidth (480 Mb/s) to deliver uncompromised audio quality.

Today, from the AG CONNECT Expo in Orlando, Florida, Hemisphere GPS launched its G100 all-in-one steering and guidance system for auto-steer ready agricultural vehicles.