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E Ink and Freescale partner to develop integrated processors for the fast-growing eBook market
The industry’s top provider of processors for eBooks has joined forces with the leading supplier of eBook electronic paper displays to develop highly integrated embedded solutions that lower costs and foster innovation for eBook manufacturers and their customers. Freescale Semiconductor and E Ink Corporation have agreed to jointly develop system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions that integrate Freescale’s i.MX processor technology with E Ink’s Vizp...
Vishay Systems Web Tension Control Technology to Be Used in Coating Pilot Plant
Vishay Intertechnology has announced that it has provided a web tension measurement system to Western Michigan University (WMU) for use in its Coating Pilot Plant. WMU’s Coating Pilot Plant, located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, is a leading research center for papermaking, coating, printing, and recycling. Vishay is the major producer of strain gages and strain gage-based load cells, as well as systems based on strain gage technology. Vishay Systems...
Wind River and PrismTech Announce COTS Software Defined Radio Solution
Wind River today announced that it has collaborated with PrismTech in the development of a high-performance software defined radio (SDR) solution for the military and public sectors. According to testing conducted by PrismTech, this combined SDR solution has demonstrated breakthrough performance on multiple processors from Freescale and Intel, including round trip times of less than 10 seconds to power up, initialize the platform, load waveform c...
Barix Integrated and Standalone IP Security Solutions on Display at CPSE
Barix AG, a pioneer in IP-based audio, intercom, control, and monitoring, announces that partner SkyWare Communications of Hong Kong will exhibit a range of new and existing Barix Audio over IP products for professional security applications at the 2009 CPSE show (China Public Security Expo), taking place November 1-4 at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center in Shenzhen, China. (Stand 3-C058 and 3-C061).
Saft Sunica.plus batteries provide the ideal energy storage solution for hybrid power telecom installations
Saft has demonstrated at INTELEC 2009 – the International Telecoms Energy Conference – how its advanced Sunica.plus batteries can provide the ideal basis for hybrid power systems that deliver significant cost savings and environmental benefits for offgrid BTS (Base Transceiver Stations) installations in emerging world markets such as Africa and Asia. Hybrid systems - diesel generation in combination with a dedicated cycling battery Off-grid B...
Rob Damjanovic to lead austriamicrosystems sales operations in Asia-Pacific
austriamicrosystems has announced the appointment of Rob Damjanovic as regional sales director, Asia-Pacific, based in Hong Kong. Rob Damjanovic, an experienced technology business entrepreneur, joins from recent start-up Agile 8 Consulting, a business consultancy and developer of software solutions where he was head of business development.
RS232 Bluetooth serial printer adapter features “Out of Paper” message.
LM Technologies Ltd Bluetooth serial adapter now uniquely features an “Out of Paper” message from the LM048SPA adapter used with printers in the EPOS/ general printer market. The LM048SPA is the world’s smallest RS232 Bluetooth serial adapter and is already an industry winner as the preferred non protruding Bluetooth serial adapter solution. The LM048SPA is quickly and easily configured to any EPOS/POS system via the LM Technologies user f...
NXP Wins Supply Contract for Chinese ePassport chips
NXP today announced that its SmartMX security chip has been chosen by the Chinese government to power the country’s first ePassport scheme. Utilizing the latest developments in cryptography and security to protect the chip at both hardware and software level, NXP’s portfolio of SmartMX products enables data to be securely stored on the passport, creating an even stronger link between the document and its owner. The Chinese government will sta...
Cochlear and NXP Semiconductors collaborate to enable Cochlear’s next generation Hearing Implant products
Cochlear Limited, Australian based leader in Implantable Hearing Solutions, and NXP Semiconductors, announced today that they have signed an agreement for the design and manufacturing of IC devices for Cochlear’s future generation Implantable Hearing devices.
5MHz to 1.6GHz High Linearity Direct Quadrature Modulator Extends Dynamic Range Performance of Wireless Transmitters
A low frequency direct conversion quadrature modulator from Linear Technology Corporation offers superior linearity performance and low noise to enhance the dynamic range performance of basestation transmitters. The LTC5598 offers best-in-class +27.7 dBm OIP3 (Output 3rd Order Intercept) and +74 dBm OIP2 (Output 2nd Order Intercept) performance. In addition, the device has an exceptionally low noise floor of -160 dBm/Hz at a +5 dBm output level. ...