News & Analysis
Renesas University programme assists commercialisation of research results from Luleå University of Technology
Renesas Technology Europe and Luleå University of Technology announced today the results of their partnership commenced in 2007 when the University joined the Renesas University programme. Focusing on real demand from industry, staff and students at the University’s EISLAB have aimed their development projects at embedded internet system (EIS) applications. One of these developments has now been taken into commercial production. It is an inte...
NEC Electronics Introduces System LSI Chips for Set-Top Boxes
NEC Electronics has introduced the EMMA3SL/LP and EMMA3SL/L which are third generation ‘Enhanced Multi-Media Architecture’ (EMMA) set-top box devices specifically targeting MPEG-4 standard definition (SD) the next-generation image compression standard expected to become popular in Eastern Europe, Russia & CIS, India, South Africa, and other emerging nations adopting digital television.
NEC Electronics Launches Advanced PPmL Next-Generation Interface Technology for LCD Driver ICs
NEC Electronics has developed Advanced PPmL, an extension to the Point-to-Point mini-LVDS (PPmL) next-generation interface for large-screen liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions. Advanced PPmL is a new interface technology for connecting timing controller ICs with LCD driver ICs. It uses clock-embedded technology, which embeds a clock data recovery (CDR) circuit in the interface in order to separate the video data from the clock signal.
HD Video Middleware simplifies development of recording and playback applications for mobile devices
Renesas Technology Europe today announced the HD Video Middleware, which will facilitate the development of applications for the SH-Mobile application processor supporting recording and playback of video in the 1280 × 720-pixel High Definition (HD) resolution. The new middleware will be available from April.
Microwave power dividers from Link Microtek
The new LYNX range of microwave power dividers from Link Microtek offer a competitively priced solution for a wide variety of commercial and military applications, including mobile-phone infrastructure, satellite communications equipment and microwave test systems.
3mm High-Power, High-Speed 940-nm Infrared Emitter from Vishay
Vishay has broadened its optoelectronics portfolio with the introduction of a 3mm (T1) infrared emitter with performance characteristics comparable to leading 5mm emitters. The new VSLB3940 940-nm infrared emitter features an on-axis radiant intensity of 65 mW/sr and optical power of 40 mW at 100 mA — which represents about an 8% performance improvement over the larger, 5-mm TSAL6200 in a 40% smaller form factor.
RS at Southern Manufacturing and Electronics 2009
RS Components will be demonstrating the benefits of its Production Packaging service at this year’s Southern Manufacturing and Electronics Exhibition, which takes place on 11-12th February at FIVE in Farnborough, Hampshire. Located on stand E60, members of the RS Electronics Sales Division (ESD) will also be on hand to share their expertise and discuss how RS can meet individual requirements.
RS Components celebrates e-commerce success
RS Components has achieved its UK Internet sales target three months ahead of schedule. The company’s December figures show 50.2% online orders across all divisions, just over the 50% goal it set nearly three years ago, originally to be accomplished by April 2009.
Frontier Silicon's content-rich Internet radio solution
Frontier Silicon has announced what it says is the industry’s most comprehensive and versatile Internet radio and DAB solution available. The cost-optimized Venice 6.2 hardware module and accompanying IR2.0 Software Development Kit (SDK) offer a complete hardware and software package for consumer electronics manufacturers looking to deliver products enabling multiple content streams, Internet radio, DAB/DAB+/DMB-A, FM, network audio, USB and pr...
TI's OMAP technology enables easy access to home security monitoring
Security gateways, an entirely new class of security systems from the telematics system integrator M2M Solution (M2M), allow end users to view real-time video of homes or commercial facilities on a mobile phone or PC, giving them full monitoring control and eliminating the need for expensive surveillance services.