News & Analysis
David Burrows appointed Chair of NMI
Dr. David Burrows has been announced as the new Chair of the National Microelectronics Institute (NMI), the trade association representing the interests of the semiconductor industry in the UK and Ireland. The appointment was announced by CEO Derek Boyd at the NMI’s Annual General Meeting in London.
Diodes Incorporated wins low power design award
Diodes Incorporated has won the National Microelectronics Institute’s Low Power “Green” Design Award for 2008. In its inaugural year, the award sponsored by Synopsys, was made to Diodes for its ZXGD3101T8 MOSFET rectifier controller.
ACAL announces immediate availability of SiliconSystems drop-in replacements for end-of-life Solid State Storage products
Available immediately from ACAL Technology are three drop-in replacement from SiliconSystems for end-of-life solid-state drive (SSD) products recently announced by other manufacturers, with added enhancements that include patented PowerArmor, which provides protection from power fluctuations that can corrupt the data on competitive products, and SiSMART, which is a convenient way to determine the remaining in-service life of the drive.
High Power LED’s
Founded in 1989, Huey Jann Electronics Industry Co. Ltd. has been engaged in manufacturing and selling high-quality LEDs, High Power LED, photodiode of visible light product, infrared receiver module of invisible light product and surface mounted LEDs. HUEY JANN’s Portfolio includes 0.5W/ 1W/ 3W/5W / 10W/ 20W/ 50W/ 100W LED’s. The brightness of 50W High Power LED from HUEY JANN could reach to 3250 lumen and 100W LED could reach to 6500 lumen...
Tektronix Recognizes Achievements of Partners in Europe, Middle East and Africa
Tektronix has recognized several partners in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) as part of its Partner Excellence Awards programme for Tektronix’ fiscal year 2008. Conducted annually, this programme acknowledges and recognises partners exhibiting outstanding commitment to technical expertise, marketing, service and support and partners demonstrating strong business growth.
Advanced Power Components signs distribution agreement with IB Technology
Advanced Power Components plc (APC), a specialist distributor and manufacturers' representative of electronic components, is pleased to announce that it has signed a distribution agreement with IB Technology, a leading provider of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Reader solutions.
Sony extends PoCL Camera Link family
Sony Europe’s Image Sensing Solutions Division has announced a compact, lightweight addition to its range of high-resolution industry-standard Camera Link equipped camera modules. The XCL-U100 features a selectable Power on Camera Link (PoCL) and measures just 29x29x30mm, shrinking the footprint to just one third that of Sony’s XCL-5005 and the overall volume to just one quarter.
GigE camera module increases data transfer speed and distance
Sony has unveiled its first GigE camera module, vastly increasing data transfer speeds and opening up a raft of new commercial applications. The inclusion of GigE by Sony’s Image Sensing Solutions (ISS) division highlights that the transmission standard has matured with initial concerns surrounding the technology being solved.
Sony adds performance, flexibility and colour to its smart camera line-up
Sony has launched its second generation of smart cameras, the XCI series, at the VISION 2008 show. The four new camera modules, launched by Sony Europe’s Image Sensing Solutions (ISS) division, process image data before transmitting to a PC and combine a powerful CPU with an open FPGA delivering a 3X performance improvement over the previous generation.
electronica 2008 - Radiometrix - VHF Allocation Issues
London based wireless module manufacturer Radiometrix will be participating at electronica. Myk Dormer, one of the company´s senior RF design engineers, will be speaking at the show's Wireless Congress on the 13th November 2008.