News & Analysis
Renesas and NXP announce licensing agreement on MIFARE contactless technology
NXP, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, and Renesas Technology today announced that they have expanded the licensing agreement on NXP’s MIFARE technology. This agreement is aiming to build momentum for the availability of advanced payment and Near Field Communication (NFC) offerings in contactless infrastructures.
JAOtech integrates Indoor Positioning (IPS) into bedside terminals
JAOtech multimedia terminals can form the nodes of hospital Indoor Positioning Systems (IPS) with room level or even sub-room level discrimination, following the signing of a partnership with Sonitor Technologies. Terminals equipped with Sonitor ultrasound receivers can be used to help locate patients, staff and equipment, contributing to hospital efficiency and safety.
ProVision appoints sales and service representative in Russia
ProVision Communications has announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with MultiInfoCom, under which the Russian agent will provide ProVision with sales and services across the Russian Federation and CIS territory – namely Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Moldova and Belarus.
Elan's design team focuses on bespoke SDIO
Elan Digital Systems, the UK company which is a leader in custom design products for PCMCIA, PCI and USB, has created a team of dedicated engineers to provide both off the shelf SDIO interface products as well as specialist custom design for bespoke solutions. The company has a decade of experience in interface technology and is creating arguably the first dedicated SDIO custom design facility in the world today, breaking new ground in supporting...
electronica 2008 - ON Semiconductor - energy-efficient solutions for automotive, industrial and portable designs with live stand demonstrations
ON Semiconductor will be using Electronica 2008 to run a number of live demonstrations based on the company’s efficient control, signal path and power management technologies for automotive, industrial and portable applications.
Stadium Group acquires EMS provider Zirkon
Stadium Group plc today announces the acquisition of Zirkon Limited to further strengthen its Electronics division for net cash consideration of £2.5m. Zirkon, an EMS provider since 1999, brings additional high technology market experience to the Group including considerable expertise in the industrial instrumentation, security, medical and mobility sectors.
Getting The Most Out Of Your DC/DC Converter
Many engineering students go through their degree courses receiving little clear advice about how to get the most out of their switching regulator designs. Torex Semiconductor has compiled a DC/DC Converters Study Guide, which will certainly help take the black art out of power circuit design.
electronica 2008 - RS Components - Embedded Development Platform
RS Components is offering visitors to this year’s Electronica the chance to see the first live demo of its Embedded Development Platform (EDP). A universal development tool for rapid prototype development of microcontroller driven designs, it is the first of its kind that is manufacturer-independent.
Analog Devices Enhances RF/IF Signal Chain Performance
Analog Devices has introduced the ADF4350 synthesizer with on-chip VCO (voltage-controlled oscillator) and PLL (phase-locked loop), which is the industry’s first fully integrated synthesizer to operate over an exceptionally wide continuous frequency range. Also, ADI introduced a family of highly integrated active and passive mixers that are ideally suited for use in diversity communications applications. The active ADL5802 and passive ADL5356, ...
TI expands 1394 portfolio
Texas Instruments has introduced two consumer electronics 1394 (Firewire) link layer and integrated physical layer devices for digitally interfacing advanced video applications with the highest level of content security on the market today. The devices support the latest requirements from the Digital Transport Licensing Authority (DTLA), including localization for DTCP-encrypted premium content. The TSB43EC42 and the TSB43EA42 provide unparallele...