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Amplicon has recently gained certification to the newly revised standard of BS EN ISO 9001:2008. It was in 1992 that Amplicon was first certified to the BS5750 standard and has continued to work closely with BSI ever since to ensure that Amplicon maintain the standards required to maintain and advance this certification.

Diodes Incorporated has introduced an 8 channel DAC and pre-amplifier chip offering designers of audio video receivers and add-on sound cards the opportunity to reduce component costs while at the same time improving audio performance. Part of the Zetex Direct Digital Feedback Amplifier product line, the ZXCZM800 will dramatically reduce circuit complexity, and in high performance differential mode, will deliver a dynamic range (DNR) as high as...

Speakers at Europe’s second international conference on CMOS variability reached the consensus that by working together and applying new working practices, industry could and would evolve to successfully tackle the challenges presented by CMOS variability at leading edge process geometries. Hosted at Savoy Place, London by The National Microelectronics Institute (NMI), in collaboration with the UK’s nanoCMOS Consortium, ICCV 2009 “Living ...

Analog Devices has introduced the industry’s first single-IC USB isolator which simplifies isolated USB-port implementation in system-critical medical and industrial equipment. USB ports provide a standardized, straightforward way to connect and disconnect peripheral devices to and from a computer without rebooting or turning off the system.

IAR Systems today announced it has signed a contract with leading Japanese semiconductor vendor Renesas Technology Corp. to develop a version of IAR Embedded Workbench for Renesas SH-2A core microcontrollers of the SuperH family.

Atmel Corporation and ARM today announced an extension to their strategic relationship with a new subscription license agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Atmel gains access to a number of existing and future ARM Cortex processors for use in products aimed at a broad variety of applications and markets.

National Semiconductor will showcase its latest energy-efficient LED lighting products at EuroLED 2009, June 3-4, at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, UK. The company will display solutions tailored for a range of applications including architectural, commercial, residential, industrial and ambient lighting. Demonstrations will include: the industry’s first TRIAC dimmable solution for domestic LED lighting; street lighting driven by National’s con...

3L, the Multiprocessor Design Company, announced today that it has joined the Texas Instruments Developer Network as a provider of multiprocessor design solutions. The announcement strengthens 3L’s multiprocessor design flow targeting TI digital signal processors and offers tighter integration between 3L’s Diamond multiprocessor tool suite and the TI portfolio of DSPs as well as Code Composer StudioT (CCStudio) integrated development enviro...

National Instruments has introduced a digital learning device that gives high school, university and vocational students hands-on experience with digital logic and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology. The NI Digital Electronics FPGA Board, which integrates with the NI Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS) II and NI ELVIS II+ educational design and prototyping platforms, combines analogue and digital design in...

Isabellenhütte, Semikron and Siemens Drive Technologies have cooperated to develop a 3 phase shunt module for the Siemens SINAMICS G120 frequency inverter series. This series is intended for measuring phase currents of up to 20 A through shunts on the circuit board. Apart from this, currents of up to 400 A can be measured with outstanding precision and long-term stability using the jointly developed shunt modules in Semikron’s Semitrans housin...