News & Analysis
Austin Hughes Europe appoints Richard Gray
Austin Hughes Europe has appointed Richard Gray to the new position of UK Sales Manager. Reporting to Martin Hennessey, European Managing Director, Richard will have overall responsibility for managing and further developing the company's UK distribution, VAR and OEM business channels for its comprehensive product portfolio of 19 Rack Mount LCD Monitors, Keyboard Drawers and KVM (Keyboard, Video and Mouse) Switches for centralised server managem...
National Instruments Integrates Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA Technology into New Customisable I/O Devices
National Instruments has announced the release of four new R Series I/O modules for the PXI platform that are equipped with high-performance Xilinx Virtex-5 field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The NI PXI-7841R, PXI-7842R, PXI-7851R and PXI-7852R modules feature eight analogue inputs, eight analogue outputs and 96 digital I/O lines as well as analogue input rates that are more than 3.5 times faster than previously released R Series devices.
Tektronix and LitePoint Team Up to Support Latest LTE Standard
Tektronix, Inc and LitePoint Corporation, a provider of wireless test system solutions, announced their collaborative solution to LTE product development. LitePoint’s RSALTE software is designed to run on Tektronix RSA3000A/B and RSA6100A real-time spectrum analyzers, and offers 3.9G compliance support for designers of UMTS-Long-Term Evolution (LTE) systems.
High-Speed 870-nm Infrared Emitter with Wide Viewing Angle of +/- 38 Degrees in Leaded Package
Vishay Intertechnology has introduced its first wide-viewing-angle infrared emitter in a leaded package. With its uniquely designed lens, the TSFF5510 has a viewing angle of ±38°, which enables significantly better performance than standard 5-mm emitters.
Acquisition expands Aerco's portfolio
Aerco, Horsham-based electronics and electrical component distributor has bought part of the Spartan Europe business from the administrators. As a result of this transaction Aerco has gained new franchise relationships with Wernes Cambion, Hi-G Italia, Hypertac and Oxley.
picoChip President and CEO appointed to Global Semiconductor Alliance Board of Directors
picoChip as announced that the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA – formerly the FSA – Fables Semiconductor Association) has appointed Guillaume d’Eyssautier, its President and CEO, to the GSA Board of Directors. In addition to his new role, Mr. d′Eyssautier will continue to serve on GSA’s Europe, Middle East and Africa Leadership Council (EMEA).
National Instruments to Host the Online Automated Test Summit 2008
National Instruments has announced the fifth annual Automated Test Summit, an online event featuring technical sessions focused on identifying trends and overcoming challenges in automated test. The Automated Test Summit 2008 will be hosted live on the Internet on June 5 and will be presented in the Americas, Europe and Asia, giving attendees the opportunity to speak with experts in various languages. At the free full-day event, attendees can vie...
Chomerics Europe appoints Sales Manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Chomerics Europe has appointed Tiberius Recean as Territory Sales Manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. From his base close to Munich, Tiberius will provide customers with both technical and commercial support for Chomerics' industry-leading range of EMI shielding and thermal management products. Key market sectors include automotive and telecoms, plus military and aerospace.
Anglia Lighting to show latest LED lighting products at euroLED 2008
Anglia Lighting, a division of electronics components distributor Anglia, has announced that it will be exhibiting its entire portfolio of lighting class LEDs at euroLED 2008, together with a wide array of support products.
Renesas Technology expands network of SH system integrators appointing Ivrea Sistemi as Platinum Partner
Renesas Technology Europe has announced it is enlarging its customer support infrastructure by selecting Ivrea Systemi as a Platinum Partner. Within Renesas’ Alliance Partner Program, Platinum Partners earn the highest level of membership and are appointed by invitation only. Potential partners are considered only after they have achieved significant success helping customers to speed up the development of their embedded systems using Renesas m...