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Murata pattern recognition sensors for ATMs etc
Murata has released four new products in its BS05 series of magnetic pattern recognition sensors. The BS05M1HFAL, BS05M1KFCA, BS05M1KFFA and BS05M1KFBB magneto-resistive sensors are designed for ATMs, banknote counters, detectors and other validator applications. The devices are suitable for detection of magnetic thread or magnetic ink, and enable simple and quick mounting. These parts retain around 70% of their output voltage at a 0.1mm gap bet...
Anglia receives award from Diodes Inc. for the UK and Ireland region
Anglia has announced that it has been honoured with a special award by semiconductor manufacturer Diodes Inc., in recognition of the rapid sales growth it has achieved for the Diodes product range. The Outstanding Achievement Award acknowledges the exceptional level of new business that Anglia has generated for Diodes since taking on their UK and Ireland franchise in early 2006.
19in/2U Industrial Server Family
Kontron's ultra quiet 19in/2U industrial server packs multi-core performance and layout flexibility into a reduced installation depth of only 350 mm. With its compact form, the quiet (
1U 19-Inch/1U Server Family from Kontron
Kontron's new slimline KISS-1U is a compact, quiet and fast high-availability server for long-lifecycle applications under harsh conditions. With its low installation height of 44 mm, the Kontron KISS-1U server is particularly attractive for densely packed, rugged server applications that require long-term availability. Flexibility in choice of processors, drives and expansions enables customization for applications in industrial automation, p...
Single host board with Intel Q35 GMCH Chipset
Kontron has introduced its PCI-760 PICMG 1.3 System Host Board (SHB) featuring the latest Intel Q35 GMCH embedded chipset and LGA-775 socket-based Intel processors. The Kontron PCI-760 is equipped with multi-core Intel Core 2 Duo processors up to 3.0 GHz (E6850) and provides outstanding server performance combined with advanced remote management features based on Intel’s AMT 3.0 technology.
picoChip CEO appointed to the GSA EMEA Leadership Council
Guillaume d'Eyssautier, president and CEO, picoChip has been appointed to the newly named GSA EMEA Leadership Council. The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) recently renamed from Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA) and expanded its leadership council for Europe to be the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) Leadership Council, which reflects the multiple countries within EMEA that are playing a more significant and growing role within the...
Digi-Key and Magnasphere Announce Worldwide Distribution Agreement
Digi-Key and Magnasphere have announced the signing of a global distribution agreement. Magnasphere Corporation is a provider of magnetic sensor technology to the security and industrial markets. Magnasphere’s technology has established new industry standards for high security switch performance and ferrous proximity sensing, providing an affordable and effective alternative to reed switch and other magnetic and inductive sensor technologies....
Single-Chip, Real-Time HD video transcoding solution from TI
To allow consumers to seamlessly move content across their video end products, Texas Instruments is offering a new DaVinci technology digital media processor for video transcoding in media gateways, multi-point control units, digital media adaptors, video security DVRsv and IP set-top boxes. Wrapped with a complete offering of development tools and digital media software, the new TMS320DM6467 DaVinci processor is a DSP-based system-on-chip (SoC) ...
Marc Winfield appointed Regional Vice President Sales for TTI
TTI, Inc has announced the appointment of Marc Winfield to the new position of Regional Vice President Sales – Northern Region, currently covering the Nordic & Baltic Countries, Benelux, UK, Republic of Ireland, and also South Africa. Marc brings 20 years of experience within the electronics industry and was previously Director of European Strategic Sales & Supply Chain Solutions with TTI, Inc., in Europe.
SANYO Laser Diode Catalogue Available As Free Download
Photonic Products, the UK optoelectronics device manufacturer and laser diode specialist has announced that the new SANYO Laser Diode Catalogue for 2008 has just been released and is available as a free download from Photonic Products’ website (www.photonic-products.com).