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NEC Electronics today announced that it has joined the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, an industry organization comprised of leading technology, hardware, software, services and retail providers established to help standardize powerline communications technologies for the home area network. As a sponsor member of this industry-led initiative, NEC Electronics will help develop and establish HomePlug specifications to enable mainstream adoption of PLC...

National Instruments has announced an expansion of live instructor-led online training that provides more product training courses in more locations, giving even more engineers the opportunity to participate in interactive, instructor-led training without requiring them to travel or leave their desks. To broaden the NI training offering and to provide more flexible options for NI customers working to improve their technical skills, instructor-led...

Octasic has announced that Robert Blake has been appointed chief executive officer. Blake, who until recently served as vice president of consumer and automotive business at Altera Corporation, brings more than 20 years of industry experience to Octasic.

Waytronx, Inc., a leading provider of openly licensable advanced systems cooling solutions and its wholly owned subsidiary, CUI, INC., a provider of electromechanical components, today announced that it has signed an exclusive worldwide licensing and royalty agreement with Washington-based AnderMotion Technologies LLC. The Agreement grants Waytronx exclusive rights to manufacture, market, deliver and sell the AMT encoder designed to be integrate...

mimoOn GmbH, a leader in software defined radio solutions (SDR) for advanced wireless standards, today announced a demonstration of end-to-end LTE on the industry leading platforms of Cavium Networks and ARM at LTE World Summit, Berlin, May 18-20, 2009.

A custom reed sensor developed by Cherry allows paramedics attending cardiac emergencies to deliver the correct levels of electrical shock to children who need life-saving defibrillation. Defibrillation is the definitive treatment required when a person experiences cardiac arrest, which typically begins with a changed and irregular heartbeat, known as fibrillation.

A high definition, 8.3 megapixel camera module the size of a £1 coin has been developed by Sony Europe’s Image Sensing Solutions Division (ISS), the latest addition to the range of MCB modules now available for industrial applications.

The EnOcean Alliance today entered its second year and signed up its 100th member company - a significant double milestone. The Alliance was established in April 2008 by Distech Controls, EnOcean, Masco, MK Electric, Omnio and Thermokon. Now, with membership totalling 100 companies in the building services market from 20 different countries, the EnOcean Alliance offers over 350 interoperable products and deployments have reached over 100,000 buil...

NXP has unveiled its Near Field Communication (NFC) controller, delivering a fully compliant platform for handset manufacturers and operators to introduce next generation NFC devices and services. The new NXP PN544 chip is based on the latest NFC specifications by the European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI). It will enable mobile phone users to access a new range of contactless applications such as mobile payments, transport and eve...

XMOS has announced that it has been working with Harman International on joint technology development using the XMOS Ethernet Audio Video Bridging (AVB) Reference Design platform. The Ethernet AVB Reference Design, which is now commercially available, is ideal for the development of a broad range of professional and consumer networked audio and video applications, automotive entertainment systems and home networking systems.