News & Analysis
Cherry elevates Tekdata to Premier Distributor Status
Cherry UK has announced the elevation of Tekdata to Premier Distributor. The status change is a show of commitment by Cherry UK to a company that has maintained a dedicated Cherry products section throughout the 17 years of the business relationship.
STMicroelectronics' 4 x 4mm Analog-Output Accelerometer Family
STMicroelectronics has announced a new solution extending its family of ultra-compact ‘low-g’ linear accelerometers with a three-axis analog-output sensor. Ideally suited for battery-powered and space-constrained portable devices, such as mobile phones, portable media players, PDAs or remote controls, the LIS344AL is a cost-sensitive MEMS solution in an ultra-compact square footprint operating with low power consumption.
Jean Quecke is TTI's VP Sales Europe
TTI has announced the appointment of Jean Quecke to the new position of Vice President Sales for Europe. In this new capacity Quecke will be responsible for all of TTI’s European sales activities and will lead and support a team of Regional VPs and Directors as well as taking responsibility for the development of new Pan-European/Global accounts throughout the region.
Non-contact sensor
A test rig built at Centa Transmissions in Shipley is allowing the company to guarantee that the precision gearboxes it supplies to nuclear industry will never fail prematurely. Despite its critical role, the rig is essentially quite simple, in that a motor drives the test unit against a load created by one of Centa’s own industrial disc brakes. The test runs initially for three hours at the full working load, and then is increased to 300 p...
NanoETXexpress Computer-On-Module for PCI Express-based Credit Card Sized Computing
Kontron has introduced what it says is the first nanoETXexpress computer-on-module to pack low power processing performance and high-end graphics capabilities as well as PCI Express and Serial ATA interfaces on a credit card footprint of merely 55 mm x 84 mm.
Low-Cost Standard-Definition Set-Top Box Decoder Supporting Leading Security Standards and Multiple Codecs
STMicroelectronics has announced a new low-cost STB decoder chip – the STi5202 – intended for standard-definition (SD) terrestrial, cable, satellite and IP (Internet Protocol) TV applications, and for both retail and operator-supplied boxes. It shares the same architecture as ST’s STi7109 single-chip H.264 high-definition (HD) decoder, highly successful in markets worldwide, and it is also software compatible.
Dynamic In-window Displays from 3M on show at Screen Expo Europe 2008
3M will exhibit its innovative rear projection film for dynamic in-window advertising on stand E25 of the Digital Signage Showcase at Screen Expo 2008, Europe’s biggest event for digital media networks and content “In-store and Out-of-home”. The stand will be shared with Minicom and other leading players in the digital signage market.
Ericsson wins Elektra Clean Design award in recognition of its leadership in environmental performance
Ericsson has won the Clean Design category in the Elektra Awards for 2007 The Clean Design category recognizes companies that achieve clear results in their approach to design methods that offer benefits to the environment.
Toshiba claims development technology for world’s smallest flash memory element in 10nm generation
Toshiba has announced that it has developed a new double tunneling layer technology applicable to future 10nm generation flash memories. This elemental technology opens the way for memory devices with densities of over 100 gigabits in the 10nm generation, which lies four generations ahead. The technology was announced at the IEDM (International Electron Devices Meeting) held at Washington D.C., U.S.A.
NI and Emona Instruments Announce New Plug-In Module for Teaching Telecommunications Concepts
National Instruments and Emona Instruments, a National Instruments Alliance Partner, are working together to help educators teach students analogue and digital communication fundamentals with the release of a new add-on telecommunications board, the Digital Analog Telecommunications EXperimenter (DATEx) for the NI Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS). With DATEx and the NI ELVIS integrated design and prototyping platfor...