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Touch screen gaming products from 3M
3M will present its portfolio of innovative and practical touch screen gaming products at the International Casino Exhibition in London, Stand 3570. Highlights include the MicroTouch Capacitive TouchSense System and enhanced MicroTouch ClearTek II Capacitive Touch Screen technology from 3M with wide screen options to meet the display requirements of gaming manufacturers.
NEC and NEC Electronics Develop Microcomputer and Operating System Platform for Next-generation Automotive Information Systems
NEC Corporation and NEC Electronics Corporation have completed development of prototypes for a system LSI chip and operating systems that will serve as the platform for next-generation automotive information systems. The system LSI chip and OS were developed in collaboration with Toyota Motor Corp., Aishin AW Co., Ltd., and Denso Corp., and capitalizes on synergies between NEC's software expertise and NEC Electronics' device technologies. NEC wi...
DIN-Rail Mounted Digital Metering System
The new multifunction DIN-rail mounted Crompton Instruments DINtegra 1260 digital metering system from Tyco Electronics’ Energy Division, provides programmable measurement, display and communication of up to 50 major electrical and power quality parameters, including true rms system values.
David Gilmour extends Link Microtek’s design capabilities
The Engineering Division of Link Microtek, which designs and manufactures a wide range of microwave products, has appointed David Gilmour to the position of microwave design engineer. As well as generally strengthening the engineering team, Gilmour brings with him particular knowledge and expertise that will extend the division’s capabilities into the area of active design – for example, where subsystems require built-in amplifiers, oscillat...
Connect One Delivers New SecureGAP Firewall Technology for M2M Applications
Connect One has developed SecureGAP, a cost-effective, firewall-on-a-chip solution which allows M2M devices to be safely connected directly to the public Internet. SecureGAP safeguards vital proprietary information for applicaton owners through security and data segragation which serves as a gatekeeper and natural firewall between the host processor and the Internet as well as significantly cutting connectivity costs and simplifying deployment. T...
Analog Devices' DDS Technology Now Available for Low-Power, Portable Electronics
Analog Devices is expanding how it applies its direct digital synthesis technology into battery-powered industrial, communications and defence electronics applications with the introduction of a complete low-power, low-cost Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS) specifically designed for wireless, handheld equipment. Unlike other approaches used to synthesize a digitally controlled frequency, the AD9913 is said to be first DDS device to deliver a 250-M...
FTDI to introduce embedded USB host controller evaluation board at Embedded World 2008
At the 2008 Embedded World event, Future Technology Devices International Limited (FTDI) will unveil a new evaluation board V-Eval-1 for its VNC1L USB host controller IC. The board will provide a convenient and stable development environment in which to prototype Vinculum-based USB host controller designs and comes complete with onboard VNC1L programmer, 5v universal PSU and programming / debug utility software . In addition, FTDI will also pres...
Murata names John Wanes Business Lead for Power Supply Business Unit
Murata Power Solutions, formerly known as C&D Technologies Power Electronics Division, has decided to combine its product development and marketing teams under a single management line. This has resulted in the appointment of John Wanes as the Business Lead for AC/DC Products designed at its Toronto location and build-to-print services supported by the business unit.
Franchise gives Focus EDL extensive range of optical components for high data-rate networking
Focus EDL has announced its appointment as a franchised distributor by Stratos Optical Technologies, part of Emerson Network Power Connectivity Solutions and one of the industry’s leading manufacturers of integrated optical components and subsystems.
830nm Laser Diodes from Photonics Products
Photonic Products, the UK optoelectronics device manufacturer and laser diode specialist, has announced the introduction of two new, high power, infrared wavelength GaAlaS laser diodes from Opnext, Inc. The HL8337MG and the HL8338MG are ideal as light sources for industrial and medical sensor applications and as a light source for various other types of optical equipment such as distance meters, barcode scanners and high resolution CTP.