News & Analysis

Tundra Semiconductor Corporation has announced that GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms has selected the Tundra Tsi578, the serial RapidIO switch, for its DSP220, DSP230 and CRX800 system blades designed for defense and aerospace applications.

National Instruments has announced the release of the new NI cRIO-9072 and cRIO-9074 CompactRIO systems that give engineers and machine builders an ideal solution for rapidly deploying industrial machines at high volume. These new National Instruments CompactRIO systems have an integrated hardware architecture that combines an embedded real-time processor and a reconfigurable FPGA within a single chassis, lowering the cost of CompactRIO for OEM a...

Digi-Key and Stackpole Electronics have announced that they have entered into a worldwide agreement for the distribution of SEI resistors. SEI products include a broad line of surface mount and thru-hole resistors, including thick film, thin film, current sensing, carbon composition, and metal film/oxide as well as a growing line of wirewound and thick film power resistors.

Demonstrating the effectiveness of ultra-low power control and radio frequency (RF) technology for asset management, InnerWireless, Inc. announced it is using Texas Instruments' MSP430 microcontroller (MCU)-based wireless chipsets for real-time location systems (RTLS). Based on 802.15.4 RF transmissions and Zigbee-protocols, the InnerWireless Vision Platform operates within building networks of hospitals, hotels, factories and other targeted indu...

IAR Systems has announced that it has appointed Petter Edman to the newly created position of Chief Technical Officer (CTO). At the same time Petter’s former position as Engineering Director has been taken over by the Project Director Anders Pikas.

Lapp Ltd, the leading cable solutions provider, has appointed a business development manager for the UK. He is Chris Bacon, who brings to Lapp a wealth of experience following a career spanning more than 13 years in the cables industry.

Arrow Electronics has been appointed as ‘Master Distributor’ for Europe by power supply specialist Astrodyne Corporation. The deal will add a further 1800 product lines to Arrow’s existing power supply portfolio.

Varitronix has opened an office in The Netherlands to serve the Benelux region. The team will be led by Jeroen Kaptein, Sales Manager with support from Maurice Hachmang. Commenting on the appointment Wyn Griffiths, a Director of Varitronix said, “The Benelux market has a strong design and manufacturing base. We have noticed a growing interest in our displays from this region, especially since the inception of our TFT business, so it seems logic...

Strategic Test has announced what it says is the World’s smallest Freescale i.MX27 processor-based System on Module (SOM). Called the TX27, it measures just 67.6 x 26 x 4.2 mm (2.6 x 1 x 0.16in) and contains an 400 MHz i.MX27 processor coupled with 64 MB mobile DDR-SDRAM (expandable to 128 MByte), 128 MB NAND Flash memory, a wide operating temperature range of –20 degree C to +85 degree C and a 200 pin SODIMM connector.

The global electronics industry came to Munich from 13 to16 November for Productronica, the World’s biggest show dedicated to all aspects of electronics production. A total of 1,484 exhibitors, from 35 countries, included industry leaders such as ERSA, Fuji, Komax, Panasonic, Rohde & Schwarz, DEK, Rohwedder, Samsung, Siemens A&D and Tyco Electronics.