News & Analysis

ZF Friedrichshafen AG is further expanding its leading worldwide automotive supplier position for Driveline and Chassis Technology. Upon government approval, ZF will acquire the Cherry Corporation, headquartered in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, with production locations in Germany, the Czech Republic, Mexico, Hong Kong, China, and India (India is a joint venture with TVS Group). The electronics manufacturer develops and produces among others switc...

National Instruments has announced the China Earthquake Administration (CEA), the leading governmental body managing the country’s earthquake preparedness and disaster mitigation, selected a structural health monitoring (SHM) solution developed by National Instruments Alliance Partner CGM Engineering, Inc., based on the NI LabVIEW graphical system design platform and NI CompactRIO programmable automation controllers. The systems are designed to...

The National Microelectronics institute (NMI), the trade association representing the semiconductor industry in the UK and Ireland, has announced a 50% increase in its membership in little over a year. The University of Southampton has just become the NMI’s 150th member.

LPRS has demonstrated again how the simplicity of its plug and play easy-Radio wireless solutions simplify product development and speed time to market.

Elan Digital Systems is launching its USBPC16 and USBPC32 chipsets to the market. The chipsets, which up till now were used as a proven solution in-house, now offer a simple and inexpensive product for designers using Intel’s new Atom Processors and needing to provide a legacy PCMCIA interface. Unlike other products on the market, these devices are not restricted to memory cards only.

Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced the successful completion of an ASIC development project with video codec and processing specialist Logipard, subsidiary of Anoto Group AB. The fabless semiconductor manufacturer has used Toshiba’s renowned process technology and the company’s local engineers to create an advanced, low power ASIC. This ASIC is targeted for video processing applications being developed by Logipard customers.

Masco Corporation announces its partnership with the EnOcean Alliance. The partnership aligns EnOcean’s energy harvesting wireless control technology with patented technologies developed by Masco to support intelligent green buildings and to deliver forward-looking products to customers.

IDT has announced the availability of two new dual port devices to its family of multi-port devices. For applications ranging from industrial control to medical imaging and communications, the new 9Mbit and 4Mbit dual-port devices deliver 200MHz performance to satisfy demanding memory buffering requirements. By offering a 1.8V core voltage, the devices require significantly less power than existing solutions.

Future Technology Devices International Limited (FTDI) has announced the VPROG-1 programmer. Designed specifically to programme FTDI’s Vinculum host controller product range including VNC1L-1A and evaluation modules, the programmer allows quick and easy writing of data to the device’s Flash ROM.

Sealevel Systems announces two additions to the popular SeaLINK USB to serial product line, the SeaLINK+4.SC and SeaLINK+8.SC. Offering four or eight serial ports that are software configurable for RS-232, RS-422, or RS-485, the adapters eliminate the need to open the enclosure to change jumper settings or dipswitches. The devices maintain their electrical interface settings locally, allowing the host computer to be repaired or upgraded without r...