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Panasonic’s Smallest ZigBee™ Ready Communication Modules to be distributed by Digi-Key
Panasonic Industrial Company today announced the appointment of Digi-Key as an authorized distributor for its latest in a line of RF modules, the PAN4555. Supporting the 802.15.4 radio standard and the ZigBee™ specification, the Panasonic module is designed for various sensing, monitoring and control applications for home automation and industrial control.
Mouser Inks Global Distribution Agreement with Amphenol Audio
Mouser Electronics, Inc. today announced it has signed a global distribution agreement with Amphenol Audio, becoming the manufacturer’s sole catalog distributor. Amphenol Audio manufactures professional XLR audio connectors, including the world’s first Insulation Displacement Contact (IDC) audio connector. Other Amphenol Audio products include RCA plugs and jacks, phone plugs and jacks, as well as high-power connectors.
DSP from picoChip gives 40-fold better cost-performance than traditional DSPs in BDTI independent benchmarks
New results published by Berkeley Design Technology (BDTI) reveal that picoChip’s PC102 multicore signal processing device has a 40-fold advantage in price-performance over traditional DSP processors solutions in key communications benchmarks, and 8-times higher absolute performance.
TI puts energy behind Solar Power as contributing sponsor for Solar Decathlon
Texas Instruments is a Contributing Sponsor for the 2007 Solar Decathlon, which is put on by the United States Department of Energy. The bi-annual event brings together 20 university and college teams from around the globe in a competition to design, build and operate the most attractive, energy-efficient solar-powered homes. The teams come together to form a “solar village” on the National Mall in Washington D.C. The Decathlon’s goal is t...
Gennum Expands Distribution Agreement with Nu Horizons
With a continued focus on global expansion to meet the growing demand for high-performance optical, analog and mixed signal solutions, Gennum Corporation today announced it has broadened its distribution agreement with Nu Horizons Electronics Corp.
Altium exhibits at “Forum de l’Electronique” in Paris
Altium Limited, the industry’s leading developer of unified electronic product development solutions, is demonstrating the latest version of Altium Designer at the leading French electronics trade show “Forum de l’Electronique” which takes place from September 25 to 27, 2007 at Paris Expo.
MEMS accelerometer works on 3 axes and has internal microcontroller
Nu Horizons Electronics announces availability of the OKI ML8953, a low-profile, MEMS 3D accelerometer that detects static and dynamic acceleration on three orthogonal axes. Designed for use in motion-sensitive mobile devices, security and gaiming applications, it features an internal microcontroller with embedded Flash ROM. Its detection range is -3g to +3g and the device offers a sensitivity of 10mg/bit for acceleration and 0.5 degrees C per bi...
SEQUANS and PMC-Sierra join to deliver complete mobile WiMAX femtocell
SEQUANS Communications and PMC-Sierra, have joined forces to provide Mobile WiMAX equipment manufacturers with an all-in-one solution for the development of Mobile WiMAX femtocells. The solution is a single integrated reference design that combines Sequans’ new SQN2130 base station ASIC with PMC-Sierra’s new PM8800 WiZIRD 2Tx/2Rx RF IC.
Numerical Mathematics Consortium Updates Open Standard for Numerical Algorithm Development
The Numerical Mathematics Consortium has announced the latest update of its technical specification that defines an open mathematics semantics standard for development of numerical algorithms. The revision features newly ratified functions from classes that include discrete transforms, special functions, Boolean operations, comparison operations and trigonometry. In addition, the consortium released new technical documents and a revised function ...
Matrox Named to Military Training Technology Top 100 List
Matrox Graphics Inc., the manufacturer of multi-display graphics solutions, is pleased to announce that it has been named to Military Training Technology (MT2) Magazine's 2007 Top 100 list, a listing of companies compiled by MT2 that have made a significant impact in the military training industry throughout this year. MT2 approached more than 600 candidates and also invited any company who felt that it was deserving of the distinction to apply...