News & Analysis

National Instruments has announced the fifth annual Automated Test Summit, an online event featuring technical sessions focused on identifying trends and overcoming challenges in automated test. The Automated Test Summit 2008 will be hosted live on the Internet on June 5 and will be presented in the Americas, Europe and Asia, giving attendees the opportunity to speak with experts in various languages. At the free full-day event, attendees can vie...

Chomerics Europe has appointed Tiberius Recean as Territory Sales Manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. From his base close to Munich, Tiberius will provide customers with both technical and commercial support for Chomerics' industry-leading range of EMI shielding and thermal management products. Key market sectors include automotive and telecoms, plus military and aerospace.

Anglia Lighting, a division of electronics components distributor Anglia, has announced that it will be exhibiting its entire portfolio of lighting class LEDs at euroLED 2008, together with a wide array of support products.

Renesas Technology Europe has announced it is enlarging its customer support infrastructure by selecting Ivrea Systemi as a Platinum Partner. Within Renesas’ Alliance Partner Program, Platinum Partners earn the highest level of membership and are appointed by invitation only. Potential partners are considered only after they have achieved significant success helping customers to speed up the development of their embedded systems using Renesas m...

Omeg Ltd has announced the introduction of its new H Series switch modules for 16 & 20 mm potentiometers. They will replace both the 'IL' and 'ECO/IL' switches. The H Series is based on Omeg's Demko certified rotary switch and comprises three models that comply with the established market dimensions for spindle axis height and terminal pin footprint. Models HA and HR fit 16 mm potentiometers and the HS is for 20 mm potentiometers.

Texas Instruments has announced establishment of the Engibous Prize, $150,000 in annual awards to the engineering students who design the most innovative electronics systems using analog semiconductors. The prize is the largest of its kind and will be awarded in three regions of the world -- Asia, Europe and North America.

Vishay Intertechnology has launched four new 600V rectifiers that reduce switching losses in high-efficiency PFC and SMPS applications with their extremely fast and soft reverse recovery times, together with low forward voltage drop.

Renesas Technology Europe today announced that it is supporting microcontroller tutorials at the University of Strathclyde with the donation of 70 x M16C/62P Renesas Starter Kits (RSK) to the University’s Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE). Renesas is also providing technical support training as part of the agreement.

National Instruments UK & Ireland today announced that four more UK engineers have achieved the prestigious Certified LabVIEW Architect status: Ian Lloyd and Stephen Swindley from City Technology Ltd, and Peter Davies and Mark Lee from Develop-ing Solutions. This is the highest level of NI LabVIEW certification available, with only six engineers in UK & Ireland and sixteen across the whole of Europe, currently certified at this status.

Last year marked a turning point for the worldwide display market. At the end of 2007, more liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) had been sold than traditional tube TV sets. The market research institute DisplaySearch estimates that, by 2015, around 90 percent of all display elements sold will be LCDs. Forecasts such as these are very encouraging and are based on the fact that today’s flat-screen TV and computer screens, as well as the displays in mo...