News & Analysis
Knowles Announces Redesigned Website
Knowles Electronics and Knowles Acoustics launched their redesigned website www.knowles.com today, October 29, 2007, with a dynamic, new look. The former websites www.knowleselectronics.com and www.knowlesacoustics.com have been merged to form a site that provides online visitors with dramatic improvements in navigation, uniformity, and appearance. The new website features expanded content and product information incorporating bold colors, gra...
Young engineers support from cable company igus
igus UK, known for its reinforced cable carrying Energy Chains, flexible cables and polymer bearings, has launched the Y.E.S. (Young Engineers Support) Program, which offers free samples, product information and technical support to students and trainee engineers.
Contactless smart cards and dualway interfaces to be demonstrated at Cartes 2007
Renesas, in partnership with some of its customers, is making a series of presentations at Cartes 2007 (13-15th November, Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibtion Centre, France) that will describe successful applications of secure, contactless smart cards. The company will also participate in the World Summit and will announce a new product family that has been developed for contactless and dualway applications.
NMI launches free legal assistance service
The National Microelectronics Institute (NMI), the trade association representing the semiconductor industry in the UK and Ireland, has introduced a free legal assistance service for its members. The service will be provided through Manches LLP, a commercial law firm specialising in technology and intellectual property work.
Tensilica's Diamond Standard 108Mini selected for Chip That Ensures High-Quality Home Audio-Video Networking
Tensilica has announced that Valens Semiconductor, an Israeli start-up, has selected the Diamond Standard 108Mini as the controller for a SOC (system-on-chip) design that will enable high-quality transmission of audio and video in a home networking environment. We are designing a chip that will enable high quality transmission of audio and video in a home networking environment, stated Dror Jerushalmi, CEO of Valens. We picked the Diamond Standa...
TI Announces First Approved DTS-HD Master Audio DSP Implementation for Audio/Video Receivers
Texas Instruments has announced that its audio digital signal processors (DSPs) are the first embedded implementation approved with DTS-HD master audio at 192 kHz for unparalleled audio quality in home theater systems. Audio/video receivers (AVRs) based on TI’s award-winning DA7xx generation of DSPs have the power to fully support eight channels of 192 kHz lossless audio, immersing consumers in the ideal theater experience. An acoustic performa...
Fairchild gets award from Cisco
Fairchild Semiconductor was presented with the “2007 Excellence in Supplier Account Team Service Award” from Cisco. The award was presented recently at the Cisco 16th annual supplier appreciation event to the supplier who best demonstrated proactive, consistent support across Cisco’s organization and regional locations.
Powersolve backs attempt to power across the driest place on Earth
Powersolve has backed one man’s attempt to power his way across the driest place on earth. 35 year old Neil Wilkie has trekked across the notorious Atacama Desert in northern Chile on the second stage of his four-year plan to cross some of the most demanding places on the planet. Last year’s first adventure saw Neil take on the Gobi Desert in a similar seven day test of his physical and mental endurance. During his crossing Neil (pictured dur...
PCI Synchronous Serial Interface Adapter
The single channel synchronous serial interface can be configured for RS-232, RS-422, RS-485, RS-530, RS-530A, or V.35 communication protocols. The ACB-MP.LPCI is capable of data rates to 128K bps making it an ideal solution for DDS (digital data service), military applications, and banking communications.
Technical Short Courses for Mobile Technologies
hueggenberg gbr is to present two technical courses for mobile technologies: From November 27th to 29th, 2007, the three-day-course OFDM for Advanced Wireless Communications (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) will take place at the Flemings Hotel in Munich. It will be followed by a one-day-course on DVB-H on November 30th. This lecture is based on OFDM ground rules and gives an introduction to the Physical Layer of Digital Video Broadca...