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Photonic Products, the UK opto-electronics device manufacturer and laser diode specialist, is showcasing new 635nm Photon laser modules with Near End of Life Detection facility at LASER 2007 in Munich. As a laser diode approaches the end of its operational life, its imminent failure is signalled by an increase in the current being drawn from its drive circuitry. Typically, when the current draw reaches a value of 120% of its original operating va...

Sony Europe’s Image Sensing Solutions Division has announced that the Sony Vision Network, a partnership programme intended to deliver proven combinations of Sony hardware and third-party software backed with expert consultancy, advice and supply chain support, has added four new members: MVD Ltd, Silicon Systems, Shafi and Compar AG. They bring distribution and support, data storage, manufacturing software and system integration expertise to ...

Cherry Electrical has donated product to the Iain Rennie Hospice, a registered charity offering specialist palliative nursing care at home to patients with terminal illness, within the Chilterns region of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the UK. Brand new keyboards are available for sale via the charity’s eBay shop - http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Iain-Rennie-Hospice-Shop - and all the money raised will be used to help the hospice provide care f...

GDS Clearview, experts in bonded display services, announce the availability of the innovative G-BOND process, an optical bonding procedure that offers the highest performance of any display enhancement technique in the industry. G-BOND is a solid transparent bond which optically couples the front glass or touch screen directly to the face of the display. GDS Clearview is a subsidiary of Global Display Solutions (GDS), market leader in the desi...

Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. (NASDAQ:NUHC), a leading global distributor of advanced technology semiconductor, display, illumination and system solutions, today announced its acquisition of Dacom-Süd Electronic Vertriebs GmbH, a franchised electronic component distributor, based in Munich, Germany.

MAZeT GmbH has added to its JENCOLOR family for spectral analysis at the SENSOR+TEST 2007 trade fair. MAZeT also offers customized OEM Color Sensing, in the field of color analysis and spectral sensor systems, to its customers. In addition to the development and distribution of the JENCOLOR sensors, our design team is now developing tailored color analysis modules, including optical connection, especially for customers or applications, said Frank...

Photonic Products is introducing a new 532nm DPSS green laser module with integral thermo electric control at LASER 2007 in Munich (June 18 on). Integral thermo electric control enables the laser module to be operated at a stable temperature level which provides the constant optical performance and wavelength precision necessary for demanding industrial and laboratory applications such as alignment, bio-analysis and flow cytometry.

Hawco Controls, the specialist supplier of industrial automation and control solutions, temperature management and circuit protection devices, has signed an exclusive franchise distribution agreement covering the UK and Ireland, with Song Chuan, the Taiwanese relay manufacturer. Song Chuan focuses on Plug-in and PCB relays, and is the fourth largest manufacturer of these products in the world. Recently the company opened a new manufacturing plant...

Texas Instruments and Network Physics have announced a far-reaching development initiative centered on delivering optimized end-user experiences for VoIP and IPTV services. Designed around TI's PIQUAT quality management system, the partnership will further help service providers and enterprise IT managers deliver important real-time visibility into performance related problems and provide automated corrective actions that can be deployed to miti...

Tensilica has announced that two Korean universities have licensed its Xtensa configurable processor. The CoSoC (Center of System on Chip design technology) of Seoul National University is using the Xtensa processor in the classroom and has announced their third annual SOC (system-on-chip) design contest, which will, for the first time, accept designs that use Xtensa processors. The KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) has l...