News & Analysis

Arrow Northern Europe has announced it now offers industry-leading LED lighting components from Cree, Inc. Under terms of the worldwide agreement, Arrow Northern Europe is offering Cree’s XLamp products in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway and the Baltics.

New from RF and microwave component specialist Link Microtek is a GaAs MMIC-based connectorised digital attenuator module that provides excellent accuracy over its wide bandwidth of DC to 13GHz. Manufactured by Hittite Microwave Corporation, the HMC-C025 is a 6-bit digital attenuator with bit values of 0.5 (LSB), 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16dB, providing a total attenuation of 31.5dB. The device has a typical attenuation accuracy of +/-0.3dB, a typical in...

IDT has announced what it says is the industry’s first PCI Express-based (PCIe) system interconnect solution to predictably and efficiently manage all communications throughout the system while providing full-line rate throughput, reliability and high quality of service. The new devices are optimized to meet the capacity, scalability and predictable throughput requirements demanded by bladed system providers for consistent high performance and...

LEM has added the HASS series to its range of current transducer families designed to operate from a single +5V power supply. The seven units offer maximum current measurements from 50 to 600ARMS, and share the same mechanical design, measuring only 40 x 30 x 32.5mm with a 20.4 x 10.4mm aperture for the primary conductor. The transducers weigh only 55g, an important feature for panel-mounting applications.

Electronic components manufacturer, TT electronics Welwyn Components, has announced the launch of a new customer portal and updated website to improve communications with its customers. Accessed via a unique customer log-in, the new Welwyn portal will provide a personalised web service to its visitors who will be able to access product information, stock availability and technical expertise as well as tracking the progress of their order from r...

Catalyst Semiconductor has added a new 32-tap device to its family of over 35 Digitally Programmable Potentiometers (DPP). The CAT5126 offers one-time wiper programmability via a simple two-wire serial interface, which enables system designers to set the wiper’s value after power-on and also disable the interface to prevent further adjustments. The device also offers the flexibility of not disabling the interface, in which case the system wil...

Samsung, STMicroelectronics and Metalink Ltd, a provider of high-performance wireless and wireline broadband communication silicon solutions, today announced their collaboration to launch a revolutionary set-top box, which supports high-definition (HD) TV quality based on 802.11n wireless IPTV standard, at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, March 15-21, 2007. CeBIT is the world's largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions...

Renesas Technology has announced that it has become the world’s first company to ship more than 1 billion microcontrollers with on-chip flash memory (flash MCUs). Renesas Technology is the No. 1 supplier* of flash MCUs worldwide, and MCUs are positioned as the company’s core product. Flash MCUs are known for their superiority because of their easy re-programmability of on-chip flash memory. Microcontrollers with on-chip flash help shorten d...

Just announced by Murata is the MHM series of ionizers, designed specifically for air conditioning applications in the white goods, automotive and industrial sectors. The MHM series ionizers require considerably lower voltages than competitive devices, yet by delivering comparable performance, they are proving particularly efficient.

RadioScape announced today that it will immediately extend its current multi-standard radio product line to support all digital standards required for the French market. This will enable the development of multi-standard radio receivers capable of supporting DAB based standards including T-DMB and DAB+, as well as DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale), and current analogue standards AM and FM.