News & Analysis

National Instruments has announced plans for NIWeek, the industry’s premier event covering virtual instrumentation and graphical system design. NIWeek 2007, the company’s 13th annual customer and technology conference, opens Aug. 7 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas, for three days of interactive technical sessions, targeted forums, exhibitions and hands-on workshops on the latest developments for design, automation, manufacturi...

Arrow Electronics has been appointed by Walsin Technology Corporation to distribute its range of passive components in northern Europe. The new agreement enables Arrow to supply Walsin products in the Nordic countries, Baltic states, UK and Ireland. Arrow already has a successful relationship with Walsin in central and southern Europe.

Nu Horizons Electronics and Microsemi Corporation have entered an agreement by which Nu Horizons becomes a globally authorized distributor of Microsemi’s analog and mixed-signal products. These products include controller integrated circuits, ambient light sensors and LCD backlight inverters. Microsemi differentiates its integrated circuit products with patented topologies that provide superior performance and unique functional capabilities. T...

The entire spectrum of light measurement will be on show at LASER 2007. World of Photonics (18 – 21 June 2007 in Munich, Germany). At the new Munich Trade Centre, visitors will get the opportunity to see, inspect and discuss the latest measurement systems from many of the industry’s leading manufacturers. From systems for the analysis of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and other optical components, through instruments for transmission and reflec...

Aeroflex has announced that it has been awarded a five-year contract from Thales for the fulfilment of its second Measurement Equipment Management Service (MEMSII) programme in the UK. The objective of MEMSII is to provide Thales with the most cost-efficient way of providing fully calibrated and maintained test equipment to the exact requirements specifications of its engineers precisely when they need it. Aeroflex was previously responsible fo...

By focusing on key product areas and market sectors, connector and component manufacturer GTK has been able to grow its business significantly. More, the company has prospered despite the downturn in manufacturing facilities in the UK by supporting design activities in Britain and Ireland, and having offices in the Far East and agents in Eastern Europe to ensure that production orders are fulfilled where products are made.

NAD Electronics and Zetex Semiconductors announce the joint-development of high-performance digital amplifiers incorporating Zetex Class Z direct digital feedback amplifier (DDFATM) technology, a unique performance-optimised digital amplifier architecture.

Avago Technologies has announced the expansion of its series of miniature reflective incremental optical encoders, which are currently the smallest in the industry, with a new high resolution encoder. With dimensions of 3mm length by 3.28mm width by 1.26 mm height, Avago's AEDR-8400-14x reflective surface mount optical encoders are robust and can operate over a wide temperature range making them an ideal choice for use in a variety of office and ...

Expanding its portfolio of eXpressDSP™ digital media software for rapid product development, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE:TXN) and Ittiam Systems today announced the availability of several audio and video codecs which will be offered through TI’s Authorized Software Providers (ASPs). The new offerings include: H.264 Main Profile (MP) encode, WMV9 MP encode, MPEG-2 encode, MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile encode/decode, Div...

Texas Instruments has announced that it was awarded the North American Windows Embedded Partner Excellence Award 2007 by Microsoft during the Microsoft Mobile & Embedded Developers Conference. TI earned the recognition in the silicon category for Windows Embedded CE innovation with DaVinciT technology and the OMAPT platform.