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National Instruments and the University of California, Berkeley, College of Engineering are working together to offer electrical engineering and computer sciences (EECS) students a new graphical system design environment in which to design, prototype and deploy their projects. The NI Embedded Systems Laboratory uses NI technologies to provide embedded system design experiential research opportunities for upper division undergraduate and graduate...

Maxwell Technologies, Inc. has announced that it has been awarded a contract by Mercedes Car Group to design and produce ultracapacitors for an advanced engineering hybrid-electric drive train program incorporating a braking energy recuperation system that enables it to increase fuel efficiency and reduce emissions.

NEC Electronics Corporation has announced two 32-bit ARM processor cores that can be used with NEC Electronics’ system-on-chip (SoC) design methodology to develop high-speed solutions for networking, wireless, digital consumer, imaging, storage, automotive and industrial applications. NEC Electronics’ 90-nanometer, 700 MHz (931 MHz under nominal process conditions) dual-core implementation of the ARM11 MPCore multicore processor is the highes...

Now available from cherrykeyboardsrus.co.uk, a joint venture website between Cherry Keyboards and Horsham based electronics component distributor, Aerco, is a new mouse specifically designed for people using laptops and notebooks in transit.

Messe München’s electronica is continuing its modernization of images and text, a process which began at electronica 2006. First came the new subtitle components. systems. applications as well as the red e at the beginning of electronica. Now part 2 of its modern make-over is revealed with the new logo for electronica 2008. Both text and logo are displayed with three-dimensional effect in vivid red and green.

Finisar Corporation today introduced its new Angled Receptacle Isolators. These optical components increase the performance and reliability of laser transmitters used for optical communications. In addition, these isolators reduce the complexity and cost of optical communication systems. Demonstrations will be held in Finisar’s booth #17048 at ECOC, September 17-19, 2007.

Anglia has announced the appointment of Graham Bridger as its new Divisional Marketing Manager for its passive, electromechanical and connector (PEMCO) components. Graham has over 20 years experience in the electronic components industry, and prior to joining Anglia was European Distribution Manager for Rohm Electronics where he had worked since 1996.

At Defence Systems and Equipment International 2007 (DSEi 2007, Stand 400), ARTiSAN Software Tools is showing the latest version of ARTiSAN Studio and demonstrating why it has become the tool suite of choice for the analysis, design and development of complex, mission critical systems in the defence and aerospace sectors.

Arrow has launched a free catalogue that provides a single source of reference for engineers developing applications requiring displays, touch screens, embedded computing platforms and associated hardware and software.

Finisar Corporation today announced availability of the industry’s only transmitter and receiver optical subassembly pairs (TOSA/ROSA) for the IEEE 10GBASE-LRM standard using Fabry-Perot lasers and PIN detectors. Several innovations introduced with these devices extend performance, conserve power, and expand control. Demonstrations will be held in Finisar’s booth #17048 at ECOC, September 17-19, 2007.