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Cherry Electrical Products celebrated the 25 millionth NTK keyboard to come off the line last week. The NTK, which was specially designed for the business sector, became an instant hit on its release in 1993. High reliability (up to 50 million strokes per key) and simplicity of installation (no software required to connect keyboard to computer) have sustained this model’s popularity in offices in central Europe, offering a low risk investment f...

New elapsed time meters (ETM) or hours-run meters from Crompton Instruments Business Unit, part of Tyco Electronics - Energy Products division, monitor ON/RUN time of machines in production plants as well as equipment power supplies, allowing the user to effectively control production efficiency, cost estimation and service period monitoring for preventative maintenance.

Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced a new headphone amplifier optimized for cellular handsets and other portable audio applications. The TPA6130A2, which is part of the DirectPathTM line of amplifiers, outperforms other charge pump-based headphone drivers on the market today, offering a power supply rejection ratio (PSRR) of 109 dB, the lowest quiescent current at 4 milliamp (mA), the first differential stereo inputs and 64-step softw...

National Instruments and QNX Software Systems have teamed up to extend the LabVIEW graphical dataflow environment to the QNX® Neutrino® real-time operating system (RTOS). Engineers can now use the NI LabVIEW Embedded Development Module with the QNX Neutrino RTOS to add comprehensive support for multicore processors and target any supported hardware platform for QNX Neutrino.

Perfectly suited for use in the food, automotive, chemical, medical and many other industries, due to its rugged, stainless steel casing, completely sealed to NEMA4/IP65 standards, compact design and stylish VESA mounting facility, the new fanless APC-3x80 industrial Panel PC from Datasound Laboratories is available with a choice of computing power and either a 12 or 15 TFT LCD display.

In its first move into the Industrial Security Medical (ISM) wireless market, Anglia has singed a franchise agreement with Jennic to distribute their innovative single chip JN5121 2.4 GHz RF microcontroller that is compliant with IEEE802.15.4 and ZigBee standards. The device is targeted at integrated solutions for economical sensor networks. Anglia now offers chips, evaluation kits, modules, network stacks and development tools. The distributor w...

Power Sources Unlimited is pleased to announce that they have been appointed as an authorized distributor for Majorpower pure sine wave inverters. The Majorsine inverters offer power ratings of 1KVA or 2KVA in a compact, 2U rackmount configuration. The inverters provide an output voltage of 110/115/120/125VAC from a choice of 24VDC, 48VDC or 125VDC inputs. Majorsine inverters are perfect for DC power systems, SCADA and private network pr...

Connaught Electronics Limited (CEL) today announced that CEL has chosen Texas Instruments Incorporated’s DaVinci™ technology and TMS320DM64x™ digital media processors for their new range of single and multi-camera automotive vision systems.

Intersil, a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analogue semiconductors, has appointed Masato Nozaki in the position of vice president of Sales, Japan, located at Intersil’s sales office in Yokohama, Japan.

Avago Technologies today announced it was awarded a Partners in Performance award from Celestica, a world leader in electronics manufacturing services (EMS). Avago is a leading supplier of innovative semiconductor solutions for advanced communications, industrial and commercial applications. This year marks the eighth time the company has received this prestigious industry award.