News & Analysis

Radionor Communications, the wireless networking specialist has established an alliance with Arrow in which the company supplies and provides engineering support for key technologies deployed in Radionor’s latest broadband radio products.

Remploy Electronics has been chosen by World Golf Systems to support the enhancement of the company’s TopGolf centres worldwide. TopGolf is a new game, developed in the UK, that uses conventional clubs and golf balls equipped with microchips to create a points-based competition for players.

ChipX, the Structured ASIC leader, today announced that the CX6200 family of Structured ASIC products has passed the stringent USB Implementers Forum compliance test, and is placed on the USB-IF Integrators list.

STMicroelectronics has announced completion of its portfolio of IP required to design, manufacture, and supply HDD manufacturers with all the ICs needed for the small form-factor drives used in mobile applications, such as laptop PCs and portable music players.

Photonic Products Ltd, the UK optoelectronics device manufacturer and laser diode specialist, has launched a 25mW version of its 405nm (blue-violet) Photon laser diode modules with TTL modulation.

Power-One has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Magnetek Inc. (NYSE: MAG) to acquire its Power Electronics Group. Magnetek specializes in the application of advanced power electronics technology to meet the needs of the global digital economy. Magnetek’s Power Electronics Group sells power supplies and alternative energy products to a wide range of customers and markets.

Eurotech, a company that dedicates itself to the research, development, production and marketing of miniature computers and high processing capacity computers, has selected the TPO 3.5in QVGA LTPS (low temperature poly-silicon) TFT display from Anders Electronics for its Zypad wrist-worn computer.

Endesa, Spain´s largest utility and one of Europe’s five leading electricity companies, Renesas Technology the worldwide leading supplier of semiconductor solutions to the metering industry, and Yitran a leading PLC fabless semiconductor company and the inventor of the IT800 DCSK based powerline modulation technique, have signed an agreement on 27th July 2006 to jointly develop an open specification for Automatic Meter Management (AMM).

Intersil’s ISL55141/2/3 family of window comparators enables semiconductor device testing with ATE (automatic test equipment) in large voltage swing applications without the need for bus isolation relays, saving set-up time and cost. Users can leave the devices connected to the bus while they are not being used, even when the bus is generating wide signal voltage levels from other test cards. This allows for reduced tester set-up time, faster...

Available from microwave and RF component specialist Link Microtek is the latest edition of the Hittite Microwave Corporation Designer's Guide, which features comprehensive technical information on the company's wide range of products, including datasheets on 80 new RFICs and MMICs.