News & Analysis

ARTiSAN Software Tools has announced that the Defence Procurement Agency, an executive agency of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), has added ARTiSAN Studio to the approved list of tools for the MOD Architectural Framework (MODAF).

Arrow Electronics has been named by NEC Electronics as its leading S/LSI design win distributor in Europe, based on the company’s demand creation activities. Arrow achieved the highest number of design wins and greatest overall lifetime value of business generated within NEC’s European distribution network during the period from April 2004 to April 2006.

Anders Electronics has introduced what it claims is the first wireless LAN solution available in the CoM market. The CM-X270L is a new computer-on-module (CoM) with integrated Wi-Fi 802.11b WLAN interface, allowing developers to implement wireless connectivity for the first time in embedded and mobile computing applications. Single or dual antenna options are supported, and the device is capable of operating at close ranges with no antenna acti...

Frontier Silicon and Silicon & Software Systems Ltd software, has announced a strategic collaboration to develop a reference turnkey solution for multi-standard mobile DTV, enabling handset manufacturers to rapidly deploy ‘world ready’ mobile devices based on both DVB-H and T-DMB standards. This joint initiative will offer customers Frontier Silicon’s multi-standard digital baseband processor and RF tuner chips with S3’s proven onHandTVT...

Frontier Silicon has announced its Paradiso FS1030 multi-standard digital TV baseband IC, the first chip designed specifically for receiving mobile TV, video, audio and data services over multiple standards. The new highly integrated chip supports DVB-H, DVB-T, T-DMB, DAB-IP and enhanced packet mode DAB. Paradiso is sampling to lead customers now.

Designers of devices or equipment with telecom interfaces will find the new LM302-1L Line Matching Transformer from Datatronics meets both rigorous safety and telecom industry standards while combining high performance coupling characteristics with a high dielectric strength in an economical low profile package compliant to RoHS standards.

Dialog Semiconductor and BSQUARE have signed a joint technology partnership agreement to develop, market and deliver fully proven mobile applications reference boards for developers and manufacturers of smart phones, personal digital assistants, global positioning systems and other portable applications. The partnership combines BSQUARE’s expertise in developing embedded software solutions and reference designs with Dialog’s leading-edge p...

The AD8117 and AD8118 are said to achieve a bandwidth of more than 500 MHz-65 percent higher than the nearest competitive 32 × 32 arrays-making them the industry's first single-chip 32 × 32 analog crosspoint switches to achieve the highspeeds required to route Quantum Extended Graphics Array (QXGA) video signals without degrading image quality. QXGA is a high-resolution display standard (2048 × 1536 pixels) that enables very fin...

National Instruments has released a new CAN communication module for the National Instruments CompactRIO platform. The new NI 9852 module provides direct connectivity to low-speed/fault-tolerant CAN networks, and is a powerful addition to the high-speed CAN connectivity that CompactRIO already offers, further establishing CompactRIO as an ideal platform for in-vehicle measurement and control applications.

New from Digital Displays and display manufacturing partner Displaytech HK is the 32128A compact chip on glass module. Measuring just 41.30mm x 19.70mm the module has a viewing area of 36.10mm x 8.30mm and a resolution of 32 x 128 pixels.