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At this year’s VISION show in Stuttgart, Sony Europe’s Image Sensing Solutions Division will be unveiling a number of new digital machine vision cameras, including three IEEE1394.b modules, a high-end Camera Link model and a new generation of its successful Smart Camera range.

Building on the success of its popular power design seminars, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) announced the schedule for its 2007 Portable Power Design Seminar series. Leading TI power management experts will conduct the one-day seminar in 5 cities in Europe, starting in December.

Anglia has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Ember, a manufacturer of systems-on-chip, processors, co-processors and software stacks for ZigBee wireless networking applications. Ember's ZigBee technology is ideally suited for applications that require scalable wireless networks with low-power mesh implementation, such as Building and Home Automation, metering and energy management.

Fairchild Semiconductor’s FSSD06 is said to be the first multiplexer that supports high voltage and dual voltage secure digital (SD)/secure digital I/O (SDIO)/ multimedia cards, creating the ability to expand the ASIC and the baseband processor SDIO port. The FSSD06 is ideal for use in multi-functional portable applications such as GPS devices, cell phones, digital cameras, MP3 players and printers. This secure data, two-port multiplexer enabl...

Innovative Silicon Inc.(ISi), the developer of Z-RAM high-density memory intellectual property, has announced that David Fisch, director of product architecture, will present a paper on Zero Capacitor RAM (Z-RAM) and its scalability path to 32-nm and beyond. The talk will take place at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, September 5, at the 7th International Workshop of Future Information Technology (IWFIPT) in Dresden, Germany.

Murata technology and new pyroelectric ceramic materials have led to the launch of a lead-free, surface-mount pyroelectric infrared (PIR) sensor, now available from TTI, Inc. Until now, the lack of a surface-mount PIR has limited the market for human detection use.

Zetex Semiconductors has introduced a low cost current monitor producing a current output signal with an accuracy as high as 1%. Housed in the 5-pin SOT23 package and with a wide, 2.5V to 20V, common mode voltage range, the ZXCT1020 provides a versatile current measurement solution for a wide range of applications from low voltage portables through to automotive circuitry.

Anders Electronics, the specialist supplier and designer of display solutions, has appointed Duncan Pennington to head up the company’s international sales. Based at Anders’ Headquarters in London, Duncan will be responsible for leading Anders’ international sales activities to ensure they closely match the evolving needs of customers at a local level.

NEC Electronics has introduced the V850E/PHO3, a new microcontroller for automotive chassis applications. The V850E/PHO3 is the first NEC Electronics device featuring an embedded FlexRay Communication Controller based on the E-Ray IP licensed from Robert Bosch GmbH.

Digital Signage Specialist, ONELAN, has announced that it will be outfitting the prestigious Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Annual Conference (HMC) - to be held at the Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth, 1st - 4th October - with Digital Signage. ONELAN has identified the education sector as one which could benefit immensely from the installation of Digital Signage, as a means of keeping all pupils – and staff – up to date with important clas...