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Focus EDL has announced Tibbo’s EM1000 BASIC-programmable Embedded Module which has been designed to give system board designers to ability connect all I/O components to 1000BaseT Ethernet by simply including the module on the I/O board.

The Omniflex Dual Trip Amplifier is designed for safety critical applications, with set points reached using 4-20mA, 0-10V (1-5V), Universal Inputs such as TC, mV, RTD, V, or frequency signals, producing an alarm to either alarm annunciators, PLCs or DCS Systems.

The Teleterm 'Silent Sentry' from Omniflex is a new low cost, off the shelf, state-of-the-art Alarm Monitor capable of monitoring a wide range of input types and sending SMS Alarm messages upon detection of an alarm condition. The Silent Sentry has 12 direct Binary or Analogue Inputs, plus a Modbus port allowing alarms from a variety of sources to be monitored. Up to 64 different messages can be sent from one unit.

An enhanced range of plug-in interfaces for CAN and LIN bus systems is now available from Computer Solutions. Some recent additions to the range include a CAN to PCMCIA interface, software for controlling and monitoring a CANopen network and a LIN/CAN gateway and interface.

Texas Instruments today announced the International Engineering Consortium (IEC) has selected TI's IP quality management PIQUA technology as the winner of its annual InfoVision Award. The non-profit organization delivers this prestigious award to honour technologies, applications, products, advances and services judged to be the most unique and beneficial to the telecommunications industry. Winners of the IEC InfoVision Award were announced tod...

National Instruments UK & Ireland has been named among the UK’s 50 Best Workplaces in the Financial Times 2006 Best Workplaces Special Report. Listed for the first time, NI was ranked 40th. NI employees identified the company’s fun and friendly work environment and ethical culture among the characteristics which make the company a great place to work.

A triple-channel multiplexer for video switching from Intersil has been designed with what is said to be the industry¹s highest bandwidth and a slew rate that enables exceptional bandwidth even at the high levels typically associated with video signals.

Review Display Systems has announced a RoHS compliant TFT driver card that can offer ease of connectivity with a multiple range of inputs. Called the Giant card, it offers the end user the ability to drive TFT’s ranging from VGA to SXGA in resolution and screen sizes TFT’s from 6.5 to 17 in.

Synplicity, Inc has announced that the latest version of its Synplify Pro® synthesis software provides full support for the industry's first 65-nanometer VirtexT-5 FPGA family just introduced separately by Xilinx, Inc.

Fairchild Semiconductor will display its solutions for RF wireless applications in booth 1041 at the upcoming International Microwave Symposium (IMS) conference. Fairchild’s comprehensive WLAN power amplifier solutions cover the entire spectrum of WLAN bands 802.11 a/b/g/n, while offering strong performance advantages such as high linearity, low current consumption, high levels of integration and ultra-compact packaging. Fairchild’s suite of...