News & Analysis

Avago Technologies has announced a pair of dual-channel high-speed optically isolated MOSFET (metal oxide silicon field-effect transistor)-output solid-state relays (SSRs) that feature performance that has been qualified over a wide industrial temperature range of -40°C to +85°C.

LEM has introduced the AHR series of AC and DC current transducers that offer precise measurement of nominal currents up to 2000A true RMS, extending the existing family that ranges from 100A to 1000A. These split-core transducers combine Hall-effect technology and signal conditioning in a compact case which is said to offer substantial savings in size (more than 50% compared to existing current transformers). They measure only 174 x 86 x 54.1 mm...

TES Electronic Solutions SA has announced that Frederic Joly has been promoted to the position of Technical Marketing Manager. Joly will be responsible for helping to drive the continued growth of TES, with a particular focus on the rapidly expanding telematics market. Joly reports directly to Wayne Gilbert, the Director, Strategic Marketing for TES

EDA Solutions, exclusive European agents for Tanner EDA tools and MOSIS multi-project wafer services, has added to its sales and technical support teams with two new staff appointments. This follows a doubling of its Tanner EDA business in Europe over the last 3 years.

Silicon Laboratories has announced the acquisition of Silembia, a privately held French company that develops semiconductor intellectual property for digital demodulation and channel decoding. Silicon Laboratories acquired Silembia in an all-cash transaction for approximately $20 million.

Texas Instruments has announced that Microsoft has selected TI's OMAP2420 applications processor as the first ARM11-based development platform for its Windows CE 6 beta release distributed this week to device makers worldwide. A Board Support Package for TI's OMAP2420 processor will be integrated into the Windows CE 6 Platform Builder toolkit.

Photonic Products, the UK optoelectronics device manufacturer and laser diode specialist, has announced the introduction of two new 635nm, 5mW laser diodes from Opnext, Inc. The operating current on these diodes has been decreased by 50 percent, resulting in extended battery lifetime and lower power consumption without compromising their 5mW optical output power. Their aspect ratio is also improved from 3.8 to 3.1.

National Instruments has announced the release of the LabVIEW 8 Student Edition Software Suite, a full-featured version of the graphical development platform that provides students a flexible, hands-on learning environment for designing, prototyping and deploying engineering and science concepts into real-world applications. The software suite, for the first time, includes a collection of powerful National Instruments LabVIEW add-ons for mathemat...

First time exhibitor at Nepcon 2006, Aspen Electronics has reported their attendance to be an unqualified success. After an encouragingly busy first day, Managing Director, Howard Venning commented: “We expected strong interest in our test equipment and power supplies, here in Birmingham, and we were not disappointed. But we were particularly impressed and a little surprised to see so much attention paid to our component ranges.”

NEXCOM International has launched the PEAK 870VL2. This fully RoHS compliant Single Board Computer is said to be the world's first full-size PICMG 1.3 product to support socket LGA775 processors up to Pentium 4 at speeds of up to 3.8Ghz.