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Telit wireless solutions has extended its agreement with Arrow to cover the UK and Ireland after continued, successful collaboration in Nordic and Baltic countries and southern Europe. Telit, a global wireless communications developer, designs and manufactures a range of GSM/GPRS- CDMA and UMTS/HSDPA based cellular communication products for the ‘machine-to-machine’ (M2M) market. Target applications for Telit’s products include automated m...

IDT has announced a JEDEC-compatible integrated register and phase-locked loop (PLL) for DDR3 registered dual in-line memory modules (RDIMMs). The device’s integrated PLL supports the industry’s widest range of operating clock speeds, from DDR3-800 to DDR3-1600 with a propagation delay of less than 1 nanosecond. Designed for a new generation of high performance servers and workstations, the IDT 74SSTE32882 offers twice the speed of today’...

Growth in sales of production equipment and productivity solutions to electronics manufacturers has led to a move to new and larger headquarters for Adaptsys. Based in Petersfield, Hampshire, the new premises provide over seven times more space for Adaptsys to offer enhanced product demonstration areas and customer training, as well as more room for the overhaul and refurbishment of customers’ equipment.

Derek Boyd, CEO of the National Microelectronics Institute (NMI) has been elected as Chairman of the UK Electronics Alliance (UKEA). Formed in 2006, the UKEA is a grouping of the major trade associations within the electronics sector. Boyd replaces Ashley Evans who becomes CEO of the Electronics Knowledge Transfer Network (Electronics KTN).

National Instruments is hosting the fourth annual Automated Test Summit, featuring technical sessions focused on identifying trends and overcoming new challenges in automated test. The Automated Test Summit 2007 will be hosted live on the Internet May 8, and will be available on demand for 90 days. At the free full-day event, attendees can view keynote presentations, watch technical sessions, participate in live Q&A forums and interact with vendo...

Avago Technologies has announced a series of compact non-contact magnetic encoders for use in industrial applications that operate in harsh conditions. Avago's AEAT-60xx series of magnetic encoders provide designers with a reliable, cost-effective and easy to use integrated solution for angular detection within 360-degrees. Moreover, this magnetic encoder is ideal for use by designers of industrial flow meters, knob controls and a variety of othe...

Aspen Electronics has announced the immediate availability of the outstanding range of RF microwave and millimetre wave amplifiers manufactured by B&Z Technologies. With 30 years specialist RF design and manufacturing experience, US-based B&Z Technologies has introduced a new line of high performance, yet competitively priced, RF microwave and millimetre wave amplifiers. With an ultra-wide bandwidth, low noise figures and unconditional stability...

ChipX announced today that Michael Brown has joined the company as Vice President of Worldwide Sales. In this position, Brown will be responsible for driving, growing and managing ChipX’s Worldwide Sales and Customer Service organizations. He will report to the CEO, Amnon Fisher.

UR Group has been appointed by US-based Enpirion as its UK sales partner. Enpirion produces what is said to be the world’s smallest Power System on Silicon (PSoS) – the first and only all-silicon, switch-mode DC-DC converter with an integrated inductor. The company’s patented technology provides a powerful Point of Load (PoL) solution that incorporates a Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) controller, power FETs, compensation circuitry and magne...

Contrinex Series 600 inductive sensors have been selected to be used as the sensing and latching mechanism in a new state-of-the-art biometric, facial recognition, control gate designed and produced by Clarke Instruments. The new 492 Series turnstile uses an Aurora biometrics facial recognition system to hold a user in an entrapment zone within the turnstile until the system ensures that the person accessing or leaving the secure area has the nec...