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Wireless, battery-free electrical control switches for office, domestic and industrial applications are the focus for a new Webshop, set up by Ivory Egg and UK supplier TDC. Ivory Egg already runs a popular: www.eibshop.co.uk covering European Installation Bus components. The new site, concentrating on EnOcean products is at: www.enoceanshop.co.uk.

National Instruments has announced that it has nearly tripled the number of I/O modules available for NI CompactDAQ, adding several new key measurements and capabilities to the USB-based modular data acquisition system. Additionally, every NI CompactDAQ chassis is shipped with the new National Instruments LabVIEW SignalExpress data-logging software, providing quick acquisition, analysis and presentation of data in an interactive, nonprogramming ...

Bringing considerable experience to the position, Yngve Wernqvist has joined Intersil as Sales Manager, Nordic Countries. Wernqvist will be responsible for global sales management for client Ericsson, and he will also drive the development of Intersil’s high performance analogue business in the Nordic countries in cooperation with Intersil’s north Europe sales team.

Francis Griffiths, a National Instruments employee for the past eighteen years, is one of eight long term members of NI staff to be promoted to Vice President. After graduating with a B Eng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering from University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology in Cardiff, Griffiths joined National Instruments UK & Ireland in 1989, shortly after the Branch opened, as an Applications Engineer on the NI Engineerin...

Fairchild Semiconductor has introduced the FDMF8700, the first model in a new suite of highly integrated “FET Plus Driver Multi-chip Modules” for use in high-current synchronous buck applications supporting Intel’s DrMOS Vcore DC-DC converter standard. The FDMF8700 is a fully integrated power-stage solution offered in a space-saving 8 x 8mm micro-lead frame (MLP) package.

TAIYO YUDEN has announced the immediate availability of its new BRL2518 series of wire-wound power inductors. Measuring just 2.5mm x 1.8mm with a 1.2mm maximum height, the five models (see table below) in the BRL2518 series offer an excellent combination of low DC resistance (0.08 to 0.4Ohms), high inductance (1.0 to 4.7µH) and high current ratings (1.6 to 0.7A). With the equivalent performance of larger devices, the 50% smaller footprint of the...

LEM has introduced the LAC 300-S, a panel-mounted current transducer for the measurement of currents up to 350ARMS. This new closed-loop Hall-effect transducer has been designed for use in railway applications such as propulsion inverters.

The new TriQuint TGA4819-SL linear optical modulator driver, which is available in the UK from Link Microtek, provides a number of key features for designers of high-speed fibre-optic communication systems, including built-in automatic gain control, a small form factor and a maximum data rate of 12.5Gbit/s.

ChipX Inc has announced that it has appointed Robert “RAS” Sheffield to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Sheffield has more than 30 years of executive-level finance experience with both public and private companies. He has served as CFO for eight Silicon Valley companies, including Time-Warner Interactive, Faroudja, Asante Technologies, and Televideo Systems. In November 2001, Sheffield led the successful IPO of Magma Design Automat...

STMicroelectronics has today announced a dual DVB-S2 satellite TV demodulator chip, intended for STBs that offer the viewer the ability to watch one standard or high-definition TV channel while recording another. The new multi-standard STV0900 provides in a single package the functionality of two of ST’s established STB0899 demodulators, significantly reducing STB complexity and manufacturing cost.