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Allegro MicroSystems Europe has introduced two new families of high-performance low-noise Hall-effect current sensors featuring an isolation voltage of 2100 V RMS. Each device is available in ±5 A, ±20 A or ±30 A versions, with corresponding sensitivity levels of 185, 100 or 66 mV/A.

Keithley Instruments, Inc. has been recognized for outstanding customer satisfaction by VLSI Research Inc, a global leader in providing independent customer evaluations of semiconductor equipment suppliers. VLSI has awarded Keithley a five star rating among Process Diagnostics companies, the highest possible rating for overall customer satisfaction.

Texas Instruments has introduced an updated Analog eLab Design Center Web site, www.ti.com/analogelab, featuring the new SwitcherProT power supply design tool - the newest in TI's Pro Series of tools - and a new release of TINA-TIT 7.0 simulation environment, which now includes SMPS simulation with acceleration. The Analog eLab Design Center provides engineers a one-stop site to learn, select, design and simulate with resources that make it qui...

Wind River, Schroff and PICMG Europe in conjunction with organisers InVents UK, are delighted to announce the new UK conference Evolving Architecture Standards ATCA MicroTCA, AMC taking place at the RBS Williams Formula One Conference Centre, Oxfordshire on 25th April 2007.

Tensilica, Inc. has announced that Sony Corporation has renewed and updated its license for Tensilica’s Xtensa LX2 configurable processor.

National Instruments has reported record quarterly revenue in the fourth quarter of $181.5 million, a 14 percent increase over Q4 2005. Geographically, revenue in U.S. dollar terms for Q4 2006 compared to Q4 2005 was up 13 percent in the Americas, up 15 percent in Europe and up 13 percent in Asia, equaling overall growth of 14 percent. In local currency terms, revenue was up 12 percent in Europe and up 10 percent in Asia.

Carlo Gavazzi is offering a complete range of photo sensor solutions to help customers meet the new safety laws covering automatic doors and gates. The portfolio of photo-electric products will enable users to quickly and cost-effectively build compliant controls whilst also benefiting from easier installation and enhanced reliability compared to conventional electro-mechanical, resistive or sprung-wire solutions for safety edge sensing products.

Texas Instruments has announced the European schedule for its 2007 Power Supply Design Seminar Series. TI's leading power management gurus will conduct a series of one-day seminars in 22 cities in Europe beginning April 16.

Taking place in 21 locations around UK & Ireland, National Instruments is staging three-hour hands-on seminars to learn how to design and build powerful measurement and control applications using National Instruments LabVIEW graphical programming and NI data acquisition devices.

Motorola and Texas Instruments has announced that the companies are expanding their strategic relationship to include 3G, WiMAX and OMAPT technologies in the design and development of new, experience-optimized mobile devices. The expanded relationship covers current, emerging and next-generation wireless standards and leverages intellectual property from both Motorola and TI.