Analysis

Avago Technologies has introduced three new gate drive optocouplers optimized for reliability and performance. As equipment manufacturers in industrial automation and data center power supply markets transition to developing more energy efficient products which require fast switching operation, Avago has engineered new optocouplers with the industry's highest common mode rejection ratio (40 kV/µs @VCM=1500V). Avago is a leading supplier of ...

Texas Instruments has announced its newest 3GHz-performing wireless infrastructure baseband product that boosts applications for GSM-based base stations while addressing new markets and requirements for WiMAX and TD-SCDMA. With three cores running at 1GHz each, the TMS320TCI6487 processor enables base station manufacturers to extend their existing designs while entering into new markets, requiring small form factor applications with an exceptiona...

Cherry Electrical Products has appointed Electronic Resources as its Irish distributor. The franchised distributor, based in Dublin and sister enterprise of Option Electronics, is a leading distributor and service provider to major OEMs and EMS companies.

Meech International, an established leader in static control, surface cleaning and compressed air solutions, has launched its new website at www.meech.com. This new site is a valuable source of information featuring comprehensive technical and application details for Meech’s complete product range.

Microchip has announced the formation of its Medical Products Group to address the emerging challenges of the medical electronics market. Many companies in the medical sector have already realised the benefits of using Microchip’s semiconductors – which include small package sizes, low power consumption, and simple ways to add connectivity such as Ethernet, USB, ZigBee, IrDA and Controller Area Networking (CAN) to their products.

Fairchild Semiconductor has introduced the FXL2TD245, said to be the first dual-supply bi-directional translator on the market configurable for both uni-directional and independent bi-directional voltage translation between two logic levels. In addition to offering designers unparalleled design flexibility in a wide variety of low-voltage applications, this MicroPak-packaged translator helps them dramatically save board space.

Allowing designers to transition to higher-performing digital signal processors (DSPs) without compromising price, Texas Instruments has announced the availability of the cost-effective, high-performance TMS320C6454 DSP. Targeted for a myriad of infrastructure equipments including high-end telecom, wireless infrastructure, and video and imaging applications, the new 1-GHz C6454 DSP is based on the improved TMS320C64x+TM DSP core and TI's highest-...

Engineers and scientists requiring connectivity to in-vehicle communication buses and sensors along with wireless communication now have more options for acquisition, design and control applications. Industry leaders such as AVIAOK International Company, Drivven and Science & Engineering Applications Datentechnik GmbH (S.E.A.) have developed custom modules for the National Instruments CompactRIO platform, adding a wide variety of functionality to...

Schaffner has announced the appointment of Chris Myers as Sales Manager for the Northern Region of the UK. Chris has joined Schaffner with seven years experience working in electrical and electronic engineering and has a great deal of expertise working on large projects in energy and industrial markets. Chris has worked with OEMs, machine builders and contractors, which will enable him to understand the EMC requirements of all sections of indust...

UR Group has appointed Peter Melling as Area Sales Manager for northern England. Peter, who lives in Morecambe, Lancashire, joins the company from Acal plc and has 20 years’ experience in electronics sales, including 10 years specialising in the power sector.