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HARTING has introduced a range of low-cost industrial Ethernet switches which combine low-profile mounting with ease of installation in IP30 industrial environments. The new eCon2000 Series offer an unmanaged Ethernet switch configuration for use with 10 Mbit/s or 100 Mbit/s Ethernet networks conforming to the IEEE 802.3 standard, and feature automatic detection of the data-transmission rate.

STMicroelectronics has introduced a single chip which integrates a Power Factor Corrector with a half-bridge controller and all the relevant drivers and logic for an electronic ballast IC for fluorescent lamps. Combining these functions on a single IC allows ST’s new L6585 to generate more light from less energy, while ensuring full compliance with safety and power consumption regulations.

Power-One has been named Meritorious Performance Supplier in Sun Microsystems’ 2006 Supplier Awards program. The award honors companies that have delivered superior quality and value to Sun’s customers.

ChipX Inc and Northwest Logic offer a complete DDR/DDR2 SDRAM solution with speeds up to 667Mbps, including a DDR/DDR2 PHY and DDR/DDR2 SDRAM Controller Cores for use on all CX6000 Structured ASIC products. and Northwest Logic offer a complete DDR/DDR2 SDRAM solution with speeds up to 667Mbps, including a DDR/DDR2 PHY and DDR/DDR2 SDRAM Controller Cores for use on all CX6000 Structured ASIC products.

Intersil has introduced the ISL6263A single-phase core controller. The device reduces power consumption and enhances the performance of graphics processing units (GPUs) or graphics cores for Intel Santa Rosa computing products.

Arrow UK and Toshiba Electronics have teamed up to create a one-day engineering seminar covering 8- and 16-bit Flash-based microcontroller technologies. In addition to finding out about the latest technologies, all attendees at the ‘hands-on’ technical training workshop will also get to take away a Toshiba MCU development platform free of charge.

National Instruments has announced NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection Version 3.0, the latest upgrade to the interactive software for configuring, benchmarking and deploying complete machine vision applications without programming. This version introduces a new state-machine process model that gives engineers one of the most flexible environments available for configuring vision systems.

To ease the development and design of mobile phones with multiple wireless technologies, Texas Instruments today announced the extension of its OMAPT Technology Center (OTC) program to include support of TI's WLAN, Bluetooth technology and mobile TV solutions. TI's OTCs provide handset manufacturers and developers access to a broad range of wireless systems expertise adding their value and products on top of TI's wireless solutions. By extendi...

Advanced Analogic Technologies Incorporated (AnalogicTech) and Siliconix, a subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (NYSE: VSH), have reached an amicable settlement of the patent infringement lawsuit brought by Siliconix in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The lawsuit, filed in January 2004, related to alleged infringement of three U.S. patents pertaining to trench DMOS technology.

Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced the further expansion of its Dynastron CMOS image sensor product line with the addition of two new devices: the 3.2-megapixel ET8EE6-AS CMOS image sensor and 2.0-megapixel ET8EF2-AS CMOS image sensor SoC with integrated image-signal processor (ISP).