Analysis

Continuing to strengthen its presence in Europe, Anders Electronics, the specialist supplier and designer of display solutions, has added a new member to its team in Germany with the appointment of Volker Kustos. Kustos will manage sales operations from the company’s offices near Karlsruhe.

Texas Instruments has announced what it says is the industry's lowest cost floating-point DSP, the TMS320C6720 DSP, designed for cost-sensitive applications, such as musical instruments, medical, biometrics, radio broadcasting, audio conferencing, instrumentation and industrial applications.

This year’s 4th International Basestation Conference is the strongest yet and will be highlighting the three key themes of Network Evolution, Technology Evolution and Service Evolution. The event is being hosted in Dallas, Texas, USA from 7-9th November, 2006.

Radionor Communications, the wireless networking specialist has established an alliance with Arrow in which the company supplies and provides engineering support for key technologies deployed in Radionor’s latest broadband radio products.

Remploy Electronics has been chosen by World Golf Systems to support the enhancement of the company’s TopGolf centres worldwide. TopGolf is a new game, developed in the UK, that uses conventional clubs and golf balls equipped with microchips to create a points-based competition for players.

ChipX, the Structured ASIC leader, today announced that the CX6200 family of Structured ASIC products has passed the stringent USB Implementers Forum compliance test, and is placed on the USB-IF Integrators list.

STMicroelectronics has announced completion of its portfolio of IP required to design, manufacture, and supply HDD manufacturers with all the ICs needed for the small form-factor drives used in mobile applications, such as laptop PCs and portable music players.

Photonic Products Ltd, the UK optoelectronics device manufacturer and laser diode specialist, has launched a 25mW version of its 405nm (blue-violet) Photon laser diode modules with TTL modulation.

Power-One has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Magnetek Inc. (NYSE: MAG) to acquire its Power Electronics Group. Magnetek specializes in the application of advanced power electronics technology to meet the needs of the global digital economy. Magnetek’s Power Electronics Group sells power supplies and alternative energy products to a wide range of customers and markets.

Eurotech, a company that dedicates itself to the research, development, production and marketing of miniature computers and high processing capacity computers, has selected the TPO 3.5in QVGA LTPS (low temperature poly-silicon) TFT display from Anders Electronics for its Zypad wrist-worn computer.