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NEC Electronics announced today it has expanded the company’s lineup of 16-bit 78K0R microcontrollers (MCUs) to support cost-sensitive automotive applications. Based on NEC Electronics’ fast and efficient 78K0R core, the new 78K0R/Fx3 MCUs are optimized to deliver higher performance and expanded memory options for automotive body electronics applications such as window, seat and door modules; and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVA...

National Instruments has announced Measurement Studio 8.6, which increases test and measurement functionality for Visual Studio 2008, the latest Microsoft development environment. Measurement Studio 8.6 features the industry’s first complete set of .NET and C++ class libraries, tools and data acquisition and instrument control driver support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Foundation Class Library (MFC) 9.0 and the .NET Framework 3....

XMOS, the creator of Software Defined Silicon, has announced the shipment of 300 development kits in the two months following their introduction. Take-up of the XMOS development kits has been worldwide, covering a diverse range of users and a broad spectrum of applications, from networked audio and LED display panel control through to industrial automation. Two-thirds have gone to commercial users, a third to research and academia.

Vishay Intertechnology has expanded its family of Gen III TrenchFET power MOSFETs with the release of two 20-V and two 30-V n-channel devices that are the first to offer TurboFET technology, which utilizes a new charge balanced drain structure to lower the gate charge by up to 45%, enabling significantly lower switching losses and faster switching.

Vishay Intertechnology has announced that its TR8 molded MicroTan tantalum chip capacitor was honored with an EDN China Innovation Award in the Passive Component, Connector, and Sensor category. Vishay received the award at a ceremony held on November 6 at the Jinjiang Shenzhen Airlines Hotel in Shenzhen, China. Accepting the award on behalf of Vishay was Tommy Cheng, Tantalum/MLCC Field Application Manager.

Altium has launched the winter 09 release of its next generation electronics design solution Altium Designer. Altium has introduced a number of new design technologies and concepts to help electronics designers innovate, exploit advances in technology, and make the task of designing a product and getting it to market easier and faster.

Texas Instruments has introduced a family of +/- 70V, fault protected RS-485 transceivers that achieve overvoltage protection with no external termination needed. These low-power devices serve as drop-in upgrades to existing RS-485 designs without costly board redesigns. The new half- and full-duplex transceivers simplify design in industrial automation, motor control and heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment.

The XC6502 Series of low dropout regulators from Torex Semiconductor provides an ultra low quiescent current of only 1.0µA. Available in industry standard SOT-23 and SOT-89 packages, these devices are particularly well-suited for power sensitive applications.

Now available from Aerco are the GP and E ranges of precision, long life, snap action switches from Cherry Electrical Products that are targeted at commercial and industrial applications that require a high performance micro switch. The heavy duty GP switches can handle up to 20A and have a mechanical life of one million actuations while the E series switches are available in single and double-pole configurations with five current ratings from ...

Adding to its existing line of Camera Solutions, e-con Systems a leading product development services company based out of St Louis, USA & Chennai, India announced the availability of 3 Mega pixel camera sensor with e-CAM – the widely known Plug and Play camera solution for embedded platforms.