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NI and Collaborators Deliver New IP to Simplify FPGA Development
National Instruments has announced a new suite of software and hardware intellectual property (IP) to make using field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) in measurement, control and signal processing applications easier. Collaborating with its worldwide network of customers, integrators and National Instruments Alliance Partners, NI is now making available the FPGA IPNet to provide an open forum for sharing LabVIEW FPGA IP and new hardware I/O mod...
Cherry to display at BETT show
Cherry Electrical Products UK will be at the BETT Show in Olympia, London, January 9-12, 2008. Latest products to be on display include the security conscious G83-14601/14701 keyboard with fingerprint swipe sensor; the G84-4100 small footprint design for special needs or limited desk space; and a special 50% off offer will be made available to stand visitors for on-the-day-take-away, or limited time purchases of selected keyboards in Sirius, Barr...
Press-Fit B19 connector from 3M
3M has launched the Metpak HSHM Press-Fit B19 connector. This is designed to give system designers working with VME and CompactPCI backplane systems a cost-effective path to higher speed serial input/output (I/O) protocols, such as PCI Express and RapidIO, without disruptive backplane redesign or needing a ‘forklift’ upgrade.
16-channel pure-CMOS LED driver from Toshiba
Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has introduced a 16-output constant-current LED driver, which allows closely matched drive currents within ±1% for up to 16 LEDs using only one programming resistor. The TCA62746 is built using pure CMOS technology, delivering a low-cost solution to driving multi-LED arrays for large-size display panels. Convenient features to control large LED arrays are managed via the device’s three-wire serial interface, w...
Safety-Certified Operating System Offered for Freescale’s Industrial PowerQUICC Platform
Green Hills Software, Inc has announced that its TÜV-certified INTEGRITY RTOS is available for Freescale’s MPC8360-based Industrial PowerQUICC platform (MPC8360E-RDK). The unique protection architecture of INTEGRITY, coupled with the PowerQUICC II Pro processor’s memory management unit (MMU) and advanced communications support, helps to shorten the time and effort required for device safety-certification. The technology solution helps delive...
National Instruments and QNX Software Systems Deliver Measurement-Quality Analogue I/O to OEMs
National Instruments and QNX Software Systems have announced an OEM evaluation bundle of software and hardware that reduces the barrier to entry for engineers and scientists using graphical system design to create embedded devices that require measurement-quality analogue I/O. The new bundle features a low-cost USB data acquisition device from NI, a single-board computer and drivers as well as evaluation versions of the QNX Momentics development...
Step-up converter from AnalogicTech delivers 500mA in TSOT23 package
AnalogicTech has introduced a synchronous step-up converter that offers designers extremely high output current in a compact package. Designed to support a wide range of handheld portable applications, the AAT1217 delivers up to 100mA output from a single-cell alkaline battery input, up to 400mA from a dual-cell alkaline battery input and up to 500mA from a single-cell Lithium-Ion battery input while supporting startup as low as 0.85V.
Tiny 16-Bit Delta Sigma ADC from Linear Technology
Linear Technology has introduced the LTC2450, a 16-bit delta sigma analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in an ultra-tiny 2mm x 2mm DFN package that enables performance upgrades to lower resolution systems. Designers of portable and space-constrained applications typically trade off space with performance, leading to use of microcontrollers with internal ADCs or lower resolution ADCs with preamplifier circuitry. These designs are typically complex an...
Catalyst Adds High-Power LED Driver Optimized for Rapidly Growing, Mid-Size LCD Panel Market
Catalyst Semiconductor has expanded its line of high-power LED drivers with a new device optimized for the rapidly growing mid-size LCD panel market. The new CAT4139 boost converter provides a switch current up to 750mA and drives LED strings up to 22V, making it an ideal choice for digital photo frames and other backlighting applications where high LED counts (up to 40 LEDs) are emerging.
Highly compact 275W AC/DC Power Supply delivers reliable power in less space
Power Sources Unlimited announces the N2Power XL275 Series of ultra small, highly efficient (up to 90%) ac/dc power supplies which pack 275W of power into an industry leading 12.22W/cubic inch power density, fitting easily into industry standard 1U OEM applications or any application where space is critical.