Communications

SiTel Semiconductor has announced it is jointly developing Integrated Access Device (IAD) reference designs with Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. The new designs will combine Broadcom’s Digital Subscriber Line (xDSL) gateway chipsets and SiTel’s DECT / CAT-iq solutions, allowing manufacturers to get to market faster with feature-rich and energy-efficient consumer premises equipment...

Linear Technology has introduced the LT5581, a broadband 6GHz RMS detector, featuring 40dB dynamic range and a low operating supply current of 1.4mA. The device is well suited for a wide range of power monitor and control applications in portable and battery- powered wireless systems, cellular basestations, picocells and femtocells, fiber optic transmitters and instrumentation. The LT5581 outputs a DC voltage that is linearly proportional to the ...

AdvancedIO Systems has announced the release of the V3021 dual-channel 10GbE connectivity and packet processing Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) module. With two front-panel SFP+ ports, the latest Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA and the addition of SRAM memory, the V3021 offers customers the most 10GbE connectivity in a single slot. The V3021 is optimized for the type of real-time data flow and processing found in applications such as COMINT, ELINT, situationa...

The Controls Division of SSI Technologies has announced the release of Smart 485 – its latest entry in the Acu-Trac product line. The Acu-Trac Smart 485 Level Transducer is an economical level sensing solution for storage containers with depths up to 1.9 meters (76in) for gasoline and 2.5 meters (98in) for other media.

All but the smallest of offshore vessels have become reliant on computer technology for many aspects of seamanship from simple GPS to complex data translation. Naturally, the primary concern for the computer’s ability to function at sea was initially concerned with weatherproofing, but today, the effects of electromagnetics have become equally significant.

Avago Technologies has announced the expansion of its family of SFP+ optical transceiver modules for next-generation 10Gbps Ethernet equipment designs. The new additions include a 1310 nm LRM multimode fiber transceiver, and transceivers for both LR single mode fiber and SR multimode fiber applications with extended temperature capability for enterprise and data center applications. Avago is a leading supplier of analog interface components for c...

CUI Devices has introduced a panel mount optical encoder that has a 2-bit quadrature resolution and can be used in a wide variety of applications. The C14 series is of high quality with a clean, crisp square wave output and no plastic components. Possible applications include audio, aircraft, medical and test equipment, or as a replacement for a panel mount potentiometer.

Maxim has introduced the DS33M30/DS33M31/DS33M33 family of highly integrated Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH (EoS) mapping devices. These mappers merge new protocols for transporting Ethernet with the protocols of legacy optical networking, allowing service providers to deliver new Ethernet services using the existing optical transport infrastructure.

The SeaLINK single-port USB to RS-232 serial adapter utilizes Sealevel’s expertise in military-grade designs by incorporating a ruggedized, over-molded enclosure into the new SeaLINK+232-DB9. This enclosure improves reliability and durability in industrial and mobile applications such as GPS navigation systems, barcode readers, signature input devices, serial printers, scales, and similar applications.

Industrial computing and networking specialists Amplicon has launched a new Webinar initiative that will provide free technical information in what the company says a unique and user-friendly fashion.