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Intersil names new VP of European Sales
Intersil has promoted Roberto Magnifico to the position of vice president of Sales, Europe, located at Intersil’s sales office in Lausanne, Switzerland. Magnifico joined Intersil in 1997 as a marketing manager and progressed to sales director for Europe in 2002. As sales director he helped drive sales growth and improve Intersil’s overall brand in the region. As vice president, Magnifico will play a vital leadership role in Intersil’s e...
Zuken Adds ST Microelectronics Components to CADSTAR Library
Components from ST Microelectronics are now available as part of Zuken’s extensive CADSTAR parts library. Customers with current maintenance contracts for CADSTAR, Zuken’s desktop schematic and PCB design software, have full access to this library of over 250,000 different parts. The CADSTAR library is continually maintained and expanded to save design time for users.
Nintendo's new home console responds to user movement thanks to ST Microelectronics
STMicroelectronics has announced that its three-axis acceleration sensors will be used to provide a motion-activated user interface for Nintendo’s new home console, Wii.
AC Switches for Home Appliances from ST Microelectronics
STMicroelectronics has introduced a new generation of AC Switches to control the numerous AC loads employed by appliance applications. Designed to drive pumps, fans, valves, relays, dispensers, door locks, and micro-motors in appliances such as dishwashers, air conditioners, washing machines, dryers, refrigerators, ovens, and freezers, the new ACSes provide designers with higher voltage capability while ensuring overall system reliability and e...
Sharp to Start Mass Production of Blue LED Chips at Its Fukuyama Plant
Sharp Corporation will start mass production of blue LED chips at its Fukuyama Plant in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan within 2010.
LR0GC02 solar panel -Solar power to go
With an output rating of 300 mW on an area of only 27.7 cm², the new LR0GC02 solar panel is one of the leading photovoltaic components when it comes to efficiency. With a thick-ness of only 0.8 mm, it is also the thinnest photo cell currently available on the market. Sharp is thus setting new standards right from the outset as it enters the market for photovoltaic components.
Sharp HAP Modules enable simple design-in of displays
Colour displays are being used more and more frequently for displaying image information in consumer applications. Customers expect to find displays in appliances such as coffee machines, door phones, microwave ovens and washing machines etc. In order to help manufacturers of, e.g., white goods and other household and CE-devices to produce functional and aesthetically appealing HMIs with the lowest possible development costs, Sharp is offering so...
New standard size for industrial displays from Sharp
The 16:9 format 7 inch diagonal screen is emerging as the new standard for numerous portable test, measurement and input devices spanning all industrial sectors - logistics, transport, medicine, vehicle manufacturing and repair, the hotel trade and catering, etc - and various consumer applications such as pocket PCs, media players and electronic picture frames.
Sharp goes 3D on full scale
For large screen applications such as LCD TV Sharp has developed the world’s first four-primary-color 3D LCD featuring the industry’s highest brightness*1) with extremely low crosstalk.
LQ121S1LG62 - 23-inch high brightness industrial-type LCD with LED backlight
Sharp has extended its successful range of industrial-grade LCDs with LED backlighting by intro-ducing two new displays. As highlight amongst the new additions to the product family, the 23-inch LQ231U1LW31 display is characterised above all by its excellent optical characteristics. These include amazing 500 cd/m² brightness, a wide viewing angle of up to 170° in all directions, incredible colour depth with 16 million colours and a high static ...