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NXP "Smarter World Tour" begins its European journey
NXP’s Smarter World Tour is starting its journey in Europe today. The Smarter World Tour is a highly visible, 36 tons, 2 levels, fully mobile semi-truck trailer designed by Luigi Colani which turns into a large and spacious mobile tradeshow. The aim of the NXP Smarter World Tour in Europe is to allow the company to engage with its customers, partners, as well as universities and communities and let them discover and experience first-hand th...
The changing landscape of wireless charging
Developments in the rapidly evolving wireless charging market are improving the technology’s speed and efficiency, but a confusing standards situation is still holding things back, writes Sally Ward-Foxton.
Micrel products extend distributor portfolio
Analogue and power devices from Micrel will be sold by Avnet Memec following Micrel’s acquisition by Microchip. The Micrel products now included within the Microchip collection include analogue and power devices, ranging from high voltage (75 V) through to low voltage (2.5 V) integrated power modules, linear power filters, high frequency switching regulators and a vast selection of single, dual and multi-channel LDOs.
Industrial mainboards with Intel 6th Gen processors
Following Fujitsu’s introduction of the motherboards of the Classic Desktop and Extended Lifecycle series with the latest generation of Intel Core processors, the company is now presenting models specifically for industrial use.The D3445-S and D3446-S are designed for continuous operation in an extended temperature range from 0° to 60°C and have a guaranteed availability of five years.
Cloud suite SaaS tools simplify entire IoT lifecycle
Wind Riverhas significantly expanded its product portfolio with the introduction of a comprehensive cloud suite, Wind River HelixCloud, and free cloud-connected multi-architecture operating systems, Wind River Rocketand Wind River PulsarLinux. With these products, Wind River not only grows its presence in the cloud, but further extends its well-established OS footprint at the edge beyond devices and gateways, to MCUs.
Protecting wearable electronics from the human body
Wearable electronic devices are presenting new challenges to circuit protection technology, says Adam Chidley, European Product Manager, Avnet Abacus. The human body is one of the biggest enemies of circuit protection for modern portable electronic devices, because of ESD.
Software release eases SoC FPGA design
Microsemi has announced the release of its updated Libero SoC Version 11.6 comprehensive design software tool used for the development of the company’s latest FPGA products. In addition to the support of its RTG4 high-speed signal processing radiation-tolerant FPGA family for aerospace markets, Libero SoC v 11.6 also offers enhanced features for Microsemi’s SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs and IGLOO2 FPGAs.
Semiconductor inventory under control
The semiconductor market is currently in a slow growth period. After 10% growth in 2014, the market is expected to only show low single-digit growth in 2015. Our own forecast at Semiconductor Intelligence is 1.5%. In several previous market slowdowns, inventories in the channel have climbed as some companies were slow to adjust their inventories to match lower demand levels.
Avnet Abacus Adds MechaTronix to pan-European linecard
Avnet Abacus has signed a pan-European distribution agreement with Taiwan-based MechaTronix, a global supplier of LED cooling solutions. The specialist distributor is now stocking the MechaTronix ModuLED and IceLED cooling series, and will build on this range with new offerings.
PID panels offered in portrait or landscape mode
A range of high bright Public Information Displays (PID) for outdoor digital signage applications come in sizes of 46in, 55in and 75in and feature a brightness of 2500 cd/m².The Samsung PID panels, which are on sale at Avnet Embedded, meet applications for Video wall, Digital Signage and Information displays for POS and POI.