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Analog Devices has introduced RF-to-digital baseband transceivers designed to enable the IEEE 802.16d/e mobile WiMAX standard for mobile communications devices, such as cell phones, personal digital assistants, and handheld multimedia devices. WiMAX terminals enable wireless broadband connectivity with dramatically lower installation costs than competitive wired solutions. As WiMAX evolves from a fixed-line protocol to one that increasingly serve...

Solid State Supplies has signed a distribution agreement with Energy Micro, supplier of the world's lowest power microcontrollers. Solid State Supplies will distribute Energy Micro's EFM32 microcontrollers in the UK from September 1st. The EFM32 is the first 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 product that addresses the low power mixed-signal microcontroller market and is ideal for ultra-low power and battery operated applications.

National Instruments has announced LabVIEW 2009, the latest version of the graphical system design software platform for control, test and embedded system development. LabVIEW 2009 simplifies the development challenges of parallel hardware architectures with new virtualization technology that takes advantage of multicore systems as well as by offering new compiler improvements and IP that enhance field-programmable gate array (FPGA) design.

Engineering students from the Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) at Virginia Tech have developed a bipedal humanoid robot using the National Instruments LabVIEW graphical system design platform. The Dynamic Anthropomorphic Robot with Intelligence (DARwIn) was originally developed to study human locomotion for the research and development of prosthetic limbs. DARwIn achieves full range of motion and accurately imitates human movement so eff...

National Instruments has announced plans for NIWeek, the world’s leading graphical system design conference and exhibition that attracts more than 3,000 of the world’s most innovative engineers, educators and scientists. NIWeek 2011, the company’s 17th annual technology conference, takes place from August 2 to 4 at the Austin Convention Center and inspires attendees to explore cutting-edge technologies such as the use of graphical system de...

STMicroelectronics has perfected a new generation of innovative voltage detectors with extra features that enhance system safety and reliability for a wide variety of applications. The STM1831 voltage detector will be used in equipment such as autonomous systems and safety-related devices, enabling the electronics to recover safely if a voltage drop occurs in the power supply. Unlike other voltage monitors, the device has independent connections ...

STMicroelectronics has announced a high performance 24-bit audio DAC that is intended for the mobile music market and provides 103dB signal-to-noise ratio through the whole audio path, while also embedding the company’s innovative PTETM Playback Time Extender processing scheme to minimize power consumption. The single-chip STw5210 audio solution also integrates power management circuitry to simplify system design and enable direct connection to...

STMicroelectronics has announced the signing of an agreement with Bosch in which the world’s leading automotive electronic systems company will license ST’s state-of-the-art BCD8 process technology, enabling Bosch to design and manufacture highly integrated automotive products using this leading-edge technology in its own wafer fabrication plant. The move continues a close strategic partnership between the two companies extending over the l...

National Instruments announced the addition of machine vision capabilities to NI CompactRIO and NI Single-Board RIO hardware devices that provide engineers with an integrated measurement and control platform for industrial and embedded systems. With this integrated platform solution, CompactRIO becomes one of the only programmable automation controllers (PACs) on the market to perform vision tasks, providing a more efficient, all-in-one design wi...

Powervation Ltd. today announced the PV3101, the new single phase digital DC/DC controller featuring the company’s Auto-Control adaptive loop compensation technology. Leveraging Powervation’s core hardware and firmware technologies, the PV3101 uses a proprietary DSP/RISC dual-core architecture with a precision data acquisition engine running advanced control and power management algorithms in firmware.