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Zilog has announced a new Microstepper Motor Control Reference Design aimed at accelerating time-to-market for motor control applications. A complete and easy-to-use platform, Zilog’s Z8F1680 MCU-based Reference Design highlights the key features of the Z8F1680 microcontroller, which is optimized for microstepper motor control.

National Instruments and World Robot Olympiad have jointly announced a new a collegiate-level competition to inspire innovation among students worldwide. The Mars Colony-themed competition is a pilot in 2013 and will take place at this year’s WRO world championship held in Jakarta, Indonesia from November 15 to 17.

Techcon Systems will showcase the newly released TS9000 Series Jet Tech valve in Hall A4, Stand 221 at the Productronica International Trade Fair, scheduled to take place November 12 - 15, 2013 at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre in Munich, Germany. Company representatives will demonstrate the following products at the event:

Digital Core Design has presented the newest SPI IP Core enhanced with useful design features. The DSPI_FIFO is a fully configurable SPI master/slave device, which allows to configure polarity and phase of a serial clock signal SCK. DCD’s core enables microcontroller to communicate with serial peripheral devices, but also to communicate with an interprocessor in a multi-master system. It supports all the features of SPI and transmission/rec...

The Consumer Electronics Association announce the 2014 edition of Five Technology Trends to Watch. This annual publication examines five prominent technology trends that will influence the consumer electronics industry in the years ahead.

While the RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485 serial standards are hardly new, combining them over a single connector creates challenges unforeseen when these standards were first drafted years ago. Jack Roan, Product Marketing Manager for Connectivity products at Exar, explores solutions in this article from ES Design magazine.

From automobile assembly and PCB fabrication, to consumer electronics, robotics is home to some of the most exciting engineering taking place today. Learning about robotics, whether you are an experienced engineer or complete beginner, has never been easier thanks to the application notes, software examples and tutorials available online today. Mike Powell, Technical Development Manager for Farnell element14, explores further in this ES Desdign m...

ITTIA announces its recent success in addressing customer demand for machine-to-machine data management with new features and proven technology. ITTIA DB SQL has continuously demonstrated its value to manufacturers building state-of-the-art M2M devices that must store, connect, and analyze embedded data. Devices manufactured with ITTIA DB SQL make smart decisions with low overheads.

Suppliers of displays used in medical electronics must ensure that the devices meet the stringent requirements in this market segment. The most important consideration is reliability followed by the duration of innovation cycles which is considerably different compared with markets such as consumer electronics. Long-term availability is critical for components which are used in medical equipment.

Heavy duty connectors for robotic arms used in spot welding and other high power applications can be quickly secured and released with the new RobiFix-Lock from Multi-Contact. The rugged locking units are designed for the company's RobiFix electrical connectors for use in robot dresspacks.