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TI unveils prize for top analog designs by engineering undergraduates
Texas Instruments has announced establishment of the Engibous Prize, $150,000 in annual awards to the engineering students who design the most innovative electronics systems using analog semiconductors. The prize is the largest of its kind and will be awarded in three regions of the world -- Asia, Europe and North America.
Anders Electronics gets new Head of International Sales
Anders Electronics, the specialist supplier and designer of display solutions, has appointed Duncan Pennington to head up the company’s international sales. Based at Anders’ Headquarters in London, Duncan will be responsible for leading Anders’ international sales activities to ensure they closely match the evolving needs of customers at a local level.
TI’s single-chip MCU and low power RF solution
Texas Instruments has announced the new CC430 technology platform – demonstrated for the first time at electronica – offering the industry’s lowest power, single-chip radio-frequency (RF) solution for microcontroller- (MCU) based applications. By reducing system complexity, shrinking package and printed circuit board (PCB) size by up to 50 percent and making RF design easy, the CC430 platform helps advance applications including RF network...
National Instruments Unveils NI LabVIEW for LEGO MINDSTORMS Robotics
National Instruments has introduced LabVIEW for LEGO MINDSTORMS, a new education-focused version of the company’s professional LabVIEW graphical system design software. Developed specifically for secondary school students to use with the LEGO Education robotics platform in classrooms or competitions, LabVIEW for LEGO MINDSTORMS is a teaching tool that helps students visually control and program MINDSTORMS NXT robots, while learning the same sof...
SiGe Semiconductor's new Chairman is Fred Shlapak
SiGe Semiconductor, the supplier of RF front-end solutions for wireless systems, has announced the appointment of Fred Shlapak as chairman of the Board of Directors. Shlapak’s addition expands the Board to seven members. “We are honoured that Fred has joined our Board of Directors,” said SiGe Semiconductor CEO Sohail Khan. “He brings over three decades of leadership and operational experience coupled with deep knowledge of the semiconduct...
SENSOR ERUPTS WITH VOLCANIC DATA
The secrets of climate change and the formation of giant lava flows on Mars may soon be revealed to a British professor and his research team, as they investigate the lava flows from Mount Etna.
Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe Names Joji Murakami President
Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) announces that Dr. Joji Murakami, a Fujitsu career executive with many years’ experience in the semiconductor industry on both the domestic and international fronts, has been named as the company’s new President. He is based at FME's European headquarters in Langen, near Frankfurt.
European Research Project Aims for Greener Electronics
The partners in a new publicly-funded research project today announced details of the multinational/multidisciplinary program: “END — Models, Solutions, Methods and Tools for Energy-Aware Design.” This three-year ENIAC (European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council) project is designed to enhance the competitiveness of Europe’s semiconductor and electronics equipment companies in developing new products and technologies that are at...
LabVIEW - National Instruments Introduces Education Edition Graphical Software to Inspire Hands-On Learning
National Instruments has introduced LabVIEW Education Edition, a high school-focused version of its industry-standard LabVIEW graphical programming software. The new edition is designed to help educators implement project-based, hands-on learning for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects. The software was developed in collaboration with the Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO), a leader in int...
National Instruments - NI Recognises Engineering and Science Innovation
National Instruments recognised 20 innovative applications developed by engineers, scientists and researchers from around the world at the second annual Graphical System Design Achievement Awards earlier this month. At the award ceremony held during the annual NIWeek graphical system design conference and exhibition in Austin, Texas, winners from 10 categories ranging from academic/research to prototype/validation test were recognised for develop...