http://www.electronics-eetimes.com/en/News/full-news.html  New UL-certified software packages from Texas Instruments are helping make designing functional safety consumer applications using C2000 real-time control microcontrollers (MCUs) easier and faster. ]]>  Protecting sensitive electronic circuitry from voltage transients is an essential part of any system be it automotive, industrial, avionics or even battery-powered consumer applications.]]>  The increasing use of off the shelf commercial equipment and conflict minerals are two key risks facing designers of long term systems says the outgoing chairman of the UK's Component Obsolescence Group (COG).]]>  Cadence Design Systems has launched a new static timing analysis and closure tool designed to run on passively parallel hardware and enable System-on-Chip (SoC) developers to speed timing closure and move chip designs to fabrication quickly. ]]>  MEN Micro has launched a low power, rugged single board computer (SBC) with a 1.6GHz Atom processor that incorporates flexible I/O for demanding graphics environments.]]>  Samsung Electronics has sampled the first devices from its 45nm embedded flash (eFlash) logic process development which it claims is the industry's first.]]>  Wolfson Microelectronics is integrating digital signal processing on the same die as its MEMS microphones and moving production to 8in (200mm) wafers in the first to make the move.]]>  TDK Corporation has expanded its portfolio of automotive-grade multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) with new mid-voltage types featuring C0G temperature characteristics and rated voltages from 100 V to 630 V. Typical applications include EV/HEV inverters and DC/DC converters, resonance circuits for wireless power transmission or general-purpose power supplies. ]]>  To simplify the development of ZigBee wireless connectivity-enabled smart energy infrastructure, home and building automation and intelligent lighting gateways, Texas Instruments Incorporated announced the availability of the CC2538 system-on-chip (SoC). The industry's most integrated ZigBee solution, the CC2538 is cost-efficient with an ARM Cortex-M3 MCU, memory and hardware accelerators on one piece of silicon. ]]>  Nowadays intelligent sensor networks have entered many application fields ranging from building and industrial automation to traffic management or medical applications. Intelligent sensors are able to process the sensor inputs on the sensor node and trigger actions autonomously. ]]>  Altera is planning to develop IP blocks for its FPGAs optimized for the Enpirion power management devices following the $141m acquisition this week. ]]>  The group promoting the use of the CAN networking standard in automation is planning a permanent interoperability test capability following its first plugfest in Nuremberg, Germany.]]>  Swiss-based u-blox announced it is collaborating with Intel to bring a small, cost-effective 3G-only HSPA module to the market. ]]>  The ability to measure multiple sensing points over large intricate surfaces can be a difficult task. Traditionally engineers have used electrical strain gauges to monitor many points over a structure such as an aircraft wing or large composite component. However applying many individual gauges is both time consuming and adds significant weight to the structure in the form of cabling.]]>  STMicroelectronics recently unveiled an all-in-one module embedding both a wide dynamic ambient light sensor and a robust ranging sensor along with an infra-red light emitter. ]]>  Goepel electronic has initiated a comprehensive cooperation network with contract manufacturers, the “EMS Partner Program”, as a global alliance program focused on joint activities for the knowledge transfer of test methods and strategies.]]>  Suyin Optronics' CM 8013 AF05 OV01 miniaturized camera module features a maximum resolution of 8 megapixels in a 8.5x8.5x5.91mm footprint, it also combines autofocus capabilities with a high-performance lens consisting of five plastic elements for sharp imaging.]]>  The number of electric vehicle charging stations is set to soar globally by 2020, supporting a shift in driving away from traditional petrol and diesel-fuelled vehicles, says a report from market research company IHS. The market watchers strongly advocate a unified charging system. ]]>  CISSOID's high-precision dual Op Amp OPAL remains operational at temperatures from -55°C up to +225°C and is specifically designed to meet the toughest environmental constraints of sensors in automotive, industrial and general high reliability applications.]]>  Despite the impression some LED manufacturers and carmakers are trying to create, in automotive lighting LED is still far from displacing conventional lighting technologies. A market study from Marketsandmarkets provides insights into a market segment that moves ahead only slowly.]]>  A suite of JTAG tools that is downloadable from the Web is supporting an innovative technique to quickly check the failure of components on a board. ]]>  Nordic Semiconductor ASA's nRF51822 SoC has been specified into the world's smallest Bluetooth low energy coin-sized location stickers.]]>  KEMET has introduced the company's new KEMET Power Solutions High Temperature (KPS HT) multilayer stacked capacitors.]]>  Imec and Renesas Electronics have entered into a new strategic research collaboration at Holst Centre to enhance ultra-low power (ULP) wireless technologies for short range communication, targeting sensor networks for automotive and industrial purposes.]]>  New from RF and microwave specialist Link Microtek is the LF9287 triplexer LC filter, which has been designed to support private mobile radio (PMR) real-time communications between different branches of the emergency services.]]>  The European Semiconductor Distribution Market currently looks at a sequential recovery. Although Q1/CY13 ended 5% lower than the comparable quarter last year, the sequential development is extremely promising – plus 16% compared to Q4/CY12. Q1 ended with sales of 1.48 Billion Euro, according to DMASS (Distributors' and Manufacturers' Association of Semiconductor Specialists).]]>  Omron Electronic Components bv has appointed leading Eastern Europe catalog supplier TME as franchised distributor for Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania.]]>  Macro Sensors's Eazy-Cal LVC 4000 signal conditioner features analogue (4-20mA or user selectable voltage) and RS-485 outputs, it is compatible with most LVDT and RVDT linear position sensors, including half bridge, and can communicates digitally with up to 16 devices simultaneously. ]]>  Brendan Davis' book “The Economics of Automatic Testing”, originally published by McGraw-Hill in 1982, and followed by a highly expanded second edition in 1994, is now available in e-book versions.]]>  The DT9828E thermocouple measurement module from Data Translation is designed for users looking for a very cost-effective module, with all the basic features for temperature measurements and analyses without galvanic isolation and four instead of eight differential inputs for thermocouples. ]]>  Avnet Supply Chain Solutions has launched the Rapid Benefit Estimation Tool (RaBET) for European customers looking to reduce their supply chain costs. This free, supply chain diagnostic tool enables customers to model the potential benefits and savings they will experience by adding Avnet as their supply chain partner. ]]>  Power Electronic Measurements' latest generation of Rogowski coils for non-contact current measurement, is designed specifically for monitoring today's most advanced power systems and semiconductors.]]>  Xsens has released a new development kit specifically for system integrators with a need for wireless orientation tracking, the MTw, suitable in markets which require wireless communication, like training and simulation, pedestrian navigation, test and measurement and robotics.]]>  sureCore Ltd has secured a Technology Strategy Board SMART award of £250K to help realise the company's low power SRAM technology in a leading edge next generation silicon process node. ]]>  Amantys collaborates with Fuji Electric to introduce Amantys Power Insight enabled gate drivers for the growing market for PrimePACK compatible IGBT modules.]]>  UK-based electronics thermal management innovator Cambridge Nanotherm plans to build the company’s first prototype manufacturing plant in Haverhill, UK following the award of £250,000 in matched funding from the UK Innovation Agency - Technology Strategy Board (TSB).]]>  Led by HiWave's former CEO and CTO, James Lewis and Chris Travis, start-up Redux Labs has been spun out to advance its Surface Sensation technology for third generation haptic and embedded audio technology. ]]>  Fischer Elektronik has expanded its product range of heat discharge housings by adding an additional housing series, the G LED range of U-shaped housing profiles, which are open on one side with integrated guide grooves to take LED line modules and slot-in cover plates or plexiglass discs.]]>  ULIS is concluding the first of two phases in the MIRTIC (Micro Retina Thermal Infrared) project with the launch of the Micro80P thermal sensor array.]]>  Independent package development and assembly specialists Sencio BV is bringing an extra dimension to sensor and MEMS encapsulation with the launch of its nCapsulate freeform packaging technology. ]]>  Vishay Intertechnology has introduced two high-speed 850 and 940nm infrared emitters and a package-matched high-speed silicon PIN photodiode with high radiant sensitivity from 780nm to 1050nm. ]]>  Average pricing for Chinese-manufactured photovoltaic (PV) solar modules could surge by 45 percent in June, cutting some solar project IRRs to below 7 percent and further dampen demand in Europe as a result of the preliminary antidumping duties imposed in the European Union, says market analysis firm IHS.]]>  Lantiq has launched what the company claims to be the industry's most integrated and highest performance VDSL chipset family, the XWAY VRX300. ]]>  Motion control is coming to Smart TVs in the form of in-air mice. MEMS sensors and sensor fusion algorithms provide the foundation for wireless, 3D cursor control, which bring exciting new interaction opportunities to the TV. ]]>  The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance and ITSO Ltd., the organization responsible for the UK national specification for smart ticketing, have agreed to participate as members in each other's organizations and to explore ways they can work together to promote the use of open security standards in public transit for smart ticketing and electronic fare collection systems. ]]>  Altera Corporation has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Enpirion, Inc., the industry’s leading provider of high-efficiency, integrated power conversion products known as PowerSoCs (power system-on-chip). ]]>  Cree, Inc. has introduced the industry’s first commercially available silicon carbide (SiC) six-pack power module in an industry standard 45 mm package. ]]>  REO UK's BW155 range of braking resistors has been validated for corrosion resistance against salt mist and water spray as well as dust Ingress protection to IP65 by the Rail System Testing Laboratory at Hennigsdorf, Germany.]]>  At the PCIM Europe exhibition Cymbet Corporation has revealed successful results of in vivo biocompatibility feasibility studies that were conducted to evaluate the biological safety of the EnerChip Rechargeable Solid State Battery.]]>  Introduced in a metal design, Nokia has unveiled the Nokia Lumia 925 as an upgrade to its Lumia 920, featuring the company's latest PureView camera innovation, new features and third party applications.]]>  FPGA designer Altera has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Enpirion which develops high-efficiency, integrated power conversion PowerSoCs (power system-on-chip) in a deal worth $141m. ]]>  The eagerly anticipated Raspberry Pi camera board launched by element14 enables pictures and video to be taken with the Raspberry Pi which can be used for security and VoIP projects as well as image and video capture.]]>  Processor core designer ARM has teamed with US remote access specialist LogMeIn to simplify and accelerate commercial development on the Internet of Things (IoT). ]]>  The ForceMaster 9110 from burster enables continuous monitoring of force/time or force/displacement/time curves to ensure that even simple manual press-insertion processes are reliable. ]]>  connectBlue's Ethernet port adapter RWE251s features Wireless LAN (WLAN) dual-band functionality and an omnidirectional external stub antenna, making the unit suitable for use in both the 2.4GHz and the 5GHz ISM bands with no restrictions as to its position.]]>  At PCIM Europe 2013 in Nuremberg, Infineon launches EconoDUAL 3 IGBT modules, which are fully qualified according to automotive standards. The offering addresses demanding applications in commercial, construction or agricultural vehicles where extended reliability is a key. ]]>  The universal digital output driver iC-DX3/DXC3 from iC-Haus enables compact sensors to be equipped with NPN, PNP, push-pull, and IO link-compatible output driver options. ]]>  AndersDX has released the iDISPLAY Tablets range of touch screen platforms, sized from 7” to 21.5” and operating on Android 4.0.4. OS, designed with intelligent features specifically created for commercial environments.]]>  Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH has officially joined the China Electronics Distributor Alliance (CEDA) after approval by the CEDA executive board members. ]]>  ETSI has published the first Technical Specification (TS 102 939-1) on DECT ULE (Ultra Low Energy), a low power consumption radio technology intended for home automation and other Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications.]]>  All scenarios around automatic driving require a number of sophisticated sensors inside the cars. This scenario is what supplier Autoliv is aiming at with its Stereo Vision Sensing System (SVS) it rolls out these days. ]]>  For years, Fraunhofer IPMS has been working on scanning mirrors for light deflection in one and two dimensions. Alongside resonant scanners with constant sinusoidal movement, a quasi-static variation has also been available for a while, which serves to make linear movement or static orientation in a specified position possible.]]>  Maxim Integrated Products has introduced the industry's smallest 12-pin, 18-bit successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC). ]]>  Cadence Design Systems has helped Yamaha Corporation to reduce power consumption for the company's mobile consumer chips with characterization tools that delivered a 10 percent reduction in dynamic power to the clock network required for Yamaha ASICs. ]]>  Firmware often is preprogrammed into flash memory devices prior to the printed-circuit board's (PCB) manufacture to maintain high throughput and avoid slowing the manufacturing beat rate. Yet there are advantages to programming the flash memory after it has been soldered to the PCB. ]]>  The "IB4" battery management system from Isabellenhütte is designed for four-cell lithium ion batteries with individual cell voltages of up to 5V, and was developed in cooperation with the company's Braunschweig-based development partner I+ME Actia.]]>  With the outlook for the PC market growing increasingly uncertain because of rising consumer interest in smartphones and tablets, computer manufacturers and distributors are striving to keep their inventories to a minimum. ]]>  Amulet Technologies, a provider of high-performance embedded graphical user interface (GUI) processors, modules and development tools, has appointed the Ismosys (International Sales, Marketing and Operations System) division of the Spectrum Electronics Group as its sales & marketing representative in all the key European territories.]]>  Teledyne LeCroy has released its most cost-effective PCI Express protocol analyzer with interchangeable interposers for probing. ]]>  Aimed at Altera's NewSoC families, the ‘SoCrates' development board from EBV Elektronik simplifies the integration and design convergence towards FPGAs.]]>  Energy Micro has begun shipping the company's most advanced microcontroller yet, the EFM32 Wonder Gecko, with devices and development kits available immediately. ]]>  UK startup UltraSoC has delivered the first version of its universal multicore debug IP for PMC-Sierra's next generation of storage controllers. ]]>  Piher's 360º version of the PT15 rotary encoder adds endless clockwise (CW or CCW) rotation to its already highly configurable mechanical and electrical specifications.]]>  Mitsubishi Electric has announced the J1-Series power modules featuring a compact 6-in-1 package mainly for use in electric and hybrid vehicles. ]]>  GreenPeak Technologies has released a white paper called “Sentrollers and the Internet of Things” where it defines Sentrollers as a new, all-encompassing term for sensors, actuators and controllers – the various devices that make up the new Internet of Things.]]>  LIMO's fast axis collimators can be optimally used with monolithically integrated reference surfaces or adjustment grooves for automatic adjustment.]]>  Using bundles of vertical zinc oxide nanowires, researchers of the Georgia Institute of Technology have fabricated arrays of piezotronic transistors capable of converting mechanical motion directly into electronic controlling signals.]]>  MSR Electronics has unveiled the universal MSR145 mini data logger, a wireless unit able to connect via Bluetooth Low Energy and a smartphone, a PC or the BLE receiver box, to the manufacturer's web-based "MSR SmartCloud" service for mobile data monitoring. ]]>  Roboteq has released a new magnetic guide sensor capable of detecting and reporting the position of a magnetic field along its horizontal axis. The sensor is intended for line following robotic applications, using adhesive magnetic tape to form a track guide on the floor.]]>  Mouser Electronics has launched a new technology site on Mouser.com, covering Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Technology and designed to help design engineers find the latest in MEMS products by application.]]>  Peratech has developed an ultra-sensitive sensor using its QTC nano-scale technology that it aims to license for domestic, industrial and automotive applications.]]>  Most electrical engineers believe they have a good understanding of power supplies because they are relatively simple, single-function DC devices designed to output controlled voltages. ]]>  Pico Technology has used reconfigurable ADC technology to offer a choice of resolutions from 8 to 16 bits in a single product; the company says this is the first time this facility has been popssible in an oscilloscope.]]>  An eBook from Asset InterTech explains how the structural test methodology based on the IEEE 1149.1 boundary scan standard, known as JTAG, can apply functional tests to I2C and SPI system monitors during prototype board bring-up and later during production of the circuit board. ]]>  Ultra-high precision resistances come in leaded and surface mount packages.]]>  Cambridge Connectors's CXP-Multi-Connector is a precision 6-GHz 1.0/2.3 Stackable Multiport Connector system that meets the requirements of the newly JIIA ratified CoaXPress (CXP) specification for use in High Speed Image and Data Transmission.]]>  Measurement Specialties has released a family of compact digital temperature sensors that easily integrates into a variety of industrial control, HVAC/R and heating/cooling systems. TSYS02 combines low power, high accuracy in an ultra-small TDFN8 package. ]]>  Solar photovoltaic wafer production is forecast to grow 19% in 2013, passing 30 GW and recovering to the 2011 level, according to the latest NPD Solarbuzz Polysilicon and Wafer Supply Chain Quarterly.  The market fell 15% in 2012.]]>  Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. has released four new 1 A miniature glass passivated single-phase bridge rectifiers in the surface-mount MBLS package featuring a low typical height of 1.4 mm.]]>  If you happen to see a driver on the German Autobahn these days with no hands at the wheel, don't panic: Automotive electronics supplier Bosch is currently conducting extensive tests of automated vehicles on public roads in Germany. The purpose of these tests is assessing and further improving the technology for automatic driving in everyday driving situations.]]>  ZPower turns to Swindon for power management solution that allows hearing aid manufacturers to use silver-zinc batteries without modifying their existing DSP systems.]]>  3D Plus has released a space-grade 32Mb PROM memory chip, the 3DPO32M08VS1419 One-Time-Programmable (OTP) Rom memory designed to store configuration bit streams for FPGA devices, such as Xilinx Virtex FPGAs. ]]>  The market for acceleration and yaw sensors grew 7 percent in 2012, the lowest percentage increase for motion-sensing semiconductors since 2005, according to market research firm IC Insights Inc.]]>  IBM's medical diagnostics analytics are not exactly a 'cure' for cancer, but they are aiming to lower the cost of a promising new remedy for destroying existing tumors.]]>  Students and scientists have developed an electrically driven racing car that goes from rest to 100 km/h in 3.6 seconds. That is only slightly slower than a McLaren Formula 1 car or a Porsche 911 Turbo. ]]>  Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corp. announced the signing of a global distribution agreement with Philips Lumileds. The move expands the company's LED portfolio and strengthens their position as one of the largest distributors of LED products and suppliers.]]>  For test applications in the automotive and in the electronics industry in general, signal condition devices manufacturer Pickering Interfaces has developed two new switching modules - one based on solid-state switching elements and one based on electromechanical relays. Both enable very high package density in switching matrixes. ]]>  GlacialPower has announced announce two new LED drivers for variable voltage LED lights, the GP-LD10-30C and GP-LD15-24C. As multi-use scenario LED drivers they fit for a wide range of implementations. Among others, they can be used on vessels or vehicles and with power sources with fluctuating voltage. They also are designed to work well with solar panels for LED illumination. ]]>  With the TALEXXengine STARK SLE, Tridonic introduces its first Zhaga-certified LED light engine. Another feature are the integrated clip terminals which significantly ease the installation. At the same time, the Austrian manufacturer enhanced its portfolio by a new product in its MINI line and introduced a specific light color class for food lighting in retail applications.]]>  Lighting comprises approximately 17.5% of global electricity consumption. As the world transitions from incandescent to solid state lighting (SSL) technology, utilities and government regulatory agencies worldwide are concerned that, as this large segment of the consumption base switches to SSL, it will increase infrastructure costs. ]]>  The M-G550-PC and the M-G550-PR inertial measurement units developed by Seiko Epson feature six degrees of freedom, including gyroscopic sensors on three axes and accelerometers on three directions, with a maximum sampling rate of 1,000 samples per second. ]]>  TDK Corporation is making an extension to its TDK-Lambda Z+ Series of programmable DC power supplies with the addition of the higher power Z+800 range. ]]>  Silicon Labs has introduced the industry's first digital CMOS-based drop-in replacement solution for optocoupler-isolated gate drivers (opto-drivers).]]>  Thingsquare has announced Thingsquare Code, to help connect products such as light bulbs, thermostats, and smart city systems to smartphone apps.]]>  Symmetricom has announced the successful design integration of its SoftClocks into 4G/LTE + WiFi small cells offered by Qucell. This successful integration enables Qucell to join Symmetricom's SyncWorld® Ecosystem Program in the small cells category.]]>  Broadcom has developed a new generation of energy efficient PHY devices for power-intensive Ethernet network applications.]]>  Movea has announced its collaboration with TorchSUN Technology Co., Ltd., to bring Movea's motion control solutions to leading technology companies in China, Taiwan and Japan. ]]>  Microsemi Corporation has announced the ZL70251 ultra low-power (ULP) radio frequency transceiver with an extended temperature operating range of -40 °C to 85 °C for short-range wireless sensor products used in industrial applications.]]>  Infineon Technologies AG will be unveiling the 2EDL EiceDRIVER Compact half-bridge gate driver at PCIM 2013. The device is targeting applications with a blocking voltage of 600 V. ]]>  Alliance Memory has expanded its line of legacy low-power CMOS SRAMs with a new 32M IC (2M x 16 / 4M x 8 switchable), the company's highest density low-power device to date. ]]>  Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a 20 A DC/DC step-down micromodule regulator with onboard precision differential remote sense amplifier.]]>  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has introduced a new version of Incisive Enterprise Simulator, with features that improve low-power verification productivity of complex SoCs by 30 percent. ]]>  The European energy supply landscape is shifting towards a more sustainable and renewables-based mix was one of the conclusions reached at a joint MetaPV and IEA PVPS Task 14 workshop held in Brussels on Monday 6 May 2013.]]>  Syfer has added to the company's UL and TÜV approved range of SMD 250 Vac safety capacitors.  To give engineers more scope in their designs, the upper capacitance value has been extended to 33 nF. ]]>  AMETEK Programmable Power has extended the company's Sorensen SG Series high-power DC power supply line with the introduction of the new SG 1000V, which can supply up to 1,000V DC for applications such as testing photovoltaic inverters and electric vehicles.]]>  VCC, a manufacturer of indication solutions for OEM and retrofit applications, including LED, neon, and incandescent indicators, and LED light pipes, has developed a new series of ruggedized panel mount indicators designed for use in a variety of harsh environments. Featuring built-in LEDs visible both in direct sunlight and at wide angles, VCC's 22mm CNX 722 Series TuffLED indicators are resistant to shock, vibration, and moisture, and are RoHS compliant. ]]>  Two new factory one-time programmable automotive-grade linear Hall-effect sensor ICs eliminate the need for customers to optimise or program the devices for their finished sensor assemblies. The sensors are available from Allegro MicroSystems Europe. ]]>  Wide-bandgap transistor and diode growth potential is obscured by automotive qualification, explains Yole Développement's Philippe Roussel, though PV inverter growth is a bright spot. ]]>  Altera has announced the broad availability of its Software Development Kit (SDK) for OpenCL and a board partner programme to simplify the development of highly parallel FPGA-based systems.]]>  Cadence Design Systems is to buy the IP business of Polish EDA company Evatronix. ]]>  Renesas Electronics Europe has teamed up with WITTENSTEIN High Integrity Systems to extend its offering of €20,000 of software for its 32bit RX MCU microcontroller family ]]>  Infineon Technologies AG has introduced a TO 247-4 pin package for the company's CoolMOS C7 MOSFETs. The added fourth pin acts as a Kelvin source to effectively reduce the parasitic inductance of the source lead of the power MOSFET.]]>  Automotive engineers are constantly looking for ways to reduce fuel consumption and lower CO2 emissions while at the same time lowering overall system costs. To help designers meet these challenges, Fairchild Semiconductor developed the FTC03V455A1, a 3-Phase, Variable Speed Drive Automotive Power Module.]]>  With the raising demand for standard and validated cooling solutions, MechaTronix has recently launched a full series of passive and active LED cooling solutions for the latest generation Citizen CITILED COB's]]>  Power-One, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of renewable energy and energy-efficient power conversion and management solutions, has entered into a non-exclusive, worldwide, Field of Use agreement with Microchip Technology Inc. for Digital Power Technology (DPT) patents from Power-One.]]>  Designed using Micron's XPERT architecture for improved performance and reliability, the P420m PCIe all-flash I/O accelerator combines consistent performance with the inherent power efficiency of an all-flash system to deliver improved economics for enterprise data centers.]]>  EVG distributes a temperature-controlled 230V AC axial fan measuring 119x119x38mm. Designed with an aluminium housing and impellers made of plastic according to UL 94 V-0, the unit features tinned leads, 280mm long. ]]>  More than often it is common that when technical equipment fails, finding the root cause of the failure consumes significantly more time than actually fixing the problem. ]]>  ITTIA has released a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) data management solution based on its ITTIA DB SQL peer-to-peer replication technology, enabling embedded systems to efficiently and reliably manage local data that is transparently shared with other systems. ]]>  Mouser Electronics, Inc. has entered into a worldwide distribution agreement with Analog Devices, Inc. that covers Analog Devices' complete product portfolio, including data converters, amplifiers, MEMS, DSPs, RF and power management ICs and associated development tools.]]>  Protecting sensitive electronic circuitry from voltage transients is an essential part of any system be it automotive, industrial, avionics or even battery-powered consumer applications. ]]>  Texas Instruments and automotive supplier Continental AG collaborate on the first 65 nm ARM Cortex safety microcontrollers with Flash technology in volume production. The Continental processor for advanced control in electronic braking systems (PACE) is the foundation for the Continental MK 100 family of electronic stability control (ESC) systems. This 65 nm Flash technology also serves as the foundation for TI's Hercules safety MCU open market products. ]]>  A new report from Juniper Research finds that the cumulative 4G LTE mobile broadband service revenues over the next five years will account for over $1 trillion, representing approximately 17% of the cumulative operator billed service revenue from all mobile services.]]>  The top 20 solar photovoltaic (PV) module suppliers accounted for about 70% of global PV shipments in Q1'13, according to the latest Module Tracker Quarterly report released by market analyst NPD Solarbuzz.]]>  Infineon Technologies has expanded the company's High Voltage portfolio with CoolMOS C7, introducing a 650 V Superjunction MOSFET technology.]]>  A research team of the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Organics, Materials and Electronic Devices (COMEDD) has developed a manufacturing process that dangles better and cheaper OLED microdisplays. The technology utilizes an innovative coating technology that makes color filters redundant.]]>  Low cost custom chip prototyping firm MOSIS has teamed up with imec in Belgium, Tyndall in Ireland and the European Silicon Photonics support center ePIXfab to provide access to low-cost prototyping services for photonic ICs. ]]>  The 4-U 19-inch industrial server Infinity S4 from DSM Computer features an industrial ATX mainboard with the Intel C602 chipset and two Intel Xeon E5-2418L processors (2.0 GHz, 10 MB cache, four cores). ]]>  InvenSense has released the MPU-6521 MEMS SoC as the world's smallest, lowest profile, and lowest power 6-axis motion tracking solution. The slim profile MPU-6521 aimed at portable devices and motion-based remote controls draws only 6.1mW, which is 60% less power than competing solutions, says the manufacturer.]]>  Extra wide and extra slim, KOE's latest high-end TFT offered by Data Modul comes with a resolution of 1280x242 pixels and outside dimensions of 387x86x13cm. ]]>  MSC Vertriebs now offers a complete starter kit for the quick evaluation and prototyping of embedded systems based on COM Express modules with AMD Embedded R-Series Accelerated Processing Unit (APU). ]]>  M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. has introduced a GaN on SiC HEMT Power Transistor for L-Band pulsed radar applications.]]>  Advanced Power Electronics has introduced two power MOSFETs well-suited for battery management and protection applications, the AP9922GEO-HF-3 and AP9923GEO-HF-3, dual n- and dual p-channel enhancement-mode MOSFETs.]]>  Aimed for GE engineers to design, develop and deliver new products faster than before, GE's Industrial Solutions business has opened a USD1.5 million, 17,000-square-foot New Product Introduction (NPI) Accelerator Lab located at the business' headquarters in Plainville, Conn. ]]>  The European Union is setting up a multi-billion Euro grant scheme to invest specifically in startups and spinouts.]]>  IDTechEx Research finds that the electroactive polymer (EAP) market will be USD 245 million in 2013. The materials have been used for some time in actuators, capacitors and nanocomposites but, with new recent technical progress, come new growth opportunities.]]>  The maxon motor ESCON 70/10 is a high power density 4-quadrant pulse width modulated (PWM) servo motor controller that supports the efficient control of permanent-magnet brushed DC motors (PMDC) and brushless DC motors (BLDC motors) using Hall sensors with a power rating to about 700W.]]>  Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key has added single stage LED drivers from Cirrus Logic to its portfolio. The CS615/16 product line recreates the dimming performance consumers expect from incandescent light bulbs. ]]>  Having already manufactured one million of automotive radar sensors, Bosch expects that the significance of the radar technology for automotive safety and intelligent driver assistance systems will significantly increase in the years ahead. Demand will be driven among other factors by stricter criteria for the Euro NCAP safety assessments.]]>  Through its Semi-Custom Business Unit, AMD it will now focus on developing unique solutions based on the extensive set of intellectual property (IP) amassed across AMD processors, graphics and multimedia. ]]>  With a typical measurement accuracy of up to 0.5°C, the EM4325V11 battery-assisted passive EPC Gen2 RFID tag released by EM Microelectronic is aimed at the wireless real-time or data-logged monitoring of perishables. ]]>  STMicroelectronics has simplified the use of its MEMS with ready-to-use software drivers for communication with Linux systems through a standard interface.]]>  Microsemi Corporation has released a family of radiation-hardened isolated DC-to-DC converters for aerospace applications. ]]>  The development platform for i.MX 6Quad from element14 (built to the Freescale SABRE Lite design) is an evaluation platform featuring the powerful i.MX 6Q, a multimedia application processor with Quad ARM Cortex-A9 cores at 1.2 GHz from Freescale Semiconductor. ]]>  LED street lighting can generate energy savings as high as 85%, an independent global trial has found. The programme also indicates that citizens of pilot cities prefer LED lighting, citing social and environmental benefits.]]>  Starting the series with two German editions in June, the new Design Conference aims to connect engineers with high-performance signal processing experts from ADI, Xilinx and MathWorks, over a content-rich technical agenda. ]]>  Micron Technology's P420m PCIe SSD (PCI express, solid-state drive) is designed for enterprise applications that require high-performance read workloads.]]>  A provider of industrial automation, instrumentation and control solutions, Gambica has formed an industrial network security group to identify standards and best practice for members and their customers to help counter the threats of viruses, industrial sabotage and terrorism. ]]>  The 15A rated SBR15U50SP5 Super Barrier Rectifier (SBR) from Diodes Inc. has been introduced to meet the needs of next-generation smartphone and tablet chargers.]]>  NXP Semiconductors has announced the acquisition of Code Red Technologies, an embedded software development tools provider.]]>  CML Microcircuits has introduced the company's latest RF building block in the form of the CMX972 quadrature modulator/demodulator which is followed on from the company's CMX970, CMX971 and CMX973 devices.]]>  Texas Instruments has introduced two devices to ease design constraints and reduce board space while adding functionality for tablet designs. The TCA8424 is the industry's first human interface device (HID) over I2C, 128-key keyboard controller. It eliminates the need to program the device at production, simplifying design and speeding time-to-market. ]]>  The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance has officially released the CIPURSE V2 Mobile Guidelines, a comprehensive set of requirements and use cases for developing and deploying CIPURSE-secured transit fare mobile apps for near field communication (NFC)-enabled devices. ]]>  Molex's VITA 66.1 ruggedised optical MT backplane interconnect solution is designed for high-density aerospace, defence and commercial embedded system applications. ]]>  Once again demonstrating Apple Inc.'s power to ordain winners in the electronics supply chain, the top suppliers last year of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microphones were those that provided devices for iPhones and iPads. ]]>  Intel will build ICs and SoCs for Microsemi using its 22-nm FinFET process, Microsemi announced Wednesday (May 1). The foundry deal, signed in January, has allowed Microsemi to engage with customers and begin designs utilizing Intel's 22-nm process technology with product delivery expected to begin in late 2014 or early 2015, Microsemi (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) said. ]]>  EM Microelectronic, the semiconductor company of the Swatch Group, has introduced a versatile and multipurpose, battery-assisted passive (BAP) RFID chip with a calibrated temperature sensor.]]>  KOE has introduced two new TFT displays featuring a new ultra wide viewing angle (UWVA) technology. The 5.7" TX14D23VM5BAA and 6.5" TX17D01VM5BAA units feature VGA (640 x 480 pixels) resolution and are based on traditional TN (twisted nematic) TFT technology. ]]>  Based on their long-term strategic collaboration agreement on product development and supply, Jenoptik and Phoenix Contact have jointly developed intelligent LED machine lights. ]]>  LynuxWorks has added new security features to its LynxSecure embedded hypervisor to offer real-time detection, alert and protection against new cyber threats such as zero-day rootkits and bootkits. ]]>  GE Intelligent Platforms has launched a rugged 6U OpenVPX InfiniBand Switch Fabric Module to bring leading edge commercial data center connectivity and performance to military and aerospace applications]]>  Mindspeed Technologies has hired a Wall Street bank for advice after disappointing growth in its 3G wireless infrastructure business. ]]>  The ZigBee Alliance has completed the development and ratification of the Smart Energy Profile 2 (SEP 2) standard.]]>  Silica announced a strategy to establish itself as the power experts in European semiconductor distribution. The new strategy is being rolled out under the brand Power 'n More, and builds on Silica's strong ability to support end-to-end designs both at system and device level.]]>  Knowles Sound Solutions' Cobra speaker is a 11x15x2mm speaker with 1 Watt of power handling capacity for outstanding loudness in portable consumer devices. ]]>  Advantech's ARK-1122 palm-size and fanless embedded box PC comes built with the Intel Atom N2600/N2800 dual-core processor. Drawing less than 10 Watts, the unit is readily extendible with a rich selection of I/O connectors. ]]>  A multi-annual innovation roadmap for the UK's complete power electronics industry is to be established by NMI, a UK trade association for electronic systems, microelectronics and semiconductors, in partnership with the UK Government. ]]>  Through the deal Premier Farnell will expand its position as the number one high service distributor of LED components. ]]>  The 3D2D4G72UB3478 is what 3D Plus claims to be the first space grade 72b wide DDR2 memory module, organized as 64M x72b and particularly well suited for use in high reliability, high performance and high density system applications. ]]>  VadaTech has started shipping a novel chassis based on the MicroTCA standard designed specifically for application server platforms with multiple processors. ]]>  Teledyne LeCroy has announced an Ethernet decode software option compatible with its wide range of oscilloscopes featuring bandwidths from 200 MHz to 65 GHz. With the software, users can easily decode 100BASE-T and 10BASE-T Ethernet signals to examine each frame within a given packet, assuring pre-compliance with IEEE standards. ]]>  Vishay Intertechnology has released free Android software designed to simplify the use of its VCNL4020 and VCNL3020 integrated proximity and ambient light sensors in any mobile device running Android 4.0.1 software or higher.]]>  The LTC4290/LTC4271 isolated 8-port power source equipment (PSE) controller chipset from Linear Technology is designed for use in IEEE 802.3at (PoE+) Type 1- and Type 2-compliant Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) systems.]]>  Alpha Micro is now stocking GainSpan's GS2000 single chip solution, the industry's first to bring together two IEEE low power standard wireless technologies: Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n) and 802.15.4. ]]>  Roboteq is collaborating on a kickstarter project named RIO (for Raspberry IO) and aimed at creating an intelligent I/O card that stacks over the USD35 Raspberry PI Linux Single Board computer.]]>  By 2016, 40 percent of mobile application development projects will leverage cloud back-end services, causing development leaders to lose control of the pace and path of cloud adoption within their enterprises, predicts the market research firm Gartner.]]>  Synopsys has launched a Virtualizer Development Kit (VDK) for Freescale Semiconductor's Qorivva microcontrollers to accelerate the development of automotive control applications in powertrain, chassis, safety and body electronic control units. ]]>  The automotive data bus system FlexRay is gaining market acceptance. After initially being a feature of high-end vehicles, the data bus now is increasingly designed into mid-size cars, OEM insiders hint. One of the biggest players in the FlexRay silicon market, NXP accompanies the "democratization" of FlexRay with the roll-out of three new transceiver chips. ]]>  From distributor TTI, the Ohmite TP Series is the first in a range with compact design, saving PCB space; these thick-film resistors also provide the impulse energy capability normally associated with wire wound or composition resistors.]]>  Image sensor developer SiOnyx has demonstrated its XQE family of CMOS image sensors for the first time with sensitivity enhancements as high as 10x for infrared sensing.]]>  The iC-MHL200 is an integrated system solution for linear and angular magnetic encoder applications. The chip housed in a TSSOP20 package includes a linear Hall sensor array which is adapted to the targets' magnetic pole pitch of 2mm. ]]>  With the introduction of the new R&S RTM series, Rohde & Schwarz has expanded the functional range of its bench oscilloscopes with key upgrades such as a 20 Msample deep memory and a logic analysis option with 16 digital channels.]]>  Avnet Abacus has signed a pan-European deal with Elektron Technology to distribute the company's Bulgin and Arcolectric brands throughout Europe.]]>  Advanced Power Electronics Corp. (USA) has signed a UK distribution deal with Neutron Ltd, which covers the UK and Ireland.]]>  NXP Semiconductors has bought embedded tool vendor Code Red Technologies in a move to strengthen its own microcontroller eco-system.]]>  Atmel has launched its next generation controller family for touchscreens up to 23 inches with both self and mutual capacitance and integrating a sensor fusion hub.]]>  Organizations from around the world are collaborating on a lightweight reliable messaging transport protocol for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) connections and Internet of Things (IoT). ]]>  Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation has expanded its Serval™ carrier Ethernet switch engine portfolio with Serval-2™ (VSC7438), which claims to be the first silicon optimized for high bandwidth IP Edge and Ethernet/MPLS access applications, including mobile backhaul, cloud access and business service delivery. Featuring the Vitesse Service Aware Architecture (ViSAA™), Serval-2 radically simplifies carrier delivery of MEF CE 2.0 services in packet-based mobile and cloud access Ethernet networks.]]>  CEVA claims to offer the first software-based Super-Resolution (SR) technology for embedded applications, bringing PC system-equivalent imaging performance to low power mobile devices. ]]>