February 5, 2012
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Mouser Electronics, Inc. announced it is the first to stock the KEMET Power Solutions (KPS Series) MLCC Capacitors.
KEMET's KPS series (KEMET Power Solutions) utilizes proprietary lead-frame technology to vertically stack one or two multilayer ceramic chip capacitors (MLCCs) into a single compact surface mount package. The attached lead-frame mechanically isolates the capacitor/s from the printed circuit board, therefore offering advanced mechanical and thermal stress performance. Isolation also addresses concerns for audible, microphonic noise that may occur when a bias voltage is applied. A two chip stack offers up to double the capacitance in the same or smaller design footprint when compared to traditional surface mount MLCC devices. Providing up to 10mm of board flex capability, KPS series capacitors are environmentally friendly and in compliance with RoHS legislation.
www.mouser.com
The new TLRH power shunt developed by KOA is now available in the sizes 2512 inch with a power rating of 2W, 2010 inch with 1W power rating and 0805 with 250 mW power rating at distributor Rutronik. Its enhanced power rating is the result of the sandwich construction. The metal plate carrier laminated on top of the resistive layer acts as an efficient heat sink and avoids hot spots. The excellent heat conduction allows for a high rated temperature at the solder joints of +105°C. The operating temperature range extends to +170°C. The resistance range covers 22 milliohm up to 250 milliohm for package size 2010, up to 150 milliohm for size 2512 and up to 100 milliohm for size 0805. The TLRH offers a low TCR of ±50 ppm/K and ±1% initial tolerance.
www.rutronik.com
New in MSC's Product Portfolio of Frequency Devices
MSC Vertriebs GmbH launched the XO-3225 and XO-2520 Oscillator (XO) series of the renowned company
TST-TAI-SAW Technology.
The XOs feature outside dimensions of 3,2 × 2,5 × 1,2 mm and 2,5 × 2,0 × 0,9 mm.
The XOs are available from 2 to 60 MHz in a temperature range of -20 to +70°C or -40 to +85°C with a frequency stability ±25 ppm+~±50 ppm (over all).
Both XOs are characterised by a low phase noise and excellent frequency stability. All XOs are pb-free and RoHS compliant. Additional information is available at MSC Vertriebs GmbH
Please contact: frequency-tst@msc-ge.com
www.msc-ge.com
The new the ultra-miniature tactile switch provides customers with a means of meeting miniaturization and ultra high reliability specifications, while also conforming to all environmental requirements. Measuring just 2.6mm × 3.0mm × 0.65mm, with a 0.45mm body the new top-actuated tactile switch is one of the industry's smallest. This is specified for use in a multitude of space-constrained applications including hearing aids, mobile phones, MP3 accessories and Bluetooth headsets. Featuring an integrated push plate and a ground pin option for ESD protection, the SPST NO halogen-free switches are available with gold and silver plating options and actuation force options 1.6N (tactile ratio 30%) for mobile devices and 1.0N (tactile ratio 10%) for hearing aids and headsets. Electrical and mechanical life cycles limit is 150,000. The integrated actuator allows for simpler button design while yielding an excellent tactile ratio of 30% minimum, providing sharp feedback.
www.rutronik.com
Significant Performance Improvements for Phase Noise Test Sets, Signal Generators and Spectrum Analyzers
The OX-045, available at MSC Vertriebs GmbH improves Vectron's existing low-noise products by lowering the close-in phase noise by 10 dBc/Hz up to below 163 dBc/Hz (noise floor). Therefore the performance of their top of the line test equipment can be improved.
The OCXO utilizes an ultra low noise fifth overtone SC-cut crystal offering the best close-in phase noise and aging performance of 10 ppb/year.
The crystal is mated with Vectron's new proprietary oscillator circuit to minimize any additional noise contributions.
The OX-045 features the excellent temperature stability of ±3 ppb over 0 to 70°C.
frequency-vectron@msc-ge.com
www.msc-ge.com
A new family of transformers from YDS that includes products for Power-over-Ethernet, high speed DC/DC converters and switching power supplies, audio, ADSL/ISDN lines and other high frequency applications is now available at MSC Vertriebs GmbH. The EP series includes models with a primary inductance from 20 to 500 µH with one secondary winding and one auxiliary winding with a choice of several transfer ratios.
Models with other specifications are manufactured to customer requirements.
All EP series transformers feature small size of 10.7x13.5x9.27 mm up to 17.5x14x13 mm, tight tolerances, small leakage inductance, low DC resistance and an isolation of 1500 Vrms between the windings.
Depending on the model they can be operated from -40 to +84 °C or -40 to +125 °C respectively.
www.msc-ge.com
XP Power announced the launch of the AEF and AFM series of external AC/DC power supply units. Designed for a wide range of IT and portable medical equipment, the units provide single outputs with power output between 100 - 150 watts. These highly efficient units, up to 94% for the AEF series, comply with the latest energy efficiency standards such as Energy Star Level V, EISA2007 and CEC2008 in the United States and the ErP Directive across Europe. These standards stipulate limits for average energy efficiency and the maximum no load power consumption, which is less than 0.5 Watts for both the AEF and AFM. By using one of these new units, manufacturers of end systems will be able to ensure that their product meets the internationally recognised energy efficiency standards. The AEF range offers 100, 120 and 150 W models with a single output covering the nominal voltages of +12, +19, +24 or +48VDC and is available with either class I or class II construction.
www.xppower.com
Silicon Laboratories Inc. announced the industry's most frequency-flexible timing IC solution for networking and telecommunications applications that require jitter attenuation for clock signals without clock multiplication. Silicon Labs' new Si5317 pin-controlled jitter cleaning clock IC provides jitter filtering to remove unwanted noise and produces low jitter outputs for a wide range of applications such as wireless backhaul equipment, DSLAMs, multi-service access nodes (MSANs), GPON/EPON optical line termination (OLT) line cards, and 10 GbE switches and routers. As networking and telecom hardware designs migrate to higher speeds and greater complexity, timing architecture has become a key consideration in the overall system design. Managing clock jitter is especially critical in high-speed applications since this noise degrades overall system performance, impacting the design's bit-error-rate (BER) and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).
www.silabs.com
Silicon Laboratories Inc. introduced a line of 5 kV digital isolators designed to replace traditional optocouplers in harsh application environments and systems powered from universal mains supplies. Silicon Labs' new 5 kV Si84xx digital isolators provide a smaller, faster and more reliable isolation solution than optocouplers without the wear-out mechanisms, aging effects or temperature dependencies that plague optocoupler-based designs.
The 5 kV Si84xx digital isolators target industrial automation and drives, motor control and medical device applications that require robust operation and high levels of protection.
The Si84xx digital isolators are also ideal for systems powered from 220V mains supplies such as isolated ac-dc and dc-dc power supplies, solar power inverters, lighting systems, data communications, and test and measurement equipment.
www.silabs.com/pr/isolation
Silicon Laboratories Inc. announced that Elster, a global leader in smart metering solutions, has chosen the Si8422 5 kV digital isolator IC for its sophisticated AS1440 electronic polyphase meter designed for Smart Grid applications.
Elster offers a complete line of electronic and electromechanical polyphase meters for residential, commercial and industrial applications that can be easily incorporated into Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI) systems for Smart Grid deployment. According to ABI Research, the number of smart electricity meters deployed worldwide is expected to grow to 212 million in 2014, nearly three times the 76 million units deployed in 2009.
The AS1440 meter supports both direct and current/voltage transformer (CT/VT) connections and 4-quadrant measurement.
www.silabs.com/pr/isolation
MSC Vertriebs GmbH offers the MX-041 OCXO of the manufacturer Vectron International. The used single oven technology achieves a temperature stability of ±0.6 ppb over -40 to +85°C while reducing power consumption by more than 55% during warm up and 50% during steady state.
The MX-041 is housed in a low profile package at a height of 14.55, versus 25.4mm for typical double ovens. The reduced package height enables meeting tight height requirements without sacrificing electrical performance. The innovative construction of the device provides excellent short and long-term stability with ADEV performance of 3e-12 at 1 second along with long term aging of 10 ppb per year.
The supply voltage of the MX-041 ranges at +5 or +12V and the device is available with either a HCMOS or Sinewave output.
www.msc-ge.com
For the third time in just four years, BMZ Batterien-Montage-Zentrum, located in Karlstein, Bavaria, Germany, is once again one of the winners of the “Bavaria's Best 50” award, initiated by the Bavarian Ministry for Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology. “Bavaria's Best 50” award honors medium-sized Bavarian companies, which in the past five years were able to achieve both higher than average sales growth and increase in the number of employees. BMZ Batterien-Montage-Zentrum could once again convince the independent jury from Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft with impressive figures. Despite the economic crisis and a serious fire in 2008, which destroyed a large part of the production and warehouse areas at the Karlstein site, from 2005 to 2009 sales grew from 20.6 to 73.0 million euros and the number of permanent employees grew from 137 to 550.
www.bmz-gmbh.de
Avago Technologies announced early prototypes have been manufactured of Avago's proprietary five-chip family that targets the expanding 38 GHz and 42 GHz cellular radio infrastructure and backhaul point-to-point radio markets. Based on market demand and customer feedback, Avago designed the millimeter wave products for high performance in SMT (Surface Mount Technology) packages.
The wireless infrastructure market is expanding to meet the increasing data rate and reliable connection demands of cellular customers. Smart phones and other devices require high bandwidth data that must be provided by backhaul solutions. Point-to-point backbone radios carry the high capacity traffic from fiber Points-of-Presence (POPs) to wireless access points. In areas of the world, 38 GHz (37-40GHz) and 42GHz (40.5-43.5GHz) are licensed wireless infrastructure bands. As new point-to-point radios are designed and installed to increase capacity, many radio manufactures are switching to SMT packages and away from traditional chip-and-wire devices.
www.avagotech.com
Mouser Electronics, Inc., known for its rapid introduction of the newest products, announced it has reached a distribution agreement with the Electronic Components Group of Panasonic Industrial Company, the industrial components and electronic devices division of Panasonic Corporation of North America. The much anticipated agreement between Mouser and Panasonic, a leading manufacturer of high quality electronic components, will provide electronics engineers the world over with access to Panasonic's vast array of advanced electronic components. Mouser's stock will include Panasonic capacitors, RF modules, switches, inductors, resistors as well as many other reputable Panasonic passive and semiconductor components.
Mouser Electronics' website with interactive online catalog is updated daily and searches over 6.7 million products to locate over a 1.6 million part numbers available for easy online purchase. Plus, it houses downloadable data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information and engineering tools.
www.mouser.com
Digi-Key Corporation and RECOM Power, Inc. announced the two companies have entered into an agreement in which Digi-Key will distribute RECOM Power, Inc.'s products to customers worldwide.
RECOM Power, Inc. is a leading supplier of constant current dimmable LED drivers; DC/DC converters; switching regulators; and single, dual, and triple output AC/DC modules. RECOM focuses on providing dedicated product for the industrial controls, lighting, medical, military (COTS), and telecommunications markets. RECOM products are currently available for purchase on Digi-Key's global websites and will be featured in future print and online catalogs. “With this global distribution agreement, RECOM Power, Inc.'s reputation as a leading supplier and Digi-Key's reputation as a leading global distributor have combined to provide our customers with access to more top-quality product from another world-leading supplier,” said Jeff Shafer. “We believe this new partnership with RECOM will affirm Digi-Key's commitment to working with the world's foremost suppliers of electronic components.”
www.digikey.com
Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, announced it has signed an expanded global distribution agreement with Littelfuse, a pioneer in the circuit protection industry. The expanded distribution agreement will allow Digi-Key to distribute Littelfuse product to North America, Europe, Hong Kong (China), Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and India. “By expanding our distribution agreement, Digi-Key is now able to provide Littelfuse products to engineers and purchasers around the globe,” said Jeff Shafer, Digi-Key's vice president of interconnect, passive, and electromechanical product. Digi-Key stocks Littelfuse fuses, fuseholders, TVS diodes, thyristors, varistors, silicon protection arrays and other circuit protection devices. Littelfuse products in stock are featured in Digi-Key's print and online catalogs and are available for purchase on Digi-Key's global websites. Digi-Key Corporation focuses on providing customers with superior service, which includes product selection and availability, on-time delivery, and responsiveness.
www.digikey.com
Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, today announced its sales in Europe for the first quarter of 2010 increased by 115% over sales figures for the first quarter of 2009. Digi-Key's total sales worldwide for the first quarter of 2010 increased by 63% over worldwide sales in the first quarter of 2009. Digi-Key's website, www.digikey.com, was recently listed as the Most Visited Distributor Website based on a survey of North American engineers conducted by EE|Times Group (EE Times Distribution Study/May 2010). Additionally, when comparing Digi-Key's website to other distributor websites through the Alexa® web information company, results show the worldwide reach, or number of users worldwide, for Digi-Key's website far exceeds that of its competitors' websites. This comparison also shows that Digi-Key's website has seen a greater increase in users worldwide than its competitors' websites in the last 18 months.
www.digikey.com
The TME offer includes the CRT-V1 timer which is manufactured by the Polish company COBI ELECTRONIC.
The transducer offers 16 universal time functions and can operate in a delta-star switch, crosspoint switch or automatic landing switch configuration.
Thus, the CRT-V1 replaces various types of timers, having a very attractive price. The timer functions are configured through push-buttons on the front panel. A 7-segment LED display located above the push-buttons displays the settings selected during configuration and informs about the relay status during the timer operation. Time is measured within the range of 0.01 sec. to 100 hours by two separate time modules. Settings accuracy and repeatability is 0.01s.
All operational parameters are stored in a non-volatile EEPROM memory. Actuating elements of the timer are two relays with contact loads 16 A/250 VAC. Depending on the program selected the contacts operate in NO configuration or as switchable relays (R1 as NO contact, R2 as NC contact).
The CRT-V1 timer can be supplied with 24...250 VAC 50/60 Hz or 24...250 VDC. The guaranteed breakdown voltage between the input and output is lower than 2.5 kV.
The timer is available in a modular, 17.5 mm wide housing of IP20 sealing class. The housing is adopted to DIN rail mounting. Working temperature range is 20°C ... +50°C.
For more information:
Transfer Multisort Elektronik
93-350 Lodz, ul. Ustronna 41
Tel.: 042 645 54 44
Fax: 042 645 54 70
export@tme.eu
www.tme.eu
Transfer Multisort Elektronik is a distributor for Miflex SA - a Polish manufacturer of electric motor running capacitors, interference suppression capacitors, discharge lamp capacitors, interference suppression filters and spark igniter capacitors.
The offer includes MKSP-5P series polypropylene capacitors designed for use in 50 Hz sinusoidal alternating current circuits. The capacitors can also be used in direct current circuits with voltage not exceeding Ö2 × Un. They are generally used as running capacitors in single-phase electrical motors.
The capacitors that are available in TME offer are designed for rated voltage of 450 VAC with expected lifetime of 10000 hours. They can be ordered as a version with 6,3mm connectors or a version with 250mm long wire terminals They are closed in a plastic, cylindrical housing of 25 to 45mm in diameter (depending on capacitance) with a clamping M8 screw at the end.
The capacitances of MKSP-5P capacitors vary from 2 to 50mF with ±10% tolerance. The Capacitors meet the requirements of the PN-EN 60252-1 standard and the RoHS directive. They also have a VDE certificate. Working temperature ranges from -25 to +70°C.
For more information:
Transfer Multisort Elektronik
93-350 Lodz, ul. Ustronna 41
Tel.: 042 645 54 44
Fax: 042 645 54 70
export@tme.eu
www.tme.eu
For manufacturers striving to compete in today's European marketplace, reliable local expertise is essential. Now an established manufacturing presence in the Czech Republic, JJS Electronics s.r.o. is helping the region to service escalating demand with the most comprehensive EMS offering it has seen to date. Part of a €30m group of specialist electronics companies, JJS has a proven track record in delivering the world-class services companies need to compete successfully in the European marketplace. From prototype and pre-production units, through to volume manufacturing and demand-driven logistics, the EMS specialist's 4,500 sq. Metre Chomutov facility has built a reputation for quality and is well equipped to meet a wide variety of end user demands. Plus, located only 15km from the border with Germany, the site is ideally placed to satisfy the demands of high profile businesses in neighbouring areas keen to take advantage of the value represented by this lower-cost region.
www.jjselectronics.com
The new SPECTRO-3-FIO series now also allows the detection of color marks with a scanning frequency of 40 kHz. With a high-power LED white light is fed into an optical fiber bundle, and via cross-section converter and attachment optics unit is projected onto the color mark to be detected as a light spot measuring 4mm × 0.7mm or 2mm × 0.2mm, or having a diameter of 0.5mm. A part of the light impinging on the color mark is scattered back into the attachment optics unit and through the optical fiber bundle is directed onto the true-color detector that recognizes the color of the object similar to human visual perception. With different attachment optics units, object distances of > 0 mm up to approx. 200 mm can be realised. Due to the use of an optical fibre the color inspection system also can be used in Ex areas without any problems. Compressed air attachment units can be provided as protection against excessive dirtying. With a Windows® user interface the color sensor can be correspondingly parameterized via RS232, USB and ETHERNET. The software also provides various evaluation methods.
www.oboyle.ro
The confocal sensors of the SPECTRO-3-COF series project white-light spots with a diameter of approx. 1mm to 5mm or with dimensions of 4mm × 0.7mm onto the object to be detected. The transmitter optics unit is located at the centre of the receiver optics unit, which results in a highly compact design. This allows a reliable, high-precision, and high-speed detection of small objects such as e.g. color markings or wires at a great distance.
The color sensor features 5 digital outputs; teaching of up to 31 colors can be performed with the included SPECTRO3-Scope Windows® software, with a Teach-button at the sensor housing or with a Teach-input for external teaching. With a scanning frequency of 40kHz and a switching frequency of 30kHz the color mark detector definitely ranks among the faster systems. Reliable color differentiation on the one hand is guaranteed by the so-called true-color detector (human color perception), and on the other hand by a special evaluation algorithm. The color that is currently placed under the sensor is compared with the color references (up to 31) that are stored in the color memory. Similar to human evaluation the color sensor software first performs a preselection of references (possible candidates) whose tolerance range includes the current color. From the possible reference colors it then selects the one color that is closest to the current color (direct comparison). Only this process allows the detection even of smallest color differences (to DE=0.3).
www.oboyle.ro
Conventional luminescence sensors that are available on the market are able to detect whether there is a fluorescent object, but they utterly fail when they should perform color differentiation of such objects! With the luminescence color sensors of the SPECTRO-3-UV series there now are sensors that apart from brightness differentiation (grey scale evaluation) also can perform color differentiation. Up to 31 different fluorescent objects can be stored in the sensor's color memory. The color information is provided via 5 digital outputs, a serial interface also is available. Teaching of the fluorescent objects can be performed either under Windows® with the included SPECTRO3-Scope software, with the TEACH button that is integrated at the sensor, or through digital input INØ. With its compact (M34 housing) and sturdy design the sensor is excellently suited for rough industrial use. The 40 kHz scanning frequency and the 30 kHz switching frequency also guarantee a reliable detection and recognition of fast-moving fluorescent markings.
www.oboyle.ro
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. is adding to its Optoelectronics portfolio with a family of mid-range infrared (IR) sensors featuring digital and analog outputs in three package types. With a fast response time of 300ms and low supply current of 0.85mA, the industry-best detectors have a range of up to 30 meters when used as part of an interrupter design and a range of up to three meters when used as part of a reflective sensor. Some object detecting sensors adjust their detection threshold depending on the amount of ambient light and optical noise present in the environment. To avoid false detections in the presence of noise, the gain of the amplifier may adjust itself to such a low level that sensor responsiveness is affected. In low ambient light conditions, the sensor may increase its gain and make the receiver too sensitive, such that it will detect and respond to reflected or stray light.
The TSOP4038, TSOP58038, and TSOP5038 IR sensors with digital output eliminate these problems by featuring a fixed gain. With a fixed gain the detection threshold and resulting detection distance is fixed. Once the design of the optical parameters such as the intensity of the emitter, the aperture in front of the receiver, and the alignment of emitter and detector are determined, the sensor will have stable, repeatable performance under all lighting conditions.
www.vishay.com
Peppermill Resort Spa Casino in Reno, Nevada, has long shown itself to be committed to the principles of green energy, having first drilled three geothermal wells on its property in the 1980s to partially heat the hotel and its swimming pools. In 2009, the owners of the resort decided to investigate replacing their gas-driven boilers with a green energy solution to heat hot water and after consulting with Dr Jim Coombs of Geo Hills Associates LLC in Reno, they decided to implement the project and sink a fourth geothermal well in the resort. ITT ICS Regional Sales Manager, Tony Shoemaker, had built up excellent customer relationships with a number of geothermal companies in the Nevada region and worked on several dozen similar geothermal well installations in the area. More, ITT Interconnect Solutions' BIW connectors are well-regarded by pump equipment suppliers, including Baker Hughes Centrilift, who supplied Peppermill's pump and related equipment.
www.ittcannon.com
Harwin, has announced that its Datamate high-reliability connector system is being used by the Imperial College London's Imperial Racing Green team in the Formula Student competition for full-size electric race vehicles. Imperial Racing Green is an undergraduate teaching project at Imperial College London involving almost 100 students across 8 different engineering departments. The first project of its kind at the University, Imperial Racing Green draws on expertise from across Imperial College's Faculty of Engineering, building low emissions, hydrogen fuel cell and battery electric vehicles to compete in worldwide races. The Imperial Racing Green design team is using Harwin's high-performance 2mm pitch Datamate connector system in the battery management system of its latest electric track vehicle IRG04 which is entering the 2010 IMechE Formula Student Class 2 (Design) Competition and will be entering the 2011 Class 1A event as a race-ready track vehicle.
www.harwin.com
Mouser Electronics, Inc. announced it is stocking new product from Tyco Electronics. The IDC SSL connectors are insulation displacement (IDC) SMT and thru-hole wire-to-board connectors designed for quick, tool-less termination of discrete wires onto LED printed circuit boards. The IDC SSL connectors feature Tyco Electronics' proven insulation displacement technology to provide a robust, stable electrical and mechanical power connection to single or multiple printed circuit boards in solid state lighting and non-lighting applications. Tyco Electronics IDC SSL connectors are available in 1 - 4 positions and SMT or thru-hole mounting. The IDC SSL connectors are also available in a wide wire range from 18-24 AWG, for both solid and stranded wire, with options for feed-thru or closed-in applications. Mouser continuously offers customers the newest products and latest technologies for their new design projects.
www.mouser.com
ESCHA is presenting the new Automation Line
The connector- and housing specialist ESCHA is presenting the new Automation. The M8x1 and M12x1 round connectors will replace numerous cable types through a new cable quality and thus contribute to standardisation and simplification.
With the new ESCHA Automation Line, the customer is exactly hitting the target one cable quality for all automation requirements.During the last few years, several types of cables have been established in the market due to different requirements of machine builders. As a result, special products for respective applications have emerged, which have led to high logistics and costs for customers. The German company ESCHA is meeting the specific requirements of the automation industry with the new S370 cable for all products of the Automation Line.
The Automation Line will considerably reduce work and time for customers. The standardised products are:
• Drag-chain adapted
• Halogen-, silicone-, and PVC free
• UL listed
• Weld-field immune
• Chemical and oil resistant
• Microbes and hydrolysis resistant
• Fire resistant
At first sight, it is quite clear that the Automation Line is a special product line. In contrast to other ESCHA connectors, the new products are exclusively available in matt black and not in the typical blue. The raster ring is in ESCHA blue as a special feature. The advantage here is that connectors and cables can be delivered in a neutral colour and can adapt more easily to the individual machine concept of the customer.
The production costs of the Automation Line can be kept comparably low through the use of standard components and the optimisation of the material and production processes. This is being directly passed on to the customer with lower prices than qualitatively comparable products with other cables.
The M8x1 and the M12x1 versions of the new Automation Line will be offered as couplings and plugs in straight and angled styles and as 3- and 4-pole variants. The M12x1 connector is also possible with a 5-pole version. The entire product line meets IP67 requirements and is available as of now.
Turck Automation Romania SRL
Tel.: +40 21 230.02.79
www.turck.ro
www.escha.de
Harwin has signed a franchise distribution agreement with Aerco, the stockist and distributor of electrical components which focuses on customers operating within the aerospace, defence, medical, industrial, rail and transportation markets. Comments Andrew McQuilken, Harwin's CEO: “Aerco is a perfect partner to strengthen our sales channel in hi-rel markets. The company has a team of technical specialists offering design support, as well as connector assembly lines and large stock holding facilities. We are sure our Datamate 2mm pitch hi-rel connector family will suit their customer base, which includes major players such as BAE, Raytheon, Babcock, Goodrich, Westland Helicopters and Ultra Electronics.” Aerco's Managing Director, Rob Laughton, added: “The Harwin product line is an important addition to our portfolio and is complementary to our existing range of high quality, world-class products.”
www.harwin.com
Actel's Mixed Signal Power Manager (MPM) Solution includes a complete reference design with graphical configurator to enter power sequencing and trimming requirements. The design takes full advantage of the capabilities of SmartFusion devices and is targeted to the MPM Daughter Card which can be used with either the SmartFusion Evaluation Kit or SmartFusion Development Kit. The SmartFusion MPM solution delivers advanced power management that is easily configured via a configuration GUI, enabling system designers to effortlessly integrate and configure intelligent power management with their ARM® Cortex(TM) -M3 based embedded designs. Actel's graphical design configuration approach enables power management thresholds to be set, voltage trimming to be configured and sequencing functionality to be updated without changing the circuitry programmed into the FPGA fabric.
www.actel.com
Microchip announces the industry's first Ion and photo smoke-detector ICs to offer alarm memory. The low-power power RE46C162 /3 Ion and RE46C165 /6/7/8 (RE46C16X) photo smoke-detector ICs make it easy to quickly determine which detector in an interconnected loop triggered an alarm. The ICs' low energy use enables smoke detectors with a battery life of 10 years, and an interconnect filter enables a connection to other devices, such as CO detectors. When an alarm is falsely triggered, also known as “nuisance tripping,” it is difficult to determine which smoke detector set off the alarm.
The alarm-memory feature available on the RE46C16X ICs enables the detector that caused the fault to be easily identified, which greatly reduces costs associated with installing and troubleshooting these types of smoke-detector systems.
www.microchip.com/get/3EK9
Earlier this year IAR Systems released support for the ARM Cortex-M4 processor core. Now support has been added for Freescale's Kinetis family, which is the first microcontroller family based on the new core to reach the market. The tools from IAR Systems are intended for developing, building, and debugging embedded applications with tough requirements on performance and reliability. They are the world's most widely used tool chain for ARM based microcontrollers. Kinetis support has been added in close cooperation with Freescale, and as a result IAR Embedded Workbench is the first tool chain available for the new family. It will be used internally by Freescale to develop support applications, and by Kinetis early lead customers who will find a powerful software development solution in their hands. IAR Embedded Workbench supports other Freescale families including ColdFire, S08, S12 and i.MX.
www.iar.com/ftf
IAR Systems announced the availability of an integrated development kit for the Freescale i.MX25 family of low power ARM®9-based microprocessors. The IAR KickStart Kit for Freescale i.MX25 contains an i.MX25-SK evaluation board, software development tools together with a hardware debug probe. The evaluation board, using a i.MX257 device, features 32 Mbyte of SDRAM, 1 Gbyte of Flash memory and a 320 × 240 colour TFT LCD display. A range of on-board sensors includes key buttons, LEDs, potentiometer, 3-axis accelerometer, stepper motor and a speaker. Connectivity is provided by a wide variety of interfaces including; USB Host, Ethernet 10/100, UART, CAN and JTAG. The IAR KickStart Kit for Freescale i.MX25 contains a comprehensive suite of software development tools, including IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM 32K KickStart edition, IAR visualSTATE evaluation edition.
www.iar.com/kits
Silicon Laboratories Inc. introduced the industry's first digital TV demodulator that combines satellite, terrestrial and cable digital-video broadcast (DVB) functions in one highly integrated device.
The Si2167 multimedia TV demodulator provides the smallest single-chip, multi-standard demodulation solution, simplifying the design of integrated digital TVs (iDTV), set-top boxes (STB), personal video recorders (PVR), network interface modules (NIM), PCTV accessories, and professional video DVB receivers.
Today's iDTV and STB makers rely on multiple demodulators to enable satellite (DVB-S/S2), terrestrial (DVB-T) and cable (DVB-C) reception in a single system. This approach adds cost and complexity to the system design. By supporting DVB-T/C/S/S2 in a single device, the Si2167 eliminates the need for multiple demodulators and greatly simplifies both hardware and software design.
www.silabs.com
World's lowest power-per-core server processor offers exceptional cost efficiency, platform flexibility
At the GigaOm Structure Cloud Computing and Internet Infrastructure conference, AMD announced availability of the new AMD Opteron 4000 Series platform. This is the first server platform designed from the beginning to meet the specific requirements of cloud, hyper-scale data center, and SMB (Small to Medium-Sized Business) customers needing highly flexible, reliable, and power-efficient 1 and 2P systems. This platform is also available for high-end embedded systems such as telecom servers, storage, and digital signage, through AMD Embedded Solutions. Systems from Acer Group, Dell, HP, SGI, Supermicro, ZT Systems, and numerous other channel partners are expected beginning today and in the coming months.
www.amd.com
Radiocrafts AS, a leading provider of compact RF modules, now expand their product line with a compact ZigBee module dedicated for Smart Energy application (ZNM-SE). The module is based on a ZigBee PRO compliant platform and offers a complete ZigBee PRO protocol including support for the ZigBee Smart Energy profile. The module supports the Certificate Based Key Exchange (CBKE), and the entire Key-Establishment cluster is embedded in the module. This eases the development effort for customers and also eases the processing burden on the external processor. The Smart Energy application, being a meter, a display or a load control device, will be implemented in an external processor (MCU). The application will communicate with the module through an API via UART or SPI serial interface. The module can support any device specified in SE profile specification 1.0 and is also targeting all devices in the upcoming SE 1.1 release.
www.radiocrafts.com
CAN in Automation (CiA) GmbH has scheduled a CANopen seminar in Parma (IT) for the 1st of December 2010. Within the one-day seminar, the CiA trainer explains the basics of the CAN-based higher-layer protocol CANopen (EN 50325-4). The event will take place in the Villa Ducale Hotel. It is scheduled from 9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will be held in English language. The information provided in the Seminar will enable development engineers and system integrators to judge if CANopen is suitable for
their application. Attendees will receive a comprehensive insight into the technical opportunities of CANopen. Basic and additional CANopen functionality will be discussed (e.g. CANopen Manager, Layer Setting Services, CANopen Safety). The CiA trainer will also explain the CANopen device and application profiles that enable to manufacture devices with a high degree of “plug-and-play” capability. Wellspecified applications such as e.g. CANopen-to-CANopen-routers, TCP/IP-to-CANopengate ways and CANopen-to-AS-interface-gateways are discussed.
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