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Iron-Platinum Alloys Could be New-Generation Hard Drives
May 21, 2013 9:31 am | by Andy Fell, UC Davis | News | CommentsMeeting the demand for more data storage in smaller volumes means using materials made up of ever-smaller magnets, or nanomagnets. One promising material for a potential new generation of recording media is an alloy of iron and platinum with an ordered crystal structure. Researchers led by Professor Kai Liu and graduate student Dustin Gilbert at the University of California, Davis ...
LISTED UNDER: ICS | Software
The Mixer . . . Evolved
May 17, 2013 10:53 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsMicrolithic is a new patent pending breakthrough platform from Marki Microwave that allows us to create mixers with superior performance and a 14x size reduction. The Microlithic Technology Platform consists of a novel material system combined with advanced computer aided design methodology.
LISTED UNDER: Mixers, Active | Mixers, Balanced | Mixers, Frequency Converters
CML Release New RF Building Block
May 9, 2013 9:03 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsThe CMX972 Quadrature Modulator/Demodulator is the latest RF building block from CML Microcircuits, following on from the popular CMX970, CMX971, and CMX973 devices. The new device features a low-power IF/RF Quadrature Demodulator with PLL/VCO; and a wide operating frequency range.
LISTED UNDER: Development Kits / Platforms | Chipsets, RF | Transceivers, RF / Microwave
Intel Taps COO Krzanich as Chipmaker's Next CEO
May 3, 2013 9:17 am | by PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsIntel, one of the pillars of Silicon Valley, is following its traditions and promoting an insider to the job of CEO. The world's largest chipmaker is tasking Chief Operating Officer Brian Krzanich with steering it through an industry shake-up that is seeing tablets...
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AVX’s New Open-Ended Card Edge Connectors
April 30, 2013 9:37 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsAVX Corporation has introduced a unique new open-ended card edge connector specifically designed to provide lighting engineers with a miniature, cost-effective, and high density pin-count solution for use in linear LED strip lighting.
LISTED UNDER: IC | Interconnect, Connectors
IAR Announces RX111 Microcontroller Support
April 29, 2013 10:23 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsIAR Systems has announced full support for the newly introduced RX111 microcontrollers. As a result of IAR Systems’ strategic alliance with Renesas, immediate support for the group is available in the world-leading C/C++ development tool suite IAR Embedded Workbench.
LISTED UNDER: IC | Power, Microcontrollers | Semiconductors, IC
PV Connector from Amphenol UL Certified to 1000 V
April 22, 2013 11:55 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsAmphenol Industrial Global Operations announced that its Helios H4 is UL certified to 1000 V. This UL rating allows Amphenol’s connectors to be used in existing systems as well as in new ones that require more voltage without having to increase cable size.
LISTED UNDER: IC | Components, Other | Interconnect, Connectors
Challenges with Microcell Deployment & Configuration
April 19, 2013 10:11 am | by Sinisa Peric, Chief R&D Engineer, QRC Technologies and Thomas Callahan, GM & CTO, QRC Technologies | Articles | CommentsWith cellular phones becoming not just voice, but now also data appliances, there is a growing need for operators to provide wide area (3-5 mile) coverage that assures high-rate data and voice services in nearly every location. What used to be considered “acceptable” gaps in coverage, like isolated homes...
LISTED UNDER: Antennas, Other | Computing | Electromechanical / MechanicalWireless "Smart Skin" Sensors Could Provide Remote Monitoring of Infrastructure
April 17, 2013 9:57 am | by John Toon, Georgia Institute of Technology | News | CommentsMajor bridge failures in recent years have focused attention on the need to monitor America’s highway bridges and other infrastructure. As thousands of bridges, parking garages and other structures age, improved methods for detecting deterioration could save lives and prevent economic disruption.
LISTED UNDER: Boards & Modules | Computing | Chipsets, RF
Maxim's Bits for Tuner for DAB
April 16, 2013 9:33 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsMaxim Integrated Products, Inc. [NASDAQ: MXIM] has announced the MAX2173 RF to Bits tuner for digital audio broadcast (DAB) applications in automobiles and other mobile DAB/FM products. The RF to Bits DAB/FM tuner integrates a radio tuner.
LISTED UNDER: Boards & Modules | Mixers, Microwave / RF / IF | Receivers, RF / Microwave
WAGO’s New DC-DC Boost Converter
April 16, 2013 9:24 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsWAGO Corporation’s 2.5 A DC-DC Boost Converter supports “disconnected” mobile and remote I/O applications by enabling a 12 V battery to drive 24 V controls. Initially developed by WAGO’s Engineering Services division for restaurant service trucks, the DIN-rail mount DC-DC Boost Converter...
LISTED UNDER: Boards & Modules | Mixers, Frequency Converters | Down and Up Converters
Fast Standby Recovery with Ultra-Low Standby Power
April 12, 2013 11:09 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsiWatt Inc. has expanded its PrimAccurate pulse width modulation (PWM) controller platform to include two new power adapter chipsets that offer the company’s fastest standby recovery. The iW1766 + iW628 and iW1767 + iW628 chipsets provide...
LISTED UNDER: Chipsets, IF | Chipsets, Multifunction | Chipsets, Other
HAN GND – Now a Pluggable Ground Connector
April 4, 2013 11:02 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsHARTING’s Han GND (Han-Ground) new connector series makes it possible to create grounding systems with pluggable connections. The Han GND, is a single-pole, slim design connector that features a robust green and yellow plastic (polycarbonate) housing and module.
LISTED UNDER: IC | Components, Other | Interconnect, Connectors
Quantum Tricks Drive Magnetic Switching into the Fast Lane
April 4, 2013 10:22 am | by Ames Laboratory | News | CommentsResearchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, and the University of Crete in Greece have found a new way to switch magnetism that is at least 1,000 times faster than currently used in magnetic memory technologies. Magnetic switching is used to encode information in hard drives ...
LISTED UNDER: Consumer | IC | Components, OtherA Low-Power 60 GHz Radio Frequency Chip
April 2, 2013 8:48 am | by The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | News | CommentsAs the capacity of handheld devices increases to accommodate a greater number of functions, these devices have more memory, larger display screens, and the ability to play higher definition video files. If the users of mobile devices, including smartphones, tablet PCs, and notebooks...
LISTED UNDER: Chipsets, IF | Chipsets, Multifunction | Chipsets, Other
