Monthly Archives: August 2011

NXP has announced that Turkish mobile phone operator Turkcell has selected the company’s PN544 near field communication (NFC) radio chip for Turkcell’s recently launched T20 smartphone.

Dialog Semiconductor has announced its companion IC for the Intel Atom processor E6xx series, DA6011, has been adopted by Taiwan based ADLINK Technology for its mini size COM Express type 10 module, nanoX-TC. Measuring just 84×55 mm the nanoX-TC is … Continue reading →

IAR Systems has announced XDS100v2 emulator debug support for Texas Instruments’ TMS570 microcontroller family in IAR Embedded Workbench.

Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe has made available a new series of its F2MC-8FX family of high-performance 8-bit microcontrollers with embedded flash memory.

Arrow Electronics has signed an agreement with Dialog Semiconductor to distribute the company’s full range of products throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Key features of SMK Europe’s newly launched RemoPad remote control are powered by Movea’s motion sensing technologies.

Datel has signed a distribution franchise agreement with Astute Electronics for the supply of products to military and defence customers across the UK and Ireland. Under the agreement the products represented will include Datel’s data acquisition products and DC/DC converters.

Bosch’s Automotive Electronics Division and Freescale have collaborated to product an automotive airbag reference platform, whose cost-effective nature should see it taken up in emerging markets such as India and China.

The new 5-position Micro USB receptacle from Suyin’s 020039MB005S507ZL model series features a reverse-bottom, type AB design, and is thus suited for mounting on the underside of printed circuit boards.

A competition has seamlessly morphed the Finland’s two unlikely addictions – social media and earth diggers – into the country’s ‘must watch’ event of the year. Over the past two months they’ve been watching three men – down from the … Continue reading →