Monthly Archives: October 2011

Mouser has signed a global distribution agreement with ultra-low-power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor.

UK distributor Solid State Supplies has appointed Colin Jacobs as director of business development. Jacobs, who started his career in electronic components with the Memec Group, joins Solid State Supplies after 6 years as European Business Development Director for Acal … Continue reading →

EnSilica has launched the eSi-RISC Development Suite v2.5, a new version of its complete development environment for evaluating the EnSilica family of eSi-RISC highly configurable and low-power soft processor cores and the development of embedded applications. The eSi-RISC Development Suite … Continue reading →

Austriamicrosystems has announced the AS1130, which it claims is the most advanced and smallest dotmatrix LED driver (channels vs. PCB space) available. The AS1130 drives 132 LEDs but requires only 5 mm² PCB space, reduces external component count, allows use … Continue reading →

Carlo Gavazzi has introduced a gateway logger device that integrates with EoS Array – its complete solution for control, protection and monitoring of grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) plants.

Wolfson Microelectronics has developed a new all-digital audio solution with the launch of the WM8996, its latest Audio Hub and the WM9082 Class-D digital input speaker amplifier. Aimed at the smartphone and tablet PC market, the device provides designers with … Continue reading →

HCD, the Letchworth, UK-based contract electronics manufacturer, is well aware that the combined effects of deep recession followed by a faster-than-expected recovery and the tragic tsunami in Japan have made sourcing some components challenging. A further complication is the proliferation … Continue reading →

Nordic Semi and digital audio converter specialist AKM Semiconductor have announced the nRFready microphone reference design kit that provides a complete two-microphone audio streaming solution based on the recently announced Nordic nRF2460 2.4GHz mono audio streamer and AKM ADC/DAC audio … Continue reading →

A Dutch scientific research centre is using Analog Devices’ MEMS inertial sensing technology to help reduce the risk of injury and improve the performance of competitive rowers. Roessingh Research & Development (RRD), a research centre specialising in ambulatory 3D analysis … Continue reading →

USB specialist FTDI has added two more cables to its USB to digital level serial interface product offering. The new products, which make up the company’s C232HD USB 2.0 Hi-Speed to Digital Level UART cable series, each incorporate one of … Continue reading →