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Surface-mount power devices, Electronica 2006 survival guide, Mobile-phone design issues


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November 8, 2006 - In This Issue

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Stop thief, my TV programme hasn't finished yet
Yes, once again, mobile-phone technology has caught my fancy. But this time it's all about frustrating the phone muggers. It's simple and effective.  — Paul Whytock

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Consortium updates open standard for algorithm development
The Numerical Mathematics Consortium announced the latest revision to a technical specification, introduced earlier this year, that defines an open mathematics semantics standard for numerical algorithm development.  — Paul Whytock

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WiMax transceivers have global appeal
A fully integrated, high-performance WiMAX family of transceivers developed by NXP has set it sights on mobile and handheld applications.  — Paul Whytock

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Mini DAB/FM radio module
Frontier Silicon unveiled a miniature, highly advanced and integrated, standalone, dual-band DAB/FM radio module for handheld battery-powered products.  — Paul Whytock

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T-Mobile strengthens GSM network
A major picocell supply contract was agreed upon between mobile operator T-Mobile International and ip.access, a developer of inbuilding wireless picocell solutions.  — Paul Whytock

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Avnet Memec acquires Italian distributor
Avnet Memec recently finalized the purchase of semiconductor and embedded systems specialist distribution company ESCO Italiana.  — Paul Whytock

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Packaging a power punch
Get that edge in performance by taking advantage of surface-mount power devices.  — Lily Hsiu-Shih Chu

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electronica 2006 Survival Guide
Paul Whytock, Editor-in-Chief of Electronic Design Europe, has been a regular visitor to the electronica show in Munich since 1988.  — Paul Whytock

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Phone-orphosis: The battle to stay afloat in an ever-changing mobile arena
Keeping mobile-phone design connected to consumer fashions brings some tantalising technical challenges.  — Roman Polz

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It's a balancing act for general-purpose I/O expander
o help designers to balance system performance with the processor and board overhead in sensor, control, and LED-displays applications, Catalyst Semiconductor came up with CAT9555 I/O bus expander.  — Paul Whytock

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Memory blitz for UWG cards
Two new 8-bit resolution arbitrary-waveform-generator cards pack up to 4Gsamples of on-board memory.  — Paul Whytock

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Passive aggressive
AMS Technologies broadened its product range for passive components by adding connectors, interconnects and SFPs from Methode Electronics to the mix.  — Paul Whytock

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A CAN-do attitude for development suite
Thanks to several enhancements, Crossware's ARM Development Suite is able to simulate controller-area-network (CAN) controller peripherals of NXP Semiconductors' LPC2119, LPC2129 and LPC2194 microprocessors.  — Paul Whytock

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Processor accelerates next-gen automotive design
At the Fall Processor Forum in San Jose, Calif., USA, ARM unveiled its Cortex-R4F processor, which is expected to reduce the cost and design time of future automotive electronic technology.  — Paul Whytock





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