[Web Exclusive] High-tech hide and seek
It's not difficult to imagine the pressure and fear felt by police and special security forces poised to enter a building that's thought to conceal dangerous and possibly armed fugitives or terrorists. So they, like me, will be interested to see how a through-wall radar-sensing device can help in these situations.
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Paul Whytock
[Web Exclusive] Coldfire licensing deal blazing a trail to SoC market
A ColdFire licensing program initiated by Freescale Semiconductor has its sights set on the embedded design community. Licensing of the V2 ColdFire core is available through IPextreme Inc., a semiconductor intellectual property (IP) licensing specialist.
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Paul Whytock
[Web Exclusive] Controllers drop the BOM
By integrating the boot diode, overcurrent protection, and MOSFET drivers onto one chip, Intersil believes its ISL6545 and ISL6545A single-output PWM controllers (pictured) will slash bill-of-materials (BOM) cost.
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Paul Whytock
[Web Exclusive] Internet security system alerts police
A network digital video recorder (DVR) from Beijing Avinfo Technology uses the Blackfin processor from Analog Devices in a surveillance solution that enables audio and video recording, as well as remote viewing, recording and playback over a secure IP network.
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Paul Whytock
[Web Exclusive] FRAM passes auto stress test
Ramtron International's FM24CL16 16kbit, 3V, serial FRAM memory device is now qualified to AEC-Q100 (Automotive Electronic Council's Stress Test Qualification for Integrated Circuits) standards.
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Paul Whytock
[Web Exclusive] Partners in power
U.S. firm Power-One and UR Holding signed a European distribution agreement to promote selected products in the power-conversion market in specific European territories.
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Paul Whytock
[Web Exclusive] Precision clock conditioners
National Semiconductor launched five programmable clock-conditioning devices featuring jitter performance as low as 0.2ps. The conditioners integrate all of the functions required to clean and distribute ultra-low-noise clock signals throughout a system.
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Paul Whytock
[Web Exclusive] I know you
Swedish company Polar Rose revealed an unusual technology that combines automatic facial recognition with 3D modeling for visual search applications. The company announced it had received initial Series A funding.
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Paul Whytock
[Web Exclusive] Video in the car
Continuing to expand the availability of digital video, Texas Instruments is now sampling four new DSP-based digital media processors priced down to $9.95.
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Paul Whytock
[Web Exclusive] Sensible sensors
Analog Devices displayed its capacitance-to-digital converter (CDC) and iSensor intelligent sensor families replete with new devices that deliver a combination of high sensitivity, low power, low cost, and small size for sensing applications.
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Paul Whytock
[Web Exclusive] Mixing up the modules
Kontron unveiled new AdvancedMC modules that it claims will facilitate the security, processing, I/O, and storage configurations of pre-integrated open modular equipment designed for a multitude of IMS, 3G wireless, and wireline network applications.
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Paul Whytock
[Web Exclusive] Fast ethernet transceivers
Avago Technologies announced that its industrial Fast Ethernet optical transceivers based on the AFBR-5978Z had been selected by Phoenix Contact and Siemens.
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Paul Whytock
[Web Exclusive] Logical choice
Use of logic ICs in consumer, communication, industrial, and other applications is perpetually on the rise, with many designs typically using separate logic ICs to deliver the various logic functions.
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Paul Whytock
