New Products

As the next-generation of digital display interface technology becomes more prevalent in PC and entertainment hardware, a unifying solution for OEMs and their customers is necessary.

Anders Electronics has introduced small sizes to its colour STN (CSTN) range of displays and now offers displays in sizes of 2.2-inch, 2.8-inch and 2.9-inch, delivering an easy to integrate and highly cost-effective alternative to TFT-LCDs for designers targeting small, low resolution form factors.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced a complete link test solution for Open Base Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI) interconnects, supporting Reference Point 3, RP3-01, Reference Point 1, and Ethernet Interfaces used between the BaseBand subsystem and Radiohead subsystems within a base station architecture.

Building on its leadership in power management and energy-efficient products, National Semiconductor Corp. today announced that it has entered the photovoltaic market with new technology designed to increase the overall energy output of solar electric power generating systems.

Lambda has extended its successful HWS family of single output power supplies with the introduction of the 300W and 600W versions with a 300% peak power capability for 5 seconds.

Now available in the UK from Quadrant is SnapN, a new family of RF-coaxial connectors in the IMS Connector Systems range of snap-on connectors.

New from RF and microwave component specialist Link Microtek is the Tiger TGP-A series of power dividers, which are manufactured to exceptionally high quality standards and yet are offered at extremely competitive prices.

Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) announced today the development of a 256Mbit Consumer FCRAM™ for digital consumer electronics, the MB81EDS256545. The new FCRAM has low power consumption and is suited for system-in-package (SiP) designs, with samples available from today.

Building upon its leading portfolio of hardwareand software solutions for ZigBee, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI)(NYSE: TXN) today announced the release of the latest version of its industry-leading ZigBee-certified Z-Stack software for free download.

The new eCon 3011 from HARTING is a Fast Ethernet media convertor designed for use in industrial environments. It performs signal conversion between shielded twisted-pair cable and multimode or single mode fibre-optic cable, and also supports Power over Ethernet (PoE).

Debiotech and STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) today introduced first evaluation prototypes of a unique miniaturized insulin-delivery pump.

Franchised assembling distributor PEI-Genesis has brought out a new ordering guide for the CIR series of rail-industry connectors manufactured by ITT Interconnect Solutions (Cannon and VEAM).

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) offers equipment manufacturers another option to further innovate their IP phone and VoIP device offerings with the announcement of its Modular Open Voice Engine (MOVE) software, a flexible voice solution ported to run on TI’s TMS320C64x+™ digital signal processor (DSP) core.

Mill-Max Target Connectors provide a convenient mating surface to connect with Mill-Max spring pins. They can be utilized in any spring pin application requiring conductive lands.

Tyco Electronics has launched a new UK web site for its AMP NETCONNECT Business Unit. Products covered by the web site include the full range of AMP NETCONNECT cabling infrastructure products from Category 3 telephony to Category 7A high-end copper systems and optical fibre solutions to meet OM1, OM2, OM3, OS1 and the new OS2 cabling performance requirements.

ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN), a global leader in power management and circuit protection semiconductor solutions, today announced the expansion of its high performance off-chip ESD protection portfolio with the introduction of two best-in-class devices - the ESD7L5.0D and the NUP4212.

TTi has updated the LD300 low-cost electronic load to improve its performance at high currents. A low-voltage dropout facility is provided to protect sources such as batteries from damaging levels of discharge when the source voltage falls below the user-selectable voltage dropout threshold.

To accelerate colour TFT-LCD integration and product functionality upgrades such as the addition of wireless, Anders Electronics has extended its UMR series of intelligent colour display platforms by introducing the UMR-X10-70. The new platform will enable developers to shorten time to market whilst saving cost and delivering an enhanced user-machine relationship (UMR).

Aeroflex has announced the 3020C PXI Modular Digital RF Signal Generator, a new 3GHz variant to the growing PXI signal generator line. Aeroflex’s comprehensive modular RF test platform, the PXI 3000 Series, has the bandwidth and versatility to seamlessly cover the entire RF test process – from R&D through to manufacturing – in any wireless market from cellular to military/aerospace to RFIC.

Tecan has developed ‘OptiGuard’ a highly versatile stencil for use with the widely adopted VectorGuard® frame. The OptiGuard stencil offers a number of distinct advantages including ease of loading, optimum stencil tension and image stability and a protective stencil border.