Electronic Design UPDATE e-Newsletter September 27, 2006
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Populated LED Assemblies Use Cost-Saving Technology
High-Resolution Sensor Measures Acceleration In Auto Testing Applications
Hardware/Software Integration Package Adds Support For ARM Cortex-M3
Analog/Vector Signal Generators Offer High Performance, Fast Measurement Speeds
8-, 32-Bit Devices Expand Automotive MCU Line
TechView Scope: Wii Will Rock You This November
Upcoming Industry Events:
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CAN In Automation (CiA)
PSoC Express World Tour
Book Review:
Engineering the World: Stories from the First 75 Years of Texas Instruments
Electronic Design UPDATE edited by Christine Hintze, Associate Editor
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Motorola partnered with Cingular Wireless when it introduced its ultra-slim RAZR and SLVR handsets, and both of those Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) phones were based on chip sets from Freescale Semiconductor. But Motorola's decision to pair up with Verizon Wireless on a Windows Mobile-based smartphone – the Moto Q – dictated a CDMA design.
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Populated LED Assemblies Use Cost-Saving Technology Populated LED assemblies are now available from the TT electronics IRC Advanced Film Division. The assemblies employ IRC's Anotherm technology. Anotherm substrates use an insulation system consisting of a thin layer of anodized aluminum oxide that is chemically grown on the aluminum core...
High-Resolution Sensor Measures Acceleration In Auto Testing Applications PCB Piezotronics' Series 3713 high-sensitivity, MEMS dc (steady-state) response accelerometer measures accelerations in a range of automotive and off-highway testing applications...
Hardware/Software Integration Package Adds Support For ARM Cortex-M3 Mentor Graphics has introduced its first processor support package for the ARM Cortex-M3 processor. The new package works with Mentor's Seamless tool to find hardware-software integration errors...
Analog/Vector Signal Generators Offer High Performance, Fast Measurement Speeds The performance of Agilent Technologies' MXG signal generators allows for greater test margins, ensuring more accurate measurement and improved yield, and makes the generators well-suited for characterizing high-dynamic-range components like multicarrier power amplifiers...
A T-Shirt For Your Thoughts Here's your chance to select the best design and product articles that have appeared in the pages of Electronic Design during the past year. Take our short Readers' Choice online survey and get a chance to be one of 10 lucky participants who'll walk away with a coveted Electronic Design t-shirt. Look for the results in our "Best" special issue hitting your desk (and browser) on December 1. Vote now!
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Wii Will Rock You This November Nintendo's next-generation Wii gaming platform will hit U.S. shelves on November 19. And with this project, Nintendo wants to broaden its audience beyond hard-core gamers...
Ultra-thin Polymer batteries from VARTA Microbattery Go thin. Go light. Go PoLiFlex®.
New rechargeable PoLiFlex Polymer Lithium batteries from VARTA are the thinnest & lightest we've ever offered! Our thinnest PoLiFlex battery now measures <1mm. With highest energy density, extended cycle life and superb reliability, PoLiFlex opens a new world of mobile technology.
Engineering The World: Stories From The First 75 Years Of Texas Instruments By Caleb Pirtle III
This is definitely a coffee table book. It is big, impressive, full of photos and an easy read. It is also something even non-techies will like. It is a history book of Texas Instruments, a company that has been extremely influential in the electronics industry...
Making efficient use of multiple processing cores in a symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP) environment can be tricky. But Intel's Thread Building Blocks (TBB) aim to ease the challenge.
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