Cypress Semiconductor has announced that its PowerPSoC embedded power controller is forming an integral part of a ‘revolutionary’ new iPAR-38 LED replacement bulb from MSi. The new bulb leverages PowerPSoC's programmability and flexibility to deliver a range of new features including adjustable power levels, communications capability, and the ability to be dimmed through the use of virtually any installed dimming system.

ViXS Systems has unveiled a new family of advanced networked multimedia SoC solutions. The XCode 4210, the first device of the new family, is a highly integrated processor designed for IPTV set-top boxes. It has the highest application CPU performance and offers the highest sustained networked data throughput in a single chipset. The product, whose highly integrated design eliminates the need for a media co-processor, will be showcased at the IPTV World Forum, which will be held in Olympia, London, between March 23 – 25 2010.

ACAL Technology has announced that it is sampling compact Excelsys LED power supplies which combine up to 95% efficiency with power ratings from 30W to 300W and waterproof enclosures rated to IP67. The constant-current output LXC series, and constant-voltage output LXV series, are both compact and rugged and are suitable for a wide range of internal and external LED lighting applications.

Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has expanded its family of LED drivers with a new device that can maintain constant currents of between 1.5mA and 90mA. Combining high-accuracy brightness control with a built-in PWM grey scale capability, the 16-channel TC62D722 is suitable for traffic signs, information boards and other applications built around multiple colour LEDs.

Campbell Collins Ltd, a specialist supplier of power supplies, capacitors and power semiconductors, is now able to fully demonstrate Ericsson Power Modules’ range of Digitally Controlled DC/DC Converters and Point of Load Voltage Regulators using the latest version of the 3E Evaluation Kit and software.

Powersolve has announced significant additions to its portfolio of energy efficient power supplies with the introduction of the new PGE25-150 Series. Highly efficient, these single output units feature a no-load power consumption of <0.5W and meet relevant Energy Star  requirements. Powersolve has designed them to provide high reliability and a long MTBF with every unit undergoing a full load burn-in test.

Innovative Silicon, the developer of the Z-RAM zero-capacitor, floating body (FB) memory technology, has unveiled two new breakthroughs concerning its Z-RAM technology. Bit cell operating voltage has been reduced to below one volt (1V), making it the industry’s lowest-voltage FB memory bit cell and the first to be on-par with traditional DRAM voltages and Z-RAM technology is now constructed on bulk silicon – without the requirement for expensive silicon on insulator (SOI) substrates – by using the 3D transistor structures preferred by the major DRAM manufacturers. 

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Stuart Bain had spent his working career in the printing industry before setting up his own consultancy in 2007. One of his clients was start-up company Design LED Products and he became the company’s chief executive officer in June 2009. Previously he had been global business director for printing company Worldmark for 12 years and before that a regional sales manager for Adare Printing.