Product Centre

Circuit Components

• Fast grounding keeps aircraft flying
• Precision Devices announces compact C2 Crystal
• New ESD protection from California Micro Devices
• New range of powerfuses from CamdenBoss
• New series of surface mount GDT surge protectors from Bourns

EDA & Devel. Tools

• MathWorks updates Simulink control design
• Aerotech launches New ANT95 NanoTranslation series
• New Zigbee development platform
• X-FAB announces new process design kits
• Synopsys unveils StarRC Custom parasitic extraction solution

Freebies & Giveaways

• Attend a major obsolescence workshop courtesy of CIE and COG
• Win a Stellaris LM3S3748 USB Host+Device Evaluation kit
• Cash prizes for 2009 student research challenge
• National mobile phone security, technology design challenge
• Free trial next generation embedded development work bench

ICs & Semiconductors

• STMicroelectronics develops new high-accuracy motion sensor
• Altera enhancing MAX II family
• Chips can get thinner
• LSI introduces the PHY9500
• STMicro gives wireless monitoring applications a boost

Interconnection

• Quadrant introduces new range of sub-miniature connectors
• ITT launches new QLC zero insertion force connector
• Molex introduces the Mini-Fit H2O mid-range power connector
• New 2.5mm pitch PCB connectors from CamdenBoss
• JDSU introduces new fibre inspection and testing solutions

Power Electronics

• Harnessing the wind
• Powersolve unveils new 400W AC/DC power supply
• Phihong improves energy efficiency of 2- and 3-Wire adapters
• Threshold selects RMI’s Au1250 Ultra Low Power processors
• XP Power unveils new ECS100 family

Sub-Assemblies

• Creating a cookbook for carrier board designers
• New five-primary-colour LCD from Sharp
• Omeg launches new rotary encoders with illuminated spindles
• Rittal rapid installation rails for fast AE enclosure configuration
• New Deltron enclosures withstand full immersion

Wireless Technology

• Femtocell interoperability testing programme unveiled
• Aricent and Cavium Networks to collaborate
• First complete femtocell development system from picochip
• LSI and Aricent deepen collaboration
• New miniature 0.25 Watt amplifiers from Avago