Recently added articles from ECN-Electronic Component News:
Fathoming the future.(Editor's View)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Once upon a time, if you wanted to know the future you went to a colorful character who told you your fortune by examining bird guts, tea leaves, or other obscure random pattern generator. They were called witch doctors, clairvoyants, and fortune-tellers. Today we call them business ...
32 GB embedded memory card touted as highest density in its class.(Leading Off)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Samsung Electronics announced shipment of its 32-Gigabyte (GB) moviNAND, said to be the highest density embedded memory card utilizing advanced 30-nanometer (nm) class process technology. Use of high-density embedded memory improves the performance of high-end phones and other mobile ...
Magnetic reed switch positioned as world's smallest.(Leading Off)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Standex Electronics introduced a magnetic reed switch measuring 3.7 mm in length. In addition to being able to fit in very small spaces, the GR150 also maintains a very narrow sensitivity range. With a magnetic sensitivity of 2-4 Ampere Turns (AT), typical operating time of 0.2 ms and a ...
PoE SoC has 2-kV integrated isolation.(Leading Off)
Jun 01, 2009 ... A Power over Ethernet (PoE), Power System-on-a-Chip (Power SoC) with 2kV integrated isolation, the AS 1854 eliminates optocouplers and integrates functionality of up to nine separate ICs, including a third-generation IEEE 802.3af/at PD controller and quad-output digital power DC/DC ...
ARM Cortex-M3 Flash MCU boasts on-chip high speed USB device-and-transceiver.(Leading Off)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Atmel Corporation introduced an A Cortex-M3 Flash microcontroller wi High Speed (480 Mbps) USB Device SDIO/SD/MMC Host and SPI interf on-chip. This combination of feature makes the SAM3U the only Cortex-M3 device suited to applications with intensive communications requirements, such as ...
Enclosures.(PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Companies mentioned in Product Technology Review: Pickering Interfaces www.pickeringtest.com Mercury Computer Systems www.mc.com Hybricon Corporation www.hybricon.com Tripp Lite www.tripplite.com Verotec Limited www.verotec.co.uk ...
New PICMG 2.30 draft standard for cPCI can extend legacy system life.(EMBEDDED SYSTEMS)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Since its launch, the CompactPCI (cPCI) standard--designed to ensure the interoperability of modular embedded systems, single board computers and backplanes--has proved to be very popular among modular system designers, installers and users alike. To take advantage of advances in ...
Utilizing microcontrollers' low-power modes and peripherals.(Low Power Microcontrollers)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Modern microcontrollers (MCUs) have a large variety of peripherals and features that can do a lot to help a design's power budget. It is important for an embedded designer to have complete knowledge of a device so that he can fully use the modes and peripherals available to reduce the ...
Silicon oscillators offer EMI improvements.(EMI Reduction Techniques)
Jun 01, 2009; ... One of the most difficult electronics design challenges is to track down and eliminate electromagnetic interference (EMI). Switching regulators, a common source of EMI, continue growing in usage due to their space and efficiency advantages over linear regulators. For the designer, however, ...
Understanding EMI reduction techniques.(EMI Reduction Techniques)
Jun 01, 2009; ... EMI (electro-magnetic interference) comes in different forms, frequencies, and levels. Electronic equipment has different categories for both emissions and susceptibility. Under normal circumstances elimination is not possible so reduction to acceptable levels is what can be reasonably ...
Why MAX?--the purpose of WiMAX.(Wireless)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Whenever a new standard is adopted or starts to gain some ubiquity in the marketplace, I always have to ask, "So what? What does this new stuff give me that I don't already have?" It's an important question. If there is not any difference, then there is no reason not to just keep on using ...
High speed digital isolation in PoE+.(Chips and DIPs)
Jun 01, 2009; ... The new IEEE 802.3at standard is best known for its expansion of the powered device (PD) maximum power to 25.5 W from the 13 W ".af" level. Perhaps more significant, however, is the added control functions included in the standard that allows for dynamic allocation of power from the power ...
Why does 50Hz make such a difference?(Chips and DIPs)
Jun 01, 2009; ... In customer transformer specifications, it is frequently assumed that the transformer will operate at 60 Hz, and Ensign often must ask if the customer also requires 50 Hz operation. This is more than simply our version of, "Do you want fries with that?" Whether to include or exclude 50 Hz ...
REACH and the electronics industry.(Chips and DIPs)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Certain chemical substances contained in electronic products and their components will need to be registered under the new EU Chemicals legislation ('REACH'). Failure by EU-based manufacturers or importers, or EU-based agents of non-EU suppliers, to register certain substances ...
Hermetic feedthroughs are critical in new flywheel systems.(Eye on Efficiency)
Jun 01, 2009; ... The phrase "everything old is new again" certainly applies to today's flywheel technology. Forget the mechanical bearing, standard atmosphere 5,000 rpm steel behemoths of the past, many of today's flywheel designs feature compact carbon fiber composite rotors on magnetic bearings, turning ...
Eye on efficiency in high performance electro-optical systems.(Eye on Efficiency)
Jun 01, 2009; ... In today's "greening" economy, pressure to increase efficiency without sacrificing performance also increases. Especially in handheld, battery-operated devices, battery life is a driving specification. Military contracts have been won and lost on battery life performance. Any ...
The climate is right for wireless environmental sensors: growing concern over global climate change has lead to increased demand for remote battery-powered sensors.(Environmental Sensing)
Jun 01, 2009; ... The effects of man-made climate change, once seen as a problem for future generations, is now viewed as an immediate threat, leading to significant technological investments to build a more sustainable future. From measuring the decline of snow packs in Antarctica and the North Pole, to ...
Device converts digital values into analog signals.(BOARDS, MODULES & EMBEDDED SYSTEMS)
Jun 01, 2009 ... The HART Loop Converter (HLC) from Pepperl+Fuchs allows users to access the digital information from HART-enabled field devices and makes it available to the analog world of process control. The HLC uses the HART protocol to communicate with the field device connected to it, and transfers ...
RFID slice allows discrete and analog I/O.(BOARDS, MODULES & EMBEDDED SYSTEMS)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Containing two channels, a Simple RFID (RFID-S) slice from TURCK allows traditional discrete and analog I/O slices. The RFID-S slice does not require software for integration into a PLC system. It is compatible with BL20 non-programmable and programmable gateways and is available for use ...
I/O Cube compatible with 30+ board types.(BOARDS, MODULES & EMBEDDED SYSTEMS)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Available in two models--a three-I/O layer (five-slot PPC5-1G) or a six-I/O layer (eight-slot PPC8-1G)--the PowerDNA PPCx-lG Gigabit Ethernet I/O Cube from UEI is compatible with all 30+ UEI I/O board types. The six-layer model (PPC8-1G Cube) can ...