TIG welder IGBTs
09 June, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.rell.com/
Advanced Power Technology has released two IGBT products for TIG welding - APT200GN60J and APT200GN60JDQ4.
Speeding up embedded systems
05 June, 2005 by Ef Misoyannis, Electronics By Design | Supplied by: Electronics by Design
Embedded products are becoming more complex and are processing more data than ever before. Consequently they require faster means of communication to external systems, compared with traditional methods such as RS232 or RS485
Crossbar latches take on transistors
10 May, 2005
US scientists have made nano-scale devices they claim could one day replace current transistor technology. The tiny devices, 'crossbar latches', are made up of a combination of crossed-over platinum wires with steric acid molecules set at their junctions.
Vector modulator
10 May, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.asdtech.com.au/
Hittite Microwave has introduced a high dynamic range vector modulator RFIC, suitable for wireless infrastructure applications from 1800-2200 MHz.
Supercomputer on a chip
06 May, 2005
IBM, the Sony Group and Toshiba have disclosed in detail the multi-core architectural design - featuring supercomputer-like floating point performance with observed clock speeds greater than 4 GHz.
The light at the end of the tunnel
05 May, 2005
While enormous machines gouge out 7 m wide tunnels from the hard rock beneath Martin Ams' feet as part of the Epping to Chatswood Rail Line, the Macquarie University PhD student focuses on making tunnels just five microns wide
Verifying RF transceivers
05 May, 2005 by David C Lee, Mentor Graphics Corp
The global market for portable communication products such as pagers, two-way radios, cordless phones, mobile phones, personal GPS receivers, wireless internet browsers and portable video phones is growing at a rapid pace
90 nm SDRAM
12 April, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.braemac.com.au/
Samsung Electronics has announced what it claims is the industry's first mass production of 90 nm 512 Mb DDR SDRAM on 300 mm base wafers.
DAQs for PCIs
12 April, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.ni.com/oceania
National Instruments has introduced its highest resolution multi-function data acquisition (DAQ) devices for the PCI bus with four 18 bit M Series DAQ devices.
Computers from a single atom?
01 April, 2005
What is claimed to be the world's first single-atom-thick fabric has been created by researchers at Manchester University, in Britain, and Chernogolovka, in Russia.
Optical modulators
18 March, 2005
The Centre for Integrated Photonics in Ipswich, England has launched a range of electro-absorption modulators fabricated using indium-phosphide.
Next generation embedded computer module
03 March, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.kontron.com.au/
Kontron's newest and most innovative product sets the standard of the next generation of Embedded Technology. Known as ECM (Embedded Computer Module), it houses control boards within a secure module for use by OEMs and Integrators as a technology building block for a wide variety of application-specific systems.
Chip capacitors
03 February, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.connektron.com.au/
Epcos has unveiled a series of polymer chip capacitors as part of its development program for tantalum polymer capacitors that can operate at ambient temperatures up to 125°C and derating (66% of rated voltage).
Quartz SAW filters
03 February, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.connektron.com.au/
Epcos is releasing its quartz SAW components for radio remote control in the QCC8B package with a footprint of 3.8 x 3.8 mm.
Dual winding inductors
03 February, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.adilam.com.au/
The 4700 and 4800 series surface mount inductors from C&D Technologies offer design flexibility coupled with EMI protection.
