FEATURES
- Synaptics capacitive touchscreens: Just the right touch for appliances
June 24, 2010 | 7:59 pm
Touch user interfaces have made significant advances in the consumer electronics market particularly for mobile phones and notebook computers, opening the door for adoption in other applications including white goods, computer peripherals, medical equipment, and instrumentation. Synaptics made its debut in the home appliance market earlier this year with the launch of the Samsung Hauzen ZERO air conditioner. - SID 2010 roundup: Day 3
May 27, 2010 | 7:27 pm
The standout products on day three of the SID 2010 conference is Universal Display's new PHOLED display architecture with a unique four-color, sub-pixel design, which promises to drive commercial development of all-phosphorescent active-matrix OLEDs and Sony's tiny rollable OLED display that can wrap around a pencil. - Top 50 Distribution Leaders
May 13, 2010 | 1:55 pm
Smaller distributors were the only ones to post sales gains in 2009. Interestingly, two of the five distributors that posted growth last year -- Interstate Connecting Components and Sherburn Electronics -- derive 100 percent of their sales from interconnect products. Both of them also target the military/aerospace industry. Here are the top 10 sales leaders by ICs, passives/electromechanical devices, interconnects and computer products as well as sales growth.
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Linecard Expansions
- Digi-Key, PEWA expand distribution agreement
July 23, 2010 | 6:06 pmDigi-Key’s expanded distribution agreement with Panasonic Electric Works Corporation of America (PEWA) allows the distributor to sell PEWA’s products in the Asia-Pacific territories, in addition to the existing franchises for the Americas, Japan, Hong Kong, China and Taiwan.
- Arrow, Exar sign pan-European distribution agreement
July 23, 2010 | 5:59 pmExar as signed a pan-European distribution agreement with Arrow Electronics to distribute its entire product portfolio.
- Symmetry signs AvaLAN Wireless Systems
July 21, 2010 | 4:30 pmSymmetry Electronics has signed an agreement with AvaLAN Wireless Systems to distribute its entire product lineup, targeting its long range RF modules.
- Digi-Key, Silicon Labs offer 24-hr lead times for programmable XOs
July 20, 2010 | 5:47 pmSilicon Laboratories Digi-Key are partnering to deliver high-performance programmable oscillators (XOs) with 24-hour lead times.
- TTI adds Cooper Bussmann products
July 15, 2010 | 2:12 pmTTI has entered into a global distribution agreement with Cooper Bussmann to distribute the Coiltronics, PowerStor and Bussmann product brands.
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CES 2010 Coverage
TI to demo industry’s first contactless charging eval kit
Speeding the design of devices that can charge without wires, TI plans to demonstrate what it says is the industry's first contactless charging evaluation kit at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with Fulton Innovation. »
GENIVI to launch first open sourced IVI platform at CES 2010
The GENIVI Alliance, an automotive industry association driving the development and adoption of an open in-vehicle Infotainment (IVI) reference platform, will unveil the GENIVI Platform version 1.0 at the International 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). »
NEC to highlight USB 3.0 technologies at CES 2010
NEC Electronics America will showcase its latest generation of universal serial bus (USB) technologies, along with other key technologies, at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. »
TDVision, CyberLink deliver HD stereoscopic video decoding solution
TDVision Systems Inc. and CyberLink, Taiwan, will showcase their full HD 3D solutions at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. CyberLink's PowerDVD video player software, integrated with TDVision's 2D+Delta decoding technology, delivers full HD 3D video decoding capabilities that is compatible with NVIDIA 3D Vision. »
Visteon to unveil connected car demo at CES 2010
Automotive systems provider Visteon Corp. will unveil its connected car demonstrator that delivers a flexible approach to providing Internet access in motor vehicles, including via the use of embedded phones, tethered mobile devices or USB connectivity cards, reports iSuppli Corp. »
Valens to showcase HDBaseT-compliant chipset at CES 2010
Valens Semi announces the availability of the industry's first HDBaseT-compliant chipset and development kits. The company will showcase uncompressed HD multimedia distribution powered by the VS100 semiconductor product family at CES 2010. »
Quartics, DDD to demo 3D tech at CES 2010
Quartics and DDD Group plan to showcase their 3D technology -- that combines Quartics' Qvu video processor with DDD's TriDef 3D software -- for HDTVs and netbooks at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Quartics says the combined solution offers the first real opportunity for OEMs and ODMs to bring 3D to HDTVs... »
CES 2010 to address tech policies
Top policymakers will address key technology issues, including broadcast to cable, broadband to wireless and telecom to satellite at the 2010 International CES trade show, according to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). Produced by CEA, CES 2010 is scheduled for Jan. 7-10 in Las Vegas, Nevada. »
EA Blog
- Next-gen smartphones need multisensor devices
July 13, 2010 | 12:31 pmThere is no doubt that designers of next-generation smartphones will add gyroscopes to their bills of material for enhanced gaming functionality and indoor location-based services. But, most likely, we will start to see, in addition to multi-axis gyroscopes, more multisensor packages that combine accelerometers and a gyroscope. The benefits: speedier design, simplified supply chain and lower costs.
- Global Wind Day: Five wind facts
June 14, 2010 | 5:40 pmThe American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has highlighted “Five Wind Facts,” a guide to the benefits of wind energy as one effort to market Global Wind Day, June 15. AWEA also plans to announce the winner of its Twitter background photo contest via Facebook and Twitter on Global Wind Day.
- Mobile designs fuel the demand for smaller, cheaper and less power hungry accelerometers
May 27, 2010 | 7:39 pmSeveral top suppliers of three-axis accelerometers — including Analog Devices, Bosch Sensortec, Freescale, and STMicro — have beefed up their product portfolios over the past year with some significant enhancements aimed at lower power consumption, higher resolution, and smaller packaging.
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New Products
- NXP low-power IC targets solar PV apps
August 27, 2010 | 6:08 pm
NXP offers a low-power IC aimed at MPPT applications using PV cells or fuel cells. - C&K mini slide switches withstand high temps
August 27, 2010 | 5:59 pm
C&K Components offers a series of low-cost, miniature slide switches. The OS Series of RoHS-compliant switches feature a new high-temperature option for lead-free soldering. - Archive for New Products »