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Battery life test solution for UE acceptance

Keysight Technologies has announced that it is working with W2BI on a battery life test solution for UE acceptance. W2BI is an Advantest Group company and a global leader in wireless device test automation products. The test solution was

Keysight Technologies | 15-07-2015

New space-saving rad-hard multiplexers for space flight data acquisition systems

Intersil has introduced the ISL71840SEH and ISL71841SEH, new radiation-hardened (rad-hard) multiplexers which offer best-in-class electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection, and the industry’s highest signal chain accuracy and timing performa

Intersil | 14-07-2015

Bi-directional autofocus actuator for cameras in mass production

ALPS has developed the ATMJ1ZX7 Series bi-direction autofocus actuator for cameras - for integration into smartphone camera modules. The new product drives large-diameter lenses and realizes low power consumption. Mass production is alrea

Alps | 10-07-2015

Expanded portfolio of wireless power coils for wearables

Würth Elektronik now offers wireless power coils for wearables. Since devices such as fitness sensors and smart watches are generally encapsulated to protect them from the effects of the environment, but due to the variety of integrated sen

Wurth | 10-07-2015

Energy -harvesting wireless switches for industrial applications

Highly versatile energy-harvesting wireless switches for industrial applications from Cherry are now available in two standard versions: a rocker switch for actuation by hand or a snap-action switch for mechanical actuation typically by a m

Cherry | 10-07-2015

Automatic 4G RF optimization with smart antenna switching functionality

Lattice Semiconductor has revealed its new iCE40 LM FPGA is integrated in the new Huawei P8 flagship smartphone to enable optimal 4G reception. Huawei will continue to use Lattice's low latency, tunable antenna controller in other device

Lattice | 08-07-2015

DDC- Line drivers selected for weather radar system redesign

Data Device Corporation (DDC) has been selected by Honeywell Aerospace to provide ARINC 429 line drivers (DD-4107X) for the redesign of the data processor in a weather radar system. DDC’s ARINC 429 line drivers are an 8-pin, SOIC (Smal

DDC | 26-06-2015

Smart FPGA selected for feature differentiation and integration on Star 2 smartphone

Lattice Semiconductor has announced its iCE40 LM FPGA has been integrated in the recently released ZTE Star 2 flagship smartphone to perform IR remote control, and sensor hub functions. From wearables to smartphones, the iCE40 LM family

Lattice | 24-06-2015

Large-format shortwave IR detectors integrated into instruments onboard Sentinel-2

Sofradir has revealed it delivered 24 shortwave IR detectors (SWIR) to Airbus Defence and Space (ADS) for the European Space Agency (ESA) Sentinel-2 mission. ADS provided two MultiSpectral Imager instruments (MSI) for the Sentinel-2 miss

Sofradir | 24-06-2015

First smartphone with virtual edge keys and gestures uses Atmel touchscreen controller

Atmel announced that the company is powering the borderless nubia Z9 smartphone with its award-winning maXTouch T-series touchscreen solution. In today's smartphone market, next-generation industrial designs and new display technologie

Atmel | 24-06-2015

Bluetooth Smart solution offers new levels of design flexibility

Nordic Semiconductor has revealed that it is sampling the first member of its next generation nRF52 Series of ultra low-power wireless solutions - the nRF52832 System-on-Chip (SoC). The nRF52832 redefines the single-chip Bluetooth Smart cat

Nordic | 22-06-2015

Keyless door lock system uses new HomeKit solution for Bluetooth Smart SoCs

Nordic Semiconductor has announced the availability of its HomeKit solution for the nRF51 Series Bluetooth Smart SoCs. Meeting the HomeKit technical specifications the complete solution offers simplified development and accelerated time to

Nordic | 18-06-2015

Arria 10 FPGAs support real-time high-speed airborne Ethernet interconnection technology

Altera has announced that its Arria 10 FPGAs have been chosen by Silkan, a provider of real-time data transmission, for its new deterministic real-time high-speed Ethernet interconnection technology. The Silkan CETRAC switch is a plug-and-p

Altera | 16-06-2015

Improved sailing performance with DesignFlex enabled Sip-and-Puff

Variohm EuroSensor has recently supplied World Magnetics DesignFlex pressure switches for a customised Sip-and-Puff pressure switch system that allows quadriplegic World Champion sailor Melvin Kinnear increased control of his servo-assis

Variohm | 16-06-2015

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