The Schwabhausen-based Isystem and the British manufacturer Artisan Software Tools, announced their cooperation with the integration of Isystem emulation and debug technology and the UML standard development environment of Artisan Studio.

The first results of this cooperation are presented by bo...

congatec presents the conga-X915, a XTX based COM (Computer On Module). The conga-X915 is ETX compatible but replaces the ISA bus with PCI Express and much more. The X915 is equipped with an Intel processor up to 2.0 GHz Pentium M (760) and is ETX compatible but replaces the ISA bus on ETX conn...

Texas Instruments and Cypress Semiconductor introduced a power-optimized wireless mouse reference design kit with a 27-MHz dual-channel receiver. The receiver system incorporates TI’s TRF7900 dual-channel receiver and a Cypress microcontroller (CY7C63743) to receive the transmit information from the...

Microchip announces the MCP3551 and MCP3553 delta-sigma, analogue-to-digital (A/D) converters with 22-bit resolution. These devices are having a power consumption of 120 microamps typical and are available in 8-pin MSOP packages (3.1mm x 3.1mm x 1.18mm). In addition to their low power consumption (0...

The American Technitrol Company has purchased the privately owned ERA Group for 49 m Euro. The ERA Group, domiciled in Herrenberg in Germany, manufactures coils and transformers that are used primarily in the automobile industry. The company was formed in 1969 and has subsidiaries in Tunis and China...

39% of the shares of the Obernzell-domiciled Vogt electronic are now in the possession of Sumida Holding Germany. The 100% subsidiary of the Sumida Corporation, with headquarters in Tokio, employs more than 16,000 people throughout the world and achieved a turnover in the last business year of appro...

Linear Technology introduces the LTC2442, an multiplexed 24-bit No Latency Delta Sigma ADC with an integrated amplifier. The device achieves 1 part-per-million (ppm) linearity with the amplifier configured as a unity gain buffer, drive requirements for high impedance sensors. Optional external res...