Dr. Joachim Belz has been named as a further Director at Weidmüller Interface The 49-year-old Belz is responsible in this position for product portfolios, marketing, research and development, OEM, wholesale management and training. Belz comes from Harting Deutschland. There he was director and, from...

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A new 10.4 inch and 12.1 inch industrial displays from Sharp feature Advanced Super View (ASV) Technology. This means that the TFT panels have a par-ticularly wide 160 to 170 degree horizontal and vertical viewing angle and provide excellent clarity from any viewing position. The LCDs can be positio...

Tundra Semiconductor, a developer of System Interconnect solutions, reported a Q4-2006 revenue of $19.0M, up 10% compared to Q4-2005. GAAP earnings were $6.8M, up from $641K in Q4. The FY 2006 revenue were $74.5M compared to $79.6M in FY 2005. GAAP earnings for the year were $10.8M, 44% more than in...

Frontier Silicon has introduced a complete evaluation kit which will allow designers to explore the capabilities of its mobile TV chipset. The kit, named Troy, contains Frontier Silicon's Apollo RF receiver and Kino 2 chipset for mobile TV applications; software and documentation allowing a PC to ac...

Oki announced the availability of a development kit for its IEEE802.15.4 based ML7065 2.4GHz ZigBee compatible radio. The kit contains the Oki ML7065 radio and Oki's ARM7TMDI-based 4060 Series Advantage Microcontroller. At a suggested resale price of $499, Oki's ZigBee Developers Kit (ZDK) is a 'com...

The closing date for applications for the Voice Awards 2006 awarded to the best speech applications is the 30th June. The speech-activated services are tested and assessed with respect to user friendliness, functionality, innovation and commercial utility. The awards will be handed out on the 18th O...