Tundra Semiconductor is now in full production of its asynchronous PCI-to-PCI bridge. The Tsi350 is an industry-standard, 32-bit 66 MHz asynchronous PCI-to-PCI bridge fully compliant with PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2.3. The bridge is drop-in, pin-for-pin and software compatible with indust...

STMicroelectronics announced a motor control kit, built around the 32-bit STR750 microcontroller, which enables the development of vector-control applications, using both Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSM) and 3-phase AC Induction Motors, for cost-sensitive appliance, industrial and HVAC (he...

The AMA Fachverband für Sensorik e.V [Association for Sensor Technology] has nominated four works for the "Sensor Innovations Prize" valued at 10 000 Euro. Among the 46 entries, four works – two from Germany and two from other countries – have been so outstanding that the jury has announced a nomina...

Elba Corporation announced the first shipments of a multi-tasking microcontroller intended for use by scientists, engineers, experimenters and hobbyists. The ZX-1281 is a 64-pin TQFP format device targeted to high volume products or resource-intensive applications where additional memory and/or I/O ...

Cypress announced the addition of UMC as one of its primary foundry partners. According to the letter of intent, Cypress will use UMC's advanced processes for its next-generation SRAM products. This is the first time that Cypress has chosen an external foundry for manufacturing its flagship SRAM pro...

EBV Elektronik, an Avnet Company, has appointed Bernd Pfeil as Vice President, Sales & Marketing for Central Europe and Eduard Schneider as Vice President, Sales & Marketing for Eastern Europe. Pfeil, currently director of Sales & Marketing Germany South-West, has agreed to assume the po...

With an operating range of 3V to 40V, the ZXCT1081 current monitor from Zetex Semiconductors provides a high voltage current measurement solution for automotive, industrial and power supply applications. With its fixed gain, the ZXCT1081 requires only a single low value sense resistor to accurately ...