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Monthly Archives: March 2006

Sharp electronics power personal chess manager

Friday, March 31, 2006

As a longtime chess player I was intrigued to hear of a new handheld, wireless device from MonRoi (French for “my King”), called the Personal Chess Manager, which is designed to allow tournament chess players to electronically record, store, and later review their chess matches. Since most chess tournaments don’t currently use electronic boards, or [...]

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Optimizing Power in Low-Power Wireless Systems

Friday, March 31, 2006

On Wednesday, April 12, 2006, at 11:00 a.m. CST (18:00 hrs CET), Texas Instruments and Avnet Electronics Marketing will be presenting a live Webcast titled “Optimizing Power in Low-Power Wireless Systems.” The Webcast will address power consumption considerations in analog designs. From the press release: During the Webcast, panelists will discuss key power constraints designers [...]

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Another analog seminar on tour

Friday, March 31, 2006

Analog technical experts from National Semiconductor will be going on tour to share the latest analog technology and design tools at a series of Analog Signal-Path Design Seminars throughout the U.S. and Canada. The focus will be on high-performance signal conditioning, signal conversion and serial data-transfer solutions. Topics will include the following: Selecting the right [...]

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LEDs, phototriacs, rugged inverter, portable printer

Friday, March 31, 2006

Today’s product picks at Electronic Products: LED lamps and holders from Ledtronics replace T2 incandescent telephone-slide-based lamps in applications that demand durable and energy-efficient light sources Phototriacs from Vishay Intertechnology can be used for isolating low-voltage logic from high-voltage power mains in industrial applications A rugged dc/ac inverter from Wilmore Electronics can operate from most [...]

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White LED, ARM MCUs, TV STB processor, tantalum cap

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Today’s product picks at Electronic Products include the following: An SMT white LED from Vishay Intertechnology suits applications from automotive dashboards and industrial switches to flat backlighting for LCDs ARM Cortex-M3-based microcontrollers from Luminary Micro provide 20-MHz 32-bit performance at a starting price of only $1 A low-cost satellite set-top box receiver/decoder from STMicroelectronics enables [...]

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Are “smart buildings” finally here?

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Vertical Integrations Group, a system solutions provider of building integration technology, announced the introduction of VertiLinc, a building integration platform designed for commercial buildings, condominiums, and residential neighborhoods looking to integrate administration and common services under one unified and intelligent format. The building integration platform is an automated control and information system designed to simplify [...]

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Linear LED modules, SiC Schottkys, GPS LNA, microwave chip resistor

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Today’s product picks at Electronic Products include the following: Weather-resistant linear LED modules from Ledtronics suit applications such as letters, signs, displays, under-the-counter lighting, architectural illumination, emergency exit lighting, and entertainment Silicon-carbide Schottky diodes from Infineon Technologies have at least double the surge-current capability and improved ruggedness compared with the first generation A microwave chip [...]

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