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MathWorks has introduced Release 2012b with major updates to MATLAB and Simulink that will significantly improve use and navigation. The new Simulink Editor features tabbed windows, smart signal routing and simulation rewind while the MATLAB Desktop now includes a toolstrip that offers quick access to frequently used features and a MATLAB apps gallery. In addition, Release 2012b includes a redesigned help system with improved browsing, searching, filtering, and content organisation.

The Peak Group has launched a new modular PXI test rack providing 13U of full-depth instrumentation space and a further 6U of depth for rear-mounted instrumentation space. The system is ergonomically designed for use in production test environments, and includes an integrated VPC (Virginia Panel Corporation) mass interface receiver adaptor, allowing large numbers of different contact types to be quickly and easily connected in a single one operation.

Intersil Corporation is expanding the Intersil Techwell SLOC (Security Link Over Coax) ecosystem. The company has worked closely with a number of global technology leaders to address the need for increased security worldwide and by expanding the SLOC ecosystem it will be able to bring the technology"s various benefits to a wider range of systems and applications.

AVX Corporation, a manufacturer of advanced passive components and interconnect solutions, has added a new series of multilayer chip inductors designed for impedance matching, RF chokes, and high frequency filters to its expansive portfolio of thin film, MLO, power, and conical inductors. Designated the LCMC Series, the new multilayer chip inductors provide excellent Q, high SRF, a wide range of stable and accurate inductances, and tight tolerances down to 0.3nH.

Wind River, a developer of embedded and mobile software, has introduced the Intelligent Device Platform, a software development environment built exclusively for machine-to-machine (M2M) applications. The platform addresses the security, connectivity, and manageability required for M2M device development. By 2015, intelligent systems could account for more than one-third of the volume of all embedded systems worldwide, according to IDC.

OKW have added a large number of new components to their ‘INTERFACE-TERMINAL’ enclosures range. The new components provide design engineers with an even wider range of possible housing configurations. The series is suitable for a variety of different applications including medical and wellness equipment, measuring and control instruments, security electronics, point-of-sale systems and much more.

The new Yokogawa Model 701927 is a high-speed differential probe for high-voltage floating signal measurements using the company’s DLM2000 Series of mixed-signal oscilloscopes and other instruments equipped with the Yokogawa probe interface. The 701927 has a 3 dB bandwidth of DC to 150 MHz, and can measure differential or common-mode voltages up to ±1400 V (DC plus AC peak) or 1000 V RMS. For ease of use, the compact unit features automatic attenuation detection, and obtains its power supply via the Yokogawa probe interface. Input attenuation ratio is switchable between 1/50 and 1/500.

Atollic has announced the availability of Atollic TrueSTUDIO for ARM v3.2, the latest version of its integrated development environment for embedded microcontroller designs. In addition to a significant increase of target devices now supported, TrueSTUDIO v3.2 introduces native RTOS-aware debugging for leading RTOSes such as FreeRTOS, OpenRTOS, ThreadX and embOS.

Cadence Design Systems has announced that the first products in the Cadence DDR4 SDRAM PHY and memory controller design intellectual property (IP) family have been proven in silicon on TSMC’s 28HPM and 28HP process technologies. Cadence has received and characterised multiple versions of its DDR PHY and controller IP in 28nm silicon based on advanced drafts of the DDR4 standard. The proposed DDR4 standard, anticipated to be released by JEDEC later this year, will offer users substantial performance benefits over DDR3.

Agilent Technologies has introduced what could be the world’s fastest vector signal generator in a PXI form factor. The Agilent M9381A is a 1-MHz to 3- or 6-GHz VSG that combines fast switching and RF parametric performance: high output power, linearity and high levels of accuracy, and an impressive adjacent channel power ratio performance (for output levels up to +10 dBm or more) and wide modulation bandwidth (up to 160 MHz) for testing RF devices.