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FPGAs are being used in an increasingly diverse range of applications from military to medical, communications to cryptography. From implementing initial system algorithms and proving the final FPGA system design, Aspen Electronic’s introduction of the BEEcube FPGA Emulation Engine is intended to make the process a whole lot easier for the design engineers.

L2Tek, a manufacturers’ representative and distributor of components and sub-assemblies for professional video and high-speed communications systems, has signed a representation and distribution deal with GEO Semiconductor, a provider of cutting-edge image and video processing chips.

ON Semiconductor has significantly expanded its portfolio of AEC-Q100 and AEC-Q101 qualified standard components designed for automotive applications. Continual growth in vehicle electronic content is causing increased demand from designers for AEC-Q qualified components that are able to deliver robust physical and electrical performance in order to meet the challenging operational environments that are found in passenger vehicle systems.

Phihong USA has expanded its PDA072 and PDA080 constant voltage LED driver series with new 0-10V dimming models. The PDA072 Series addition, designated the PDA072W-24VG-R, is rated for outputs of 72W at 24VDC and the PDA080 Series addition, designated the PDA080W-48VG-R, is rated for outputs of 80W at 48VDC.

Teseq, a developer of instrumentation and systems for EMC emission and immunity testing, is now offering a 100 A, 3-phase burst pulse coupling/decoupling network (CDN) designed for electrical fast transient (EFT) or burst testing. The new manual CDN 3083-B100 is suitable for use in the power and telecom industries.

Torex’s new XC9252 is a step-down DC/DC controller IC is able to operate from inputs up to 30V and has been designed specifically for applications that require high efficiency and low power consumption. Power consumption is increasingly critical for many applications and the XC9252 requires only 30µA when operating in PFM mode under no load conditions.

Peregrine Semiconductor, a fabless provider of high-performance radio frequency integrated circuits (RF ICs), is expanding its family of MultiSwitch STeP8 dual single-pole, seven throw (SP7T/SP7T) UltraCMOS antenna switches which have been optimised to handle the significant carrier aggregation challenges of 4G mobile wireless applications as adopted by leading RF front-end module suppliers. The PE42128x devices have been designed to support simultaneous multi-band operation of up to 14 frequency bands while delivering exceptional linearity, insertion loss performance and small size.

Link Microtek will be using this year’s European Microwave event to highlight a new broadband dual-channel coaxial rotary joint that employs special contacting technology to give it long life in commercial and military satellite communications applications.

Linear Technology has unveiled the LTC3330, a complete regulating energy harvesting solution that delivers up to 50mA of continuous output current to extend battery life when harvestable energy is available. The device requires no supply current from the battery when providing regulated power to the load from harvested energy and only 750nA operating when powered from the battery under no-load conditions.

u-blox, the Swiss-based provider of wireless and GPS/GNSS semiconductor components, has announced the opening of an LTE RF (Radio Frequency) design centre in Cork, Ireland. It is the company’s fourth R&D centre focusing on chip design for embedded 4G wireless communications.