| GPS chipset eases design of navigation systems
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2006-10-16 |
| Atmel's new GPS chipset includes an extended instruction set with DSP extensions and a set of peripherals intended to simplify design and drive down system costs for the personal navigation devices, car navigation and recreational applications market |
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| Imsys makes three versions of reconfigurable MPU available
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2006-10-12 |
| Imsys used the re-configurability of its IM3000.x microprocessor architecture to develop three new versions optimized for different wired and wireless network apps. |
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| Nordnav, SiGe develop GPS/Galileo receiver
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2006-10-12 |
| SiGe Semiconductor and Nordnav Technologies have collaborated on a GPS/Galileo receiver for consumer electronic products |
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| Chargers enable smarter, safer battery-charger designs
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2006-10-10 |
| Available in small MSOP and thermally efficient 3-by-3mm DFN packages, Microchip said its new charge-management controllers enable smarter, faster and safer battery-charger designs. |
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| CMOS IC targets automotive, mobile apps
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2006-09-29 |
| Sony Electronics has released its next-generation dedicated 1-chip GPS CMOS IC, which offers improved performance and advanced firmware configurability in a single silicon package |
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| Dual GPS/Galileo ICs clock in sub-second acquisition
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2006-09-28 |
| u-blox is readying a family of GPS and Galileo-ready single chips and chipsets that promise acquisition performance of under one second |
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| SiGe rolls out 'first' Galileo-ready receiver
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2006-09-21 |
| SiGe Semiconductor Inc. recently introduced a Galileo-ready receiver, said to be the first for mass market consumer electronics. |
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| 1.8-inch PMR HDDs offer 134Gb/in² areal density
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2006-09-20 |
| Toshiba's new 1.8-inch HDDs deliver an increased areal density of 134Gbits per square inch and offer improved media rates of 356.8Mbps, said to be the best in their class today. |
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| Maxim rolls PMICs for Intel Monahans processors
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2006-09-05 |
| Maxim Integrated Products has introduced the MAX8660 and MAX8661 high efficiency PMICs designed specifically for Intel Monahans. |
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| LDO supports CPU, DSP based on 90nm tech
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2006-09-04 |
| Power Analog Microelectronics has introduced the PAM3111, an ultralow output voltage (0.9V) LDO linear regulator that supports CPU and DSP based on 90nm technology. |
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| Capacitive sensor takes buttons off camera phone
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2006-08-29 |
| In Samsung's SPH-V6800 Wi-Fi-enabled GSM camera phone, Synaptics has replaced a set of mechanical buttons with a capacitive sensor that controls the functions. |
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| Ambient light sensor tunes LCD light to eye-friendly level
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2006-08-23 |
| Capella Microsystems Inc. said its Filtron family of ambient light sensors detect the amount of ambient light in the environment and adjust the LCD brightness accordingly to virtually match the requirements of the human eye. |
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| Web interface adds usability to GPS-sync receiver
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2006-08-18 |
| Satellite time-sync receiver maker Symmetricom Inc. now offers an HTML Web interface for its existing XLi/XLi SAASM GPS-synchronized time and frequency receivers |
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| Digitizers allow long recordings at high sample rates
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2006-08-15 |
| Strategic Test's three new digitizer cards have standard signal memories of 64MByte expandable to 4GBytes, allowing long recordings at high sample rates. |
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| Power quality recorder allows advanced compliance testing
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2006-08-09 |
| Fluke 1760 is designed for advanced testing and analysis of utility and industrial power distribution systems in medium- and low-voltage networks. |
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