| Power management IC eyes mobile GPS
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2008-07-10 |
| The AAT2603 from Advanced Analogic Technologies, a power management IC targeted at mobile GPS devices, PMPs and other handheld mobile systems operating off a single Li-ion battery |
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| External wireless antenna covers 7 frequencies
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2008-07-09 |
| Laird Technologies Inc. announces the availability of its new Heptaband external wireless antenna. |
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| CSSP platforms expand smart phones' connectivity
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2008-07-09 |
| QuickLogic has announced the availability of a versatile upgrade path for smart phone developers. A high-speed UART provides a mechanism for interfacing to some GPS chipsets, while another SDIO port offers a simple means of connecting embedded Wi-Fi chipsets |
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| u-blox tool adds GPS to handheld apps
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2008-06-30 |
| u-blox has launched a miniature GPS module designed for high-volume, mass-market applications that require fast, accurate positioning at a low cost |
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| ...Smallest' GPS receiver has dual-antenna input
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2008-06-25 |
| SiGe Semiconductor Inc. has released the SE4150L GPS radio receiver featuring dual-antenna input capability for next-generation GPS systems |
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| Handheld spectrum analyzers feature live RF
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2008-06-24 |
| Tektronix Inc. has introduced the SA2600 handheld real-time spectrum analyzer with DPX waveform image processor technology that provides a live RF view of the spectrum. |
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| White LED driver shines in notebook LCD displays
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2008-06-23 |
| TI introduces a six-channel, 40V white LED driver with a built-in, high-efficiency boost regulator and 1.5-A FET. |
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| RF inductor fits military list for multiple security apps
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2008-06-23 |
| Gowanda recently launched an RF inductor series that is now on the military's Qualified Product List. The series is designed for RF military, aerospace and defense applications, which may be used in various applications such as space, satellite, radio, sonar, guidance and GPS |
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| Quintplexer offers antenna apps low power use
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2008-06-19 |
| Avago launched its next-generation quintplexer for mobile handset applications. The miniature ACFM-7103 quintplexer is believed to provide unprecedented PCS insertion loss for best-in-class power consumption and receiver sensitivity. |
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| LabVIEW toolkit does low-cost GPS testing
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2008-06-18 |
| National Instruments has announced the NI GPS Toolkit for LabVIEW, an extension of the graphical system design environment that expands the NI RF PXI platform to include multi-satellite GPS signal simulation |
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| Gyroscope sensors tout extended supply voltage range
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2008-06-13 |
| STMicroelectronics has introduced the LISY300AL, a 7mm x 7mm x 1.5mm surface-mount MEMS single-axis yaw gyroscope for angular rate sensing up to 300°/s. |
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| Single chip houses cornucopia of wireless tech
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2008-06-05 |
| The seventh generation BlueCore silicon from CSR is here. |
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| Advanced GPS devices roll from Atheros
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2008-06-03 |
| Atheros Communications' newest ROCm GPS solution consists of its second-generation, single-chip GPS receiver, the AR1511, and companion ORION 3.0 software suite |
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| Stollmann adds EDR features to its Bluetooth development kit
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2008-06-03 |
| Stollmann's BlueFace+MPA development kit for Bluetooth integration projects has been enhanced to support both simple pairing and the new Enhanced Data Rate Bluetooth extension. |
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| Freescale positions i.MX processor for portable multimedia devices
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2008-05-29 |
| Freescale Semiconductor introduces the i.MX37 multimedia applications processor—a highly advanced device for portable media player (PMP), mobile Internet and portable GPS navigation (PND) markets |
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| Trimble upgrades surface mount GPS receiver
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2008-05-29 |
| Trimble has introduced the Copernicus II GPS receiver, a thumbnail-sized, surface-mount, high sensitivity module that features major advancements in signal tracking |
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| SkyTraq intros 'highest-integration' GPS receiver
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2008-05-21 |
| SkyTraq has introduced the Venus634LP GPS receiver, touted to be the highest-integration single-chip GPS receiver using its low-power Venus6T GPS architecture |
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| Wireless MultiComms processor comes to market
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2008-05-21 |
| ASOCS has announced the launch of the MP100, the world's first wireless MultiComms processor capable of running up to three wireless air interfaces concurrently. |
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| Integrated light sensor lives beyond 15 years
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2008-05-16 |
| The MLX75305 light-to-voltage SensorEyeC from Melexis is said to deliver a long lifetime, exceeding 15 years. |
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| Kit designs counterfeit-proofing embedded apps
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2008-05-14 |
| Atmel has rolled its Aris++ development kit with Crypto Evaluation Studio tool suite for the design and evaluation of counterfeit-proofing embedded applications that are protected by hardware-based encryption and mutual authentication. |
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| Touchscreen controller frees up host processor
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2008-05-13 |
| The new STMPE811 from STMicroelectronics is a four-wire resistive touchscreen controller featuring autonomous functionality to minimize demands on the host processor. |
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| DSP board targets embedded control, remote DAQ
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2008-05-08 |
| Innovative Integration has announced the SBC-ComEx, a turnkey embedded instrument/micro-footprint single-board computer. |
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| Touch sensors target transparent user interfaces
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2008-05-01 |
| Synaptics has released its ClearTouch product portfolio ClearPad and ClearArray sensors for a wide range of consumer electronics that require transparent touch-sensitive user interfaces. |
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| SoC integrates 12 ICs for smaller, cheaper PNDs
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2008-04-30 |
| SigmaTel has introduced an SoC processor for the portable navigation GPS market that integrates 12 previously-discrete ICs typically found in personal navigation devices |
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| Leadis debuts standalone Class-G headphone amps
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2008-04-29 |
| Leadis Technology is offering samples of what it claims as the world's first standalone Class-G headphone amplifiers, the LDS9505 and LDS9504, which are tailored for various power-sensitive applications. |
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| GPS faceoff: Garmin nuvi 750 vs. HP iPaq 310
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2008-04-17 |
| GPS systems are forecasted to be one of the top growth areas for consumer products in 2008, with a number of different manufacturers offering different approaches to a GPS solution but all having relatively similar form |
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| Serial quad I/O flash memory line rolls
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2008-04-09 |
| Silicon Storage Technology Inc. has rolled out its 26 Series Serial Quad I/O (SQI) family of 4bit multiplexed I/O serial interface flash memory devices. |
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| Board-to-FPC connector fits in low-profile devices
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2008-04-03 |
| Omron Electronic's new series of 0.4mm pitch SMD board-to-FPC connector may be used in low-profile end products such as PDAs, notebook computers, mobile phones, digital cameras, MP3 players, GPS devices and voice recorders |
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| Measurement receiver supports all wireless techs in all RF bands
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2008-04-02 |
| Agilent has launched six new models for its W1314A measurement receiver platform designed to simultaneously measure all wireless technologies in all RF bands in a given market using a single unit. |
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| TI loads A-GPS, Bluetooth, ULP, FM on one chip
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2008-04-02 |
| TI is launching at week's CTIA wireless conference the NaviLink 6.0, said to be the first chip to integrate A-GPS, Bluetooth 2.1 and ULP, as well as FM capability |
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