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IGHLIGHTS
Hall.Stand A5.524
Mouser: free design integration
tool MultiSIM BLUE
Mouser Electronics announced the launch of
a PCB design integration tool MultiSIMBLUE,
designed in collaboration with National
Instruments. The tool is available free glob-
ally, and is offered in English and German as
well as Simplified Chinese. This all-new PCB
design integration tool utilizes the Berkeley
SPICE engine and includes a preloaded com-
ponent library of over 100,000 frequently used
components from multiple Mouser databases.
Hall.Stand A6.520
IBASE: fan-less network
appliance with 4 GbE ports
IBASE has launched the FWA6604 compact
network appliance that is a device with four
Gigabit Ethernet ports based on Intel I211-AT
Gigabit Ethernet controllers. The model
comes in two flavors - a fanless version pow-
ered by an Intel Atom E3815, 1.46GHz pro-
cessor and another one built around an Intel
Celeron J1900, 2.0GHz processor.
Hall.Stand A5.476
Microchip: 3-phase BLDC motor gate
drivers integrate power module and
LIN transceiver
Microchip announces two new 3-phase
Brushless DC motor gate drivers with inte-
grated power module, LIN transceiver and
Sleep mode: the MCP8025 and MCP8026
(MCP8025/6). These devices can power a
broad range of Microchip’s dsPIC Digital
Signal Controllers and PIC microcontrollers,
complementing their control algorithms by
driving MOSFETs, sensing current, prevent-
ing short circuits, outputting zero crosses,
controlling dead time and blanking time, and
monitoring for fault conditions such as over/
under-voltage, over-temperature and other
thermal warnings. This combination enables
Microchip to provide a complete motor con-
trol and drive solution for a broad range of
automotive and industrial applications.
Hall.Stand A6.510
MSC : Linux development kit for
E3800 and i.MX6 based modules
MSC offers a Linux Development Kit with
board support package for its Qseven and
COM Express modules with Intel Atom pro-
cessor E3800 platform, and for the Qseven and
nanoRISC modules with Freescale’s i.MX6
processor. Using this LDK, Linux develop-
ments for these processors can be shortened
greatly, and its scalability feature allows gen-
erating embedded systems with minimum
memory footprint.
Hall.Stand A4.159
ADI: high speed, high–temperature
16-bit A/D converter
Analog Devices introduced the high speed,
high–temperature 16-bit, A/D converter,
which is more than twice as fast as currently
available converters and provides error-
free operation at temperatures of up to 175
0C. With sample rates up to 600-kSPS, the
AD7981 PulSAR A/D converter is ideally
suited for applications including wide band-
width sonic and vibration measurement as
well as low power, lower-bandwidth pressure
and temperature sensing.
Hall.Stand A6.549
DFI: solutions for POS systems
The POS systems use customized hardware
and software to fit different requirements
in various industries. A typical POS system
includes two monitors: one for the clerk and
another for the customer, a cash drawer, a
credit card reader, a receipt printer, and a
barcode scanner. Thus, it requires a computer
system that supports flexible I/O ports and
responsive computing ability. DFI’s Mini-
ITX motherboard, HM101-QM87, is pow-
ered by the 4th generation Intel® CoreTM
processor family offering higher processing
performance and superior graphics display
support.
Hall.Stand A5.115
Toshiba: motor drivers deliver quiet,
cool operation to home appliances
Toshiba Electronics Europe announces the
availability of several new motor driver ICs
that reflect the demand for compact design
and quiet operation in applications such as
home appliances and office automation equip-
ment. The TB67S269FTG is a bipolar stepping
motor driver that offers a high voltage of 50V
and current of 2A. High speed, high capabil-
ity motor drives are required in printers, office
automation equipment, ATMs, amusement
machines and home appliances.
Hall.Stand A4.122
Creative Chips at electronica 2014
The fabless mixed-signal ASIC / ASSP supplier
CREATIVE CHIPS GmbH is exhibiting again
this year at the electronica in Munich. Visitors
will be informed about new ASIC technologies
as well as enhanced application-specific stan-
dard products. The semiconductor company
moved into the newly constructed own building
in Bingen last fall. During the ASIC symposium
held on the occasion of the 15th anniversary
customers, partners and invited guests could get
an idea of the efficiency and capacity of the new
production and test facilities.
Hall.Stand A1.568
Altium broadens Cortex-M device support
to its TASKING C compiler for ARM
Altium announces a new release of its TASK-
ING compiler suite for ARM, delivering sup-
port for many additional Cortex-M based
microcontrollers including STMicroelectron-
ics, Freescale, Atmel, Texas Instruments and
many others. The enhanced version brings pin
assignment functionality to the toolset, which
is another step forward in helping engineers
to speed up application development.
Hall.Stand A4.225
Arrow: evaluation board for Altera’s
non-volatile Max 10 FPGAs
Coinciding with the release of the Altera
MAX10 field-programmable gate array family,
Arrow Electronics has released the BeMicro
Max 10 FPGA evaluation board. Developed
in collaboration with Altera and Analog
Devices, the BeMicro Max 10 is ideally suited
for testing the features and functionality of
MAX 10 FPGAs. MAX 10 FPGAs revolution-
ize non-volatile FPGAs by integrating within
a small-form factor device dual-configura-
tion flash, analogue blocks, memory, DSP and
embedded processing capabilities.
Hall.Stand A4.159
Analog Devices and EBV Elektronik
sign distribution franchise agreement
EBV Elektronik and Analog Devices have
signed a distribution franchise agreement for
the EMEA region, except Russia, Ukraine and
Israel, effective November 3, 2014.
Both companies are renowned for their solu-
tions and applications orientation. EBV Elek-
tronik will represent ADI’s complete product
portfolio, including data converters, ampli-
fiers, DSPs, MEMs, power management ICs,
and an extended linear and RF/microwave
portfolio.
Hall.Stand A5.507
Artesyn: COTS fail-safe system
designed to be certified to SIL4
At the Innotrans exhibition, Artesyn Embed-
ded Technologies announced the ControlSafe
Platform, one of the first embedded comput-
ing systems to use COTS components to cre-
ate a fail-safe computing platform designed
to be SIL4 certified for a wide range of train
control and rail signaling applications. The
ControlSafe Platform enables rail application
developers and system integrators to sub-
stantially accelerate time-to-market without
being deterred by the potentially high costs
and risks associated with the stringent SIL4
system development and certification process.
