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Claiming a breakthrough in light-emitting diode technology, Cree announced a new product that the company claims delivers twice the lumens per dollar of conventional LEDs and features the highest performance in the industry.
SAN FRANCISCO—Claiming a breakthrough in light-emitting diode (LED) technology, Cree Inc. Tuesday (Feb. 7) announced a new product that the company claims delivers twice the lumens per dollar of conventional LEDs and offers the highest performance in the industry.
Based on a new silicon carbide technology platform, the Cree’s XT-E LED and the recently released XB-D LED addresses the largest obstacle to mass LED lighting adoption, initial cost, according to Cree (Durham, N.C.).
Cree maintains that the XT-E LED more than doubles the lumens per watt (LPW) of its XLamp XP-E LED family—providing up to 148 LPW at 85°C (or up to 162 LPW at 25°C) at 350mA.
The XT-E LED delivers exceptional performance in the 3.45mm x 3.45mm XP footprint and can be used for almost all lighting applications, according to Cree.
Because the XT-E White LED is a successor product to XP-E High Efficiency LED, customers who incorporate it into lighting systems require only 3,000 hours of XT–E LED LM-80 data to achieve Energy Star qualification, as opposed to the normal 6,000 hours, Cree said.
Mike Watson, Cree’s senior director marketing for LED components, said through a statement that Cree’s XB-D LED "changed the game," introducing a better price-performance curve. "Now, with the XT-E LED, Cree continues to break barriers and extend its leadership on this new trajectory, delivering products that accelerate LED adoption," Watson said.
The XT-E White LED delivers up to 148 lumens and 148 LPW in cool white (6000 K) or up to 114 lumens and 114 LPW in warm white (3000 K), both at 350 mA, 85°C, according to Cree.
Samples of the product are available immediately and production volumes are available with standard lead times, Cree said.
More information about the XT-E White LED is available on Cree’s website.
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Overview:
FPGAs are now critical for many high reliability applications. One major challenge still is the effective integration of analog functions onto FPGAs.
Stellamar creates and licenses IP that allows analog functions to be embedded in Microsemi FPGAs and cSoCs.
Their IP portfolio and pipeline consists of All Digital ADC, DAC IP, DC-DC Controller IP and Clock Multiplier IP.
Attendees will learn:
* Previous techniques for interfacing FPGAs with ADCs
* How Analog Replacement IP can benefit your next design
* General IP performance ranges and applications
* General utilization numbers for Microsemi FPGAs
* Current Implementation success stories
Stella mar is a full service design, consulting and IP licensing firm specializing in digital and mixed signal applications with particular deep domain expertise in enabling analog functions to be implemented in a digital environment.
FPGAs are now critical for many high reliability applications. One major challenge still is the effective integration of analog functions onto FPGAs.
Stellamar creates and licenses IP that allows analog functions to be embedded in Microsemi FPGAs and cSoCs.
Their IP portfolio and pipeline consists of All Digital ADC, DAC IP, DC-DC Controller IP and Clock Multiplier IP.
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http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/training_information.jsp?code=WBNR_INDCNTRLPWR&tid=NL_0212
We are surrounded by industrial control equipment that treats our drinking water, generates and distributes electricity, controls HVAC and elevators in buildings, keeps the trains on schedule, builds our cars and favorite electronic gadgets, and more.
Freescale Power Architecture has been used to control and interconnect these devices for more than 20 years.
Come hear about why leading customers select and trust our processors to control such critical infrastructure equipment.
This presentation hosted by EEtimes was recorded on December 13, 2011.
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Take a moment to watch this short video presentation on PCI Express with the LatticeECP3 Versa Development Kit.
The video demonstrates the quick and easy process of installing the development kit and evaluation board, setting up the demos, and getting to working hardware in less than 30 minutes!
The Versa Kit empowers designers to build both PCI Express and Gigabit Ethernet based systems.
The Kit offers free design tools, readymade demos, reference designs, a versatile evaluation board, and a serial programming cable.
The evaluation board features an LFE3-35EA-8FN484C FPGA device, 64 Mbit SPI Flash, 1Gbit DDR3 memory, expansion headers, several LEDs, and user switches.
It contains a PCI Express x1 (Half-length form-factor), two RJ45, and 4 SMA interfaces.
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Version 1 Released of Next-Generation, Cross-Platform, Open-Source Integrated Development Environment
CHANDLER, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced that the readers of ECN Magazine selected its next-generation, MPLAB® X IDE as the winner of the 2011 ECN Readers’ Choice Tech Award, in the Software category. Additionally, MPLAB X was one of six Microchip products named by the editors of EDN Magazine to their 2011 Hot 100 list, in the Development Tools category.
“We are honored to mark the culmination of our MPLAB X Beta test by accepting these two prestigious industry awards”
These two industry honors come on the heels of the official release of the MPLAB X IDE Version 1, which marks the conclusion of an extensive and successful public Beta test. In both cases, MPLAB X was chosen because it built on Microchip’s leadership position—as the only company to support its entire portfolio of 8, 16 and 32-bit microcontrollers—by moving to an open-source IDE that enables cross-platform embedded development with the Linux, Mac OS® and Windows® operating systems. Watch a brief video overview of the MPLAB X IDE: http://www.microchip.com/get/96R8
Microchip is celebrating the release of MPLAB X Version 1 with a special 20% discount on the PICkit™ 3 In-Circuit Programmer and PICkit 3 Debug Express. To take advantage of this promotion, use the code “MPLABX” upon checkout from the microchipDIRECT site.
“We are honored to mark the culmination of our MPLAB X Beta test by accepting these two prestigious industry awards,” said Steve Sanghi, Microchip’s president and CEO. “Throughout the Beta test, users echoed the sentiments of these awards, expressing their appreciation for our maintaining universal support of all 800+ PIC® microcontrollers, dsPIC®digital signal controllers and memory devices, while moving to a next-generation, open-source platform that provides a number of advanced new features.”
The free MPLAB X IDE includes a feature-rich editor, source-level debugger, project manager and software simulator, and supports Microchip’s popular hardware tools, such as the MPLAB ICD 3 in-circuit debugger, PICkit 3 debugger/programmer, and MPLAB PM3 programmer. A host of high-performance features have been added, including the ability to manage multiple projects and tools with simultaneous debugging, an advanced editor, visual call graphs and code completion. MPLAB X is based on the Oracle Sponsored open-source NetBeans platform, supports many third-party tools, and is compatible with many NetBeans plug-ins.
These honors follow MPLAB X’s 2011 Elektra Awards win, in the Design Tools and Development Software Award category. The other five Microchip products that were named to the 2011 EDN Hot 100 list are as follows:
Microcontrollers & Processors Category
Power Category
Boards Category
Development Tools Category
For additional information, contact any Microchip sales representative or authorized worldwide distributor, or visit Microchip’s Web site at http://www.microchip.com/get/0RRR. To purchase products mentioned in this press release, go to microchipDIRECT or contact one of Microchip’s authorized distribution partners.
About Microchip Technology
Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP) is a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, providing low-risk product development, lower total system cost and faster time to market for thousands of diverse customer applications worldwide. Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Microchip offers outstanding technical support along with dependable delivery and quality. For more information, visit the Microchip website at http://www.microchip.com/get/PSD4.
Note: The Microchip name and logo, MPLAB, PIC, and dsPIC are registered trademarks of Microchip Technology Inc. in the USA and other countries. PICkit, PICtail, and chipKIT are trademarks of Microchip Technology Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective companies.
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HOUSTON, Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/
— Enabling designers to cost-effectively incorporate intelligence and remote connectivity into LED lighting designs and get to market faster, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today announced its new 32-bit TMS320C2000™ Piccolo™ microcontroller (MCU) AC LED Lighting and Communications Developer’s Kit.
Leveraging the performance of low-cost Piccolo MCUs, the LED Lighting and Communications Developer’s Kit is a complete mains-powered LED lighting solution with software that allows designers to create lighting products featuring full dimming, remote connectivity and efficient power stage design perfect for street, outdoor, commercial, industrial, and entertainment lighting applications.
A separate plug-in compatible, Piccolo MCU Power Line Communications (PLC) Add-on Kit further allows developers to experiment with development of PLC-based lighting designs.
Piccolo F2802x MCU AC LED Lighting and Communications Developer’s Kit features and benefits:
Piccolo F2803x MCU PLC Add-on Kit features and benefits:
Pricing and availability
The new Piccolo AC LED Lighting and Communications Developer’s Kit (TMDSIACLEDCOMKIT) is priced at $699 USD and is immediately available for order.
Also available for order is the Piccolo PLC Add-on Kit (TMDSPLCMODA-P3X) for $215 USD and can be ordered now.
controlSUITE software is free and can be accessed immediately.
PLC software and documentationis also available now.
Find out more about TI’s lighting solutions by visiting the links below:
TI’s broad portfolio of microcontrollers (MCUs) and software
From general purpose, ultra-low power MSP430™ MCUs, to Stellaris® Cortex™-M MCUs to real-time control C2000™ MCUs, and Hercules™ safety MCUs, TI offers the broadest range of microcontroller solutions.
Designers can accelerate time to market by tapping into TI’s complete software and hardware tools, extensive third-party offerings and technical support.
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New IEEE mobile application for global power and energy industry provides easy access to standards terms and definitions not found in any other single source
PISCATAWAY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IEEE, the world’s largest professional association advancing technology for humanity, today announced that the new IEEE Standards Power & Energy Dictionary application, a comprehensive, one-of-a-kind dictionary of terms and definitions for professional experts and students in the power industry, is accessible by Apple mobile devices.
The IEEE Standards Power & Energy Dictionary application, compatible with iPhone®, iPod touch® and iPad® is available in iTunes® at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ieee-standards-power-energy/id491148158?mt=8.
It requires iOS 3.0 or later.
Users of the IEEE Standards Power & Energy Dictionary application will gain an in-depth understanding and appreciation for the breadth of coverage of IEEE power and energy standards terms and definitions—not found in any other single source.
Created by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), the comprehensive IEEE Standards Power & Energy Dictionary application provides quick and easy access to more than 3,500 terms and definitions with complete source citations. Users can perform searches by keyword, standard number or alphabetically, and the search function automatically identifies terms as the user starts typing in the search field.
The dictionary encompasses numerous power and energy technology areas including: Batteries, Electric Machinery, Energy Storage, Industrial & Commercial Facilities, Insulated Conductors, Insulation Coordination, Marine Transportation, Petroleum & Chemical, Power Dielectrics, Insulation and Safety, Power Electronics, Power Generation, Power Systems Communication, Power Transmission and Distribution, Protective Relaying, Substation, Surge-Protective Devices, Switchgear, and Transformers.
The introduction of the IEEE Standards Power & Energy Dictionary Application, which is optimized for smartphones and tablet computers and available to anyone working in the power and energy industry globally, marks another milestone in the IEEE-SA’s commitment to expand its reach into the mobile arena, following the introduction of the National Electrical Safety Code® (NESC®) Mobile Standard in 2010, and the IEEE Standards Wireless Dictionary Application in 2011.
To learn more about IEEE-SA visit us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ieeesa, follow @ieeesa on Twitter, or connect with us on the Standards Insight Blog athttp://www.standardsinsight.com.
About the IEEE Standards Association
The IEEE Standards Association, a globally recognized standards-setting body within the IEEE, develops consensus standards through an open process that engages industry and brings together a broad stakeholder community. IEEE standards set specifications and best practices based on current scientific and technological knowledge.
The IEEE-SA has a portfolio of over 900 active standards and more than 500 standards under development. For more information visit http://standards.ieee.org/.
About IEEE
IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional association, is dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. Through its highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities, IEEE is the trusted voice on a wide variety of areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics. Learn more at http://www.ieee.org.
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New IEEE P1908.1™ Working Group to Develop Virtual Keyboard Standard for Indic Languages
IEEE Standards Association Launches Initiative to Accelerate Mobile Video Innovation
New IEEE P1908.1™ Working Group to Develop Virtual Keyboard Standard for Indic Languages
IEEE Standards Association Launches Initiative to Accelerate Mobile Video Innovation
IEEE Standards Association Exhibit at 2012 International CES Will Showcase Enabling Consumer
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http://www.ti.com/tool/sysbios
Advanced RTOS Solution
SYS/BIOS™ 6.x is an advanced, real-time operating system for use in a wide range of DSPs, ARMs, and microcontrollers.
It is designed for use in embedded applications that need real-time scheduling, synchronization, and instrumentation.
It provides preemptive multitasking, hardware abstraction, and memory management.
Compared to its predecessor, DSP/BIOS™ 5.x, it has numerous enhancements in functionality and performance.
SYS/BIOS 6.x is currently available for
TI C64x+ core based devices (including the OMAP35x™ and DaVinci™ digital video processors),
TMS320C674x™ devices (including OMAP-L13x),
TMS320C66x™ multicore processors,
Sitara™ ARM9® Cortex A8® microprocessors,
as well as TMS320C28x™,
Stellaris™ Cortex M3™,
and MSP430™ microcontrollers.
SYS/BIOS 6.x is provided with full source code and requires no runtime license fees.
SYS/BIOS 6.x is available both standalone and
as an integral part of the Code Composer Studio™ Interactive Development Environment (CCStudio IDE) v4.x
and v5.x.
Within CCStudio, SYS/BIOS 6.x provides a number of handy project templates to use as a starting point for your application.
A graphical configuration tool helps you create the static configuration used by SYS/BIOS 6.x at build time.
In addition, a Runtime Object Viewer (ROV) and analysis tools focus on debugging and tuning multitasking applications.
SYS/BIOS 6.x is backed by an experienced development, training, and support organization that ensures product quality and availability on the latest TI devices.
SYS/BIOS 6.x Overview
SYS/BIOS 6.x and its associated IPC and XDCtools components provide a rich set of C-callable, deterministic kernel services that enable developers to create sophisticated applications without compromising real-time deadlines.
In SYS/BIOS 6.x, the services provided in DSP/BIOS 5.x have been separated into three separate packages.
Logging, tracing, and memory management services are provided by the XDCtools component, which enables them to be used by other applications that do not need a multitasking scheduler.
Likewise, the Inter-Processor Communication (IPC) component, which provides message passing and other IPC mechanisms, is independent of the core SYS/BIOS 6.x kernel functionality.
As a result, you can use the IPC APIs to facilitate communication between subsystems running different operating systems.
Objects from all three components are configured, built, and traced using a common tool infrastructure, providing a seamless user experience.
SYS/BIOS 6.x offers the following enhancements compared to DSP/BIOS 5.x:
Developers can use graphical tools or a text editor to configure SYS/BIOS 6.x and to minimize the memory footprint.
Object instances can be created either statically through the configuration or dynamically using API calls.
In addition to excluding unused modules, static configuration further reduces the target memory footprint by eliminating the code required to dynamically create and delete operating system objects such as threads and semaphores.
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