Incremental Improvements Define The 2012 Mobile World Congress |
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Louis E. Frenzel, Editor in Chief
The usual players all showed up at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with lots of improved devices, but no real game-changing breakthroughs... |
Wi-Fi competition heats up for triple-play services in the home
A new research brief from ABI Research concludes that while Wi-Fi will play a large role in domestic triple-play distribution scenarios, but it is not the whole story: Multimedia over Coax (MoCA), Home Phone Networking Alliance (HPNA 3.0), and HomePlug will collectively see 45 million total connections on STB and residential gateways shipped in 2011. ...
Wi-Fi equipment forms the fabric of seamless indoor/outdoor networks
The extended range of Wi-Fi access points developed by Xirrus now provides indoor/outdoor coverage across entire campuses, and this will also eliminate data wiring infrastructures for other types of electronic equipment, such as advanced security cameras, in those environments....
Contactless-interface microcontrollers facilitate electronic identification
Infineon Technologies high-security contactless-interface microcontroller family, the SLE 66PE products, are designed to further advance performance and execution speeds for electronic passports, identity cards, e-government cards and payment cards. ...
VCO features low phase noise
Synergy Microwave's DCYR2060-5 ultra-low-phase noise, broadband VCO is designed for signal sources operating fundamentally from 200 MHz to 600 MHz. ...
Vendor ships 1000th ZigBee evaluation kit
Jennic has shipped 1000 of its IEEE802.15.4 and ZigBee wireless microcontroller evaluation kits, which provide the tools to develop and monitor complex tree or mesh network topology wireless sensor networks using the company's JN5121 wireless microcontroller. ...
Protocol wirelessly transfers photos from digital cameras
FotoNation has been selected by Trimble to provide wireless PTP-IP technology for Trimble's Mapping & Geographic Information System handheld product line. ...
Newnham TecNewnham Technology, Research change name to Displaylinkhnology/Research changes name to Displaylink
Newnham Technology and Newnham Research have announced they have changed their name to DisplayLink to better reflect the company’s global identity....
High-voltage aluminum, organic-polymer capacitors are unveiled
Kemet has expanded its portfolio of high-voltage, aluminum organic polymer capacitors (AO-CAPs) to include 12.5-V and 16-V offerings that now enable designers to use these capacitors with power rails up to 16 volts. ...
RF switch matrices provide for remote in-line error calibration and correction
SenarioTek, a provider of custom RF and microwave test interface and system integration solutions, has introduced its new e-trak series of RF switch matrices with remote in-line calibration correction. ...
New SDR release builds on existing free software toolkit
GNU Radio is a free software toolkit for learning about, building, and deploying Software Defined Radios. ...
Award will fund production of attack pod tester for the U.S. Air Force
BAE Systems has been selected to produce electronic attack pod testing equipment to protect U.S. Air Force F-15, F-16, and A-10 aircraft. ...
LCD display award will support the Navy's P-8A aircraft program
Orbit International Corp, has announced that its electronics group has received an initial design and development award, in excess of $850,000, from a leading global defense and aerospace prime contractor for a 12.1-inch, color Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) in support of the U.S. Navy’s new Multi-Mission Maritime Program (MMA) Aircraft. ...
First order accepted for new handheld explosives detector is from the Middle East
Implant Sciences Corporation has received an order for eleven units of the Company's QS-H150 handheld explosives detection device to be shipped to the United Arab Emirates. ...
Multimillion contract awarded to develop portable, next-generation radiation detectors
Smiths Detection has been awarded a contract with a potential total value, including options, of $222 million by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) to provide next-generation radiation detection and identification systems. ...
Unmanned aircraft receives FAA experimental airworthiness certificate
Though Raytheon's Cobra Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) is the third unmanned aircraft, it is the first of its size to receive an Experimental Airworthiness Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). ...
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