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... |
LXI-certified function/arbitrary waveform generator unveiled
Agilent Technologies Inc. has introduced what is said to be the first LXI-certified, 20-MHz function/arbitrary waveform generator with variable-edge pulses and pulse-width modulation. ...
Quadrature modulators span 250 MHz to 4 GHz
Analog Devices has enlarged its portfolio of RF ICs with a family of five pin-compatible quadrature modulators that together cover the range of 250 MHz to 4 GHz. ...
Tiny 254-line-per-inch optical encoder may be the smallest
Avago Technologies has announced what is said to be the smallest reflective incremental optical encoder. ...
$39 million U.S. Army contract awarded for next-generation thermal weapon sights
DRS Technologies, Inc. has received a $39 million order to produce a family of next-generation Thermal Weapon Sights (TWS II) for U.S. Army ground force applications. ...
Joint venture awarded helmet-mounted cuing systems contracts valued at more than $80 million
Elbit Systems has announced that Vision Systems International (VSI), its joint venture with Rockwell Collins, and a leader in advanced Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) technology, has been awarded several contracts with a total value of more than $80 million. ...
A $19 million award will fund eight-wheeled Stryker vehicle contracts
The U.S. Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, $19 million in Stryker eight-wheeled combat vehicle contracts. ...
Production shipments of low-power FPGAs to begin soon
QuickLogic Corporation has announced production shipments of the first two members of its lowest power PolarPro family of FPGAs, the QL1P075 and the QL1P100. ...
Tiny eight-megapixel image sensor introduced
Using almost microscopic 1.75-micron pixel architecture, Micron Technology, Inc. has built what is said to be the first 8-megapixel image sensor in a 1/2.5-inch optical format, the standard size for mainstream digital cameras. ...
Tiny battery is able to survive lead-free solder reflow temperatures
Oak Ridge Micro-Energy has developed a new rechargeable thin-film, lithium-ion battery that survives lead-free solder reflow temperatures. ...
L-3 Communications to acquire TRL Electronics
L-3 Communications and TRL Electronics have reached an agreement whereby L-3 Communications will acquire TRL Electronics. ...
Cirronet introduces low-cost ZigBee basic developer kit
Cirronet Inc. announced its ZigBee Basic Developer Kit, a low-price development option that network designers can use to quickly evaluate the ZigBee wireless standard in their specific application environments. ...
Ubicom boosts delivery of multimedia content over wireless home networks
Ubicom, Inc. unveiled a router reference design for its StreamEngine 5000 communications and media processor (CMP) at the E3 Show in Los Angeles, California. ...
Socket Communications Wi-Fi companion software builds on strength of socket WLAN offerings
Socket Communications, Inc. announced it has reached a significant milestone in customer adoption of its Wi-Fi Companion software with over 100,000 downloads over the past four quarters. ...
Palm reveals Treo 700p smartphone, blending broadband-like speeds with world-class Palm OS usability
As the first Palm OS CDMA-based Treo smartphone to offer the broadband-like speeds of the EvDO (Evolution Data Optimized) network, the Palm Treo 700p smartphone helps customers better balance their personal and professional lives by combining an easy-to-use mobile phone with high-speed wireless data access to web, email, business and multimedia applications. ...
Laird Technologies introduces Phantom Elite antenna for mobile, fixed applications
Antenex introduced its Phantom Elite mobile antenna for mobile and fixed applications. ...
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