All All Catalog Products Now in RoHS Compliant Versions

Datakey Electronics, Inc. Announces the Availability of All Catalog Products in RoHS Compliant Versions

 

SAVAGE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2006--Datakey Electronics, Inc., manufacturer of rugged, re-programmable memory Keys and Tokens has announced that all of their standard catalog products are available in RoHS compliant models. RoHS (Reduction of Hazardous Substances) is a European Union directive prohibiting products containing any of six specific substances. For electronics, lead-free construction is the most prominent requirement of the RoHS directive.

 

Over the past year, Datakey Electronics has dedicated a cross-functional team to achieve RoHS compliance by working with external suppliers and internal personnel to implement, control, document, and ensure conformance to this environmental standard. Datakey Electronics is continuing to evolve this program to the point where all product manufactured at their facility is RoHS compliant.

 

Since November 2005, the majority of the products Datakey Electronics has shipped have been RoHS compliant. To provide a simple way for customers to guarantee they are ordering and receiving RoHS compliant parts, Datakey Electronics adds an "A" suffix to its existing part numbers to indicate RoHS compliance.

 

"Offering all of our standard products in RoHS compliant versions is a major step forward, puts us ahead of the curve on the RoHS directive, and offers our OEM customers the flexibility they need to comply before the European deadline," commented Eric Jennings, President of Datakey Electronics.

 

Datakey Electronics is a member of the IPC (Association Connecting Electronics Industries) and is adopting the IPC-1752 Materials Declaration Tool as a standardized way to both receive raw materials/components compliance information as well as to provide RoHS compliance declarations for its products.

 

For more information about Datakey Electronics, Inc. visit: www.datakeyelectronics.com

 

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E-mail: sueh@datakeyelectronics.com
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PowerQUICC Embedded Applications Seminar Series

Freescale Seminars Aim to Help Embedded Developers Speed Time To Revenue; 15-City Road Show Designed to Accelerate Networking, Consumer, Storage and Industrial Applications Based On PowerQUICC(TM) Reference Platforms

 

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2006--Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL)(NYSE:FSL.B) is kicking off a coast-to-coast, 15-city seminar series in mid-May aimed at developers who want to accelerate time to market for embedded applications based on PowerQUICC(TM) communications processors containing a PowerPC(R) core.

 

The free seminar series will provide embedded developers with in-depth information on one of Freescale's most popular communications processors -- the MPC8349E PowerQUICC II Pro device. Developers will learn how to leverage Freescale's scalable and versatile MPC8349E mITX reference platform. Available in the compact mini-ITX form factor, the reference platform is designed to help developers bring next-generation SOHO and home networking, consumer electronics, content management and industrial control products to market quickly and at minimal cost.

 

Seminar attendees will see live demonstrations of the MPC8349E mITX reference platform optimized for several high-growth markets:

 

-- Highly integrated, all-in-one networking equipment for small-to-medium businesses

 

-- Home media servers with network attached storage (NAS) capabilities

 

-- Location-free access home networking/storage equipment

 

-- Industrial control devices with Gigabit Ethernet connectivity

 

"Today's embedded system developers are engaged in a fiercely competitive race against time," said Jeff Timbs, director of marketing for Freescale's Digital Systems Division. "Freescale understands that it's all about time-to-market in content management and delivery platforms for embedded markets. We've designed our seminar series to help developers rapidly transform Freescale's MPC8349E reference platform into their next revenue-generating applications. This seminar will showcase the ease of development, as well as the breadth of solutions already available from our reference design partners."

 

The PowerQUICC II Pro seminars are available free of charge to embedded system developers. The seminars are scheduled in the following cities:

 

--  May 16: Irvine, Calif.

 

--  May 17: Austin, Texas

 

--  May 18: Los Angeles; Seattle

 

--  May 23: Chicago; Minneapolis; Philadelphia; Phoenix

 

--  May 24: Dallas; Washington, D.C.

 

--  May 25: Milwaukee

 

--  June 6: Boston; Raleigh, N.C..; San Jose, Calif.

 

--  June 8: Ottawa

 

For more details and to register for a seminar, visit www.freescale.com/quiccseminars.

 

About the MPC8349E processor

 

The MPC8349E PowerQUICC II Pro processor integrates the enhanced e300 PowerPC core and advanced features such as DDR memory, dual PCI, Gigabit Ethernet and high-speed USB controllers. The MPC8349E supports dual 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet controllers, dual 32-bit/single 64-bit PCI controllers, integrated security engines, USB 2.0 host and device controllers, 4-channel DMA, DUART, serial peripherals, general purpose I/O and system timers. The MPC8349E device's high level of integration helps reduce system cost, improves performance and simplifies board design.

 

MPC8349E mITX reference platform features

 

--  MPC8349E PowerQUICC II Pro processor, operating at 667 MHz

 

--  Available in the 170mm x 170mm mini-ITX form factor

 

--  Robust memory subsystem

 

--  Four-port USB 2.0 interface

 

--  10/100/1000 Ethernet port, a 5-port Gigabit Ethernet switch from
    Vitesse

 

--  On-board 4-port PCI serial advanced technology attachment (SATA)
    controller

 

--  32-bit PCI slot, and a 32-bit MiniPCI slot

 

--  Two-port RS-232C interface

 

--  Power supply

 

--  SATA hard drive

About Freescale Semiconductor

 

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (NYSE:FSL)(NYSE:FSL.B) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. Freescale became a publicly traded company in July 2004 after more than 50 years as part of Motorola, Inc. The company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale, a member of the S&P 500(R), is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with 2005 sales of $5.8 billion (USD). www.freescale.com

 

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Freescale(TM) and the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. The "PowerPC" name is a trademark of IBM Corp. and used under license. (C) Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. 2006.

 

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or
Representing Freescale Semiconductor
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or
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Regina Cirmonova, (41-22) 799-1258
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or
Asia Pacific:
Gloria Shiu, (85-22) 666 8237
gloria.shiu@freescale.com
or
Japan:
Koichi Yoshimura, (81-3) 5437-9350
koichi.yoshimura@freescale.com
or
Latin America:
Ruth Ruiz, 480-814-4897
ruth.ruiz@freescale.com

Electronics Manufacturing Services Industry Crack $100 Billion

 

Top 50 EMS Providers Crack $100 Billion

MMI identifies the largest providers in the EMS industry.

Burlington, VT (PRWEB) April 11, 2006 -- Manufacturing Market Insider, a newsletter specializing in the EMS (electronics manufacturing services) industry, has released its annual MMI Top 50™ list of the world’s largest EMS providers. Together, these 50 companies accounted for 2005 sales of $109.2 billion. This is the first time that the MMI Top 50 exceeded $100 billion in sales.

Combined sales for Top 50 companies grew by 14.4% in 2005. But this growth was heavily influenced by the estimated results of one company, Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry. Without Hon Hai, the remaining 49 providers would have produced an aggregate growth of 3.1%.

“You can interpret the data in two ways. In one sense, growth of 14-plus percent for the Top 50 points to a continued increase in the practice of outsourcing. But the group’s lackluster growth with Hon Hai excluded shows that 2005 was a disappointing year for some large EMS companies,” said John Tuck, editor and publisher of Manufacturing Market Insider.

MMI Top 50 providers were ranked based on 2005 sales in US dollars. In order, the top five were Hon Hai, Flextronics, Sanmina-SCI, Solectron and Celestica. A top-ten ranking required $1.61 billion in revenue. To make the MMI Top 50, EMS providers needed 2005 sales of at least $183 million.

In addition to ranking providers by 2005 sales, MMI Top 50 listings include sales growth, number of employees, number of plants, facility space, space in low-cost regions, number of SMT lines and customer data. This special section was published in the March 2006 edition of MMI.

Founded in 1991, Manufacturing Market Insider is a newsletter providing dedicated monthly coverage of the EMS industry. Available in both printed and electronic form, the newsletter is published by JBT Communications, based in Burlington, VT; phone 802-651-9334; fax 802-651-9336. Annual subscriptions cost $445 in North America. Visit MMI’s web site at http://www.mfgmkt.com.
       
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RFEL To Provide DSTO With Frequency Domain Filter Designs

 

RF Engines Contracted by Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO)

Polyphase filtering designs for FPGA provides performance boost for DSTO’s advanced receiver design.

(PRWEB) April 10, 2006 -- RF Engines (RFEL), the experts in signal processing for FPGA, have been awarded a contract by Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), for the provision of high performance digital filter designs. The designs, which form a key role in an advanced receiver system, build on RFEL’s existing portfolio of signal processing intellectual property (IP), and deliver high quality filtering of wideband signals in real-time.

RFEL will provide DSTO with two filter designs, each based on frequency domain filtering techniques using the polyphase DFT. The first design will support a continuous complex sample rate of 200 MHz with 512 frequency domain weights, whilst the second design will support complex samples rates over 150 MHz with 4096 weights. The filter shapes are fully reprogrammable, and can be changed whilst the filter is running without loss of data.

Both designs are targeted at the Altera EP1S80 FPGA, a relatively small device for the level of performance being achieved.

“We are delighted that DSTO have selected RF Engines’ signal processing technology for this leading edge development,” said John Summers, RF Engines’ CEO. “It is a further example of our system design capabilities, and shows how we are able to provide rapid and cost-effective solutions to the most demanding signal processing challenges.”

Frequency Domain Filtering
Frequency domain techniques permit efficient implementation of traditional FIR filter functionality and are based on an analysis stage to convert the incoming signal to the frequency domain, and a synthesis stage to convert back to the time domain. The actual filtering process takes place in the frequency domain where it can be performed very efficiently.

The analysis-synthesis “pair” is typically implemented with a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and an Inverse FFT. However, for this contract, RF Engines will be using the Polyphase DFT, which can be considered as a superior replacement to the FFT since it provides far greater frequency isolation between frequency bins for the same transform length. This feature is particularly useful in a filter design, since it allows efficient implementation of very sharp transition bands, and hence greater filter performance for a given silicon resource budget.

For comparative purposes, the polyphase filter design with 4096 frequency domain weights will provide performance equivalent to a FIR filter with 16K taps. At the sample rates required by DSTO, this is well beyond the scope of a single FPGA implementation if attempted with traditional time domain convolution techniques.

Modelling
This work follows on from an initial study phase, in which RFEL was contracted by DSTO to investigate the feasibility of the filter implementation, and to produce bit true Matlab models of the filters. “We find that producing accurate simulation models is a crucial step in our design flow, since it allows customers to test out the design prior to the implementation stage, dramatically reducing any risk”, added John Summers.

Defence Science and Technology Organisation
The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) is part of Australia’s Department of Defence. DSTO’s role is to ensure the expert, impartial and innovative application of science and technology to the defence of Australia and its national interests.

RF Engines Limited
RF Engines Limited (RFEL) is a UK based designer, providing high specification signal processing solutions for FPGA, and turnkey receiver solutions for the homeland security, defence, communications and instrumentation markets. Applications include wireless and wireline base stations, satellite communications systems, test and measurement instrumentation, and bespoke wideband receivers.

Further Information
RF Engines Limited
Web:     www.rfel.com
Tel:     +44 (0)1983 550330    

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Miniature Duplexer Key RF Component For CDMA Handsets

Temex launches miniature duplexer for CDMA450 systems

 

Temex of France, a specialist in the field of high-performance time and frequency components and sub-systems, has launched an integrated duplexer for CDMA450 systems in a 5mm x 5mm package – TMX DU W307. The duplexer, a key RF component for CDMA handsets, offers a miniature integrated solution.

 

[ClickPress, Mon Apr 03 2006] This new duplexer – TMX DU W307– replaces two individual SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) filters and three passive components, with clear advantages such as a high level of integration, which simplifies the CDMA450 handset design, and significant cost savings, as only one device is required instead of five. The duplexer also saves board space as the PCB surface is four times smaller. It is totally lead free in compliance with RoHs regulation 2002/95.

 

“Thanks to this CDMA450 duplexer, we offer our customers a smaller and highly integrated solution for a fast time-to-market. The board space is four times smaller, saving 75mm2, and the number of components is reduced from five to one. This new duplexer will help handset manufacturers reduce their total BOM cost and the size of their products,” explains Exael Alexander, Business Development Manager.

 

This CDMA450 duplexer is designed to allow handsets to meet the 3GPP2 international standard, particularly the Single Tone Desensitisation Test. This new duplexer has already been approved by the major CDMA chipmakers thanks to its isolation level, which is superior to rival products by more than 10dB, and its power handling, which is superior to one watt for a lifetime of over five years. Temex was the first SAW manufacturer to match the level of performance required by the 3GPP2 specifications. To date, no other products meet the 3GPP2 specifications and Temex is the only manufacturer to have achieved this breakthrough technical performance.

 

Temex is already the leading supplier of CDMA450 SAW filters. The development of new SAW chips and the use of integrated passive devices is a new development in miniaturisation, which is particularly challenging at low radio frequency. This complete duplexer comes in a hermetically sealed package that is just slightly larger than a single SAW filter.

 

A Plug & Play Model and samples of this new duplexer are available for system validation.

 

About Temex
Temex is a leading designer and manufacturer of total value-added time and frequency management solutions. The company offers advanced high-performance products, ranging from filter and oscillator components to frequency synthesizers, and from reference clocks and smart GPS timing modules to test instruments and complete network synchronisation systems, all of which are used in a wide variety of industries. Temex is also a growing supplier to major manufacturers and network operators.

 

Temex has its headquarters in the technological park of Sophia-Antipolis (near Nice, in south-east France) and also has offices across the rest of Europe, the USA and Asia. The company has an annual turnover of €65 million and a staff of 750 in 10 countries.

 

For more information, please go to: www.temex.com

 

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