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Multifunction white LED drivers with I²C interface
4 October 2006, Altron Arrow
National Semiconductor recently introduced two highly integrated, charge-pump-based, constant current white LED drivers for single or multidisplay backlighting in portable consumer products and handsets. ...

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1 W high power LEDs
4 October 2006
Avago's ASMT-Mx00 series of 1 W high power LEDs comes in one of the thinnest packages available and in addition to bright, reliable illumination, can be installed easily. Available in blue, green and ...

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Lightpipes for PCB surface-mounted LEDs
4 October 2006, Mimic Components
VCC's LPX Series lightpipes are designed to provide a method of transmitting the light from a circuit board surface mounted LED to a display panel. In addition, they are capable of blending the colours ...

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Graphics module for panel-mounting
4 October 2006, Mimic Components
The SP 5-GFX1 is a graphics module from Lascar Electronics that has a high contrast, 128 x 64 pixel LCD with vivid yellow/green LED backlighting. The LCD is driven by the onboard chip-on-glass (COG) IC ...

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Opto encoders simplify brushless DC motor commutation and feedback
4 October 2006
A brushless DC motor (BLDC) system is one of the most popular motor types used in the market (besides stepper motors, DC motors, etc). The internal structure of BLDC motors consist of a permanent magnet ...

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Bi/tri-lead standoffs for PCB mounting LEDs
4 October 2006, Mimic Components
Mimic Components offers component standoffs for PCB mounting of multilead devices, for example LEDs, IR emitters/detectors, lamps, resistors, capacitors, transistors and diodes. The STD series mounts ...

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Ambient light sensor development kit simplifies lighting applications design
4 October 2006, Altron Arrow, EBV Electrolink
Vishay Intertechnology has introduced a light sensing development kit that allows engineers to measure and display ambient illumination, tune the sensor, define their software program responses, and complete ...

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Long life white power LEDs for sign and signal applications
4 October 2006
Avago’s line of ASMT-SWBM long-life, high-brightness surface mount white LEDs is a drop-in replacement for the industry-standard PLCC-4 LED package. The devices are housed in small thin, top-mount, ...

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RoHS-compliant LED removable sockets
4 October 2006, Mimic Components
With the introduction of RoHS-compliant LEDs and their sensitivity to heat, soldering them with higher temperature lead-free soldering can be problematic. With the PCH 330, 440 and 660 solderless LED ...

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Water, dust and vibration tested lightpipes
4 October 2006, Mimic Components
Mimic Components offers the LCS series of moisture-sealed threaded lightpipes that provide a method of transmitting light from a surface mount LED or T-13/4 LED, to front panel display. The lens in ...

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Rugged technology standard introduced for industrial displays
20 September 2006, Altron Arrow
At the Society for Information Display 2006 international exhibition recently, Sharp Microelectronics introduced Strong 2, the company's new performance standard for its industrial amorphous silicon liquid ...

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LED driver has no need for µC or converter
20 September 2006, Electrocomp, CST Electronics
The MAX16806 is the first linear LED driver that controls total power dissipation in a lighting system, according to the manufacturer, Maxim. It eliminates the need for a switch-mode driver by folding ...

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Colour 4,3 LCDs in 16:9 format feature wide-angle viewing
23 August 2006
With the new 4,3" (10,9 cm) LCD product line, Sharp is launching three small-format TFT displays, which offer real 16:9 widescreen viewing, intended for applications such as industrial, mobile, consumer ...

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Spectroscopy camera uses new sensor
9 August 2006
Andor Technology's Newton is said to be the first spectroscopic camera to use electron multiplying CCD technology. EMCCD sensors are manufactured using standard CCD fabrication methods but the unique ...

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111 megapixl CCD image sensor a world record
26 July 2006
Dalsa Semiconductor has fabricated an image sensor with more than 111 million pixels. The company claims the 4 x 4-inch (102 x 102 mm) charge-coupled device, configured as 10 560 x 10 560 pixels, is the ...

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Multilayer display screen technology now ready for mobile handheld market
28 June 2006
PureDepth, a developer of display technologies and the developer of the multilayer display (MLD) technology, has released its innovative visual display technology for integration into an array of mobile ...

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3,5-inch TFT-LCD
28 June 2006
Touting outstanding price/performance value, Sharp Microelectronics' 3,5-inch QVGA thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) with integrated touch screen, the LQ035Q7DH06, is a higher performance ...

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3,3 V digital CMOS optocoupler said to be industry's fastest
14 June 2006
Avago Technologies' new 3,3 V/5 V CMOS-compatible optocoupler is capable of transmitting data at 25 MBd, which is ideal for high-speed data-line transmission applications such as analog-to-digital conversion, ...

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Power LED solutions
14 June 2006, NuVision Electronics
Since its inception in 1987, Seoul Semiconductor has been a leading force in the LED manufacturing industry in Korea with advanced process technologies and innovative management systems. The white LED ...

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Fastest 3,3 V optocoupler claimed
14 June 2006
Claimed to be the industry's fastest, Avago Technologies' 3,3 V/5 V CMOS-compatible optocoupler, the ACPL-072L, is capable of transmitting data at 25 megabaud (MBd). This speed makes it ideal for high-speed, ...

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