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Device Debuts as the World's Best-Performing Integrated Light/Proximity Sensor

Intersil Corporation, a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog semiconductors, today announced the release of the ISL29015 Ambient and Infrared Light to Digital Converter with IR LED Driver.

10 Nov 2008

World Market for Image Sensors Expects to Reach $11.7 Billion by 2012

Growth in the short term will continue to stem from expanding applications in consumer electronics such as Camcorders, Security Cameras, PC Cameras and Portable Communication Devices, and industrial and business applications, such as, Biometrics, Medical, Machine Vision Systems, Broadcasting, and Film Camera, among others.

10 Nov 2008

Intersil's Tiny ISL29020 Features Best-in-Class Low-Light Sensitivity and Ideal Spectral Response

Intersil Corporation, a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog semiconductors, today announced one of the industry's best performing and easiest-to-use light-to-digital sensors, the ISL29020.

6 Nov 2008

Tiny Solar Cells as a Power Source for Microscopic Machines

Some of the tiniest solar cells ever built have been successfully tested as a power source for even tinier microscopic machines. An article in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (JRSE), published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP), describes an inch-long array of 20 of these cells -- each one about a quarter the size of a lowercase "o" in a standard 12-point font.

6 Nov 2008

Freescale LED Driver ICs Complement Samsung's Advanced LED Backlighting Technology

Freescale Semiconductor and Samsung Electronics, a world leader in display technology, have announced their collaboration to address the burgeoning market for energy-saving and environmentally friendly light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

4 Nov 2008

LumaSense Technologies Announces Release of New Mikron MCL320MF Thermal Imaging Camera

LumaSense Technologies, a leading provider of infrared thermography and non-contact temperature solutions with its Mikron Infrared products, today announced the release of its new Mikron MCL320MF thermal imaging camera.

4 Nov 2008

Design Engineers Find Source for End-to-End LED Solutions

Committed to bringing design engineers the newest technologies first, leading multi-channel electronics distributor Newark, part of the global Premier Farnell Group, announces that it is offering an enhanced range of complete lighting solutions including power LEDs, high-brightness (HB) LEDs, LED drivers, LED controllers, connectors, power supplies, evaluation kits, enclosures and accessories at http://www.newark.com/lighting

4 Nov 2008

Prosilica Releases Compact GS-Series Periscope-Type CCD Cameras for Machine Vision Applications

Prosilica announces the release of its compact GS-Series periscope-type CCD cameras for machine vision based on Prosilicas GB-Series single-board cameras. These high performance cameras with Gigabit Ethernet interface (GigE visionTM) are aimed at industrial inspection, general machine vision, microscopy, and high-shock and vibration applications.

4 Nov 2008

Cypress Semiconductor Announces Commercial Sampling of High-Speed CMOS Image Sensor with Color

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced the commercial sampling of a high-sensitivity, high-speed SXGA (Super Extended Graphics Array) resolution CMOS image sensor with color. The new 1.3-megapixel LUPA-1300-2-color sensor offers a triggered and pipelined synchronous shutter and on-chip digital LVDS (Low Voltage Differential Signaling) outputs.

3 Nov 2008

Cypress Unveils CMOS Image Sensor for Machine Vision and Holographic Data Storage Applications

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced the commercial sampling of a CMOS image sensor with industry-leading digital data throughput of 13.2 Gbps. The new 3.0-megapixel LUPA-3000 sensor offers a triggered and pipelined synchronous shutter with a high frame rate of 485 frames-per-second (fps) and windowing capability for undistorted images and fast readout.

3 Nov 2008

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