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The article evaluates several battery powered data loggers including the USB-503 voltage logger, the USB milliamp current loop logger, and the USB-501 temperature logger from Measurement Computing Corp.

The article evaluates the MT2022 Docsis set-top gateway tuner and the MT2122 analog/digital video tuner for television from Microtune Inc.

The article evaluates the MAX13487E and MAX13488E half-duplex RS-485 transceivers from the Sunnyvale, California-based Maxim Integrated Products.

The article reports on the launch of the NAND flash-based device designed with industry-standard USB interfaces by the Santa Clara, California-based Intel Corp. The Intel Z-U130 Value solid-state drive comes in 1-, 2-, 4- and 8-Gbyte densities. It can easily be integrated into ODM designs because it features USB 2.0 and 1.1-compliant interfaces, a connector and standard single-level cell NAND devices in thin small-outline packages.

The article reports on the launch of two energy-efficient 50-watt server processors by Intel Corp. that consume 35 to nearly 60 percent less power than the company's existing 80- and 120-W quad-core server products. The L5320 and L5310 Xeon server processors require 12.5 Watts for each of the four cores of processing engines.

The article evaluates the VDrive2 Universal Serial Bus (USB) flash-disk interface module from Future Technology Devices International Ltd.

The article evaluates the Vigor Monsoon II Lite thermoelectric cooling systems from Vigor Gaming Computer.

The article evaluates W&W Communications Inc.'s WW20K H.264 HD encoder/decoder chip set for live broadcast applications and offers information on key specifications, applications and price.

The article evaluates Allegro Microsystems Inc.'s A1380 series of programmable Hall-effect linear sensors which are available in miniature packages.

The article evaluates Atmel Corp.'s ATA6602 and ATA6603 multichip modules that combine an eight-bit microcontroller and a local interconnect network system basis chip in a system-in-package.

The article evaluates the Mustang 300 from Centillium Communications Inc.

The article introduces the first electrostatic-discharge protection chip IP4776CZ38 developed by Royal Philips Electronics NV. It is designed to support the recently released version 1.3 of the High Definition Multimedia Interface (DMI) specification. The product delivers up to 8 kilovolts of ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection in contact mode for four HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) transmission channels.

The article introduces the Tsi576 12-port Serial RapidIO switch developed by Tundra Semiconductor Corp. The new switch is designed to connect technology from the local interconnect to the backplane in the digital signal processing-based applications. Moreover, the device is suitable for applications such as wireless baseband line cards, media gateways and video headend equipment.

Reports on the move of electronics firm NEC Electronics America Inc. to fit a single-port PCI Express bridge application-specific standard product (ASSP) in small BGA. Purpose of ASSP; Reason for the decision of ASSP designers to use high-performance serial interface technologies, according to NEC executive Kugao Ouchi; Sample pricing of the ASSP.

The article discusses the increase in driver productivity due to automotive infotainment systems with smartphones. Topics include the expected growth for the automotive infotainment market in 2019 due to its positive effects on driver productivity, more innovation for human-machine interface designs, and long-term evolution (LTE) for cars. The impact of the use of wearables on the driving experience is also noted.

The article offers information on a generation of industrial-temperature, silicon-carbide standard power modules that were sampled by Microsemi.

The article reports on three low-on-state-resistance metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor products sampled by Renesas Electronics.

The article features the AEC Q200-qualified automotive StaticGuard series varistors that have low leakage current from AVX Corp.

The article previews the DMD and DME series of electrical double-layer super-capacitors (ELS) from Murata Electronics North America.

The article previews the ADE7880 energy-metering IC from Analog Devices.

The article previews the K10 and K20 Kinetis microcontrollers from Freescale.

The article reports on the use of Z1-foil technology for the chip resistor series of Vishay, that are designed with extended pads for high temperature and power applications.

The article features the LSM330DLC microelectromechanical motion sensor module from STMicroelectronics.