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Objective Interface Systems Inc. (OIS) announced that Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC) ported a complete APCO P25 waveform and Software Communications Architecture (SCA) radio system to a small form factor Android device in just one day with zero source code modifications using the ORBexpress communications software. This port by...

Micronetics Inc. announced that it has been awarded an initial production order valued at approximately $2.4 M from a leading precision antenna system manufacturer for the supply of high performance microwave subsystems. Each subsystem, which consists of a transceiver, on board computer, power supply, and a high power amplifier...

Linear Technology announces the LTC3103 and the LTC3104, 15 V, fixed frequency synchronous buck converters capable of delivering 300 mA of continuous current to output voltages from 0.6 to 13.8 V. The LTC3103 consumes just 1.8 µA of quiescent current, while the LTC3104 (which offers a 10 mA programmable...

The 2010/2011 fiscal year yielded Rohde & Schwarz ' best ever results in terms of revenue, investments and number of employees. The company ended the past fiscal year (July 2010 through June 2011) with revenue of €1.58 B, which represents a 25 percent increase over the previous fiscal year's...

M/A-COM Technology Solutions ' Belfast business unit has added Mesuro 's Active Load Pull test and measurement capabilities to its existing line-up. Having worked with Cardiff University and more recently Mesuro, the Belfast Design Centre is equipped with the latest CAD software, automatic assembly tools and test and measurement...

Nujira has become a Contributor Member in the newly formed Envelope Tracking Subgroup of the MIPI® Alliance Analog Control Interface Working Group. The Subgroup will focus on developing MIPI Specifications that facilitate wider adoption of this energy saving technology in smartphones and other mobile devices. The Envelope Tracking Subgroup...

Cobham’s HGA-7001 SATCOM high gain antenna subsystem has been selected by Virgin Atlantic for the airline’s Boeing 747 cabin upgrade programme to commence in 2012. Virgin Atlantic will retrofit seven of its Boeing 747 aircraft with the Cobham antenna, which will enable Inmarsat SwiftBroadband (SBB) SATCOM connectivity into the...

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. announced that Oscium has selected the PSoC® 3 programmable system-on-chip for its new WiPry™ family of products for iPod touch, iPhone and iPad. The WiPry family is the first RF test equipment for iOS devices. It turns an iOS device into a spectrum analyzer, dynamic power...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that Ron Nersesian has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Nersesian has been President of Agilent’s largest business, the Electronic Measurement Group (EMG), since 2009. Nersesian, 52, will have day-to-day responsibility for Agilent’s three businesses, Electronic Measurement, Chemical Analysis and Life Sciences,...