LATEST HEADLINES

• Renesas Electronics America Announces Expanded Ecosystem For RX100 Family Of MCUs

  Renesas Electronics America, a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, recently announced an expanded portfolio of development tools and middleware solutions for use with the company’s RX100 family of entry-level 32bit microcontrollers (MCUs) with True Low PowerTM technology and on-chip connectivity

• Microchip Expands 8-bit PIC Microcontroller Family With Intelligent Analog Integration

  Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, recently announced an expansion of its 8-bit PIC16F178X enhanced Mid-Range core microcontroller (MCU) family with increased Flash memory densities, intelligent analog and digital peripherals, such as on-chip 12-bit Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs), 16-bit PWMs, 8-bit and 5-bit Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs), operational amplifiers, and high-speed comparators with 50 ns response time, along with EUSART (including LIN), I2C™ and SPI interface peripherals

• Kaman Announces Contract With New Zealand For The Purchase Of Ten SH-2G(I) Super Seasprite Aircraft

  Kaman Corp. recently announced that its subsidiary, Kaman Aerospace Corporation (Kaman), has entered into a $120 million contract with the New Zealand Ministry of Defence for the purchase of ten SH-2G(I) Super Seasprite aircraft, spare parts, a full mission flight simulator, and related logistics support

• Independent Research Study Shows The Value Of Integrating Contracts, Pricing, And Compliance Management

  A May 2013 Forrester Consulting study commissioned by Revitas, the leader in Enterprise Revenue Dynamics (ERD), found that 37 percent of surveyed manufacturing and technology companies have experienced estimated revenue losses of between 11 percent and 50 percent by overpaying on promotional incentives

• KBR Awarded Turnaround Services Contract On Gulf Coast

  KBR recently announced it has been awarded a contract by a leading chemical company on the Gulf Coast to provide turnaround services for its pyrolysis gasoline (pygas) unit

• Mitsubishi Electric Digital Instrumentation And Control System For Nuclear Power Plants In Fujian Province, China Begins Operations

  Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced recently that the digital instrumentation and control (I&C) system for nuclear power plants in China, developed jointly by Mitsubishi Electric and China Techenergy Corporation Ltd. (CTEC), has begun commercial operations

• Canadian Standards Association References PEARL Reconditioning Standards In New Guideline On Electrical System Maintenance

  The Professional Electrical Apparatus Recyclers League (PEARL) is pleased to announce that theCanadian Standards Association (CSA) – the standards writing body for Canada – will reference PEARL’s Reconditioning standards in its CSA Z463 Guideline on Maintenance of Electrical Systems