In a surprise move, Google buys American phone-maker Motorola for $12.5 billion. The acquisition, which has already been approved by the boards of both companies, is set to be completed by the end of 2011 or the beginning of 2012,…
Texas Instruments announced the new TRF7970A, the industry’s lowest power contactless short-range communication transceiver. The new TRF7970A is ideal for infrastructure devices and extends battery life up to 2 times longer than competitive products, as it provides eight selectable power modes ranging…
Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, has announced the Low-Cost Controllerless (LCC) Graphics PICtail™ Plus Daughter Board (part # AC164144), which enables the development of graphics applications without an external graphics controller. Many user interfaces are migrating toward…
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state has launched an electronic device to check whether vehicles have valid documents without engaging in manual stop and check of vehicles’ papers. The device, Auto Inspector, is the first of its kind in Nigeria…
Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced a 32-bit microcontroller (MCU)-based development kit for the creation of high-quality, 24-bit audio applications. The Audio Development Board for PIC32 MCUs features an 80 MIPS PIC32 MCU, a 24-bit Wolfson…
