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JUNE coNtENts regulars [04] Editorial Comment [06] On the Web [30] Web Update [36] Test Corner Electronic Product News Forum 52 – 52, rue Camille Desmoulins 92448 Issy-les-Moulineaux Cedex, France Phone: +33-1-462-94629, Fax: +33-1-462-92350 E-mail: epn@reedbusiness.fr, www.epn-online.com EDITORIAL Editor-in-Chief Caroline Hayes chayes@reedbusiness.fr Distribution & Test Editor Mick Elliott melliott@reedbusiness.fr Online Editorial Director Pierre Bouhail pbouhail@reedbusiness.fr DISPLAY ADVERTISING Director of International Sales John Waddell jwadds@btinternet.com Sales Support Manager Sabrine Karmaoui skarmaoui@reedbusiness.fr Sales Coordinator Munkiu Sam msam@reedbusiness.fr OPERATIONS Circulation Manager Sylvie Jalin sjalin@reedbusiness.fr Production Manager Pasquale Spadari pspadari@reedbusiness.fr Production Controller Charlotte Latroche clatroche@reedbusiness.fr Production Coordinator Martine Goujon mgoujon@reedbusiness.fr Page Layout & Design Carolina Ronco cronco@reedbusiness.fr MANAGEMENT Publisher Martin Savery msavery@reedbusiness.fr Publishing Director Antoine Duarte CEO Antoine Duarte Cover image: sarah5 - Fotolia.com Reed Business Information [42, 52] Tech Update [45] RF&Wireless [46] Power Perspective [51] Renewable Energy [57] Automotive Electronics [58] Distribution Spotlight front cover products [08] The FIRray sensing device (Melexis) [16] The LED LCoS pico projector reference design (Intersil) [32] The BCM8803 (Broadcom) features [18] Special report: Switches & Relays [24] Special report: Industrial Automation reader offer [40] This month, there is the chance to win one of two ESK 300 starter kits for batteryless, wireless technology, from EnOcean. design application [38] Rutronik looks at how utilities companies can enter the wireless age next editions In next month’s issue, there will be an Opto-electronics feature and a Medical electronics feature. In the August issue of EPN, there will be a Test & Measurement feature and a Consumer electronics feature. Please send new product releases (a Word document and high resolution image, where available) for the Test feature to Mick Elliott: melliott@reedbusiness.fr and for the other features to Caroline Hayes: chayes@reedbusiness.fr Ad Sizes and Digital File Requirements available at: www.epn-online.com/media ©2012 by Reed Business Information, a 100% subsidiary of Reed Elsevier France. Production & Layout by Reed Business Information. Digital publishing platform by Nxtbook Media , UK. Registration of copyright: June 2012 ISSN number: 1763-7384 EPN 40th anniversary [48] Executive Interview Franz Faschinger, ams, remembers 1972 According to the January 6 1978 law, relative to Information Technology and data protection, Reed Business Information has ensured that the processing of automated nominative data is done in accordance with the data protection act national committee (CNIL). This data is mainly used to process delivery of publications to subscribers. This process is registered with the CNIL under N ° 199171. This information can be the object of a right of access or of rectification within the legal frame. Reed Business Information does not assume and hereby disclaims any liability to any person for any loss or damage caused by errors or omissions in the material contained herein, regardless of whether such errors result from negligence, accident or any other cause whatsoever. POSTMASTER Send address changes to: subscription-epn@reedbusiness.fr EpN issUE N° 06 – June 2012 3 http://www.epn-online.com http://www.epn-online.com/media

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of EPN June 2012

Cover
RS Components
Contents
Editorial Comment
International Rectifier
On the web
Agilent Technologies
New Products
Micrel
International Rectifier
Knitter-Switch
Digi-Key
Digi-Key
Rohm Semiconductor
Switches & Relays
RS Components Omron
Fujitsu
Industrial Automation
Digi-Key
Altera
New Products
Espros Photonics
Analog Devices
Test Corner
Design Application
Taiyo Yuden
New Products
Telit Communications
Taitronics
RF &Wireless
Digi-Key
Power Perspective
40th Anniversary Interview
Renewable Energy
Digi-Key
New Products
Automotive Electronics
Digi-Key
Distribution Spotlight

EPN June 2012