EDN Hot 100 Products of 2007

As the mercury drops below freezing, it’s nice to be able to focus our attention on something hot. For some of you, this scenario might mean lounging on a sunny beach in Hawaii, piña colada in hand. For EDN, it’s compiling our annual Hot 100 Products list. The following pages list those products and technologies we chose from our print and Web pages in 2007 that our editors believe generated heat in the electronics community—from analog ICs to test-and-measurement devices. Warm up (pun intended) by reading the list here, and then go to www.edn.com/hot100 for links to EDN’s original coverage of each of these hot and innovative products. (Be careful you don’t burn yourselves!) And, as always, for continuous new product coverage, visit www.edn.com/productfeed.



ANALOG ICs

Analog Devices
AD8663 precision 16V op amps
www.analog.com

Analog Devices
AD5754R multichannel DACs
www.analog.com

Austriamicrosystems
AS1710 amplifier
www.austriamicrosystems.com

Cypress
EZ-Color controller
www.cypress.com

Kenet
KAD5512-50 12-bit, 500M-sample/sec ADC
www.kenetinc.com

Linear Technology
LTC6400 1.8-GHz amplifier
www.linear.com


Maxim Integrated Products
MAX13486E RS485 transceivers
www.maxim-ic.com

Maxim Integrated Products
MAX9730 audio amplifier
www.maxim-ic.com

Melexis
MLX90316 Hall-effect rotary-position IC
www.melexis.com

SMSC
EMC1046/47 and EMC1428 SMBus temperature monitors
www.smsc.com



COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING

Avnera
AudioMagic wireless audio-transmitter/receiver chip set
www.avnera.com

Hifn
4450 FlowThrough communication processor
www.hifn.com

Intellon
INT6300 HomePlug AV transceiver
www.intellon.com



COMPONENTS, ACTUATORS, AND SENSORS

Allegro MicroSystems
A3423 dual-channel direction-detection sensor
www.allegromicro.com

Analog Devices
ADIS16355 inertial-measurement unit
www.analog.com

Copley Controls Corp
Model STA11 direct-drive linear actuator
www.copleycontrols.com

Dimatix
Printer cartridge for organic electronics R&D
www.dimatix.com

Laird Technologies
Activv internal-antenna circuit
www.lairdtech.com

Luxtera
40G optical active cable
www.luxtera.com

Microbridge Technologies
MBT-303-A MEMS-based resistor divider
www.mbridgetech.com

Molex
I-Trac backplane connector system
www.molex.com

Nuventix
Synjet cooling device
www.nuventix.com

Omron
WXA-N2SL surface-mounted polymeric antenna
www.omron.com

Semtech
EClamp238xP
www.semtech.com

Seoul Semiconductor
Acriche AW32X0 ac-powered high-brightness LED
www.acriche.com

STMicroelectronics
VM6101 color-ambient-light sensor
www.st.com

STMicroelectronics
LIS302ALK three-axis accelerometer
www.st.com

TeraVicta Technologies
TT2214AD and TT1414AD MEMS switches
www.teravicta.com



COMPUTERS, BUSES, AND BOARDS

Adlink Technology Inc.
NuPro-965 single-board computer
www.adlinktech.com

Aitech Defense Systems Inc.
C108 single-board computer
www.rugged.com

Domain Technologies
A3P-MRAM-1000 development card
www.domaintec.com

Embedded Systems Design Inc.
StreamBlade SOE-4 single-board computer
www.embedded-sys.com

Emerson Network Power
KonsaiPM AdvancedMC module
www.gotoemerson.com

Extreme Engineering Solutions
XPedite8070 single-board computer
www.xes-inc.com

Kontron America
ETXexpress-MC computer on module
www.kontron.com

MEN Micro Inc.
D7 server blade
www.menmicro.com

National Instruments
cRIO-9014 controller
www.ni.com

Pentek Inc.
Model 7140-420 transceiver
www.pentek.com

Sensoray Inc.
Model m2251 frame grabber
www.sensoray.com

WinSystems
PPM-GX single-board computer
www.winsystems.com



DATA STORAGE

Hitachi
Desktstar 7K1000 1-Tbyte, 3.5-in. hard-disk drive
www.hitachigst.com

Samsung
MH80 hybrid hard-disk drive
www.samsung.com

Seagate
Momentus 5400 PSD hybrid hard-disk-drive family
www.seagate.com

Toshiba
MK3252GSX 320-Gbyte, 2.5-in. hard-disk drive
www.toshibastorage.com



DIGITAL, MEMORY, AND PROGRAMMABLE ICs

Actel
Igloo FPGA and Libero 8.1 development tool
www.actel.com

Altera
Arria GX FPGA
www.altera.com

Lattice Semiconductor
XP2 FPGA
www.latticesemi.com

PLX Technology
PEX 8600 PCIe Gen2 switches
www.plxtech.com

SST
All-In-OneMemory
www.st.com

STMicroelectronics
STMPE2401 logic-expander chip
www.st.com

Toshiba America
TC358730XBG MIPI controller
www.toshiba.com

Xilinx
Spartan-3AN FPGA
www.xilinx.com



EDA

Apache Design Solutions
Sentinel system-analysis tool
www.apache-da.com

Breker Verification Systems
Trek functional-test-synthesis tool
www.brekersystems.com

Calypto
PowerPro CG clock-gating tool
www.calypto.com

Certess
Certitude functional-qualification tool
www.certess.com

CLK Design Automation
Amber Analyzer timing-analysis tool
www.clkda.com

GateRocket
RocketDrive simulation accelerator
www.gaterocket.com

Mentor Graphics
Veloce logic emulator
www.mentor.com

Pyxis Technology
Nexus Route IC router
www.pyxistech.com

Sigrity
OptimizePI decoupling-capacitor tool
www.sigrity.com

Solido Design Automation
SolidoStat statistical-analysis tool
www.solidodesign.com

Synopsys
VMM IC-verification tools
www.synopsys.com



POWER SEMICONDUCTORS AND ICs

Catalyst Semiconductor
CAT4201 buck-regulator driver
www.catsemi.com

Fairchild
FAN5350 buck converter
www.fairchildsemi.com

Intersil
ISL6257 NVDC battery-charger controller
www.intersil.com

Linear Technology
LT4356-1 overvoltage protection
www.linear.com

Linear Technology
LT3080 adjustable linear regulator
www.linear.com

National Semiconductor
LM25574/5/6 Simple Switcher
www.national.com

National Semiconductor
FPD95120 display driver
www.national.com

Power Integrations
DPA422 power-over-Ethernet chip
www.powerint.com

Texas Instruments
bq27500 system-side battery-fuel gauge
www.ti.com



POWER SOURCES

Cap-xx
HS and HW line of supercapacitors
www.cap-xx.com

Cherokee International
CAR2500 front-end/rectifier series
www.cherokeepwr.com

Coldwatt
1U1200W power supply
www.coldwatt.com

EaglePicher
Catheter-implantable Micro battery
www.eaglepicher.com

Linear Technology
Switching buck and buck-boost power modules
www.linear.com

Maxwell Technologies
HTM390 ultracapacitor
www.maxwell.com

NetPower
NAT1vvvvXcc family of point-of-load converters
www.netpowercorp.com

Power-One
SSQE48T2033 16th-brick converter
www.power-one.com

XP Power
MFA350 ac/dc-power supply
www.xppower.com



PROCESSORS

Advanced Micro Devices
Barcelona quad-core Opteron microprocessor
www.amd.com

Atmel
AVR32 UC3 processor and core
www.atmel.com

Freescale
Flexis QE128 processors
www.freescale.com

Intel
Penryn 45-nm microprocessor family
www.intel.com

Intel
Santa Rosa mobile-core-logic chip set
www.intel.com

Intel
E5335 and E5345quad-core Xeon embedded processors
www.intel.com

Microchip
PIC32 32-bit microcontrollers
www.microchip.com

MIPS
1-GHz 74K processor core
www.mips.com

Nvidia
GeForce 8800 series graphics processors
www.nvdia.com

Stream Processors
Storm-1 SP16-G160 and SP8-G80 processors
www.streamprocessors.com

Texas Instruments
TMS320DM355 DaVinci processor
www.ti.com

Tilera
Tile64 processor
www.tilera.com



SOFTWARE

Hi-Tech Software
PICC-18-Pro OCG (omniscient-code-generation) compiler
www.htsoft.com

Mathworks
Matlab 7.5
www.mathworks.com

Microsoft
Microsoft Robotics Studio
www.microsoft.com/robotics



TEST & MEASUREMENT

Agilent
DP1400 PCI digitizer
www.agilent.com

LeCroy Corp
Eye Doctor
www.lecroy.com

National Instruments
PXIe-5122 PXIe digitizer
www.ni.com

Tektronix
AWG5000 arbitrary-waveform generator
www.tektronix.com