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Sources for Accessories and Testing Vishay Semiconductors Sources for Accessories Sources for Accessories and Testing Vishay Semiconductors Sources for Accessories IrDA Related References ACTiSYS Infrared Data Association ACTiSYS Corp has been a leading supplier of Infra- red wireless IrDA and ASK–IR protocol software and IrDA adapters for 115.2 kbit/s and 4 Mbit/s since 1990. ACTiSYS also provides test software and hardware P. O. Box 3883 for IRDA compatibility testing. 2855 Mitchell Drive, Suite 107 Walnut Creek, CA 94598 ACTiSYS Phone: +1 925 943-6546 48511 Warm Springs Blvd., Suite #206 Fax: +1 925 943-5600 Fremont, CA 94539 Email: [email protected] USA http://www.irda.org Phone: +1 510-490-8024 http://www.actisys.com Software Microsoft Corporation ® ® IrDA is supported by Windows 95 ‚ Windows 98 , Laplink Software ® ® ® Windows NT , Win CE , Windows 2000 , Laplink Software Inc. ® ® Windows XP and Palm PC platforms. 10210 NE Points Drive, Suite 400 IrDA device drivers are either already included in the Kirkland, WA 98033, USA software package or can be downloaded from the Phone: +1 425 952-6000 Microsoft website. Fax: +1 425 952-6002 One Microsoft Way, 5/2153 http://www.travsoft.com/ Redmond, WA 98052–6399, USA http://www.microsoft.com www.vishay.com Document Number: 82600 60 Rev. 1.5, 20-Sep-06 Sources for Accessories and Testing Vishay Semiconductors Plastics Korea In our products we use polycarbonate (PC) and poly- www.bayer.co.kr methylmethacrylate (PMMA) for optical window and as filter material. Therefore we recommend these The Dow Chemical Company materials and list some sources. www.dow.com (see Calibre polycarbonate resins) Polycarbonate (PC) PC is available under many different trade names and supplied by many manufacturers and distributors. A ® comprehensive list can be found at General Electric Plastics "Lexan " http://www.matweb.com/reference/polycarbonate EUROPE mfr.asp GE Plastics B.V. Plasticslann 1 Some product names of PC material Bergen op Zoom Product Manufacturer 4612PX Calibre DOW Durolon Policarbonatos do Brasil Netherlands Enduran GE Phone: +31 164-292911 Jupilon Mitsubishi http://www.geplastics.com Lexan GE Lupoy LG Chemical Germany Makrolon Bayer GE Plastics GmbH Wonderlite Chi Mei Eisenstrasse 5 65428 Rüsselsheim Some manufacturers are listed below. Contact them Postfach 1362-65402 for local distributors. Phone: +49 6142 6010 USA Bayer "Makrolon®" GE Plastics http://www.plastics.bayer.com Technology Centre 1 Plastics Avenue USA Pittsfield / MA 01201 Bayer MaterialScience LLC Phone: +1 413 448-5800 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Fax: +1 413 448-7493 100 Bayer Road Pittsburgh, PA 15205-9741 www.BayerMaterialScienceNAFTA.com Phone: 800-662-2927 Phone: +1 (412) 777-2000 Fax: +1 (412) 777-3899 GERMANY Bayer MaterialScience AG RSC EMEA Leverkusen, Deutschland www.bayerplastics.com Document Number: 82600 www.vishay.com Rev. 1.5, 20-Sep-06 61 Sources for Accessories and Testing Vishay Semiconductors PMMA (Polymethylmethacrylate) Cyro Industries PMMA is available under many different trade names Cyro is the North American arm of the Röhm/Degussa and supplied by many manufacturers and distributors. group Technical Service Some product names of PMMA material Orange, Conn. 06477 Product Manufacturer Phone: +1 203 799-4066 Acrylite Cyro www.cyro.com Acryrex Chi Mei For Europe see Acrystex Chi Mei www.degussa.com Altuglas Atoglas Degalan Degussa-Röhm Polycast Technology Corporation Diakon Lucite 70 Carlisle PI Ste 1 Oroglas/Altuglas Arkema (Atoglas) Stamford, CT 06902-7630 Plexiglas Degussa-Röhm Phone: +1 203 327 6010 Some manufacturers are listed below. Contact them Distributors (USA) for local distributors. Calsak Corporation Altuglas 200 W. Artesia Blvd. Based on the history of Rohm & Haas, formerly Compton, CA 90220 known as Atoglas and Arkema Phone: (800) 743-2595 www.plexiglas.com +1 310 637-2000 www.altuglas.com Fax: +1 310 637-3696 www.altumax.com E-mail: [email protected] www.calsakpolymers.com USA Altuglas International Plastic Sales Incorporated www.plexiglas.com/altuglas/plex2.cfm 849 W. 18th St. Costa Mesa, Calif. 92627 Altuglas International c/o Arkema Phone: +1 714 645-6860 2000 Market Street Philadelphia PA 19103 Phone: +1 215 419-7000 Regal Plastics Fax: +1 215 419-7591 Southern Region 2356 Merrell Road Dallas, TX 75229 Chi Mei Corporation Phone: +1 972 484-0741 or (800) 441-1553 No. 59-1, San Chia, Jen Te, Tainan County, Fax: +1 972 484-0746 Taiwan 71702 Phone: +886-6-2663000.2665000 Ext. 1372 Fax: +886-6-2665555~7 Specialty Manufacturing Inc. [email protected] 6790 Nancy Ridge Dr. San Diego, CA 92121-2230 Phone: +1 858 450-1591 Lucite Phone: 800 491-1652 www.lucite.com Fax: +1 858 450-0400 www.vishay.com Document Number: 82600 62 Rev. 1.5, 20-Sep-06 Sources for Accessories and Testing Vishay Semiconductors Interface Circuits Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC) Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC) is a National Semiconductor Corporation worldwide supplier of MOS/VLSI integrated circuits National Semiconductor Corporation, a Fortune 500 (ICs) for the personal computer industry. SMSC has a company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, leading position in input/output (I/O) circuits for PCs develops and manufactures semiconductor products with over 80 million units shipped and, additionally, for high growth markets in the electronics equipment supplies ICs for local area networks and embedded industry. Their Super I/O ICs provide IrDA encoding/ control systems. decoding function as well as single chip solutions for floppy disk control, keyboard control, dual UARTs, parallel port and IDE interface. Standard Microsystems Corporation 80 Arkay Drive World Headquarters P.O. Box 18047 Hauppauge, New York 11788–8847 National Semiconductor Corporation 2900 Semiconductor Dr. Toll Free: 800–443–SEMI (7364) – P. O. Box 58090 USA and Canada Only Santa Clara, California Phone: +1 631 435–6000 USA 95052–8090 Email: [email protected] Phone: +1 408 721–5000 http://www.smsc.com http://www.national.com SigmaTel, Inc. European Headquarters SigmaTel Worldwide Headquarters National Semiconductor Corporation Sigma Tel, Inc. Livry-Gargan-Str. 10 1601 S. Mo Pac Expressway, Suite 100 82256 Fürstenfeldbruck Austin, TX 78746 Germany Phone: +1 512-381-3700 +49 (0) 81 41 35-0 Fax: +1 512-744-1700 [email protected] [email protected] Deutsch: +49 (0) 69 9508 6208 http://www.sigmatel.com English: +44 (0) 870 240 21 71 Francais: +33 (0) 141 91 87 90 SigmaTel Asia, Limited Unit 3613-14, 36/F, Tower 6 The Gateway, Harbour City 9 Canton Road Tsimshatsui, Kowloon Hong Kong Phone: +852-2175 5225 Fax: +852-2175 5050 [email protected] Document Number: 82600 www.vishay.com Rev. 1.5, 20-Sep-06 63 Sources for Accessories and Testing Vishay Semiconductors Microprocessors AMD Hitachi Semiconductor America AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits (ICs) for The 32-bit SuperH RISC engine series is the high end the personal and network computer and communica- of Hitachi’s micro controller and microprocessor prod- tions markets. The company produces processors for uct lines. This advanced product family provides a Microsoft® Windows® compatible PCs, flash memo- solid roadmap for meeting embedded controller and ries, products for communications and networking microprocessor requirements with the most efficient applications. AMD's Elan family of 32-bit micro con- solutions for emerging applications. trollers provides support for IrDA along with other fea- tures for mobile computing applications. www.hitachi.com AMD Hitachi Semiconductor America One AMD Place 2000 Sierra Point Parkway P. O. Box 3453 Brisbane, CA 94005, USA Sunnyvale, CA 94088–3453, USA Phone: +1 800 285–1601 Phone: +1 408 749–4000 www.amd.com Motorola Motorola manufactures a wide variety of microproces- sors suitable for embedded and hosted applications that contain built–in support for IrDA. Many of their microprocessors can be connected to industry typical IrDA transceivers directly, without any interface sup- port electronics. In support of the processors, Motor- ola provides IrDA software implementing the full IrDA stack. Motorola 6501 William Cannon Drive West Austin, Texas 78735, USA http://www.mot.com Philips Semiconductors Philips Semiconductors provides the TwoChipPICTM and TwoChipPIC PlusTM, dual 32-bit enhanced MIPS RISC chipsets which provide integrated solu- tions for Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), Personal Intelligent Communicators (PICs), and Handheld PCs (H/PCs) for Windows®‚ CETM. www.philips.com www.vishay.com Document Number: 82600 64 Rev. 1.5, 20-Sep-06 Sources for Accessories and Testing Vishay Semiconductors Test Houses - Interoperability Testing IrDA Test Labs (from IrDA-website www.irda.org) ACTiSYS Corp. The function of these Test Labs is to provide an inde- 48511 Warm Springs Blvd., Suite 206, pendent assessment of the interoperability of an IrDA Fremont, CA 94539, USA product. In addition, Test Labs may also provide ser- Tel: (510)490-8024 vices and consulting to resolve design problems Fax: (510)623-7268 when they occur. It is up to each Test Lab to set their fees for the services provided. www.actisys.com Contact: Dr. Keming Yeh at [email protected] The primary responsibility of Test Labs is: Testing Type: IrReady • To provide testing services to assure IrDA interop- erability and compliance. ACTiSYS (Asia) Corp. • To perform the Interop tests and if authorized per- form full compliance tests necessary to verify ref- 3rd Floor, #12, Prosperity 2nd Rd., erence products. Science Park, Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan • To present the Qualified Product certificate to Tel: +886-3-578-5161 products that pass the tests as defined by IrDA. Fax: +886-3-578-5164 • Report successful products to the IrDA office for Contact: registration. Lawrence Yang at [email protected] In providing the IrDA Interop testing services, Test Testing Type: IrReady Lab ensures that: • The tests, procedures and processes conducted Couleur Communication Ecriture CCE, France are the most up to date as defined by IrDA and that Immeuble Grenat, they are an advocate for the enduser in conducting 3 av.
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