Swires Research and Fen Technology co-operate with STMicroelectronics to bring state-of-the-art digital TV test instrument to market

3rd March 2005

Fen Technology Ltd, an electronic design services company, today announced the successful delivery of production-ready software and digital hardware to enable Swires Research to bring to market a combined Terrestrial (DVB-T) and Satellite (DVB-S) spectrum analyser, based on a suite of STMicroelectronics Digital TV and memory products.

The ANNIE 204 analyser is a portable, battery-powered spectrum analyser and decoder that enables the user to scan the satellite and terrestrial frequency spectrums for analogue and digital TV channels. The user can then simultaneously make signal quality measurements, output the associated audio and display the video and spectrum, using picture-in-picture format.

'Fen Technology worked closely with us to help specify and design a cost-effective, high quality solution for our customers, based on ST Silicon' said Chris Swires, MD at Swires Research.

'Fen were a pleasure to work with and demonstrated great knowledge and flexibility during the development process. I see this as the first of many successful product developments Swires and Fen will work on together', Swires added.

'Fen's relationship with ST and knowledge of their products and development systems have allowed us to support Swires on a low risk path from specification to production' said Derek Law, Software Director at Fen Technology.

Law added 'ST's comprehensive Digital TV offerings and Swires' RF experience and market knowledge has created, with the support of Fen, a product offering that is feature-rich and market leading'.

Fen Technology undertakes all aspects of electronic product design, including complete system and sub-system design, together with hardware and software component design. Fen Technology's design services span product concept to production, enabling its customers to get better products to market faster. Fen Technology's flexible and progressive approach allows it to react quickly to changing customer requirements.

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