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Fen Technology Ltd

Fen Technology Ltd


Date: 03/03/05

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

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 STMicroelectro

nics 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's MD Tim Bustin (left )with Swires MD Chris Swires'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.

About Swires Research

Swires Research is an innovative company designing and producing test equipment for the cable, terrestrial and satellite TV markets. Now in its 30th year the company remains at the forefront of technological advancement through research and development in RF technology, combined with high quality software, and produces highly acclaimed, marketing-leading instruments. For more information: www.swires.com

About Fen Technology

Fen Technology Ltd is an electronic design services company located near Cambridge UK, in the heart of 'Silicon Fen'. Fen Technology Ltd provides electronic design services for Consumer, Industrial, Automotive and Medical products from concept to production. For more information: www.fentechnology.co.uk.


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Please direct enquiries to:

Chris Swires, MD, Swires Research - sales@swires.com
+44 (0) 1268 417584

Ciaran McAleer, Business Director, Fen Technology - ciaran.mcaleer@fentechnology.co.uk
+44 (0) 1353 741 154

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Organisation:  Fen Technology Ltd








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