Oldies travel free all over

Free bus travel for the over 60s has been rolled out across the UK today, allowing those with a pass to travel all over the country for free, says In The News.

Over 60s already receive free local travel on buses between 9.30am and 11pm on Monday to Friday and anytime on weekends and bank holidays.

The scheme has now been extended so the pass can be used all over the country, not just in the passenger's own local authority.

The latest version of the Siemens Automation and Drives (A and D) Simatic RF-Manager software for the integration of RFID systems in business processes features a number of innovations, says Manufacturing Talk.

RFID with automation data, Simatic RF-Manager 2008, now links RFID with automation data from Simatic S7 controllers and also collects data from mobile Simatic RF610M handheld terminals.

Simatic RF-Manager 2008 now links RFID data with automation data from Simatic S7 controllers.

From Renesas Technology comes the RS45C, a secure MCU for smart cards requiring a high level of security, including ID cards and financial cards such as banking and credit cards, says EE Times India.

The RS45C is the first product to appear in the RS-4 series. The RS45C is built around the RS-4 CPU core, which has a 16-bit arithmetic unit and internal bus width.

Its maximum internal operating frequency is 20MHz, and it executes instructions in minimum one cycle, enabling it to run general-purpose OS.