Hardy Martin, Co-Founder of Innovative Electronic Designs, Dies

Hardy Martin, co-founder of Innovative Electronic Designs, and one of the pioneers of modern digital audio processing, died Sunday, May 1 at his home in Louisville, Ky. He was 79 years old. Together with his long-time associates Ray Allen and Robert Ponto, Hardy Martin established Innovative Electronic Designs, Inc., (IED) in Louisville, Kentucky in 1978, […]

Hardy Martin, Co-Founder of Innovative Electronic Designs, Dies

IED’s GLOBALCOM 5400 Approved for EN54-16 Certification

Innovative Electronic Designs announced today that the GLOBALCOM 5400 Series product line has received EN 54-16 certification for Voice Alarm Control and Indicating Equipment. The GLOBALCOM 5400 Series was designed for mass notification and emergency communications as set forth by European Fire Alarm and Life Safety Agencies. While the 5400 Series is the key element […]

IED’s GLOBALCOM 5400 Approved for EN54-16 Certification

IED Intros DIRECTOR Systems Management Software

Innovative Electronic Designs (IED) has launched a software tool called IED DIRECTOR software. DIRECTOR features an easily accessible overview of an entire system’s status and allows for easy system operation through a facility specific customizable GUI. IED DIRECTOR is the ideal addition to a GLOBALCOM system especially in complex facilities like airports, public transportation systems, […]

IED Intros DIRECTOR Systems Management Software

IED Intros IED1581 and IED1542 Power Amps

Innovative Electronic Designs has announced that the IED1581NA-C/IED1581NA-D and IED1542NA-C/IED1542NA-D single and dual channel PoE power amplifiers are now available. These amplifiers are designed for use in smaller applications that require full-bandwidth audio and where low power and low cost are considerations. The IED1581 amplifiers have a single channel output that offers 8 watts of […]

IED Intros IED1581 and IED1542 Power Amps

IED Intros GLOBALCOM EN54-16 Compliant System

Innovative Electronic Designs has launched GLOBALCOM platform designed to meet the criteria for EN54-16 compliance. The heart of the EN54-16 compliant GLOBALCOM system is the 5400ACS Announcement Control System. This integrated announcement controller contains all of the intelligence to manage an entire system of emergency communication stations, digital zone manager amplifier units, and other network […]

IED Intros GLOBALCOM EN54-16 Compliant System

Atlas Sounds Seeks Distribution in EMEA Region

The show floor was clearing at the end of Day 1 of the Integrated Systems Expo (ISE) here in Amsterdam and I just caught Atlas Sound International Sales Manager Mike Abernathy. In addition to grabbing an interview with Mike and learning that the company is relaunching its presence here in Europe and the entire EMEA […]

Atlas Sounds Seeks Distribution in EMEA Region

IED Intros Backup Amplifier Switch

Innovative Electronic Designs (IED) has released the IED1544BAS backup amplifier switch. The IED1544BAS offers four independent channels of backup amplifier switching for 4Ω, 8Ω, 70.7V or 100V speaker lines up to 500 watts per channel. This unit can be used with any amplifier system that provides dry contact closures for fault conditions. The unit is […]

IED Intros Backup Amplifier Switch

IED Adds New Power Amplifiers

Innovative Electronic Designs’ (IED) new IED1581NA-C/IED1581NA-D and IED1542NA-C/IED1542NA-D are single and dual channel power amplifiers designed for use in smaller applications that require full-bandwidth audio and where low power and low cost are considerations. The IED1581 amplifiers have a single channel output that offers 8 watts of power at either 4Ω or 8Ω. Model IED1581C […]

IED Adds New Power Amplifiers

IED Licenses Audinate for Dante

Innovative Electronic Designs (IED) has licensed Audinate’s Dante digital-media networking technology and will incorporate Dante into several new products in 2013 and beyond. Audinate’s patented Dante solution is a media networking solution suite designed to transport many channels of high-resolution, uncompressed, low-latency digital media over relatively long distances and to multiple locations using a standard […]

IED Licenses Audinate for Dante