Baseband processor for marine automatic identification 15 June 2005 The CMX910 is a highly integrated baseband signalling processor IC from CML, for class A and class B marine automatic identification system (AIS) applications.
Half duplex in operation, it comprises ...
High-frequency tuner chips for digital TV world-wide 15 June 2005 According to German chipmaker Infineon Technologies, 80% of the 12 million end-user devices such as television sets or set-top boxes deployed world-wide for digital terrestrial television operate with ...
μP supervisors with 32K/64K EEPROM 15 June 2005, MB Silicon Systems Catalyst Semiconductor has expanded its family of supervisors with embedded EEPROM memory with new 32K and 64K devices. The CAT1320/21 (32K) and CAT1640/41 (64K) supervisors provide support for microcontroller-based ...
1 Mbit FRAM memory has industry-leading features 1 June 2005, MB Silicon Systems The FM20L08 is Ramtron's highest-density FRAM memory to date and offers an unlimited number of read/write cycles.
The FM20L08 is a 1 Mbit (organised as a 128K x 8), 3 V, nonvolatile ferroelectric random ...
New flash memory microcontrollers 1 June 2005, Electrocomp Infineon's latest microcontroller products, its first 8-bit flash microcontroller and two 32-bit microcontrollers based on the company's TriCore architecture, are now available.
The 8-bit XC866 microcontroller ...
Compact surface mount oscillator has low voltage and current needs 1 June 2005, MB Silicon Systems Raltron's new COM1 series of surface mount clock oscillators have very low supply voltage and current requirements, and offered in a 3,2 x 2,5 x 1,0 mm ceramic package, are ideal for design applications ...
Baseband ASIC for the Dolphin chipset 18 May 2005, Altron Arrow The DBB03 from Texas Instruments is a baseband ASIC for the company's 'Dolphin' reference design. The firmware for the Dolphin reference design resides in the ROM-based program memory of the DBB03, and ...
Cyan adds MCU and upgrades tools 18 May 2005, MB Silicon Systems Cyan Technology has released the 16-bit Flash μCOG1m microcontroller and enhanced its CyanIDE integrated development environment.
The μCOG1m, which is aimed at applications where space and power are ...
New high performance 8-bit Flash PIC microcontrollers 18 May 2005, Altron Arrow, Tempe Technologies Microchip Technology has released the first 10 members of its new high-pincount, high-density memory PIC18F87J10 Flash microcontroller family, which it says doubles the performance in low-voltage applications ...
Programmable multiphase clock generators 18 May 2005 IDT's new family of programmable clock generators use an EEPROM-based programmable platform along with an enhanced, multiphase-locked loop (PLL) architecture. The 5V9885PFGI (32-TQFP) and 5V9885NLGI (28-VFQFPN) ...
Power supply voltage monitor 20 April 2005 Analog Devices offers a wide range of reset generator circuits designed for use in microprocessor-based systems to monitor power supply voltage levels from 5 V down to 2,5 V. Their reset output signals ...
Development kit speeds migration to 32-bit ARM microcontrollers 20 April 2005, Altron Arrow, EBV Electrolink Atmel and IAR Systems have announced a full featured ARM development kit, claimed to be priced to fit the budgets of cost-sensitive microcontroller designs in applications like remote controls, interface ...
New 16-bit MCU family optimised for industrial control applications 20 April 2005, Electrocomp At the Embedded Systems Conference, Infineon Technologies introduced a new family of application-specific 16-bit micro-controllers in the XC16x series. With a feature set and peripheral functions optimised ...
High-end 8-bit flash micros target SBCs 20 April 2005, Altron Arrow, EBV Electrolink Atmel has released five new high performance, low power AVR Flash microcontrollers. These devices target applications requiring a large code space and extensive interfacing capability, such as single-board ...
Digital signal controllers offer high control and have optimised performance 20 April 2005 Texas Instruments is sampling new digital signal controllers. Combining the realtime performance of its leading DSPs with the peripheral integration, C-language efficiency and ease of use of a microcontroller, ...
New generation smartcard reader controller 20 April 2005, CST Electronics At the smartcard industry trade exhibition, Cartes 2004, TDK Semiconductor unveiled its TDK 73S12xx family of 8-bit system-on-chips dedicated to low-cost smartcard readers. Targeted applications include ...
Single-cycle 8051 core provides performance boost 20 April 2005, EBV Electrolink Atmel's new AT89LP family, based on a single-cycle 8051 core, is 12 times faster than the standard 8051 core, according to the company. These devices are optimised for applications that require low power ...
World's smallest ARM microcontroller 20 April 2005 Oki Electric claims to have developed the world's smallest ARM microcontroller (5,09 x 4,84 mm), the 33 MHz ML67Q4060 series by using the wafer level chip size package (W-CSP). The company also launched ...
Silicon oscillators operate from -40 to 125°C 20 April 2005 Linear Technology's new silicon oscillator family, the LTC6905-xxx, generates a fixed frequency clock output (20 MHz to 133 MHz available). Eliminating the external trim components, these precision oscillators ...
