Sierra Wireless announced that its AirPrime SL6087 EDGE wireless module has won the GSMA’s Embedded Mobile Module award in the ‘Best 2G Module’ category. The judges recognised the module for offering ...
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This highly integrated, robust solution speeds development time for brushed DC and stepper motors running up to 6 A continuous/12 A peak at 50 V. Applications include medical pumps, gate openers, stage ...
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STMicroelectronics has extended and enhanced its STMTouch capacitive touch-sensing firmware library, allowing designers to add advanced user-interface features to applications using 8-bit STM8 microcontrollers. The ...
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Texas Instruments has introduced two new power management integrated circuits (PMICs) for point-of-load (POL) designs. The TPS82671 and TPS84620 integrated power solutions ease design in portable electronics, ...
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Phihong has expanded its passive power-over-Ethernet (PoE) injector lineup to include a low-cost 60 W midspan. Passive power injectors are for dedicated situations where there is no chance that a non-PoE ...
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ON Semiconductor’s NCL30100 is a new step-down (buck) LED driver controller for high-brightness LED driver applications where space is limited and high efficiency is important, such as low-voltage MR-16 ...
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ON Semiconductor’s new CM1771 is a 100 V back-to-back electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device that prolongs operation of HBLED lamp modules. It features a 100 V breakdown voltage and, as a member ...
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New from Texas Instruments is a single-stage LED lighting pulse width modulation (PWM) controller. The TRIAC-dimmable solution regulates LED current and also achieves near unity power factor. An accompanying ...
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NXP Semiconductors unveiled its LPC1100L and LPC1300L microcontrollers which spearhead a new low-power platform combining ultra-low leakage design techniques with NXP’s optimised power-efficient libraries. ...
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NXP Semiconductors has rolled out the EM773 energy metering IC – the world‘s first 32-bit ARM-based solution designed specifically for non-billing electricity metering applications. The chip takes energy ...
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When designing a small wireless sensor node to be powered by the popular CR2032 coin cell, some sources claim there is a 15 mA ‘limit’ and that drawing more current is not possible or will damage the ...
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Texas Instruments has introduced two low-power, short-range wireless connectivity solutions for consumer medical, mobile accessories, and sports and wellness applications. The CC2540 single-mode Bluetooth ...
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