Four new power distribution switches from Texas Instruments enable end equipment to handle heavy capacitive loads while preventing short-circuits in a variety of applications. The new chips offer a programmable ...
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NXP has announced that it will be the first ARM partner to license the new ARM Cortex-M0 processor, the smallest, lowest power and most energy efficient processor available from ARM. NXP intends to use ...
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STMicroelectronics has announced a DSP library for its ARM Cortex-M3-based STM32 microcontrollers, allowing developers to host signal processing and control functions on the same core. The DSP library ...
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Cypress Semiconductor has simplified the design of RGB-based white lighting LED systems using Cree XLamp LEDs. Using Cypress’s PSoC Designer 5.0 visual design software and the CY3265C-RGB evaluation ...
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NXP Semiconductors recently developed the LPC1700 series, a high-speed microcontroller family based on the ARM Cortex-M3 processor. Running at speeds up to 100 MHz, the MCUs are suitable to operate their ...
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Freescale Semiconductor has introduced the MPC8569E PowerQUICC III communications processor – a high-performance, low-power device based on 45 nm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology. The processor ...
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Touch sensors have become increasingly popular as more consumer, industrial and automotive designs include touch panels to provide simpler, more reliable user interfaces. Freescale is meeting the demand ...
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Ordinary silicon diodes used in switched-mode power supplies lose up to 1% efficiency by not turning off immediately, but now STMicroelectronics is among the first companies to introduce silicon carbide ...
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Molex’s addition of the 12-pole size to its Micro-Change family provides the utility of up to 12 1 A circuits in IP 67-sealed receptacles and cordsets. Developed initially for multiple instrumentation ...
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Texas Instruments has introduced a single-channel DAC family available in tiny SC70 packages. The DAC8411 family of 8- to 16-bit, pin-compatible devices features low-power operation of 80 μA at 1,8 V, ...
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NXP Semiconductors recently released the new LPC2900 series of microcontrollers based on the ARM968 core. At 125 MHz, the Flash ARM-based devices target industrial networking, alarm systems and motor ...
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Expanding on its integrated SWIFT family of DC-DC converters, Texas Instruments has introduced a new 65 V input, 1,5 A output step-down switcher with integrated FET. The wide-input converter helps saves ...
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