Microchip claims its new dsPIC33 family of digital signal controllers (DSCs) offers high levels of performance, memory and I/O without the complexity of traditional digital signal processors (DSPs). The ...
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Power converter design is a multidisciplinary process; an effective designer needs to understand analog and mixed-signal circuit design, wound components, electromagnetic compatibility, packaging, and ...
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Texas Instruments' TPS40100 integrated circuit is a feature-rich, high-efficiency synchronous buck controller for non-isolated, point-of-load applications. Features include built-in output voltage margining, ...
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Texas Instruments' TPS726xx family of 1 A low-dropout (LDO) linear regulators has fixed voltage options available that are commonly used to power the latest DSPs, FPGAs, and microcontrollers. The integrated ...
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National Semiconductor recently introduced two battery-charging products for portable electronics, a single-cell USB/AC charger, and a charge control and protection circuit for embedded Lithium-Ion and ...
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The TPS6211x devices are a family of low-noise synchronous step-down DC-DC converters from Texas Instruments that are ideally suited for systems powered from a 2-cell Li-ion battery or from a 12 V or ...
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Microchip has announced its first family of 16-bit PIC microcontrollers. The PIC24 family debuts with 22 general-purpose devices and offers up to 40 MIPS performance, 16 KB RAM and 256 KB of Flash program ...
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The ISL6308 from Intersil is a new three-phase PWM control IC with integrated MOSFET drivers. The integration of power MOSFET drivers into the controller IC marks a departure from the separate PWM controller ...
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Samtec's rugged interface capabilities from I/O interfaces 'outside-the-box', to board level interconnects 'inside-the-box' are detailed in its new Design Guide: panel-to-panel and panel-to-board interfaces ...
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Atmel has expanded AVR microcontroller support to AC and brushless DC (BLDC) motor control applications. The high performance and extensive feature set of the AVR Flash microcontroller set help designers ...
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STMicroelectronics recently introduced an innovative bi-core controller chip for the fast-growing USB Flash Drive market. The ST72681 USB 2.0 Flash Drive Controller uses an advanced architecture based ...
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Harwin has increased the flexibility of its Datamate range by offering its male and female crimp Jackscrew connectors with an extended rear wall. This enables customers to terminate the cables themselves ...
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