Texas Instruments is to supply RFID chips for MasterCard's PayPass RFID cashless payment cards and tokens. The RFID chips are fully ISO/IEC 14443 compliant and offer the high security required for financial ...
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National Semiconductor has announced two new amplifiers that are optimised for driving two new high-speed ADCs. The two high-speed, low-distortion differential amplifiers (LMH6550 and LMH6551) and two ...
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Clare's LIA120 is an optically isolated linear error amplifier with integrated gain and temperature compensation. The device features a shunt regulator, a linear optocoupler and a secondary side sensor ...
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STMicroelectronics is offering a Bluetooth-based hands-free car-kit reference design. Featuring noise- and echo-cancelling, ST's Blue HFCK is claimed to be ready-to-use, extremely easy to install, and ...
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Microchip has introduced two families of low-power, single-supply, extended-temperature, rail-to-rail input/output op-amps in single, dual and quad packages. The MCP623X and MCP624X op-amps feature an ...
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The TPS715AxxA low-dropout (LDO) voltage regulators from Texas Instruments offer the benefits of high input voltage, low-dropout voltage, low-power operation, and miniaturised packaging. The devices, ...
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STMicroelectronics has introduced a set of single-chip LED driver ICs for industrial lighting, signage and transport applications. The Power Logic STPxxC596 and STPxxCL596 family integrates the functions ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Microchip has introduced temperature sensors in a small SC-70 package that offers low cost and low current consumption (6 μA typical), making them an attractive alternative to thermistors. The MCP9700 ...
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The Internet is becoming as essential and ubiquitous a tool for communication and entertainment as are television and the telephone. An ever-growing variety of powered devices (PDs) such as wireless routers, ...
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The DAC8801 multiplying digital-to-analog converter from Texas Instruments is designed to operate from a single 2,7 to 5,5 V supply. The applied external reference input voltage V_REF determines the full-scale ...
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