The first part of this article appeared in Dataweek 5 August 2009.    Power factor correction for modern motor drives While modern motor drives provide many features and can greatly enhance the efficiency ...
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New from austriamicrosystems is the AS1344 high-voltage DC-DC boost converter optimised for biasing photodiodes, LCD or PMOLED displays powered by single cell batteries. At 15 V output voltage, the ...
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New from austriamicrosystems is the EasyPoint, a joystick module aimed at portable communication devices. It consists of a mechanical stack incorporating a navigation knob with a magnet and the AS5011, ...
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Mentor Graphics recently announced the availability of the next-generation PADS flow with the introduction of PADS 9.0. This enhanced release adds new levels of functionality, scalability and integration, ...
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Power consumption today is among the most crucial considerations in electronics design. From concerns about building systems that use too much energy to crafting portable devices that last days on a single ...
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Mentor Graphics has announced delivery of its HyperLynx PI (power integrity) product addressing the needs of advanced designers of high performance electronic products. The product provides easy to ...
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austriamicrosystems has introduced the AS5163, a magnetic rotary encoder IC specifically designed to satisfy stringent requirements in angle sensing applications where robust IC protection is essential. ...
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austriamicrosystems has introduced two new additions to its high performance audio product family. The AS3501 and AS3502 are ICs enabling the design of receive path active noise cancelling solutions providing ...
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New from austriamicrosystems is the AS5311, a Hall-effect linear magnetic encoder offering sub-micron resolution. For linear motion sensing, a multipole magnetic strip is used and for rotary motion sensing, ...
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The new AS1713 operational amplifier from austriamicrosystems is a high output differential line receiver with 10 MHz, 10 V/μs, rail-to-rail I/O performance, making it suitable for audio applications ...
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austriamicrosystems has developed a 16-channel LED controller IC optimised for LCD TV backlighting applications. The AS3693B is designed to allow synchronisation of the LCD picture and the LED backlight ...
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Actel has today announced the availability of SoftConsole version 2.2, the next-generation free development environment for embedded design. This new version includes enhanced capabilities for debug ...
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