Texas Instruments has introduced a 2 MHz DC-DC boost converter that operates at 5 μA quiescent current, while maintaining a high efficiency at light load conditions. The integrated circuit supports an ...
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Texas Instruments has developed three new tools for TMS320C2000 32-bit realtime microcontrollers and one new tool for the 16-bit MSP430F5xx ultra-low power MCU series. Expanding the company’s controlCARD ...
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Atmel and IS2T have announced integrated solutions to design embedded Java applications for Flash microcontrollers. Software developers of realtime embedded systems can now design with Java, providing ...
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Metastability is a phenomenon that can cause system failure in digital devices, including FPGAs, when a signal is transferred between circuitry in unrelated or asynchronous clock domains. This article ...
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Altera has announced two new FPGA families with integrated transceivers. The new Stratix IV GT and Arria II GX 40 nm FPGA families join Stratix IV GX FPGAs and HardCopy IV GX ASICs to expand the company’s ...
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Texas Instruments has introduced three new hot-swap managers that help protect against over-currents for voltage rails between 3 V and 20 V and an operating current of up to 5 A. The TPS2420 comes ...
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New from Fairchild Semiconductor is a boundary conduction mode (BCM) interleaving power factor correction (PFC) controller that provides over 96% power conversion efficiency for AC-DC power supplies. ...
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As wireless network systems designers look to alternative energy sources, Texas Instruments has announced a solar energy harvesting (SEH) development kit that converts ambient light into power for industrial, ...
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Infineon has introduced a low-cost IC specifically designed for driving high-power LEDs. The BCR 450, in combination with an external transistor, features highly precise current control, thermal protection ...
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Texas Instruments has introduced a highly integrated audio to help designers meet growing consumer demand for cost-efficient, feature-rich products with better audio quality and longer battery life. The ...
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Vishay has developed a 190 V n-channel power MOSFET plus co-packaged 190 V power diode with a compact 2 x 2 mm footprint and an ultra-thin 0,75 mm profile. Offered in the PowerPAK SC-70 package, typical ...
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Altera has unveiled Quartus II software version 8.1, which aims to speed development times by automating traditionally time-consuming features. The design partition planner, introduced in the previous ...
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