Texas Instruments has introduced a new single-chip wideband digital pre-distortion transmit processor that enables OEMs to improve power efficiency and ultimately reduce the overall power consumed by ...
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Designers of portable systems can benefit from extended playback time enabled by two new 25 mW Class-G, DirectPath stereo headphone amplifiers from Texas Instruments, which adjust their voltage supplies ...
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Vishay has broadened its optoelectronics portfolio with the introduction of a new series of ultra-miniature SMT IR receivers for remote control systems. With a typical irradiance of 0,15 mW/m², low supply ...
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National Semiconductor’s LM3445 is a new constant-current controller that enables offline, uniform, flicker-free dimming of high-brightness LEDs with a conventional TRIAC forward or reverse phase-control ...
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Infineon has expanded the portfolio of application kits for its 8-bit and 16-bit microcontrollers, introducing scalable reference designs for motor drives which ease the evaluation and implementation ...
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Texas Instruments has developed the MSP430FE42x2 microcontroller series to suit the needs of single-phase electricity metering (e-metering) applications. The MCUs integrate metering functionality onto ...
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New from Vishay is a series of high-intensity white power SMT LEDs in the CLCC-2 flat ceramic package, employing InGaN/TAG on sapphire technology. Designed to reduce costs in high-volume applications, ...
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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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