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Double-action touch switch only 4 mm square
29 November 2006, CST Electronics, Switches, Relays & Keypads

Panasonic Electronic Devices has commercialised a 4 mm square double-action light touch switch, said to have the industry's smallest switch size, as the operational device of an auto-focus shutter function ...
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Programmable temperature monitor measures six remote channels
18 October 2006, CST Electronics, Circuit & System Protection

Maxim's MAX6689 integrated circuit is a ±1°C accurate, 6-channel temperature sensor targeted towards next-generation, 65 nm process technology. It accurately measures its own temperature and the temperature ...
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Deciding between a series or shunt voltage reference
18 October 2006, CST Electronics, Power Electronics / Power Management

This article describes the main types of IC voltage reference (series and shunt), their advantages and disadvantages, and how to choose between them. You should decide which type is best for your application ...
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LDO regulator has unique features
18 October 2006, Tempe Technologies, Altron Arrow, Power Electronics / Power Management

Microchip has introduced what it says is the industry’s first 1,5 A LDO that incorporates shutdown, power good, programmable power good delay and bond-wire compensation on a single chip. The MCP1727 ...
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NiMH battery charger IC detects and avoids charging defective or incorrect batteries
18 October 2006, CST Electronics, Power Electronics / Power Management

Dallas Semiconductor has introduced a loose-cell NiMH charger integrated circuit that detects and avoids charging primary alkaline cells, Lithium primary cells, and defective NiMH or NiCd cells. Designed ...
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8-bit MCU eliminates need for external ADC in sensor designs
18 October 2006, Altron Arrow, Tempe Technologies, DSP, Micros & Memory

The four-member PIC18F4523 family is Microchip Technology's first family of high-end 8-bit Flash microcontrollers to include a high-speed 12-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) peripheral on-chip. It ...
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8-bit microcontrollers have integrated Ethernet peripheral
4 October 2006, Altron Arrow, Future Electronics, Tempe Technologies, DSP, Micros & Memory

Microchip offers a family of devices claimed to be the world’s smallest 8-bit microcontrollers with an integrated IEEE 802.3-compliant Ethernet communications peripheral. The PIC18F97J60 family is optimised ...
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High-performance clock generators
4 October 2006, CST Electronics, Analogue, Mixed Signal, LSI

Maxim's MAX9450/1/2 series of high-performance clock generators is available with three types of outputs: LVPECL (MAX9450), LVDS (MAX9451), and HSTL (MAX9452). By integrating the VCXO, PLL, buffer, and ...
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Retaining springs to fit transistors to heatsinks
20 September 2006, Manufacturing / Production Technology, Hardware & Services

Facilitating the rapid and easy installation of semiconductor components, for example, transistors on heatsinks, reduces assembly costs considerably. For its existing range of heatsinks with special integral ...
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More memory for small CAN-enabled PICs
20 September 2006, Tempe Technologies, Future Electronics, Altron Arrow, DSP, Micros & Memory

Microchip's new PIC18F4685 family of 8-bit microcontrollers is billed as having the largest amount of program memory available on a PIC18 microcontroller with an onboard ECAN module for CAN connectivity. ...
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LED driver has no need for µC or converter
20 September 2006, CST Electronics, Opto-Electronics

The MAX16806 is the first linear LED driver that controls total power dissipation in a lighting system, according to the manufacturer, Maxim. It eliminates the need for a switch-mode driver by folding ...
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Smallest PIC microcontrollers further miniaturised
6 September 2006, Altron Arrow, Tempe Technologies, DSP, Micros & Memory

Microchip has announced that all of its 6-pin PIC10F microcontroller family are now available in ultra-small 2 x 3 mm dual flat no-lead (DFN) packages for space-constrained applications. Three members ...
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