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New low-power PIC24 “GA7” microcontroller family now available

December 12, 2016 Comments Off on New low-power PIC24 “GA7” microcontroller family now available

CHANDLER, Ariz., Dec. 12, 2016 — The new PIC24 “GA7” family of microcontrollers (MCU) is now available from Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog... Read More

New iCE40 UltraPlus™ Devices from Lattice Semiconductor Accelerate Customer Innovation in Smartphones and IoT Edge Devices

December 12, 2016 Comments Off on New iCE40 UltraPlus™ Devices from Lattice Semiconductor Accelerate Customer Innovation in Smartphones and IoT Edge Devices

Portland, OR – December 12, 2016 – Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC), the leading provider of customizable smart connectivity solutions, today announced its new iCE40 UltraPlus™ FPGA devices, one of... Read More

Stackable 18-V input, 35-A PMBus converter delivers industry’s highest density TI’s DC/DC buck converter features remote voltage sensing and supports telemetry

https://newscenter.ti.com/2016-12-07-Stackable-18-V-input-35-A-PMBus-converter-delivers-industrys-highest-density December 8, 2016 Comments Off on Stackable 18-V input, 35-A PMBus converter delivers industry’s highest density TI’s DC/DC buck converter features remote voltage sensing and supports telemetry

Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) introduced the industry’s highest-density, 18-V input, 35-A synchronous DC/DC buck converter, which offers full differential remote-voltage sensing and PMBus to support telemetry. TI’s TPS546C23 power... Read More

ams’ new High Performance Analog technology A30 offers superior noise performance Enhanced 0.30µm process is ideally suited for ultra-low noise sensing applications and analog read-out ICs for consumer electronics, automotive, medical and IoT devices

https://ams.com/ December 7, 2016 Comments Off on ams’ new High Performance Analog technology A30 offers superior noise performance Enhanced 0.30µm process is ideally suited for ultra-low noise sensing applications and analog read-out ICs for consumer electronics, automotive, medical and IoT devices

ams AG (SIX: AMS), a leading provider of high performance sensors and analog ICs, today announced the availability of its High Performance Analog Low Noise CMOS process (“A30”). The new... Read More

Industry’s first 2.1-MHz Class-D amplifier transforms automotive audio design

December 6, 2016 Comments Off on Industry’s first 2.1-MHz Class-D amplifier transforms automotive audio design

Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ:TXN) today introduced the first 2.1-MHz Class-D audio amplifier specifically designed for automotive applications. Supporting high-resolution 96-kHz digital input, the compact TAS6424-Q1 enables high-fidelity audio with low... Read More

Advantest Unveils New Pick-and-Place IC Handler to Improve Efficiency in High-Volume Semiconductor Manufacturing and Device Characterization

December 6, 2016 Comments Off on Advantest Unveils New Pick-and-Place IC Handler to Improve Efficiency in High-Volume Semiconductor Manufacturing and Device Characterization

Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857) has introduced its M4872 pick-and-place handler to improve productivity in testing system-on-chip (SoC) devices in high-volume manufacturing (HVM) and device characterization... Read More

Maxim Reference Design Speeds Development of Wearable Heart-Rate and Pulse-Oximetry Monitors

https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/aboutus/newsroom.html December 4, 2016 Comments Off on Maxim Reference Design Speeds Development of Wearable Heart-Rate and Pulse-Oximetry Monitors

Developers of heart rate and blood oxygen (SpO2) monitors can now accelerate their efforts using the ultra-small MAXREFDES117# reference design from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM). This optical heart-rate... Read More