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2016-12 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Dez 8 2016] STMicroelectronics' industry-renowned silicon carbide (SiC) power components have enabled Zaptec, a high-tech startup, to develop ZapCharger, the world's smallest, smartest and safest electric vehicle charging station. Zaptec is a revolutionary and innovative startup in the transformer industry. As the market's first electric vehicle portable charger with built-in electronic transformers, ZapChar ...

2016-12 Power STMicroelectronics

[Dez 7 2016] STMicroelectronics has released its first Bluetooth Low Energy Wireless Communication System-on-chip (SoC) BlueNRG-1. The new product combines excellent energy efficiency and powerful RF performance to meet the needs of the rapidly growing large-scale low energy Bluetooth market. Bluetooth Low Energy technology is ideal for power-constrained smart sensors and wearables, retail store navigation tr ...

2016-12 Power Texas Instruments

[Dez 6 2016] Texas Instruments has announced a new voice remote control solution to further strengthen its leadership in voice remote control. As part of the SimpleLink™ Ultra Low Power platform, this family of solutions helps developers easily add Bluetooth Low Energy, ZigBee RF4CE™ or multi-standard connectivity to their voice remote control, TV, set-top box and more designs. With TI's new SimpleLink ZigBee ...

2016-12 Sensors STMicroelectronics

[Dez 5 2016] To further strengthen its leadership position in the time-of-flight ranging sensor (ToF) market, STMicroelectronics has introduced the second-generation FlightSense™ technology for the new VL53L0X laser ranging sensor. The VL53L0X extends the ToF range length to two meters with an accuracy of ±3%. The measurement speed is faster than the previous generation, and the ranging time is less than 30ms ...

2016-12 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Dez 4 2016] STMicroelectronics and Arduino, the largest open source ecosystem for education, maker and iot markets, have announced a collaboration agreement to bring the industry-leading STM32 family of microcontrollers (MCUS) and ST's sensors, power devices and communication connectivity technologies closer to the Arduino maker community. The first product of the STAR (the first two letters of ST and Arduin ...

2016-12 Connectors Microchip Technology

[Dez 3 2016] Microchip Technology has announced the company's lowest power consumption, most cost-effective 32-bit PIC32 MCU family. The Microchip PIC32MM series fills the gap between the company's popular PIC24F XLP series and PIC32MX series. In addition, the family is the first PIC32 device to integrate kerre-independent peripherals, designed to eliminate CPU workloads and thus reduce power consumption and ...

2016-12 Connectors TE Connectivity

[Dez 2 2016] TE Connectivity, a global leader in connectivity and sensors, announced the introduction of the LGA 3647 socket for a new processor specific to Intel's latest server platform. The new LGA 3647 socket offers increased performance and improved system scalability to meet the next generation design requirements of the latest cpus. As one of the few vendors to offer this technology, TE will provide ke ...

2016-12 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Dez 1 2016] MU, a medical device manufacturer, and STMicroelectronics, a leading global semiconductor supplier across multiple electronic applications, jointly announced that MU's US-304 portable ultrasonic imaging diagnostic instrument is powered by ST's STHV800 pulser pulse generator. Greatly improve the quality of medical services in remote rural areas of Africa. The MU Portable diagnostic device is desig ...

2016-11 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Nov 30 2016] By 2020, the number of connected cars on the road is expected to reach 150 to 250 million, and the data security of connected cars will be provided by chips, such as STMicroelectronics' latest security microcontroller. Access to the Internet will bring many services to cars and their owners, such as software updates, service packages, location information services, social media, streaming enterta ...

2016-11 Passive Components Vishay

[Nov 29 2016] Vishay Intertechnology has announced the launch of a new series of automotive grade radial aluminum capacitors, the 160 RLA. The new capacitor can operate at high temperatures of +150 ° C and has a service life of up to 2000 hours at +150 ° C, providing high stability and reliability for automotive and industrial applications. The Vishay BCcomponents 160 RLA series is available in 10 form factors ...

2016-11 Connectors Intel

[Nov 28 2016] Intersil Corporation, a leading provider of innovative power management and precision simulation solutions, announced the launch of the 12-cell lithium-ion battery pack monitor ISL78610. The device provides battery equalization and accurate voltage and temperature monitoring to protect lithium-ion battery packs in hybrid, plug-in hybrid and pure electric vehicles. System designers can use the ISL ...

2016-11 Connectors Molex

[Nov 27 2016] Molex introduces the Brad M40 plastic-coated wire set, which is designed for high power applications such as servo motors. Molex's portfolio of circular connector plastic-coated wire sets currently ranges in size from M5 to M40, while the M40 specification has been expanded to include field wiring connectors as well as panel mount sockets. Hannah Lena Gehring, Product Manager at Molex, said: "The ...