Technology Articles

2016-03 Connectors Microchip Technology

[Mär 20 2016] Microchip Technology has introduced the first USB3.0 smart hub product with host and device port switching, I/O bridging, and various other serial communication interface features. The new USB5734 and USB5744 devices include an integrated microcontroller that brings new capabilities to the USB hub, reducing overall BOM costs while also reducing software complexity. The USB5734/44 series has been ...

2016-03 Connectors Linear Technology/Analog Devices

[Mär 19 2016] Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC4316 / LTC4317 / LTC4318 series of I2C/SMBus address converters that enable multiple dependent devices with the same address, such as temperature sensors, to communicate individually with the main device. Without creating conflict. Address conflict occurs when slave devices with the same hardwired address are placed on the same bus. Traditional solu ...

2016-03 Power ams

[Mär 18 2016] The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has launched a mission to explore the Earth and the Sun, the Magnetosphere Multi-Scale Mission. As part of the project, NASA sent four equally equipped satellites into Earth orbit to make unprecedented, high-precision three-dimensional measurements of the Earth's magnetosphere. The primary goal of the mission is to explore the dynamics of t ...

2016-03 Power Xilinx

[Mär 17 2016] Xilinx, a global leader in All Programmable technologies and devices, introduces the Xilinx reVISION Stack, announcing the expansion of Xilinx technology into a wide range of vision-oriented machine learning applications. The introduction of the reVISION stack further complements and complements its recently released reconfigurable acceleration stack, significantly expanding the deployment of Xil ...

2016-03 Passive Components Diodes Incorporated

[Mär 17 2016] Diodes Incorporated introduces the PAM8905, a 1.9W Class D audio amplifier for smartphones powered by single-cell lithium-ion batteries, suitable for audio systems that provide high voltage level horizontal output at low supply voltage. The new product generates the voltage rail of the output stage through the built-in boost converter, and at the same time, the battery tracking automatic gain con ...

2016-03 Passive Components Littelfuse

[Mär 16 2016] Littelfuse, a global leader in circuit protection, offers four general purpose ESD protection Transient Suppression Diode Array (SPA® Diode) solutions that take up less board space than their industry counterparts. The SP1013 and SP1014 transient suppression diode arrays conform to standard 0201 package sizes, but require 30% less board space and greater gaps between components than other 0201 so ...

2016-03 Connectors Altran Magnetics

[Mär 15 2016] Atmel, the global leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch technology solutions, has introduced the world's first family of built-in peripheral touch controller (PTC) MCUS based on the full 5V ARM Cortex-M0+. The latest Atmel | SMART ARM Cortex-M0+ MCU family combines 5V functionality, DMA, and PTC with excellent water resistance in an innovative way. In addition, the new series of MCUS also has ...

2016-03 Power Power Integrations

[Mär 14 2016] Power Integrations, an industry leader in high-voltage integrated circuits dedicated to energy-efficient power conversion, announced the launch of the CAPZero™-2 IC, the next generation device in its CAPZero family of innovative double-terminal X-capacitor discharge ics. Applications for the new devices include air conditioners, home appliances, small appliances, cooking appliances, vacuum cleane ...

2016-03 Connectors Linear Technology/Analog Devices

[Mär 13 2016] Linear Technology Corporation introduced the LTC5576, an active double-balanced up-conversion mixer with a wide RF frequency range from 3GHz to 8GHz. The LTC5576 improves microwave transmitter and upconversion performance with excellent 25dBm OIP3 linearity and an excellent conversion loss of only 2dB at 8GHz, providing superior output signal quality compared to other passive mixers, which typica ...

2016-03 Power Texas Instruments

[Mär 12 2016] In the last 10 years, there have been many breakthroughs in smart cities. While typical infrastructure, such as Ethernet or Wi-Fi networks, enables most of the communication between systems and subsystems, with the rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoT), the number of nodes in various systems continues to proliferate. In order to support those systems with more different subsystem node ...

2016-03 Connectors Intel

[Mär 11 2016] Intersil, a leading provider of innovative power management and precision simulation solutions, today announced the ISL8117, the first 60V synchronous step-down controller that avoids the intermediate step-down transition stages commonly used in industrial applications. The low duty cycle of the step-down PWM controller (minimum on-time 40 nanoseconds) supports direct step-down conversion from 48 ...

2016-03 Power Power Integrations

[Mär 10 2016] Power Integrations, a leader in IGBT drive technology, has announced the 2SC0115T2A0-12 dual-channel gate drive core for inverters and converters ranging from 90 kW to 500 kW. The new drive core uses the SCALE™-2+ integrated circuit and isolated transformer technology for DC/DC power and switching signal transmission, and eliminates the need for an optocoupler, greatly improving system reliabilit ...