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2015-04 Connectors Molex

[Apr 5 2015] After recently completing the acquisition of the GWconnect product family from Italian industrial connector manufacturer Westec Srl, Molex announced that it will expand its heavy-duty connector product line. GWconnect Heavy-duty connectors provide outstanding mechanical strength and vibration resistance for power, control and signal circuits. "Heavy-duty connectors complement our trusted Brad sol ...

2015-04 Power Microsemi

[Apr 4 2015] Microsemi Corporation has announced the release of software version 2.2 of the award-winning TimeProvider 5000, which supports the ITU-T G.8275.1 Phase synchronization specification through software upgrades and license keys. The new software version now supports Synchronous Ethernet and the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) phase specification. The PTP phase specification will help Meco Se ...

2015-04 Connectors Microchip Technology

[Apr 3 2015] Microchip Technology Inc. announced the launch of the new SST11CP22 5 GHz power amplifier Module (PAM) compliant with the IEEE 802.11ac ultra High data rate Wi-Fi standard. The new PAM has a linear output power of 19 dBm at 1.8% dynamic EVM(error vector amplitude) and MCS9 80 MHz bandwidth modulation. In addition, the SST11CP22 provides 20 dBm linear power for 802.11a/n applications at 3% EVM, me ...

2015-04 Connectors Texas Instruments

[Apr 2 2015] Texas Instruments has introduced the industry's first 80V, 10A integrated Gallium nitride (GaN) field-effect transistor (FET) power stage prototype. The prototype consists of a high-frequency driver in a quad flat leadless (QFN) package and two GaN FETs in a half-bridge configuration, making it very easy to design. The new LMG5200 GaN FET power stage prototype will help accelerate the marketizati ...

2015-04 Sensors ams

[Apr 1 2015] Ams announces the latest magnetic rotating position sensor in the 47 series. With higher speed and more precise incremental output, the sensor can be used for motor and motion control. Like the rest of the ams 47 series, the new AS5047P features DAEC™(Dynamic Angle Error Compensation) technology that accurately measures angles even at very high RPM. The high RPM performance and ABI incremental ou ...

2015-03 Connectors Texas Instruments

[Mär 31 2015] Texas Instruments announced the launch of its new SimpleLink ultra-low power wireless microcontroller (MCU) platform, which enables battery-free operation with energy harvesting or years of continuous operation powered only by a button battery. With this industry-first technology, users have the flexibility to develop products that support multiple wireless connectivity standards with a single ch ...

2015-03 Power STMicroelectronics

[Mär 30 2015] STMicroelectronics has partnered with Flextronics, an innovative supply chain solution provider and a leading smartphone and tablet power adapter (adapter) manufacturer dedicated to providing electronic product design, engineering, manufacturing and logistics services to various industries and end markets. Jointly developed a mobile product charger platform based on Italian-French semiconductor m ...

2015-03 Connectors Infineon Technologies

[Mär 29 2015] With the introduction of the ICL5101, Infineon Technologies has expanded its portfolio of control ics for lighting systems from 40W to 300W. The new high voltage resonant control IC ICL5101 is highly integrated, helping to reduce system costs. Typical applications include: indoor and outdoor LED lighting, high/low shed lighting, street lighting, parking and ceiling lighting, office lighting, reta ...

2015-03 Power Qorvo US Inc.

[Mär 28 2015] Qorvo Corporation announced the introduction of new high-performance RF filters such as 885067, 885075, TQQ0041E, TQQ0041T and TQQ1007 to deliver higher data throughput and longer battery life for the next generation of 4G smartphones and other mobile devices. These products are the latest additions to Qorvo's rapidly evolving family of advanced filters, all using Qorvo's proprietary filtering te ...

2015-03 Power Infineon Technologies

[Mär 27 2015] Infineon Technologies introduces the LITIX™ Basic series of LED drivers for low - and medium-power automotive exterior lighting applications. This highly integrated family of LED drivers reduces system complexity and improves the reliability of steering, taillight, parking and reverse LED lights. With fewer parts and more functionality than vertical designs, the LITIX Basic series enables automak ...

2015-03 Power Silicon Labs

[Mär 26 2015] SiliconLabs has announced a new family of 32-bit wireless MCUS designed to simplify the development of a wide range of IoT connected applications. With optimal energy efficiency and sub-GHzRF performance, the new EZR32 wireless MCU meets the needs of all applications for longer battery life, increased wireless transmission distance, small form factor and flexibility, and supports proprietary prot ...

2015-03 Semiconductors Cypress Semiconductor

[Mär 25 2015] Cypress Semiconductor Corporation announced the launch of a new product family in the PSoC 4 programmable system-on-chip architecture. The new PSoC 4 M Series extends the award-winning PSoC 4 architecture with additional programmable analog and digital modules, 128KB of flash memory, a direct memory access controller, two control local Area Network (CAN) interfaces, and 55 general-purpose I/O and ...