Technology Articles

2017-07 Power TechNexion

[Jul 26 2017] Tektronech Technologies has expanded its PAM4 test solution line to provide a full range of 400G electrical interface conformance testing for the OIF-CEI-56G VSR/MR/LR PAM4 standard specification. The latest 400G-TXE software package runs on Tektronix's high-performance DPO70000SX real-time oscilloscope, a product family that includes multiple models and offers bandwidth up to 70 GHz. The new tur ...

2017-07 Semiconductors Cypress Semiconductor

[Jul 25 2017] Socionext, a leader in soc-based image solutions, today announced the launch of a 360° panoramic camera design solution with a built-in Milbeaut family of image signal processors. Socionext's product portfolio includes two products designed to meet the growing demand for 360° camera applications. The semi-professional model is based on the company's SC2000 high-performance processor and features ...

2017-07 Semiconductors Rohm Semiconductor

[Jul 24 2017] In recent years, the trend of energy saving has been accelerating, and the standards for energy saving of home appliances have been revised continuously. Compared with the traditional focus on energy saving at the start of equipment with larger power loads and under rated conditions, the trend of more energy saving at normal operation with smaller loads has been rising in recent years. It is said ...

2017-07 Sensors ams

[Jul 23 2017] Ams AG has announced the launch of the first true color sensor IC based on the XYZ tri-stimulus, the TCS3430. The new sensors take up little space and are suitable for consumer electronics such as laptops, smartphones and tablets. The industry standard in the color field is the CIE1931 "Standard Observer" XYZ three-stimulus model. The digitized output of the TCS3430 is a proportional output of th ...

2017-07 Passive Components Littelfuse

[Jul 22 2017] Littelfuse has introduced the 40A series of standard high temperature silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) thyristors suitable for use as switches in rectifier and phase control applications, such as voltage regulators, heating and motor speed control. The new SJxx40x series is Littelfuse's first SCR thyristor capable of handling 600V, 40Arms and junction temperatures up to 150°C. The SJxx40x serie ...

2017-07 Power Silicon Labs

[Jul 21 2017] To help developers simplify the design of Internet of Things (IoT) mesh-networked devices and speed time to market, Silicon Labs has introduced a complete suite of software and hardware that supports the latest Bluetooth mesh networking specifications. The latest Bluetooth mesh networking solutions benefit from Silicon Labs' proven mesh networking expertise, including development tools, software ...

2017-07 Power United Chemi-Con

[Jul 21 2017] U-blox, a global leader in wireless and positioning modules and chips, announced that it has started laboratory and field testing on a new narrowband IoT(NB-IoT or Cat NB1) network in Brazil with key players in the IoT ecosystem, Huawei, Vivo, CAS Tecnologia and PinMyPet. The first test has been conducted since the first quarter of 2017 and will initially focus on the scale and tracking applicati ...

2017-07 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Jul 20 2017] STMicroelectronics has completed the transformation of its free underlying application program interface (LL API, The Low-Layer Application Programming Interface software is imported into the STM32Cube software package that supports all STM32 microcontrollers (MCUS). The LL API software enables professional developers to develop applications in an easy-to-use STMCube environment that optimizes co ...

2017-07 Semiconductors NXP

[Jul 19 2017] NXP Semiconductors and Widex, one of the world's leading hearing aid manufacturers, announced a collaboration to jointly develop and test the NXP NxH2003 Bluetooth Low Power (BLE) audio SoC and integrate it into the Widex BEYOND hearing aid. The two companies worked closely together throughout the product development cycle to combine best-in-class hearing aid engineering and wireless audio semico ...

2017-07 Power Industrial Fiberoptics

[Jul 18 2017] Imagination Technologies has announced the release of MIPSfpga 2.0, a new version of its highly successful CPU education infrastructure. MIPSfpga 2.0 provides a complete set of materials for teaching computer architecture - including full and open access to the MIPS CPU, allowing students to see the actual RTL program code and study the inner workings of the processor. MIPSfpga 2.0 is part of Ima ...

2017-07 Power Advanced Energy

[Jul 17 2017] Advantech, a global leader in embedded computing, is pleased to announce the ARM-based 3.5 "SBC RSB-4760 and EPC-R4760. The two new products are the world's first embedded solutions powered by Qualcomm ARM® Cortex®-A53 APQ8016 quad-core high-performance processors. For industrial-grade iot gateway products, computing performance, power management and wireless connectivity are undoubtedly essentia ...

2017-07 Semiconductors STMicroelectronics

[Jul 16 2017] STMicroelectronics introduces the next generation Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) system chip. The new products will accelerate the promotion and application of intelligent connected hardware in the home, shopping centers, industry, toys, game consoles, personal health care, public infrastructure and other fields. The latest phones and tablets on the market are equipped with low-energy Bluetooth wirel ...