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2016-10 Power Power Integrations

[Oct 1 2016] Power Integrations, the world leader in high efficiency, high reliability LED driver ics, introduces the LytSwitch-3 product family - the latest addition to the company's LYTSwitch family of LED driver ics. Ideal for bulb, tube and downlight applications with a maximum output power of 20 W, LYTSwitch-3 provides excellent dimming performance with either front - or rear-edge thyristor dimmers and s ...

2016-09 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Sep 30 2016] STMicroelectronics, the world's leading semiconductor supplier across multiple electronic applications, today announced the mass production of its ultra-energy-efficient ARM® Cortex-M0 + STM32L0 microcontrollers and a feature-rich development ecosystem to support the product family. Includes extremely low-cost development boards and free software tools to help developers fully control application ...

2016-09 Passive Components Littelfuse

[Sep 28 2016] Littelfuse Corporation, a global leader in circuit protection, today announced the launch of its first discrete thyristor device capable of withstanding voltage peaks above 1,200V. Littelfuse Teccor brand SK225xD SK255KD/SK625xD/SK655KD series thyristor SCR switch mode is specially used to process the input voltage of ac power peak and unidirectional switch power surge. These SCR rectifiers can w ...

2016-09 Connectors Microchip Technology

[Sep 27 2016] The XMC1400 microcontroller will enable Infineon Technologies AG to open up new applications in industrial automation, digital power conversion and electronic control. Compared to the previous XMC1000 products, the new XMC1400 series provides better control performance and better connectivity. The XMC1400 features an ARM® Cortex®-M0 processor with a comprehensive range of peripherals carefully ta ...

2016-09 Semiconductors ON Semiconductor

[Sep 26 2016] ON Semiconductor, driving energy efficient innovation, introduces the AR0135 Global shutter CMOS image sensor, demonstrating another significant advance in its image sensing technology. The 1/3-inch format, 1.2 megapixel imaging device is designed to address the challenging requirements of automotive imaging and high-speed barcode scanning, as well as emerging applications such as virtual reality ...

2016-09 Semiconductors IDEC

[Sep 26 2016] Imagination Technologies has announced the launch of a new family of PowerVR Gpus for the mass market, setting new standards in performance, power and area for cost-sensitive markets. The PowerVR Series8XE GPU delivers the best per-area performance for the smallest chip area and power budget, with built-in advanced features such as hardware virtualization, multi-domain security, and support for t ...

2016-09 Semiconductors Cypress Semiconductor

[Sep 25 2016] For designers of connected devices, from smart appliances to wearable health trackers to factory automation products, the implementation of specific requirements in IoT applications is far more difficult than the implementation of Internet of Things (IoT) interconnection technology. With its extended portfolio of ARM -Cortex-M based PSoC programmable system-on-chip, microcontroller (MCU) and Blue ...

2016-09 Semiconductors Renesas Electronics America

[Sep 24 2016] Renesas Electronics has announced the RL78/G1F series of multifunction microcontrollers, adding 20 new members to the RL78 family of low-power microcontrollers. With enhanced peripherals and compatibility with all RL78/G1x series microcontrollers, the new product further simplifies senorless brushless direct current motor (BLDC motor) control, providing high speed and high precision precision mot ...

2016-09 Connectors

[Sep 23 2016] Avago Corporation, the world's leading supplier of analog, digital and mixed-signal devices and subsystems, has launched LTE Band 3 (uplink 1710MHz-1785MHz). The ACMD-6103, a highly miniaturized duplexer designed for mobile phones and mobile data terminals, runs in the downlink 1805MHm-1880mhz band. Using Avago's patented technology, the duplexer offers high isolation and noise suppression as wel ...

2016-09 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Sep 22 2016] Spanning multiple electronics applications, STMicroelectronics, a leading global semiconductor supplier, has expanded the opportunity for Linux system users, including engineers, academics and hobbyists, to develop applications for free using the popular ST STM32 microcontroller. Most Linux distributions are free to use, and open source applications keep technology enthusiasts hooked on Linux. Ho ...

2016-09 Connectors Microchip Technology

[Sep 21 2016] Microchip Technology, a global leader in integrated microcontroller, mixed-signal, emulator and flash memory proprietary solutions, announced the introduction of the SCH322X family of I/O controllers, a rich and flexible product line tailored to the needs of industrial and embedded computing designers. A new family of I/O controllers with smaller package sizes and longer product life cycles enabl ...

2016-09 Power Silicon Labs

[Sep 20 2016] Silicon Labs has introduced plug-and-play Wi-Fi module solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) applications that address critical needs for superior RF performance, small size, easy application development and fast time to market. Silicon Labs' fully integrated Wizard Gecko WGM110 module solution includes all the necessary elements for reliable IoT Wi-Fi connectivity: High performance 2.4GHz 802.1 ...