Technology Articles

2017-03 Connectors Silicon Labs

[三月 26 2017] Silicon Labs continues to enhance the EFM32 Gecko microcontroller (MCU) family to meet the needs of embedded developers designing the next generation of secure, high-end IoT devices. With the new Jade and Pearl Gecko MCUS from Silicon Labs, developers can easily add touch control interfaces, robust security features, and multiple low-power sensors to IoT devices. The new MCUS are specifically opt ...

2017-03 Power Silicon Labs

[三月 25 2017] Silicon Labs has announced a major expansion of its Wireless Gecko system-on-chip (SoC) product family, making it easier for developers at all levels to add multi-protocol switching capabilities to increasingly complex IoT applications. The new EFR32xG12 SoCs support a wider range of multi-protocol, multi-band application scenarios for home automation, connected lighting, wearables, and the Indus ...

2017-03 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[三月 24 2017] STMicroelectronics' latest microcontrollers (MCUS), the STM32L496 and STM32L4A6, combine the performance of ARM® Cortex-M4F processor cores with ST's unique ultra-low power technology to improve on-chip storage capacity and graphics processing capabilities. Add more communication peripherals and more flexible power-saving modes. The new product's 320KB of on-chip RAM, coupled with the new ST Chro ...

2017-03 Connectors Analog Devices

[三月 23 2017] Analog Devices announced the launch of an ultra-low-power microcontroller unit (MCU) designed to meet the rapidly growing demand for embedded advanced algorithms and consume extremely low system power when used at Internet of Things (IoT) edge nodes. The ADuCM4050 MCU contains an ARM® Cortex-M4 core with floating point units, extended SRAM, and embedded flash memory to support localization decisi ...

2017-03 Sensors STMicroelectronics

[三月 22 2017] STMicroelectronics has announced the VL53L1, a third-generation laser ranging sensor using its market-leading FlightSense technology. The new product is based on new silicon patented technology and module-level architecture, introducing optical lenses on modules for the first time. The addition of a lens improves sensor core performance while enabling many new features, including multi-object det ...

2017-03 Power Maxim Integrated

[三月 21 2017] Maxim introduces the MAX17222nanoPower boost with the industry's highest efficiency and minimum static current (IQ) of 300nA to help wearable and consumer IoT designs achieve maximum battery life with minimum area. The MAX17222 is a boost regulator with input voltage range 0.4V-5.5V, output voltage range 1.8V-5V and input current limit of 500mA, which reduces the scheme area by up to 50% compared ...

2017-03 Sensors Bosch Sensortec

[三月 20 2017] "The Internet of Things is booming at an incredible pace, and Bosch Sensortec is also driving innovation." Stefan Finkbeiner, CEO of Bosch Sensortec, said: "The focus is not only on the way devices communicate or sense their surroundings, but increasingly on the way technology interacts with humans. As an amazing new solution, the laser projection virtual interface opens up a world we have never ...

2017-03 Power Panasonic

[三月 20 2017] Pasternack, Inc., an industry-leading supplier of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, has announced six new IQ mixers that operate in the radio frequency (RF) and local oscillator (LO) bands from 4GHz to 38GHz with synchronous and orthogonal intermediate frequency (IF) bandwidths from DC to 4.5GHz. Typical uses for these mixers include point-to-point and point-to-multipoint radios, very s ...

2017-03 Power Analog Devices

[三月 19 2017] Analog Devices announced the launch of the next generation of accelerometers designed for long-term monitoring of the physical condition of high-value assets. The ADXL372 Micro-Power large-range MEMS accelerometer has extremely low power consumption and is targeted for Internet of Things (IoT) solution applications, avoiding situations where the function, safety or reliability of the device is ad ...

2017-03 Power Khatod

[三月 18 2017] KLA-Tencor introduces four innovative measurement systems for the development and mass production of integrated circuit (IC) devices below 10 nanometers (sub-10nm) : The Archer 600 Stack measurement system, WaferSight PWG2 pattern chip geometry measurement system, SpectraShape 10K Optical Critical Dimension (CD) measurement system and SensArray HighTemp 4mm real-time temperature measurement syste ...

2017-03 Connectors United Chemi-Con

[三月 16 2017] U-blox, a global leader in wireless and positioning modules and chips, announced the launch of two new Wi-Fi modules for the industrial market. NINA-W131 and NINA-W132 are ultra-low power Wi-Fi modules that support the 2.4GHz ISM band 802.11b /g/n standard. They are the first two variants of the new NINA-W1 module family. Developed with the concept of security and reduced time-to-market, the NINA ...

2017-03 Semiconductors Cypress Semiconductor

[三月 15 2017] Cypress Semiconductor Corporation announced that its leading dual-band 802.11ac combination solution is now in production, enabling high-speed Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity using advanced algorithms for coexistence of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. The solution has been adopted in the new Nintendo Switch to support online gaming and communication with the innovative Joy-Con controller. The Nintendo Swit ...