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Dual Synchronous Step-Down DC/DC Controller with Digital Power System Management & Fast 70ms Start-Up

March 31, 2015

MILPITAS, CA – March 30, 2015 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC3887, a dual output synchronous step-down DC/DC controller with I²C-based PMBus interface for digital power system management. The LTC3887 differs from the previously released LTC3880 with an enhanced feature set that includes a … Read More → "Dual Synchronous Step-Down DC/DC Controller with Digital Power System Management & Fast 70ms Start-Up"

Test System from Teseq Meets New Immunity Testing Requirements

March 31, 2015

March 2015 – Teseq announces a test system that meets the new requirements for immunity testing to low frequency disturbances in the frequency range of 15 Hz to 150 kHz. The NSG 4060 complies with current testing standards including EN 61326-3-1, IEC 61850-3, IEC 60255-22-7, IEC 60533/IEC 60945, IEC 61000-4-16 and IEC 61000-4-19.

Ideal for use by manufacturers of smart electrical meters, industrial circuit breakers, industrial Ethernet and shipboard equipment, the NSG 4060 is a robust system with a host of features and a best in class user … Read More → "Test System from Teseq Meets New Immunity Testing Requirements"

IAR Embedded Workbench enables ultra-low-power development for new MSP432 MCUs from Texas Instruments

March 31, 2015

Uppsala, Sweden—March 31, 2015—IAR Systems® is proud to announce early support for the new ARM® Cortex®-M4F-based MSP432™ microcontrollers (MCUs) from Texas Instruments (TI). The support is available in the industry’s leading development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench® for ARM, which enables developers to take full advantage of the ultra-low-power features of MSP432 MCUs, as proven in recent ULPBench™ scores.¹

TI’s MSP432 MCUs are the company’s first high-performance 32-bit MSP MCUs and make it possible to develop ultra-low-power embedded applications such as industrial and … Read More → "IAR Embedded Workbench enables ultra-low-power development for new MSP432 MCUs from Texas Instruments"

Synopsys Introduces Innovative Visualization Capabilities in LucidShape for Automotive Lighting Design

March 31, 2015

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

The LucidShape Visualize Module provides photorealistic visualizations that help designers troubleshoot and improve automotive lighting designs at any stage in the development process
The Ray Data Viewer allows designers to preview vendor light sources before building model geometry
The Light Pipe Tool enables fast, robust creation of complete light pipe geometry
An expanded material library with measured BSDF data delivers unsurpassed accuracy for modeling automotive lighting surfaces

Imec and sureCore collaborate on SRAM Design IP

March 31, 2015

Sheffield, England and Leuven, Belgium – 27 March 2015 – sureCore Ltd., the low power SRAM IP company and nanoelectronics R&D center imec today announced that they are collaborating on low-power SRAM IP. The collaboration includes the licensing of a set of imec SRAM design IP to sureCore to expand sureCore’s IP portfolio and a participation in sureCore. Moreover, sureCore will establish a branch in Leuven to tap into the design ecosystem around imec. The Leuven-based sureCore team will consist … Read More → "Imec and sureCore collaborate on SRAM Design IP"

Microsemi Extends Leadership in Satellite Electronics with New Radiation Tolerant Telemetry Controller IC Providing Key Functions for Sensor Monitoring, Attitude and Payload Control

March 31, 2015

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.—March 31, 2015—Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced the first member of its new radiation tolerant Space System Manager (SSM) family of special purpose mixed signal devices, the LX7730 telemetry controller integrated circuit. The LX7730 integrates the required functions in satellite telemetry systems and interfaces with radiation tolerant FPGAs such as those offered in Microsemi’s portfolio of FPGA solutions.

Microsemi’s new radiation tolerant telemetry controller … Read More → "Microsemi Extends Leadership in Satellite Electronics with New Radiation Tolerant Telemetry Controller IC Providing Key Functions for Sensor Monitoring, Attitude and Payload Control"

STMicroelectronics’ Extended-Temperature-Range Serial EEPROMs Boost Industrial and Smart Lighting Design Flexibility

March 31, 2015

Geneva, March 31, 2015 – STMicroelectronics’ new Industrial-Plus Serial EEPROMs, which operate at temperatures to 105°C, deliver the industry’s most complete selection of densities, bus interfaces, and packages, giving designers extra flexibility to upgrade data and parameter storage without making pc-board design changes.

With 34 new part numbers from 2Kbits to 512Kbits in a choice of SO8N or TSSOP pin-compatible packages, the M24 (I²C) and M95 (SPI) series enable equipment used in challenging thermal conditions to benefit from enhanced-reliability devices.

Typical applications include advanced industrial controls and networking equipment, smart-lighting systems, smart power switches, … Read More → "STMicroelectronics’ Extended-Temperature-Range Serial EEPROMs Boost Industrial and Smart Lighting Design Flexibility"

Synopsys Launches High-Performance Embedded Vision Processor IP

March 30, 2015

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

New DesignWare EV Processor Family dramatically increases accuracy and performance for embedded vision applications such as video surveillance, gesture recognition and object detection
Multicore architecture optimized for vision applications delivers over 1000 GOPS/Watt with 5X better power efficiency than other available vision processors
Comprehensive programming environment based on emerging embedded vision standards such as OpenCV and OpenVX simplifies application software development

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), today announced … Read More → "Synopsys Launches High-Performance Embedded Vision Processor IP"

Bouygues Telecom announces June launch of France’s first “Internet-of-Things” network based on LoRa technology

March 27, 2015

Paris, 26 March 2015 – Since November 2013, the city of Grenoble has been the setting for a unique experiment, the first of its kind in the world. For 16 months, Bouygues Telecom, its international partners (Semtech, Sagemcom, Eolane, Adeunis and Kerlink) and several major industrial customers have been testing LoRa (Long Range) technology and assessing its performance in real-life conditions. LoRa’s ability to respond to the wide-ranging demands of large industrial customers (excellent penetration in buildings or in basement spaces, bi-directional and secure communications, mobile devices, geolocation services, … Read More → "Bouygues Telecom announces June launch of France’s first “Internet-of-Things” network based on LoRa technology"

Pentek Introduces Dual Channel Adaptive IF Relay XMC for Commercial and Military Communications

March 26, 2015

SAN DIEGO, CA, WInnComm?March 24, 2015?Pentek, Inc., today introduced the newest member of its Cobalt^® line of XMCs (Switched Mezzanine Cards): the Model 71624 dual channel, 34 signal, adaptive IF (Intermediate Frequency) relay XMC with a Virtex-6 FPGA. As an IF relay, it accepts two IF analog input channels, modifies up to 34 signals, and then delivers them to two analog IF outputs. Any signal within each IF band can be independently enabled or disabled, and changed in both frequency and amplitude as it passes through the module.

The 71624 supports many useful functions for both commercial and military … Read More → "Pentek Introduces Dual Channel Adaptive IF Relay XMC for Commercial and Military Communications"

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