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Linear Technology Demonstrates First Wireless Battery Management System in BMW i3 at Electronica Show

November 11, 2016

MILPITAS, CA – November 8, 2016 – Linear Technology, the leading provider of battery stack monitoring ICs for electric and hybrid/electric vehicles, is demonstrating the industry’s first wireless automotive battery management system (BMS) concept car at the Electronica Show this week in Munich, Germany (Booth 524, Hall A4). This wireless BMS concept car, developed by Linear’s design partner LION Smart, combines Linear’s highly accurate battery stack monitors with its SmartMesh® wireless mesh networking products in a BMW i3, replacing the traditional wired connections between the battery packs and the battery management system. This demonstration of a fully wireless BMS car … Read More → "Linear Technology Demonstrates First Wireless Battery Management System in BMW i3 at Electronica Show"

Semtech’s New High-Performance Buck Regulators Target High Voltage Applications

November 11, 2016

CAMARILLO, Calif., Nov. 8, 2016 – Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq:SMTC), a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, today announced the extension of its high voltage power management platform with the new TS3004x family of integrated switching buck regulators. The new product family is geared toward high-performance applications requiring up to 40-volt input range in a wide range of markets such as industrial, telecommunications and consumer.

The TS3004x product family is comprised of the TS30041 and the TS30042 DC/DC synchronous switching regulators. The products include integrated power switches and robust fault protection features for small footprint and … Read More → "Semtech’s New High-Performance Buck Regulators Target High Voltage Applications"

Streamlined MCUs from Bridgetek Encompass Performance, Connectivity, Power Efficiency & Compactness

November 11, 2016

8th November 2016 – Bridgetek announces the introduction of a new series of Super-Bridge microcontroller units (MCUs) to complement the company’s existing FT90x series. The new FT93x devices are able to offer identical performance levels, plus the same principal features and functionality, but in smaller, lower pin count packages that take up significantly less board real estate (resulting in a 40% footprint reduction). Each of them incorporates a proprietary 32-bit RISC-based FT32 core that is capable of delivering true zero wait state (0WS) operation while running at up to 100MHz. This allows these performance-optimised devices … Read More → "Streamlined MCUs from Bridgetek Encompass Performance, Connectivity, Power Efficiency & Compactness"

congatec introduces new Thin Mini-ITX and Pico-ITX boards with Intel’s next generation of low-power processors (codename Apollo Lake)

November 11, 2016

San Diego, CA, November 8, 2016 * * * congatec – a leading technology company for embedded computer modules, single board computers and embedded design and manufacturing services – presents the new conga-PA5 Pico-ITX single board computer (SBC) and the conga-IA5 Thin Mini-ITX motherboard, two industrial-grade, long-term available computing platforms featuring the latest Intel® Atom™, Celeron® and Pentium® processors (Codename Apollo Lake). System engineers can immediately deploy them to upgrade existing Pico-ITX and Mini-ITX designs and benefit from approximately 30% more processing power and 45% more graphics performance compared to the previous generations^{^{[ …}} Read More → "congatec introduces new Thin Mini-ITX and Pico-ITX boards with Intel’s next generation of low-power processors (codename Apollo Lake)"

Fairhair Alliance and the ZigBee Alliance Sign Liaison Agreement to Help Create Smarter Commercial Buildings

November 11, 2016

PISCATAWAY, N.J. and DAVIS, CALIF. – November 10, 2016 — The Fairhair Alliance and the ZigBee Alliance have signed a liaison agreement to collaborate on driving higher levels of product interoperability and standards unification in smart commercial buildings. The two organizations will explore opportunities to combine their technical specifications and take advantage of the ZigBee Alliance’s extensive testing, certification and branding resources and expertise to simplify the development and deployment of lighting and building automation systems based on a common, IP-based network infrastructure.

“The building automation product … Read More → "Fairhair Alliance and the ZigBee Alliance Sign Liaison Agreement to Help Create Smarter Commercial Buildings"

Real Intent to Exhibit at ARM Tech Symposia in Taiwan Next Week

November 11, 2016

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Real Intent will exhibit its product families during the ARM Tech Symposia “Technology of Tomorrow and Beyond” in Hsinchu, Taiwan on Friday, November 18, 2016. The company will showcase its Ascent™ and Meridian™ products for accelerating advanced sign-off, including a new addition to the Meridian product family.

The company’s advanced verification solutions accelerate the … Read More → "Real Intent to Exhibit at ARM Tech Symposia in Taiwan Next Week"

Macronix QSPI Memory Selected by STMicroelectronics’ New MCU for Smarter Things and Environment

November 11, 2016

Hsinchu, Taiwan, 11 November, 2016 – Macronix International Co., Ltd. (TSE: 2337), a leading integrated device manufacturer of Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) products, today announced STMicroelectronics has adopted Macronix’ solution and used its Flash memory products in ST’s new STM32F767/769 microcontrollers Discovery Kit board with unique memory, graphics and communication peripherals.

Macronix’s Quad-SPI Flash memory MX25L51245G provides high read bandwidth to enable faster access times in high-performance embedded systems. The MX25L51245G Quad SPI NOR Flash memory leverages a 166-MHz Single … Read More → "Macronix QSPI Memory Selected by STMicroelectronics’ New MCU for Smarter Things and Environment"

Mentor Graphics New Tessent DefectSim Automates Test Coverage Measurement for Mixed-Signal Circuits

November 11, 2016

WILSONVILLE, Ore., November 11, 2016 – Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) today announced its new Tessent^®DefectSim™ product, that measures the defect coverage of any test applied to an analog or mixed-signal circuit. This capability improves the quality and reliability of analog and mixed-signal circuits through the selection of more effective tests and reduces the cost of test by showing which tests do not increase coverage. Tessent DefectSim satisfies the growing defect-coverage measurement requirement for automotive ICs set by Tier1 automotive suppliers.

Tessent DefectSim works with Mentor’s … Read More → "Mentor Graphics New Tessent DefectSim Automates Test Coverage Measurement for Mixed-Signal Circuits"

Electronica: VersaSense presents MicroPnP: the world’s first plug-and-play IoT platform for Sensing-as-a-Service based on SmartMesh IP™ from Linear Technology

November 10, 2016

MUNICH, GERMANY, – November 8, 2016 – VersaSense will present live demonstrations of its award-winning MicroPnP product range at Electronica, Linear Technology Stand 524, Hall A4. MicroPnP is the standards-compliant and low-power Sensing-as-a-Service solution that combines zero-configuration plug-and-play integration of IoT peripherals, scalable & 24/7 monitoring and control of devices across different sites, with secure and ultra-reliable wireless networking from Linear Technology.

The MicroPnP platform offers a complete hardware and software platform supporting a range of over 50 different plug-and-play sensors that instantly integrate with any network to provide instant sensing and control at a greatly reduced total cost of ownership.

Rohde & Schwarz presents the first over-the-air power measurement solution for 5G and wireless gigabit components

November 10, 2016

The R&S NRPM OTA power measurement solution is the first solution for measuring transmit power over the air interface for 5G and wireless gigabit components. The solution enables users working in development and production to calibrate the output power of the antenna on a DUT and to test the DUT’s beamforming function.

Munich, November 9, 2016 — Base stations, access points, wireless devices and radio modules use phased array antennas to transmit 5G and wireless gigabit radio signals. Beamforming is used to control the direction of radiation of the transmit antenna in order to … Read More → "Rohde & Schwarz presents the first over-the-air power measurement solution for 5G and wireless gigabit components"

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