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Compact 1 W and 2 W DC-DC converters target medical applications

XP Power today announced the IMM series of 1 and 2 Watt DC-DC converters. The IMM01 1 Watt and the IMM02 2 Watt converters are designed for use in medical applications. Providing a 1500 VAC input/output isolation at a 250 VAC working voltage to facilitate a 1 x MOPP the single and dual output units are approved to the international medical safety standards ANSI/AMII ES60601-1, CSA 22.2 No 60601-1 and EN/IEC60601-1.

The IMM01 and IMM02 are available with a choice of two 2:1 input voltage ranges based around a nominal 5 VDC (4.5 to 9.0 VDC) and 12 VDC (9.0 to 18.0 VDC) inputs. … Read More → "Compact 1 W and 2 W DC-DC converters target medical applications"

Modelithics and Coilcraft Collaborate to Offer New Microwave Global Models™ for High Frequency Conical Inductor Series

Tampa, Florida and Cary, IL – Modelithics, Inc. and Coilcraft Inc. have teamed to develop two (2) new Microwave Global Models™ for the Coilcraft BCL and BCR RF and microwave inductor families. Modelithics Microwave Global Models are high-accuracy equivalent circuit models that cover an entire component series within a single model. These powerful models, unique to Modelithics, feature substrate, pad and part value scalability (or selectability), and accurately predict parasitic effects based on the model parameter settings. These features allow designers to simulate condition-specific response of their designs electronically and perform advanced analysis of their designs with efficiency and accuracy.

< … Read More → "Modelithics and Coilcraft Collaborate to Offer New Microwave Global Models™ for High Frequency Conical Inductor Series"

Intersil’s 12-Cell Li-ion Battery Pack Monitor Safeguards Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Battery Systems

Milpitas, Calif., June 20, 2016 – Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a leading provider of innovative power management and precision analog solutions, today announced the ISL78610 12-cell lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery pack monitor. The device provides cell balancing and accurate voltage and temperature monitoring to safeguard Li-ion battery packs in hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and electric vehicles. System designers can use the ISL78610 as a … Read More → "Intersil’s 12-Cell Li-ion Battery Pack Monitor Safeguards Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Battery Systems"

ADLINK Introduces Network Appliance & Media Cloud Server Based on Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v3/v4 and Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1500 v5 Product Families for High Performance, Compute Intensive Solutions

San Jose, CA – July 7, 2016 – ADLINK Technology, Inc.,a leading global provider of embedded building blocks and edge computing platforms that enable the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT), today introduced the CSA-7200 Network Appliance and Read More → "ADLINK Introduces Network Appliance & Media Cloud Server Based on Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v3/v4 and Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1500 v5 Product Families for High Performance, Compute Intensive Solutions"

STMicroelectronics Releases Development Ecosystem and Adds New Devices in Low-Power STM32L4 Microcontroller Series

Geneva, July 7, 2016 – STMicroelectronics has introduced the development ecosystem for its latest low-power, high-performance STM32L4 microcontrollers (MCU) and expanded the series with five new product lines comprising a range of package and memory-density options.

The expanded STM32L4 ecosystem builds on ST’s free and easy-to-use STM32Cube platform. This comprises theRead More → "STMicroelectronics Releases Development Ecosystem and Adds New Devices in Low-Power STM32L4 Microcontroller Series"

D3 Engineering announces availability of DesignCore™ ADAS Development Kit, featuring reference design with Texas Instruments TDA3x automotive vision processor

Rochester, NY – July 5, 2016 –D3 Engineering announces the availability of the DesignCore™ Development Kit for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). Based on D3’s DesignCore™ Rugged Vision Platform (RVP) Reference Design with Texas Instruments (TI) TDA3x Automotive Vision Processor, the new development kit lets product development teams evaluate ADAS technology under realistic on-vehicle conditions.

D3 demonstrated the development kit and a full-sized automotive implementation of its DesignCore™ RVP-TDA3x Reference Design in the TI booth at TU-Automotive Detroit 2016 this month. The ADAS Development Kit is available to qualified design integrators through D3 Engineering.

The DesignCore™ … Read More → "D3 Engineering announces availability of DesignCore™ ADAS Development Kit, featuring reference design with Texas Instruments TDA3x automotive vision processor"

Intersil Unveils Industry’s Highest Performance Laser Diode Driver for Automotive Heads-Up Displays

Milpitas, Calif., May 31, 2016 – Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a leading provider of innovative power management and precision analog solutions, today announced the ISL78365 laser diode driver for automotive heads-up display (HUD) systems. The highly integrated device pulses four high intensity lasers up to 750mA for projecting full-HD color video onto the windshield at nearly twice the current of competitive solutions. The ISL78365’s … Read More → "Intersil Unveils Industry’s Highest Performance Laser Diode Driver for Automotive Heads-Up Displays"

Nordic Semiconductor launches the most advanced, high-performance single chip Bluetooth low energy SoC in a tiny package size

Oslo, Norway – July 6, 2016 – Nordic Semiconductor today announces the availability of a Wafer Level Chip Scale Package (WL-CSP) variant of its nRF52832 Bluetooth® low energy (formerly known as Bluetooth Smart) System-on-Chip (SoC) that occupies a quarter of the footprint area of the standard-packaged Nordic nRF52832 and targets next-generation, high-performance wearables and space-constrained IoT applications. 

The nRF52832 WL-CSP has a super-compact 3.0 by 3.2mm footprint compared to the standard 6.0 by 6.0mm footprint of its larger but conventionally-packaged nRF52832 QFN48 cousin, yet offers the same full single-chip feature … Read More → "Nordic Semiconductor launches the most advanced, high-performance single chip Bluetooth low energy SoC in a tiny package size"

STMicroelectronics Reveals World’s Smallest Motor Drivers to Streamline Design and Boost Runtime of Battery-Powered Devices for the Internet of Things

  • World’s smallest full-featured motor drivers simplify design and save space in battery-powered and portable applications with unprecedented accuracy and smoothness of motion
  • Superior energy efficiency including zero-power mode with best-in-class standby power consumption extends battery life

Geneva, July 6, 2016 – With the expansion of portable technology in everyday life, new tiny, low-power electric-motor drivers from STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, are enabling sophisticated battery-powered equipment to become smaller and more mobile with extended runtime.

Controlling the motors at the heart of devices … Read More → "STMicroelectronics Reveals World’s Smallest Motor Drivers to Streamline Design and Boost Runtime of Battery-Powered Devices for the Internet of Things"

Synopsys’ New HAPS Adaptor for Juno ARM Development Platform Accelerates Software Bring-up

Highlights:

  • HAPS Prototyping System with Juno ARM Development Platform accelerates software development, hardware/software integration and system validation for ARMv8-A SoCs
  • Juno ARM Development Platform enables early porting of OS kernel or driver code for ARMv8-A processors
  • HAPS integrated hardware and software system enables rapid prototyping with automated features for design planning, FPGA synthesis and debug
  • DesignWare® IP Prototyping Kits for Juno ARM Development Platform speeds IP prototyping and integration into ARMv8-A based systems

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS) today announced a new … Read More → "Synopsys’ New HAPS Adaptor for Juno ARM Development Platform Accelerates Software Bring-up"

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