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SEGGER demonstrator board empowers embedded software evaluation

November 23, 2015

Hilden, Germany – November 23^rd, 2015

SEGGER releases the emPower evaluation board, dedicated to convey a comprehensive and out-of-the-box experience of SEGGER’s complete embedded software offerings and thus accelerating the start of any embedded project. emPower is an affordable platform for customers to enhance software evaluation, prototyping and proof of concept.

“We have seen increasing demand from customers for hardware which permits them to explore our software’s full potential”, says Alex Gruener, Chief Technology Officer at SEGGER. “With emPower, we now have a powerful platform to demonstrate the broad range of our products.”</ … Read More → "SEGGER demonstrator board empowers embedded software evaluation"

Ultralow Jitter Clock Distribution Solution Combines EZSync Multichip Synchronizatio

November 23, 2015

MILPITAS, CA – November 23, 2015 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC6954, a family of ultralow jitter 1.8GHz clock distribution chips with three independent outputs, each with its own divider and phase delay. With less than 20fs_RMS additive jitter over the 12kHz to 20MHz bandwidth, the LTC6954 minimizes the amount of introduced noise while dividing and distributing its input clock. This enables the LTC6954 … Read More → "Ultralow Jitter Clock Distribution Solution Combines EZSync Multichip Synchronizatio"

Mentor Graphics Veloce Emulation Platform Supports Andes Processors

November 23, 2015

WILSONVILLE, Ore., Nov. 23, 2015—Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ: MENT), today announced that the Veloce® emulation platform, specifically the Codelink™ offering, now supports the debug of designs built with AndesCore™ processors, such as N10 and N13. Andes Technology Corporation is a leading Asia-based supplier of small, low-power, high performance 32-bit embedded CPU cores. Over 600 million Systems-on-Chip (SoCs) containing its CPU cores have been shipped by Andes customers.

With Codelink support, developers using the AndesCore processors can complete designs months sooner by moving critical software … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Veloce Emulation Platform Supports Andes Processors"

Xilinx Announces the Spartan-7 FPGA Family

November 19, 2015

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced the Spartan®-7 FPGA family that will deliver I/O intensive devices for cost-sensitive applications. The new family will address connectivity requirements across a breadth of markets including automotive, consumer, industrial IoT, data center, wired and wireless communications, and portable medical solutions. All new Spartan-7 FPGAs will be supported on the no-cost Vivado® … Read More → "Xilinx Announces the Spartan-7 FPGA Family"

Keysight Technologies Introduces Two Extreme-Temperature Oscilloscope Probing Solutions

November 19, 2015

Highlights:

Extreme-temperature probing solutions offer bandwidths up to 400 MHz
Probes can withstand temperatures ranging from -40 degrees to +85 degrees Celsius

SANTA ROSA, Calif., Nov. 17, 2015 – Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today introduced two extreme-temperature probing solutions, the N7007A extreme-temperature 400-MHz passive probe and the N7013A extreme-temperature extension kit for medium- and high-voltage differential active probes. These probes have bandwidths up to 400 MHz and are ideal for … Read More → "Keysight Technologies Introduces Two Extreme-Temperature Oscilloscope Probing Solutions"

TI introduces industry’s first industrial drive control system-on-chip (SoC) to support digital and analog position sensors

November 19, 2015

HOUSTON (November 19, 2015) – Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today announced the industry’s first on-chip solution supporting both analog and digital position sensors. The new TMS320F28379D and TMS320F28379S microcontrollers (MCUs) are an expansion to TI’s C2000™ Delfino™ MCU portfolio and, when combined with DesignDRIVE Position Manager technology, enable simple interfacing to position sensors. This solution … Read More → "TI introduces industry’s first industrial drive control system-on-chip (SoC) to support digital and analog position sensors"

Automotive-Grade High-Voltage Rectifiers from Diodes Incorporated Provide Robust Operation and Small Footprint

November 19, 2015

Plano, Texas – November 19th, 2015 – The latest series of high-voltage rectifiers introduced by Diodes Incorporated features two AEC-Q101-qualified devices designed to provide robust rectification, blocking, and reverse-battery protection for automotive electronic control units (ECUs). The compact, small form factor and thermally efficient SOD123F package enables the S1MSWFQ standard rectifier and RS1MSWFQ fast rectifier to deliver a superior level of performance from a PCB footprint that is less than half that of similar SMA packaged rectifiers.

With a maximum off-board … Read More → "Automotive-Grade High-Voltage Rectifiers from Diodes Incorporated Provide Robust Operation and Small Footprint"

New Intelligent Power Modules from STMicroelectronics Enable Greener and More Reliable Appliances

November 19, 2015

Geneva, November 19, 2015 – New 600V intelligent power modules from STMicroelectronics enhance the efficiency and reliability of motor drives in compressors, pumps, fans, and other domestic and industrial appliances. Targeting drivesworking up to 20kHz in hard-switching circuits, ST’s modules enable an increase in energy efficiency over a range of application power outputs from 300W to 3kW.

The new devices build on the success of ST’s well-proven SLLIMM^{^[1]}™ … Read More → "New Intelligent Power Modules from STMicroelectronics Enable Greener and More Reliable Appliances"

Macronix High Performance Quad SPI NOR Flash Products Power Xilinx UltraScale™ FPGAs for the Aerospace & Defense Market

November 19, 2015

Hsinchu, Taiwan, 19th November 2015– Macronix International Co., Ltd. (TSE: 2337), a leading integrated device manufacturer in the Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) market, today announced a new high performance Quad SPI NOR flash for the Xilinx® 7 Series and UltraScale™ FPGAs. These FPGA’s are geared towards the aerospace and defense, industrial, and public safety applications. The Macronix MX66U51235FME is the industry’s first commercially available extended temperature range product to meet the grueling demands of the Aerospace and Defense (A&D) market.

The Macronix MX66U51235FME is … Read More → "Macronix High Performance Quad SPI NOR Flash Products Power Xilinx UltraScale™ FPGAs for the Aerospace & Defense Market"

Ultra-low power microcontroller development kits for Apollo MCUs launched by Ambiq Micro

November 19, 2015

Austin, TX (19 November 2015) Ambiq Micro, a leader in ultra-low power integrated circuits, today announced a duo of Apollo MCU evaluation kits to enable engineers to assess the capabilities and cutting-edge low-power performance of the Apollo sub-threshold microcontroller: the ‘Apollo EVB’ evaluation board and the ‘Apollo EVK’ evaluation kit.

Announced in January this year, the new suite of Apollo MCUs is based on the 32-bit ARM® Cortex-M4 floating point microcontroller and redefines ‘low power’ with energy consumption that is typically five to ten … Read More → "Ultra-low power microcontroller development kits for Apollo MCUs launched by Ambiq Micro"