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Eltopia Announces a New Technology that May Remove Varroa Destructor Mites

January 23, 2015

SEATTLE (PRWEB) January 07, 2015 – Eltopia is in early stage development of a simple, pesticide-free way to remove varroa destructor mites in bee hives. Groundbreaking new technology, code named ‘MiteNot’, will sterilize mites thereby eliminating them without harming the bees. The ‘MiteNot’ is currently in research, development and testing with the University of Minnesota Bee Lab.

“To save the bees, beekeepers and bee researchers need a new, non-chemical way to control mite parasites in honey bee colonies. Eltopia’s ‘MiteNot’ project is the most innovative and holds the most promise to turn the bee crisis around than … Read More → "Eltopia Announces a New Technology that May Remove Varroa Destructor Mites"

Renesas Electronics’ New Microcontroller Solution Brings Unprecedented Levels of Integration and Reduced Power Consumption during Standby Mode by Approx. 30% for Home and Industrial Sensing Systems

January 22, 2015

Düsseldorf, 22 January 2015 – Renesas Electronics, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of the RL78/I1D Group of microcontrollers (MCUs). The RL78/I1D Group realizes the industry’s lowest power consumption and integrates a wealth of analog functions usable in various sensing applications. More specifically, the RL78/I1D functions are optimized for detectors that sense minute variations in the output of sensors used to monitor for smoke, gas, and motion or vibrations.

The ability to use functions such as the data … Read More → "Renesas Electronics’ New Microcontroller Solution Brings Unprecedented Levels of Integration and Reduced Power Consumption during Standby Mode by Approx. 30% for Home and Industrial Sensing Systems"

Negative Input (-4.5V to -80V) Synchronous Buck-Boost/Inverting DC/DC Controller Delivers up to 20A Output Current

January 22, 2015

MILPITAS, CA – January 22, 2015 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT8709, a synchronous PWM controller for negative-to-negative or negative-to-positive DC/DC conversion. The LT8709 is unique in solving the problem of … Read More → "Negative Input (-4.5V to -80V) Synchronous Buck-Boost/Inverting DC/DC Controller Delivers up to 20A Output Current"

Motion for many: Instantly control three-phase motors for $25 with TI’s C2000™ Piccolo™ F2806x InstaSPIN-MOTION™ LaunchPad

January 22, 2015

Houston (Jan. 22, 2015) – Developers can control three-phase motors in minutes with the new ultra-low-cost C2000™ Piccolo™F2806x InstaSPIN-MOTION™ LaunchPad development kit from Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN). It provides a modular, quick-launch development tool containing everything needed — MCU, emulation and, for the first time, InstaSPIN-MOTION software — for engineers to easily and effectively design complete real-time motion control systems with optimized sensored or sensorless motion control.

Built upon TI’s established InstaSPIN-FOC™ … Read More → "Motion for many: Instantly control three-phase motors for $25 with TI’s C2000™ Piccolo™ F2806x InstaSPIN-MOTION™ LaunchPad"

New Microcontrollers Bring USB and Bigger Flash to STM32F0 Value Line from STMicroelectronics

January 22, 2015

Geneva, January 22, 2015 – STMicroelectronics has boosted its STM32F0 Value Line ARM^? Cortex^?-M0 microcontroller series, adding USB connectivity and larger Flash options to enhance support for cost-sensitive consumer, smart-energy, communication-gateway, and Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications.

Six new devices now join the entry-level 32-bit STM32F0 Value Line to address the 8-bit and 16-bit applications. Theseextend developers’ flexibility to use the same microcontroller architecture for a wide range of needs, and allow the customer to introduce new products to market quickly and efficiently. … Read More → "New Microcontrollers Bring USB and Bigger Flash to STM32F0 Value Line from STMicroelectronics"

Synopsys’ Silicon-Proven DesignWare HDMI IP Receives HDMI 2.0 Certification

January 22, 2015

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

Certified DesignWare HDMI 2.0 TX and RX Controller and PHY IP enable 4K resolution at 60 Hz frame rate
Certified high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) 2.2 solution ensures protection of ultra-high definition content over the HDMI 2.0 interface
Support for all HDMI 2.0 specification features including YCbCr 4:2:0 color space, TMDS scrambling to reduce EMI and CEC 2.0 for advanced remote control units
DesignWare IP Prototyping Kit for HDMI 2.0 accelerates prototyping, software development and integration … Read More → "Synopsys’ Silicon-Proven DesignWare HDMI IP Receives HDMI 2.0 Certification"

New High-current, High-inductance Power Inductors Are Ideal For Electric Vehicle Applications

January 22, 2015

Cary, IL, USA — Coilcraft’s new AGP4233 Series shielded power inductors offer a unique combination of high current handling and high inductance, making them ideal for high-current power supply and filtering applications such as those used in electric vehicle start-stop systems. They … Read More → "New High-current, High-inductance Power Inductors Are Ideal For Electric Vehicle Applications"

Automation Federation to conduct industrial cybersecurity program at 19th Annual ARC Industry Forum, 9-12 February in Orlando, Florida

January 22, 2015

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA (22 January 2015) – The Automation Federation, an umbrella organization of the International Society of Automation (ISA), will conduct a high-profile seminar on industrial cybersecurity at the 19^th Annual ARC Industry Forum, which will take place 9-12 February 2015 at the Renaissance Orlando hotel at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida.

The seminar—to be conducted from 9 a.m. to noon on Monday, 9 February—will … Read More → "Automation Federation to conduct industrial cybersecurity program at 19th Annual ARC Industry Forum, 9-12 February in Orlando, Florida"

Keysight Technologies Introduces Industry’s First Adjustable and Integrated Intersymbol Interference Capability in a BERT

January 22, 2015

SANTA ROSA, Calif., Jan. 22, 2015 – Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today introduced adjustable and integrated intersymbol interference (ISI) capability for the J-BERT M8020A high-performance BERT. When engineers characterize and test high-speed digital receivers for compliance, they often need to emulate a certain channel loss. The new adjustable and programmable ISI function allows engineers to emulate channel loss. This function is integrated in each pattern generator channel of the J-BERT M8020A, which streamlines test setup by eliminating the need for external cabling and the need to switch … Read More → "Keysight Technologies Introduces Industry’s First Adjustable and Integrated Intersymbol Interference Capability in a BERT"

Cypress Licenses 40-Nanometer Embedded Flash IP to UMC, Enabling Next-Generation MCUs, IoT and Wearables Applications

January 21, 2015

SAN JOSE, Calif., January 21, 2015 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY), a leading provider of embedded nonvolatile memory solutions, and United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) (“UMC”), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that UMC licensed Cypress’s SONOS (Silicon Oxide Nitride Oxide Silicon) embedded Flash memory intellectual property (IP) for the 40-nanometer process technology node. Cypress’s SONOS delivers an easy-to-integrate nonvolatile memory cell with unmatched scalability for future development. The technology will primarily be used in Internet of Things (IoT) applications, wearables, microcontrollers and logic-dominated products. </ … Read More → "Cypress Licenses 40-Nanometer Embedded Flash IP to UMC, Enabling Next-Generation MCUs, IoT and Wearables Applications"