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Small Footprint Boost Controller from Diodes Incorporated Simplifies LED Backlighting

September 25, 2014

Plano, Texas – September 25th, 2014 – For TV and monitor manufacturers needing a cost-effective solution for driving LED backlights, Diodes Incorporated has introduced a constant-frequency, voltage-mode, external-compensation boost controller. The highly integrated AL3022 is supplied in the small footprint SO-8 package and significantly reduces the number of external components required for system design.

Operating at a fixed switching frequency of 140kHz, the controller handles up to 60W output power, and is suitable for a wide range of 14-inch to 42-inch LCD panel designs. The … Read More → "Small Footprint Boost Controller from Diodes Incorporated Simplifies LED Backlighting"

New Amplicon embedded PC offers maximum PCI/PCIe expansion flexibility in fanless compact design

September 25, 2014

Brighton, UK, 25^th September 2014 – The Impact-E 400 series brings the power of expansion to the Amplicon embedded family. Packaged in a lightweight aluminium chassis, designed for optimal heat dissipation, the Impact-E 400 series has been designed with card expansion at its heart.

The Impact-E 400 further improves on the Amplicon Impact-E series, delivering customisable expansion powered by the Ivy Bridge processor generation, packaged in a fanless compact chassis with options for expansion.

The Impact-E 400 series allows for easy access card expansion in an embedded fanless system. Capable of housing cards up to 220mm in either PCI … Read More → "New Amplicon embedded PC offers maximum PCI/PCIe expansion flexibility in fanless compact design"

Dynamic Vibration Sensor Easily Connects via USB to Smart Phones, Tablets and PCs

September 25, 2014

Digiducer, Inc. is pleased to introduce the piezoelectric USB Digital Accelerometer (model 333D01). It is the first integrated and ruggedized high-resolution, broad-frequency piezoelectric vibration sensor with integrated digital output. It’s a truly plug-and-play device that works directly with smart phones, tablets and PCs making accurate vibration measurement accessible to everyone. Full specifications and a list of compatible and optimized third-party software is available atRead More → "Dynamic Vibration Sensor Easily Connects via USB to Smart Phones, Tablets and PCs"

Renesas Electronics Delivers Improved Safety, Efficiency and Affordability for Small Appliances and Consumer Products with Expanded Brushless DC Motor Control Support

September 25, 2014

TOKYO, Japan, September 25, 2014 – Renesas Electronics Europe, Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, is expanding its safety and efficiency support for home appliances and tools with the innovative new RL78/G1G Group of microcontrollers (MCUs). In complement to its current brushless DC motor control (BLDC) MCU offerings, Renesasdelivers power-efficient performance with shorter development time and up to 40 percent lower system costs, in a small but powerful single-chip solution for appliances like advanced electric fans, electric tools, and food processors, and many other applications that require … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Delivers Improved Safety, Efficiency and Affordability for Small Appliances and Consumer Products with Expanded Brushless DC Motor Control Support"

Synopsys Tools Achieve TSMC Certification for 16-nm FinFET+ Process and Entered 10-nm FinFET Collaboration

September 25, 2014

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

Digital and custom tools from Galaxy^™ Design Platform are ready for TSMC 10-nm FinFET and 16-nm FinFET+ processes
Successful 10-nm digital design flow pipe-cleaning using the Galaxy Design Platform on ARM^® Cortex^®-A15 MPCore^™ processor
TSMC 16-nm FinFET+ Reference Flow delivered

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips … Read More → "Synopsys Tools Achieve TSMC Certification for 16-nm FinFET+ Process and Entered 10-nm FinFET Collaboration"

RGS Expands Education Portfolio with Wi-Fi Learning System for Windows

September 25, 2014

PHOENIX—September 25, 2014—RGS, a business unit of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: Read More → "RGS Expands Education Portfolio with Wi-Fi Learning System for Windows"

EDMI, gridComm Collaborate to Create the Most Robust Narrowband Power Line Communication Smart Meter Available

September 24, 2014

SINGAPORE–(Marketwired – Sep 24, 2014) – gridComm, a provider of power line communications (PLC) solutions that enable the transformation of the power grid into a smart grid, today announced that it will collaborate with EDMI to create the most robust narrowband PLC smart meters available to date.

Based on its unique, proven GC2200 OFDMA technology, gridComm and EDMI are developing PLC smart meters such as the DIN … Read More → "EDMI, gridComm Collaborate to Create the Most Robust Narrowband Power Line Communication Smart Meter Available"

Intersil’s Highly Integrated Li-ion Battery Charger Safeguards Backup Battery in Automotive eCall Systems

September 24, 2014

Milpitas, Calif. – Sept. 22, 2014 – Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a leading provider of innovative power management and precision analog solutions today announced the ISL78692, a 4.1V single-cell battery charger designed to extend the life of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries in automotive emergency call (eCall) systems. The ISL78692 battery charger dissipates lower leakage current (3uA) than competing solutions, allowing the backup battery to remain charged for a longer period of time. Lower charging voltage also extends battery life while the device’s small footprint reduces total solution size.

Vehicles equipped with eCall systems automatically place a call to … Read More → "Intersil’s Highly Integrated Li-ion Battery Charger Safeguards Backup Battery in Automotive eCall Systems"

National FAA Certification Conference Features Talks by LDRA and Logicircuit

September 24, 2014

WIRRAL, U.K. and ALPHARETTA, GA, September 23, 2014—Cosponsors
LDRA and Logicircuit present talks at the National Systems, Software, and Airborne Electronic Hardware Conference, held this week in Los Angeles, CA from Read More → "National FAA Certification Conference Features Talks by LDRA and Logicircuit"

STMicroelectronics Accelerates MCU-Developers’ Pace of Innovation with World’s First ARM Cortex-M7 Core-Based STM32 F7 Series MCU

September 24, 2014

Geneva, September 24, 2014 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a leading supplier of ARM^® Cortex^®-M core microcontrollers, today announced the extension of its STM32 family of more than 500 pin- and software-compatible microcontrollers. The new STM32 F7microcontroller (MCU) series leverages the ARM Cortex-M7 core, just announced as ARM’s newest and most powerful Cortex-M processor. ST’s STM32 F7 series leapfrogs the industry’s previous high-performance 32-bit Cortex-M champ — ST’s own STM32 … Read More → "STMicroelectronics Accelerates MCU-Developers’ Pace of Innovation with World’s First ARM Cortex-M7 Core-Based STM32 F7 Series MCU"