PHOENIX—September 22, 2014—Avnet Embedded, a division of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: Read More → "Avnet Embedded Boosts Storage Offering in Americas with EchoStreams Innovative Solutions"
MILPITAS, CA – September 22, 2014 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT3999, a monolithic push-pull isolated DC/DC transformer driver with two 1A current limited power switches. The LT3999 operates over an … Read More → "36V Monolithic 1A Push-Pull DC/DC Transformer Driver with Programmable Duty Cycle Control"
WILSONVILLE, Ore., September 19, 2014 – Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT), a leader in electronic design automation, today announced an integration with Lumerical’s INTERCONNECT to enable new silicon photonics design methodologies that leverage the Pyxis™ and Calibre® platforms. With the INTERCONNECT integration, users are now able to perform optical circuit simulation directly from the Pyxis Schematic.
With this integration, users can capture a photonic design and testbench, set up optical simulation parameters for transient and frequency analysis, perform simulation, and view results interactively from the Pyxis Schematic simulation … Read More → "Mentor Graphics and Lumerical Unify Optical Design and Simulation Flow"
CHANDLER, Ariz., Sept. 22, 2014 [NASDAQ: MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced a new addition to its PIC12/16LF155X 8-bit microcontroller (MCU) family with the PIC16LF1554 and PIC16LF1559(PIC16LF1554/9) devices. The PIC16LF1554/9 includes two independent 10-bit 100K samples per second Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADC) with hardware Capacitive Voltage Divider (CVD) support for Read More → "Microchip Expands Low-Cost 8-bit PIC® Microcontroller Portfolio With New Devices Featuring Dual ADC Peripheral"
BOSTON – September 22, 2014 – Intending to improve the smallest audio component found in smartphones, wearables and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, a new Boston-based sensor company called Vesper has designed a microphone that will enhance consumers’ acoustic experience with voice capture and sound recording. Though such microphones are virtually invisible to consumers, the market for the highest-performance devices is huge: the research firm IHS predicts that it will reach $718 million by 2017 (1).
Vesper’s microphone technology offers the highest signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in ultra-compact form factors for consumer microphones: 70 db SNR, … Read More → "Vesper Plans to Disrupt Massive Market for MEMS Microphones"
Austin, TX – 4DSP announces the release of a new analog-to-digital (A/D) / digital-to-analog (D/A) FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) card for multi-channel data acquisition and high-speed signal processing and recording. The FMC144 is an FMC daughter card that provides four 16-bit A/D channels with speeds up to 370MSPS and four 16-bit D/A channels up to 2.5GSPS. It offers front panel analog I/O access and can be used in a conduction-cooled environment. This module delivers high-bandwidth connectivity for calculation-heavy FPGA-based applications including beamforming and direction finding. The FMC144 is very well-suited for multi-antenna arrays used in the … Read More → "4DSP Delivers High-Performance A/D-D/A in a Stackable Format with the FMC144"
Unterpremstaetten, Austria, ams AG (SIX: AMS), a leading provider of high performance analog ICs and sensors, today announced that the BMW Group is using the AS8510, an integrated automotive sensor interface, to provide extremely accurate battery voltage and current measurements in its ‘i3’ series electric vehicles (EVs).
The BMW i3 model that is in volume production today includes an AS8510 in the battery sensor. The battery management system (BMS) monitors battery voltage and battery current of the 400V li-ion battery powering the cars’ electric motors, and ensures the functional safety of the vehicle’s battery systems.
< … Read More → "Ultra-accurate ams sensor interface integrated into battery management systems in leading Electric Vehicles"MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ —
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Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic … Read More → "Leadcore Achieves First-Pass Silicon Success with DesignWare MIPI IP in Smartphone Application Processor SoC"
PISCATAWAY, NJ, September 17, 2014- The MIPI®Alliance, an international organization that develops interface specifications for mobile and mobile-influenced industries, today introduced its new MIPI C-PHY™ specification, a physical layer interface for camera and display applications. The specification expands the MIPI Alliance’s family of physical layer specifications, broadening the variety of interface choices available to manufacturers and opening up new opportunities for companies to differentiate their product designs based on business-specific strategies or technology requirements.
“We are very pleased to add MIPI C-PHY to our widely adopted … Read More → "MIPI Alliance Introduces MIPI C-PHY™ Specification and Updates its D-PHY™ and M-PHY® Specifications"
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Sept. 18, 2014 – Keysight Technologies, Inc. today announced new functionality enhancements to the E7515A UXM wireless test set including support for LTE-A category 7 data throughput, expanded functional test capabilities, and in-depth RF performance verification using the industry standard X-Series measurement applications.
“We are excited about this new RF and functional test capability for the UXM platform,” said Joe DePond, general manager of Keysight’s Mobile Broadband Operation. “Coupled with the UXM’s current downlink carrier aggregation, integrated fading and flexible receiver test capabilities, this … Read More → "Keysight Technologies’ UXM Wireless Test Set Expands Functional Test Capabilities, Delivers Greater RF Design Confidence"
