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New graphene framework bridges gap between traditional capacitors, batteries

August 18, 2014

Researchers at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA have set the stage for a watershed in mobile energy storage by using a special graphene material to significantly boost the energy density of electrochemical capacitors, putting them on a par with lead acid batteries.

The material, called a holey graphene framework, has a three-dimensional, perforated structure characterized by tiny holes; it not only increases energy density (the amount of energy stored and ready for use) but allows electrochemical capacitors to maintain their high … Read More → "New graphene framework bridges gap between traditional capacitors, batteries"

Intersil Announces Single-Chip Display Power and LED Driver for Smartphones

August 18, 2014

Milpitas, Calif. – Aug. 18, 2014 – Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a leading provider of innovative power management and precision analog solutions today announced the ISL98611 display power and LED driver for smartphones. The ISL98611 is the first power management IC that integrates the display power and backlight LED driver functions in a single chip. It significantly improves efficiency of both functions to increase smartphone battery life by an hour or more.

In addition to extending battery life, the ISL98611 also improves display brightness uniformity and … Read More → "Intersil Announces Single-Chip Display Power and LED Driver for Smartphones"

45V Input 200mA LDO Offers 30µVRMS Noise & Robust Reverse Protection

August 18, 2014

MILPITAS, CA – August 18, 2014 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT3062, a high voltage, low noise, low dropout voltage linear regulator. The … Read More → "45V Input 200mA LDO Offers 30µVRMS Noise & Robust Reverse Protection"

Altera Releases Quartus II Software Arria 10 Edition v14.0

August 18, 2014

San Jose, Calif., August 18, 2014 – Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) today released Quartus® II software Arria® 10 edition v14.0, the industry’s most advanced 20 nm FPGA and SoC design environment. Altera’s proven Quartus II software delivers the fastest compile times and enables the highest performance for 20 nm FPGA and SoC designs in the industry. Customers can further accelerate their Arria 10 FPGA and SoC design cycles by using the broad portfolio of 20 nm-optimized IP cores included in this latest software release.

Altera’s 20 nm design … Read More → "Altera Releases Quartus II Software Arria 10 Edition v14.0"

Trim Design Space and Upgrade Industrial Efficiency with Two IO-Link Reference Designs for Proximity Sensing and Enhanced Distributed Control

August 18, 2014

San Jose, CA—August 18, 2014—Two new subsystem reference designs from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) provide very accurate, low-power optical proximity sensing (MAXREFDES27#) and enhance distributed control with a compact digital-input hub (MAXREFDES36#).

Modern “smart” manufacturing relies heavily on high-speed automation and superior sensing. With that comes an increased need for versatile and accurate proximity sensing—never an easy task—and more system sensor inputs. Both of these … Read More → "Trim Design Space and Upgrade Industrial Efficiency with Two IO-Link Reference Designs for Proximity Sensing and Enhanced Distributed Control"

Mentor Graphics Extends Nucleus RTOS with Industry-Leading Capabilities for Microcontroller and Multicore Applications

August 18, 2014

WILSONVILLE, Ore., August 18, 2014 — Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced a new version of the Mentor® Embedded Nucleus® real time operating system (RTOS) targeting high-performance, next-generation applications for connected embedded devices. The Nucleus RTOS process model is expanded to include ARM® Cortex® M- based cores. For the first time, software developers can use a single embedded operating system to increase system reliability through memory partitioning for the entire spectrum of ARM cores, facilitating code reuse across an entire product family comprising low-end to high-end devices. New … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Extends Nucleus RTOS with Industry-Leading Capabilities for Microcontroller and Multicore Applications"

ADLINK Unveils Low Power, Fanless cPCI-3620 Targeting Intelligent Railway Control Applications

August 14, 2014

ADLINK Technology, a leading global provider of cloud-based services, intelligent gateways, and embedded building blocks for edge devices that enable the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced availability of its new 3U CompactPCI® processor blade, the cPCI-3620, which runs on a low power, quad-core Intel® Atom™ System-on-Chip (SoC) carrying up to 4GB DDR3L-1333 ECC soldered memory and providing ample computing power with a thermal envelope of less than 10 … Read More → "ADLINK Unveils Low Power, Fanless cPCI-3620 Targeting Intelligent Railway Control Applications"

Dual Output DC/DC Controller with Digital Interface Operates with 0.25 Milliohm Sense Resistance

August 14, 2014

MILPITAS, CA – August 14, 2014 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC3882, a dual output multiphase synchronous step-down DC/DC controller with a serial digital interface. The LTC3882 uses leading-edge modulation voltage-mode control for excellent transient response and operates … Read More → "Dual Output DC/DC Controller with Digital Interface Operates with 0.25 Milliohm Sense Resistance"

PRQA releases QA·C++ V3.2, boosting C++’11 coverage, simplifying the adoption of secure coding best practices and more

August 14, 2014

14^th August 2014 / — PRQA | Programming Research, a global leader in static analysis, announces a major upgrade to QA·C++. Version 3.2 is a new release of this leading static analysis tool for C++ environments and incorporates extensive new functionality.

QA·C++ is an indispensable tool for the growing number of development teams that have transitioned to C++’11. The tool already provides coverage of key C++’11 constructs such as rvalue references and variadic templates. Version 3.2 further extends this coverage, adding user defined literals, the noexcept operator, alias templates, the constexpr keyword, aliginof and alignas, inheriting and delegating constructors.</ … Read More → "PRQA releases QA·C++ V3.2, boosting C++’11 coverage, simplifying the adoption of secure coding best practices and more"

45V Input 100mA LDO Offers Active Output Discharge

August 13, 2014

MILPITAS, CA – August 13, 2014 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT3061, a high voltage, low noise, low dropout voltage linear regulator with active output discharge. The device delivers up to 100mA of continuous … Read More → "45V Input 100mA LDO Offers Active Output Discharge"