Maxim Integrated provides ease of design, and speeds time to market, through analog integration. The company’s analog ICs offer extra features and functionality carefully designed to streamline circuit and simplify design. Look to Maxim for solutions for consumer electronics, personal computers and peripherals, mobile devices, wireless and fiber communications, test equipment, instrumentation, video displays, and automotive applications. Maxim’s analog and mixed-signal solutions include data converters, interface circuits, power, RF wireless circuits, clocks and oscillators, microcontrollers (MCUs), operational amplifiers (op amps), and sensors.
Chalk Talks Featuring Maxim Integrated
Just 1-Wire to Power and Operate I2C or SPI Endpoints
Sponsored by Mouser Electronics and Maxim Integrated
If you are working on a connection or IO constrained design, a one wire solution could be a great way for you to power and operate your I2C or SPI endpoints. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with Scott Jones from Maxim Integrated about the DS28E18 communications bridge: a one wire solution that can help you address a variety of system level challenges including protocol conversion, wiring limitations, and communication distance concerns.
Meet the Latest Wireless Member of the DARWIN Family
Sponsored by Mouser Electronics and Maxim Integrated
May 21, 2021 -- Your next MCU needs to be more than just smart. It needs to be power-efficient, have ample memory, and industrial-grade security. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with Zach Metzinger of Maxim Integrated about the latest member of the DARWIN family with a new RISC-V co-processor.
How Trinamic's Stepper Motor Technologies Improve Your Application
Sponsored by Mouser Electronics and Maxim Integrated
Stepper motor control has come a long way in the past few years. New techniques can give greater control, smoother operation, greater torque, and better efficiency. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with Lars Jaskulski about Trinamic stepper solutions and how to take advantage of micro stepping, load measurement, and more.
Cutting the AI Power Cord: Technology to Enable True Edge Inference
Sponsored by Mouser Electronics and Maxim Integrated
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are exciting buzzwords in the world of electronic engineering today. But in order for artificial intelligence or machine learning to get into mainstream edge devices, we need to enable true edge inference. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with Kris Ardis from Maxim Integrated about the MAX78000 family of microcontrollers and how this new microcontroller family can help solve our AI inference challenges with low power, low latency, and a built-in neural network accelerator.
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Maxim's Ultra-High CMTI Isolated Gate Drivers
Sponsored by Mouser Electronics and Maxim Integrated
Recent advances in wide-bandgap materials such as silicon carbide and gallium nitride are transforming gate driver technology, bringing higher power efficiency and a host of other follow-on benefits. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with Suravi Karmacharya of Maxim Integrated about Maxim’s MAX22700-MAX22702 family of single-channel isolated gate drivers.
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The Wireless Member of the DARWIN Family
Sponsored by Mouser Electronics and Maxim Integrated
MCUs continue to evolve based on increasing demands from designers. We expect our microcontrollers to do more than ever - better security, more performance, lower power consumption - and we want it all for less money, of course. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with Kris Ardis from Maxim Integrated about the new DARWIN line of low-power MCUs.
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Maxim's Himalaya uSLIC Portfolio
Sponsored by Mouser Electronics and Maxim Integrated
With form factors continuing to shrink, most engineers are working hard to reduce the number of discrete components in their designs. Power supplies, in particular, are problematic - often requiring a number of large components. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with John Woodward of Maxim Integrated about how power modules can save board space, improve performance, and help reliability.
Maxim's First Secure Micro with ChipDNA PUF Technology
Sponsored by Mouser Electronics and Maxim Integrated
Most applications today demand security, and that starts with your microcontroller. In order to get a truly secure MCU, you need a root of trust such as a physically unclonable function (PUF). In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with Kris Ardis of Maxim Integrated about how the Maxim MAX32520 MCU with PUF can secure your next design.
Effortless USB-C Battery Charging with MAX77860
Sponsored by Mouser Electronics and Maxim Integrated
Designing USB Type C into your design requires a bit more attention than previous generations. With all the benefits USB Type C brings - reversible plugs, more power, and higher bandwidth, it also demands more engineering inside our devices. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with Sagar Khare of Maxim Integrated about the requirements of USB Type C, and how the MAX77860 can help you meet them.
Featured Papers from Maxim Integrated
Choose a high CMTI gate driver that cuts your SiC switch dead-time
As GaN and SiC FETs begin to replace MOSFET and IGBT technologies in power switching applications, this paper discusses the key considerations when selecting an isolated gate driver. Maxim explains the importance of CMTI and propagation delay skew and presents an isolated gate driver IC ideal for use with these new power transistors.
Make wearable and IOT audio effortless with a plug'n'play class D amplifier
A power-hungry display is not the most efficient medium for interfacing with battery-powered portable, wearable, and IoT devices. For this reason, low-power audio is fast becoming a more popular alternative. In this design solution, Maxim Integrated reviews the class D digital audio amplifier and discusses the constraints of some current solutions before presenting a cleverly packaged IC that requires minimal configuration to quickly bring high-quality audio to these applications.
Ultra Portable IO On The Go
The Go-IO programmable logic controller (PLC) reference design (MAXREFDES212) consists of multiple software configurable IOs in a compact form factor (less than 1 cubic inch) to address the needs of industrial automation, building automation, and industrial robotics. Go-IO provides design engineers with the means to rapidly create and prototype new industrial control systems before they are sourced and constructed.
USB-C and USB Power Delivery Solutions
Every electronic market is rapidly adopting the latest USB Type-C® and USB Power Delivery (USB-PD) specifications. The new USB Type-C cable and connector specifications dramatically simplify the way we interconnect and power electronic gadgets. With the proliferation of battery-operated devices for consumer, medical, automotive, and industrial applications, USB-C is increasingly becoming the preferred universal standard for charging and powering of devices.
Use Configurable Digital IO To Give Your Industrial Controller the Edge
As factories get bigger, centralized industrial process control has become difficult to manage. While there have been attempts to simplify the task, it remains unwieldy. In this design solution, Maxim briefly reviews the centralized approach before looking at what potential changes edge computing will bring to the factory floor. They also show a digital IO IC that allows for smaller, more adaptable programmable logic controllers (PLCs) more suited to this developing architecture.
Bring a "Can-Do" Attitude to Your Industrial Drone Design
Providing predictable and error-free communications, CAN bus networks have been the workhorse of the automobile industry for over thirty years. But they have recently found a new lease on life in other industrial applications, including drones. This design solution shows where and how CAN transceivers can be used in drone designs and explains why it is important that they come with high levels of electrical protection.
Smile, You're on My Security Camera!
Advances in wireless and IoT technologies are fueling market growth for security camera systems. Outdoor security cameras need to operate for a long time on small disposable batteries. This design solution shows how a high-performance power management system can power an outdoor security camera several months longer than an ordinary solution.
Authenticating Remote Automotive Peripherals Using GMSL Tunneling
Authentication can be applied to automotive environments to protect peripheral components from third-party counterfeits. This application note details how to implement automotive authentication with the use of gigabit multimedia serial link (GMSL).