Michelle Froese

NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced that it’s laying the foundation for a new era of Wi-Fi 6 devices that can operate in the 6GHz band with its new CW641 Wi-Fi 6E Tri-Band system-on-chip (SoC). With increasing congestion in the legacy 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, the US FCC has approved 1.2GHz of unlicensed spectrum for the 6GHz band…

Nexperia, an expert in essential semiconductors, announced the industry’s first 80 V Resistor-Equipped Transistor (RET) family. These new RETs or ‘digital transistors’ provide enough headroom for use in 48 V automotive board net (e.g. mild hybrid and EV cars). They’re also ideal for other higher voltage circuits, which are often subject to large spikes and…

TDK Corporation presents a new range of highly accurate differential pressure sensors (part number B58621V*), designed as printed circuit boards. They’re ideal for measurement ranges of 16 mbar full-scale (FS), 100 mbar FS and 7 bar FS, with absolute accuracy of up to ±1 percent FS at temperatures from -20 °C to +70 °C. Each…

Raspberry Pi Pico is a low-cost, high-performance microcontroller board built on silicon with flexible digital interfaces. Whether you choose to use the C/C++ SDK or the official MicroPython port, everything you need to get started is available here. Key features: RP2040 microcontroller chip designed by Raspberry Pi in the UK Dual-core Arm Cortex M0+ processor,…

STMicroelectronics’ BPF8089-01SC6 RF front-end for global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers simplifies design and saves real-estate by integrating the impedance-matching and electrostatic-discharge (ESD) protection circuitry typically implemented using discrete components. The BPF8089-01SC6 provides a 50Ω matched interface between the receiver’s antenna and low-noise amplifier (LNA) and is ready to plug-and-play with ST’s STA8089 and STA8090…

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced its new “Lab on the Cloud” environment. It includes Renesas’ solutions, evaluation boards, and software that’s hosted in a remote lab customers can access and test online.  The Lab on the Cloud provides users with quick access to Renesas’ solutions before they receive a…

Infineon Technologies is replacing employee ID cards at its Am Campeon headquarters with the world’s first solution that combines highly secured office building access with a flexible, contactless Mastercard payment function. For the integration of the payment directly on the smart card, Infineon is cooperating with Mastercard, PayCenter GmbH, and petaFuel GmbH. The Munich-based semiconductor…

Nordic Semiconductor has entered into a partnership with Edge Impulse, a provider of what’s termed as TinyML (or “tiny machine learning”) tools that are designed to run on resource-constrained semiconductor devices. Nordic also noted that all of its nRF52 and nRF53 Series Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) chips will now benefit from standard AI and machine-learning features. This…

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has strengthened its top RF portfolio for traditional macro-base transceiver stations (BTS) with four new high-reliability devices. This will provide customers with access to a complete RF signal chain solution. The expansion includes the industry’s first quad-channel F4482/1 TX variable gain amplifiers (VGA) and the F011x…

Server OEMs and Cloud operators designing storage platforms for next-generation data centers need to deliver significantly higher performance through PCIe Gen 4 x16 CPU interfaces and support for the latest NVMe SSDs and 24G SAS infrastructure. To this end, Microchip announced the release of the first products to deliver these capabilities. The Smart Storage PCIe…

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. has introduced a new through-hole inductor that delivers a 420 A saturation current for 30 percent inductance reduction in a compact 1500 case size. For renewable energy, industrial, and telecom applications, the Vishay Dale IHXL-1500VZ-51 offers very low typical DCR down to 0.12 mΩ and continuous high-temperature operation to +155° C. The…

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced its collaboration with Microsoft to accelerate the development of connected vehicles.  Renesas’ R-Car Starter Kit, based on Renesas’ R-Car automotive system-on-chip (SoC), is now available as a development environment for the Microsoft Connected Vehicle Platform (MCVP).  MCVP combines a partner ecosystem with a horizontal platform of…

In a world where computing is pervasive and intelligence is distributed across every surface — from the Cloud to the network to the intelligent edge — Intel highlighted how it’s driving technology leadership at CES 2021. To help people navigate through this extraordinary time, the company has introduced new processors for business, education, mobile, and gaming computing…

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation has introduced five new groups of microcontrollers, belonging to its TXZ+ family. The M4K, M4M, M4G, and M4N groups are based on the Arm Cortex-M4 core. The M3H group is based on the Arm Cortex-M3 core. Every one offers low-power consumption and is suitable for a wide range of…

In critical systems, genuine components are the safest and most reliable. Designers can now enhance safety, security, and data integrity for vehicle systems while reducing complexity and code development by authenticating components with Maxim Integrated Products‘ DS28E40 DeepCover automotive secure authenticator. As the newest addition to Maxim’s line of AEC-Q100 Grade 1 solutions for automotive…

Samsung has launched new, large-capacity Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) air-conditioning systems in India, which can be installed in only 0.5 sq meters of space. This is ideal for apartments, villas, bungalows, houses, as well as commercial and retail establishments. The new side discharge VRF system — DVM S Eco — offers an extremely quiet, efficient,…

Nexperia, the expert in essential semiconductors, has announced the industry’s first 80 V Resistor-equipped Transistor (RET) family.  These new RETs — or digital transistors — provide enough headroom for use in a 48-V automotive board net (e.g. mild hybrid and EV cars), as well as in other higher-voltage circuits. This is particularly true for those…

Designers of space-constrained designs can now significantly increase runtime with Maxim Integrated Products‘ MAX20361 single/multi-cell solar harvester, which offers maximum power-point tracking (MPPT). The industry’s smallest solar harvesting solution is ideal for space-constrained applications, such as wearables and emerging internet of things (IoT) applications. Typically, designers are challenged with the tradeoff between small size and…

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has introduced the world’s first 60W wireless power receiver. The new P9418 delivers faster wireless charging experiences for smartphones, laptops, and notebook devices in the industry’s highest power-density solution.  Featuring Renesas’ exclusive WattShare technology, the highly integrated P9418 wireless power receiver delivers up to 60W of power…

Building upon the advantages of STMicroelectronics’ MasterGaN platform, MasterGaN2 is the first in the new family to contain two asymmetric gallium-nitride (GaN) transistors — delivering an integrated GaN solution suited to soft-switching and active-rectification converter topologies. The 650V normally-off GaN transistors have on-resistance (RDS(on)) of 150mΩ and 225mΩ. Each is combined with an optimized gate driver, making…