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Aircraft, military vehicle, and ground-based systems that rely on intelligence, information, and secure connectivity to support mission success are enabled by enhanced technology designed to operate in extreme temperatures and environmental events. Microchip Technology Inc. announced its new VSC8540/41ET Gigabit Ethernet PHY RMII / RGMII Transceiver — a Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS)-based device upgraded for avionics and military applications.…

Melexis, a global microelectronics engineering company, has unveiled a robust Hall-effect latch for cost-sensitive applications — such as power tools, PCs, servers, and home appliances — with features that simplify design and ensure stable magnetic characteristics. The new latch, the MLX92214, has high magnetic sensitivity that eases magnet selection and relieves constraints on the size…

STMicroelectronics has unveiled the BlueNRG-2N Bluetooth 5.0-certified network processor, lowering power consumption and adding support for the latest Bluetooth features that increase data throughput and enhance privacy and security. The BlueNRG-2N network coprocessor comes pre-programmed, ready for connecting to a host controller to provide Bluetooth connectivity. Not only simplifying product manufacture, the co-processor allows scaling the performance, features, and…

Nuvoton Technology Corporation, a microcontroller platform solution provider, has launched a low-power, industrial grade NuMicroM251/M252 Series designed for industrial control applications. It’s based on the Arm Cortex-M23 secure core for Armv8-M architecture, running up to 48 MHz with up to 256 KB Flash and 32 KB SRAM. The power consumption in the deep power-down mode…

Designers requiring longer uptime for industrial automation applications can accelerate troubleshooting and communicate across larger networks with the MAX33012E controller area network (CAN) bus transceiver and the MAX33072E RS-485 half-duplex transceiver from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. These devices are designed to increase industrial system uptime for factory-floor networks. The MAX33012E features the industry’s most advanced…

The rising adoption of the free and open RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) is driving the need for an affordable, standardized development platform that embeds RISC-V technology and leverages the diverse RISC-V ecosystem. To meet this need, Microchip Technology Inc. is offering the industry’s first RISC-V-based System-on-Chip (SoC) Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) development kit for…

Dialog Semiconductor plc, a manufacturer of semiconductor-based system solutions, has announced its DA913X-A product family — a new line of high-current, automotive-grade, step-down DC-DC (Buck) converters. The highly integrated DA913X-A devices require fewer external components than competing solutions, enabling a low system BoM cost and a reduced solution footprint. The devices operate at efficiency levels…

STMicroelectronics has introduced the first two logic devices in a new high-speed, radiation-hardened family that brings 150MHz+ performance to space applications. The QML-V qualified RHFOSC04 (SMD15962F20207) integrated oscillator driver/divider and RHFAHC00 (SMD 5962F18202) quad NAND gate have more than twice the gate speed of typical rad-hard logic ICs to ensure faster response in high-frequency circuits. Designed with ST’s proprietary…

The IIS2ICLX from STMicroelectronics is a high-accuracy, low-power, two-axis digital inclinometer for use in applications, such as industrial automation and structural-health monitoring. It features a programmable machine-learning core and 16 independent programmable finite state machines that help edge devices save power and reduce data transfers to the cloud. With its advanced embedded functions, the IIS2ICLX lowers system-level power consumption…

Until the 12.5Gbps CoaXPress 2.0 interface standard was ratified last year, machine-vision image-capture solutions had replaced conveyor belts as the primary roadblock to achieving faster production-line throughput. Now, Microchip Technology has taken the next step toward realizing the full potential of CoaXPress (CXP) on the factory floor with the first single-chip physical-layer interface devices to…

Overcome the challenges of implementing USB-C Power Delivery (PD) with the MAX77958 USB-C PD controller and the MAX77962 28W buck-boost charger from Maxim Integrated Products. As portable devices add new technologies such as 5G connectivity and 4K video, many are changing from single-cell to two-series (2S) cell architectures. With this change comes the need for higher-power delivery via…

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has strengthened its RF Amplifiers portfolio with the new F1490, which delivers a much lower quiescent current (75 mA) than many competitive solutions. The F1490 is a second-generation high-gain, two-stage RF amplifier that covers the key sub-6 GHz 5G frequency bands from 1.8 GHz to 5.0…

STMicroelectronics’ EVL400W-EUPL7 evaluation board delivers a ready-to-use 400-Watt power-supply solution that meets today’s toughest eco-design norms. The board leverages innovative features of ST’s L4984D current-mode PFC controller and L6699 resonant half-bridge controller to maximize energy efficiency in multiple operating modes. The full-load efficiency is over 93% at 230VAC and over 91% at 110VAC — with no-load mains…

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has launched the RV1S9353A optically isolated delta-sigma (ΔΣ) modulator. The RV1S9353A delivers the industry’s highest accuracy compared to other 10MHz clock output optically isolated devices. It includes a precision analog-to-digital converter with ENOB of 13.8 bits (typ) for converting an analog voltage input into a digital…

Bel Fuse-Circuit Protection, a Bel group company and global manufacturer of fuses, recently announced their 0ABA Series of small, 0402 surface-mount, fast-acting chip fuses. These fast-blow fuses are designed for handling excessive current, setting the industry standard for performance, reliability, and quality. Bel’s 0ABA Series feature a 32V DC voltage rating of 200mA to 4A…

Designers of wirelessly connected, coin cell-operated Internet of things (IoT) products can now reduce bill-of-materials (BOM) costs by one-third while also saving space and battery life. This is thanks to the MAX32666 microcontroller (MCU) from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. This ultra-low-power dual Arm Cortex-M4 MCU with floating-point unit (FPU) and Bluetooth Low Energy 5.2 (BLE…

Infineon Technologies AG is expanding its XENSIV 3D magnetic sensor family TLx493D. During the company’s in-house digital trade show, “Virtual Sensor Experience,” it will present a new device for industrial and consumer applications: the TLI493D-W2BW. This latest offering uses 3D Hall generation from Infineon and is housed in an extremely small wafer-level package. With an…

Diodes Incorporated launched the AP64350Q/AP64351Q/AP64352Q series of automotive-compliant, 3.5A, synchronous buck converters for point-of-load (POL) applications. The AP6435xQ combines a low-quiescent current with a wide input voltage range between 3.8 to 40V. The devices have been developed for use in automotive applications including infotainment systems, instrument clusters, telematics, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and forward…

Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced the industry’s first zero-drift Hall-effect current sensors. The TMCS1100 and TMCS1101 enable the lowest drift and highest accuracy over time and temperature while providing reliable 3-kVrms isolation — which is especially important for AC or DC high-voltage systems such as industrial motor drives, solar inverters, energy-storage equipment, and power supplies.…

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, expanded its RE Family lineup of embedded controllers with a new ultra-low power consumption member based on Renesas’ breakthrough silicon-on-thin-buried-oxide ( SOTB) process technology and built around the Arm Cortex-M0+ core. The newest member of the RE01 Group lineup is a 256 kilobytes (KB) flash…