Dialog Semiconductor plc, a provider of battery and power management and industrial edge computing solutions, has announced its new SmartServer IoT Partner Program. The program gives systems integrators and OEM solutions providers access to Dialog’s SmartServer IoT edge server and open software suite — including freely available integration tools and APIs, certified training, and premium…
Intel’s new Open FPGA Stack simplifies the development of custom platforms
Intel recently announced its new Intel Open FPGA Stack (Intel OFS), a scalable, source-accessible hardware and software infrastructure delivered through git repositories. This makes it easier for hardware, software, and application developers to create custom acceleration platforms and solutions. Additionally, Intel OFS provides standard interfaces and APIs to enable greater code reuse, accelerate development and…
Micron’s 176-layer technology offers breakthrough in performance
Micron Technology, Inc. announced that it has begun volume shipments of the world’s first 176-layer 3D NAND flash memory — achieving unprecedented density and performance. Together, Micron’s new 176-layer technology and advanced architecture represent a radical breakthrough, enabling immense gains in application performance across a range of storage use cases spanning data center, intelligent edge, and…
Toshiba launches dual H-bridge motor driver IC with PWM control
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation has launched an H-bridge motor driver, the TC78H660FNG, which is housed in a TSSOP16 package with a widely used pin-assignment. This is Toshiba’s latest addition to its line-up of drivers for brushed DC motors and stepping motors for applications that include mobile devices and home appliances. The company’s new-generation…
Automotive designers can increase data & system capabilities with advanced MCU family
Microchip Technology announced its PIC18 Q84 family — the first PIC18 microcontroller (MCU) family that can be used to transmit and receive data through a Controller Area Network Flexible Data-Rate (CAN FD) bus. Accompanied by an extensive array of Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs) that handle a variety of tasks without requiring CPU intervention, Microchip’s PIC18…
Digi-Key Marketplace to offer Mag Layers USA MMD series
Digi-Key Electronics, which offers one of the world’s largest selection of electronic components, announced that it has expanded its product portfolio to include the global distribution of Mag Layers USA MMD series molded power inductors. This partnership is part of Digi-Key’s global Marketplace initiative to broaden its product offering now available for customers, making Digi-Key…
Octonion’s new software package supports AI-based applications
Octonion, a tech software company specializing in AI for industrial-equipment diagnosis, has launched an STM32Cube expansion package. It’s for STM32L4+ microcontroller-based industrial-application development boards from STMicroelectronics (ST), a global semiconductor provider serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications. Octonion’s new software package supports ST’s efforts to develop Artificial Intelligence-based applications running on STM32 microcontrollers and…
Vishay launches automotive-grade proximity sensors that prevent false triggers
The Optoelectronics group of Vishay Intertechnology have introduced two new fully integrated, automotive-grade proximity sensors with high resolution (up to 20 µm) for force-sensing applications. They each combine a photodiode, amplifier, and ADC circuitry in a 4 mm by 2.36 mm surface-mount package with a low 0.75 mm profile. The VCNL3030X01 features an on-board infrared emitter…
Microchip offers safety-certified touchscreen controller for home appliances
To reduce the risk of home fires or floods, European IEC 60730 and U.S. UL 60730 Class B specifications require safety mechanisms in domestic appliances, such as ovens, cooktops, washing machines, and clothes dryers. Helping designers meet these functional safety requirements in touchscreen enabled appliances, Microchip Technology Inc. announced its maXTouch MXT336UD-MAUHA1 capacitive touchscreen controller family —…
Maxim’s new smart actuator reduces power by more than 50 percent
Maxim Integrated Products‘ new Trinamic-branded PD42-1-1243-IOLINK intelligent actuator enables modern smart factories to quickly and remotely adjust an actuator’s electrical characteristics to minimize factory downtime and maximize throughput. It combines a NEMA-17 stepper motor with controller and driver electronics. With Trinamic now part of Maxim Integrated, the PD42-1-1243-IOLINK uses the flexibility of Maxim Integrated’s MAX22513…
NXP optimizes automotive software for security and quality-compliance
NXP Semiconductors N.V. has announced the S32K3 microcontroller (MCU) family — the newest addition to its S32K product line. The S32K1 family, released in 2017, marked an important turning point in addressing software’s central role in automotive development. Designed for automotive body electronics, battery management, and emerging zone controllers, the S32K1 family continues to simplify software…
Maxim’s smallest SIMO PMIC offers high-density power solution
The breakthrough MAX77655 single-inductor multiple-output (SIMO) power management IC (PMIC) from Maxim Integrated Products provides the highest-density power solution for extremely compact next-generation devices. This PMIC delivers a 70 percent reduction in solution size compared to the nearest competition, with 700mA across four buck-boost channels and only one inductor required for a total solution size of 17mm2.…
Microchip’s RTG4 family first of its kind to achieve QML qualification
Microchip Technology recently announced that its RTG4 Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) family is the first in a Ceramic Quad Flat Pack (CQFP) option to achieve qualification to the industry’s Qualified Manufacturers List (QML). This achievement will enable space system developers to create systems using more reliable packages that simplify the layout and routing of…
STMicroelectronics launches new high-voltage gate driver
STMicroelectronics’ new STGAP2HS is a compact, high-voltage gate driver for applications that require up to 6kV galvanic isolation between the gate-driving channel and the low-voltage control and interface circuitry. The 1200V device can sink and source up to 4A output current to simplify the design and enhance the reliability of mid- and high-power converters, power supplies, and…
Maxim introduces advanced Health Sensor Platform for wearables
It’s possible to now save at least six months of development time using the Health Sensor Platform 3.0 (HSP 3.0) from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. Also known as the MAXREFDES104#, this ready-to-wear wrist form factor reference design monitors blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), electrocardiogram (ECG), heart rate (HR), body temperature, and motion. The algorithms that are included…
Mark your calendars: Digi-Key sponsoring IoT webinar on Oct. 28
Digi-Key Electronics, a global electronic components distributor, announced that it’s sponsoring a product training webinar with STMicroelectronics and Truphone that’s focused on how eSIM is forging a new future in IoT. The webinar will take place on Oct. 28 at 3 p.m. UK time/9 a.m. CST. The webinar will be moderated by George Malim, managing editor…
Toshiba launches H-bridge motor driver for mobile devices & home appliances
Toshiba has launched an H-bridge motor driver to its line-up of drivers for brushed DC motors and stepping motors for applications that include mobile devices and home appliances: the TC78H660FNG. It’s housed in a TSSOP16 package with a widely used pin-assignment. Toshiba’s new-generation DMOS process allows the TC78H660FNG to achieve a low ON resistance of…
ON Semiconductor expands XGS family of image sensors with low-noise products
ON Semiconductor has expanded its XGS family of image sensors with high-performance, low-noise products that offer 12-bit image quality at a high-frame-rate. The new offerings include the XGS 45000, XGS 30000, and XGS 20000, which provide detailed imaging with up to 45 Mp for resolution critical applications and up to 60 fps in 8K video mode. Also available…
NXP enhances machine-learning capabilities
NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced that it is enhancing its machine learning development environment and product portfolio. Through an investment, NXP has established an exclusive, strategic partnership with Canada-based Au-Zone Technologies to expand NXP’s eIQ Machine Learning (ML) software development environment with easy-to-use ML tools and expand its offering of silicon-optimized inference engines for Edge ML.…
Microchip offers MCU’s that integrate configurable analog and digital peripherals
Sensor-based Internet of Things (IoT) applications rely on a combination of analog functionality and digital control capability to meet a challenging list of requirements including low cost, small size, performance, and low power. Addressing this challenge through a focus on increased microcontroller (MCU) integration, Microchip Technology Inc. announced the PIC18-Q41 and AVR DB MCU families, which are the first…