The new MAX77659 single-inductor multiple output (SIMO) power-management IC (PMIC) with integrated switch-mode buck-boost charger from Analog Devices. charges wearables, hearables, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices faster and in less space than any other PMIC available today. The MAX77659 SIMO PMIC delivers over four hours of play time after a short, 10-minute charge, and…
Maxim’s multi-phase AI power chipset achieves 95+ percent efficiency
Designers of high-performance, high-power artificial intelligence (AI) systems can now achieve highest efficiency (to reduce power cost and heat) and smallest total solution size with the MAX16602 AI cores dual-output voltage regulator and the MAX20790 smart power-stage IC. Both products are from Maxim Integrated Products. Leveraging the current ripple cancellation benefit from Maxim Integrated’s patented…
Analog Devices completes acquisition of Maxim Integrated
Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition of Maxim Integrated Products. The combination further strengthens ADI’s position as a high-performance analog semiconductor company with trailing 12-month revenue of over $9 billion, industry leading margins, and free cash flow of over $3 billion on a pro forma basis. “Today is a…
Trinamic’s 3-phase MOSFET gate driver maximizes battery life and efficiency
TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG, now part of Maxim Integrated Products, recently introduced the fully integrated TMC6140-LA 3-phase MOSFET gate driver that simplifies design and maximizes battery life of brushless direct-current (DC) motor drives. The TMC6140-LA 3-phase MOSFET gate driver integrates all three bottom shunt amplifiers to provide a complete motor drive solution…
Maxim and Xailient provide world’s fastest and lowest-power IoT face detection
Maxim Integrated Products and Xailient Inc., a company focused on artificial intelligence (AI) for the edge, have joined forces. The companies have announced that Maxim’s MAX78000 ultra-low power neural-network microcontroller is used to detect and localize faces in video and images with Xailient’s proprietary Detectum neural network. Xailient’s neural network draws 250x lower power (at…
Maxim’s camera cube design enables low-latency AI vision and hearing applications
Maxim Integrated Products has unveiled the MAXREFDES178# camera cube reference design, which demonstrates how artificial intelligence (AI) applications — previously limited to machines with large power and cost budgets — can be embedded in space-constrained, battery-powered edge devices. The new MAXREFDES178# enables ultra-low-power internet-of-things (IoT) devices to implement hearing and vision and showcases the MAX78000…
Maxim offers automotive backlight driver with integrated boost converter
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. has introduced the four-channel, low-voltage MAX25512, automotive LED backlight driver with integrated boost converter. It’s the only integrated solution that retains full, constant brightness of in-car displays even during extreme cold crank conditions down to 3V input voltage. The single-chip LED driver eliminates an external MOSFET and current-sense resistor, integrating I2C…
Maxim and SICK develop industry’s smallest LiDAR safety laser scanner
Maxim Integrated Products announced that its software-configurable digital IO products helped enable a 50 percent size reduction for the microScan3 Core I/O LiDAR-based safety laser scanner from SICK AG. Achieving the industry’s smallest design allows SICK, which offers industrial sensor-based solutions, to expand the versatility of the new nanoScan3 Safety Laser Scanner for machines and…
Maxim expands its expands its MAXSafe Technology monitoring line
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. has expanded the MAXSafe Technology line with the MAX22530, an isolated, field-side self-powered 12-bit system monitor. Featuring four channels, the MAX22530 provides isolated system monitoring to improve accuracy 50x and to reduce solution size by 40 percent by integrating five components into a single IC. Automation system designers continually seek ways…
New Maxim Continua regulator offers high-efficiency supercapacitor backup
System architects seeking backup power using supercapacitor or other energy sources can now deliver a small size and high-efficiency with the Continua MAX38889 2.5V-to-5.5V, 3A reversible buck/boost regulator. The latest addition to Maxim’s Continua family of backup regulators delivers the industry’s tightest output regulation of 2.5 percent to support critical applications that demand high accuracy. The…
TRINAMIC’s new servo controller/driver module advances automation
TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG, now part of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., recently introduced the smallest and lowest-power, single-axis servo controller/driver module with integrated motion control. The new TMCM-1321 servo controller/driver module enables two-phase bipolar stepper motors in robotics and automation equipment to optimize speed and synchronization of axes for quicker throughput while…
Maxim and Aizip partner to provide lowest-power IoT person detection
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. and Aizip Inc. — a company focused on artificial intelligence (AI) for applications in the Internet of Things (IoT) — recently announced that Maxim Integrated’s MAX78000 neural-network microcontroller detects people in an image using Aizip’s Visual Wake Words (VWW) model at just 0.7 millijoules (mJ) per inference. This is 100 times lower…
Trinamic introduces two new sets of embedded motion-control modules
TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG, now part of Maxim Integrated Products, recently introduced two new sets of slot type, embedded motion-control modules, and development tools that feature a unique, real-time, sensor-free control technology. These complete controller/driver modules keep the motor control system’s communications traffic low by processing real-time critical functions on-board and offloading…
Maxim’s synchronous DC-DC inverting converters reduce component count by half
The MAX17577 and MAX17578 from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. are currently the industry’s smallest, highest-efficiency synchronous inverting DC-DC step-down converters. As Maxim’s first 60V inverting DC-DC converters with integrated level shifters, these devices save up to 72 percent of board space by reducing component count by half while using 35 percent less energy than the closest competitive solutions.…
Maxim’s new Efficient Power ICs offer industry’s lowest quiescent current
Designers can now extend battery life and reduce solution size of consumer, industrial, healthcare, and IoT systems with three new Essential Analog ICs from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. The MAX17227A 2A nanoPower boost converter, the MAX17291 high-voltage, 1A boost converter, and the MAX38911 500mA LDO all provide the lowest quiescent current among competitive solutions to…
Maxim’s precision-measurement ICs double battery life for IoT & industrial applications
Designers can now achieve double the battery life together with robust protection and highest accuracy for internet of things (IoT), industrial, and healthcare applications with three new Essential Analog ICs from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. The MAX41400 instrumentation amplifier, the MAX40108 precision-operational amplifier, and the MAX31343 real-time clock (RTC) with integrated MEMS oscillator. When designing…
Maxim’s automotive battery-management system delivers highest level of safety
Designers of automotive battery-management systems (BMS) can now deliver the highest level of safety for voltage, current, temperature, and communication while also saving space and reducing solution cost, with Maxim Integrated Products‘ MAX17852 14-channel, high-voltage, ASIL-D data-acquisition system. Designed for integration within electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, and other transportation systems, the IC is ideal…
Maxim launches automotive-grade secure authenticator for enhanced vehicle safety
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…
Maxim offers industry’s smallest solar harvester for space-constrained devices
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…
Maxim offers first Li+ Fuel Gauge IC with self-discharge monitoring
The new MAX17320 high-accuracy fuel-gauge and protection circuit from Maxim Integrated Products extends run-time on multi-cell battery-powered products while also monitoring against self-discharge hazards. The MAX17320 is a pack-side fuel gauge and protector IC for 2 to 4 series Lithium-ion (Li+) cells (2S-4S) and is part of a family of ICs equipped with Maxim Integrated’s…