Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has expanded its popular ZMOD4410 Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) sensor platform with the industry’s first software-configurable IP67-qualified waterproof option for IAQ applications operating in wet or dirty environments. This includes for kitchens, bathrooms, and hospital rooms, or any area that’s frequently exposed to water, oils, and dust. …
Renesas extends its Arm Cortex-based MCU family for industrial & IoT applications
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has expanded its RA4 Series microcontrollers (MCUs) with the new 32-bit RA4M3 Group of MCUs. The RA4M3 MCUs boost operating performance up to 100 MHz using the Arm Cortex-M33 core based on the Armv8-M architecture. The Arm TrustZone technology is Renesas’ Secure Crypto Engine. With a…
Renesas offers industry’s highest-performance SAR analog-to-digital converter
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has announced the industry’s highest-performance, single-chip 14-Bit, 1-MSPS successive-approximation-register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for radiation-hardened (rad-hard) space applications. Renesas’ Intersil brand ISL73141SEH delivers best-in-class dynamic and static performance, including signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), an effective number of bits (ENOB), an integral non-linearity (INL), and a differential non-linearity…
Renesas expands 32-bit RA2 Series MCUs, offering flexible power modes
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced the expansion of its 32-bit RA2 Series microcontrollers (MCUs) with 20 new RA2L1 Group MCUs — increasing the RA Family to 66 MCUs. The general-purpose RA2L1 MCUs use the Arm Cortex-M23 core operating up to 48 MHz. The RA2L1 MCUs are supported by the easy-to-use Flexible…
Renesas unveils integrated LIN interface sensor signal conditioner for EVs
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has introduced the ZSSC4132 — an automotive pressure sensor solution featuring an integrated certified LIN v2.2a interface. The single-package sensor signal conditioner (SSC) delivers best-in-class performance, increased design flexibility, and cost efficiency in a compact form factor for HVAC applications used in plug-in hybrid electric vehicle…
Renesas expands RE Family with ultra-low power embedded controller
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…
Renesas announces advanced sensor signal conditioner
Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, recently introduced the ZSSC3240 sensor signal conditioner (SSC) – the newest member of its SSC portfolio. The ZSSC3240 delivers high-accuracy, sensitivity, and flexibility for sensor applications such as resistive pressure sensors and medical infrared thermometers. This new SSC features best-in-class performance and speed, with up…
Renesas RE family adopted as main controller of G-SHOCK watch
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced that Casio Computer Co., Ltd. has adopted a Renesas’ ultra-low power consumption RE Family controller. It will be the main controller of the new Casio G-SHOCK watch GBD-H1000 with heart rate monitor and GPS functionality. The GBD-H1000 is a new addition to Casio’s G-SHOCK…
Renesas’ new RX13T 32-Bit MCU enables inverter control in on-off switching motors
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has launched the RX13T Group of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) to enable highly efficient inverter control of compact motors — such as fans or pumps in consumer and industrial applications that previously controlled motor operation through on-off switching. This includes factory equipment where energy efficiency is…
Renesas launches industry’s first single-chip regulator for satellite applications
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, recently announced the industry’s first single-chip synchronous buck and low dropout (LDO) regulator targeting low-power FPGAs, DDR memory and other digital loads for spaceflight payload applications. The ISL70005SEH is the only point-of-load (POL) power solution that reduces size, weight, and power (SWaP) by integrating a synch…
Renesas launches new PMIC for automotive camera systems
Renesas Electronics Corporation recently launched its IISL78083, a highly integrated Power Management IC (PMIC). This new IC simplifies the power supply design for use in several HD camera modules. It reduces supply chain risks, bill of materials (BOM) costs, and the duration of development cycles. The automotive camera PMIC accepts direct-from-battery (36-42V) or power-over-coax (15-18V)…
Renesas’ ISL91301B PMIC designed in Google AI products
Renesas Electronics recently launched its ISL91301B PMIC (Power Management Integrated Circuit), which has been designed into the latest Google Coral products. They include the Mini PCIe Accelerator, M.2 Accelerator A+E Key, M.2 Accelerator B+M Key, and System-on-Module (SoM). Google Coral integrates seamlessly into processes at any scale, helping designers create a variety of local artificial…
Renesas Electronics and Xilinx collaborate on Versal ACAP reference designs
Renesas Electronics Corporation, supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, recently launched its timing and power solutions from Integrated Device Technology or IDT. A subsidiary of Renesas, IDT is currently supporting the Xilinx Versal Adaptive Compute Acceleration Platform (ACAP) devices, featured by the Xilinx VCK190 evaluation kit, and the Renesas VERSALDEMO1Z power reference board. This new solution…
Renesas’s RL78 prototyping board simplifies IoT endpoint equipment
Renesas Electronics Corporation recently launched the RL78/G14 Fast prototyping board. This one is a function and feature-rich, cost-effective board that enables speedy product development for all kinds of IoT endpoint equipment. This product is expected to reach in the list of most recommended products for its ability to enable users with quick response to rapidly…
Renesas Electronics secures Bluetooth 5 connections with 32-bit RX23W MCU
Renesas Electronics Corporation recently announced the 32-bit MCU (Microcontroller Unit) featuring Bluetooth 5.0. This version of Bluetooth is meant for IoT endpoint devices like healthcare equipment and home appliances. The combination of Renesas’ Trusted Secure UP and Bluetooth 5.0 on the most preferred RX MCU helps in the delivery of an optimized single-chip solution to…
Renesas Electronics brings forth industry’s first ASi-5 ASSP to facilitate industrial automation
Renesas Electronics Corporation recently introduced the industry’s first silicon solution for complete implementation of Actuator Sensor Interface version specification version 5 (ASi-5). It is the established benchmark for industrial network equipment. ASi-5 promises much better performance and usability against ASi-3. It is capable of producing 1.27 ms cycle time, 96 slaves per segment, and 200m…
Renesas Electronics Brings Forth Advanced Processing-In-Memory Technology for Next-Gen AI Chips Capable Of Yielding Processing Performance of 8.8 TOPS/W
Renesas Electronics Corporation recently announced that it has come up with an AI accelerator that does Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) processing at low power consumption and high speeds. This development marks a crucial step towards coming range of embedded AI by the premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions. This new solution will accelerate enhanced intelligence of endpoint devices.
Renesas Electronics Introduces RX72M Group of Microcontrollers Featuring EtherCAT(R) Support for Industrial Applications
The completely new ready-to-use, compact S32K144 Development Kits have been designed for 3-phase motor control applications. These need a single PMSM (Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor) or just one BLDC (Brushless DC Motor). You can avail these kits with all required software and hardware components and enjoy the most complete out-of-the-box experience by cutting down the prototyping and development time. The best part, it gets the motor spinning in less than 10 minutes.