Technology Articles

2016-01 Passive Components Vishay

[一月 14 2016] Vishay Intertechnology has announced the release of four new half-bridge and single-switch IGBT power modules designed specifically for TIG welders -VS-GP100TS60SFPBF, VS-GP250SA60S, VS-GP300TD60S and VS-GP400TD60S. Manufactured with Vishay's exclusive Trench PT IGBT technology, the four devices have an extremely low collector to emitter voltage of only 1.10V and a low turn-off switching energy o ...

2016-01 Sensors Infineon Technologies

[一月 14 2016] Infineon Technologies AG has announced a +/- 5cm ultra-high-resolution micro-MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical Systems) pressure sensor for mobile and wearable devices as well as Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The DPS310 is a low-power digital atmospheric pressure sensor that facilitates the development of new and enhanced navigation, positioning, health, gesture recognition and weather monitorin ...

2016-01 Semiconductors STMicroelectronics

[一月 13 2016] ST has announced a new USB Type-C and power transfer interface chip solution. At present, computers, mobile phones, tablets, TV sets, set-top boxes, game consoles, various consumer electronics products, industrial control equipment and Internet of Things devices can be seen everywhere in the office and home, but different types of chargers, power cables, data lines intertwined, often make the off ...

2016-01 Sensors STMicroelectronics

[一月 13 2016] STMicroelectronics, a leading global semiconductor supplier across multiple electronic applications, has further expanded its portfolio of environmental sensors with the introduction of the UVIS25, the world's first sensor with direct digital output of Ultraviolet Index (UVI). The UV Index is an international measurement standard for measuring the intensity of ultraviolet radiation from the sun a ...

2016-01 Power Power Integrations

[一月 12 2016] Power Integrations releases the InnoSwitch™-CP family of constant voltage/constant displacement flyback switching ics. The new device features constant power output technology that, when used with adaptive voltage protocols such as Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 3.0 or USB-PD, allows smart mobile device manufacturers to reduce charging times for a wide range of products. Developers adopt adaptive chargi ...

2016-01 Sensors Microchip Technology

[一月 12 2016] Microchip Technology announced the first in a new family of lorA-compliant low-data rate wireless networking modules that enable Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless communication over a distance of more than 10 miles (suburban) with a battery life of more than 10 years. It is also able to connect millions of wireless sensor nodes with LoRa technology gateways. The new 4 ...

2016-01 Sensors Diodes Incorporated

[一月 11 2016] Diodes Incorporated introduced two drives, the ULN2003V12 and ULN2003F12. The ULN2003V12 is a seven-channel relay and inductive load current drain driver that directly replaces industry standard devices and reduces power consumption by up to 12 times. The ULN2003F12 is a four-channel version that reduces the footprint when driving low-voltage stepper motors that require fewer output channels. The ...

2016-01 Connectors Maxwell Technologies

[一月 11 2016] Marvell, a global leader in semiconductor solutions for storage, cloud infrastructure, Internet of Things (IoT), connectivity and multimedia applications, announced the Avastar 88W8977, an advanced low-power wireless system-on-a-chip (SoC). Combining Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.2 capabilities (with further support for Bluetooth 5.0), the chip targets the wearable, IoT, and smart home markets with small ...

2016-01 Connectors Cypress Semiconductor

[一月 10 2016] Plas Semiconductor introduces the world's first dual-port USB Type C powered (PD) controller. With dual USB Type C ports, the new EZ-PD™ CCG4 controller provides a highly reliable integrated solution for desktops, laptops and other systems. The controller is equipped with 128KB flash memory, which can be used to store dual firmware images for fail-safe boot and improved system reliability. In add ...

2016-01 Power Silicon Labs

[一月 10 2016] Silicon Labs, a provider of energy-efficient microcontroller solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), has announced the launch of a new 8-bit MCU family designed to meet today's ultra-low-power, small-size IoT applications. Silicon Labs' new EFM8 MCU family includes three types of highly integrated, peripheral-rich MCUS that are specifically optimized for cost-effective, ultra-low-power capaci ...

2016-01 Connectors Analog Devices

[一月 9 2016] Analog Devices announces the AD5761R, a single-chip, general-purpose output digital-to-analog converter (DAC) with on-chip integration of a 16-bit data converter, a ±2 ppm/°C 2.5V reference voltage source, an output buffer, and gain regulation. The AD5761R converter is built with a range of innovative features that eliminate the need for external components such as gain setting precision resistor ...

2016-01 Semiconductors Microsemi

[一月 9 2016] Microsemi Corporation announced the availability of the LX3302, a new component in its sensor interface integrated circuit (IC) family based on inductive sensing technology. The sensor interface IC family is the industry's first induction sensor interface IC product family based on a linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) architecture on a printed circuit board (PCB), with the latest LX3 ...