Technology Articles

2020-10 Semiconductors Silicon Labs

[Oct 25 2020] The new Wireless Gecko system-on-chip (SoC) family from Silicon Labs. This family of SOCs offers superior energy efficiency and battery life for a variety of Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The Silicon Labs EFR32BG22 (BG22) SoC is a single-chip solution that supports Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity including Bluetooth Mesh, Bluetooth Low Energy, and direction finding with submeter accuracy. The ...

2020-10 Power Micron Technology Inc.

[Oct 24 2020] Micron Technology, a leading provider of memory and storage solutions, has announced new client-side solid-state drives (SSDS) that bring NVME-level performance to client-side computing applications by improving the traditional design architecture of laptops, workstations and other portable devices to improve battery life, performance and productivity. The Micron 2300 SSD delivers the storage per ...

2020-10 Power Infineon Technologies

[Oct 24 2020] Infineon Technologies further expands the StrongIRFET™ 40-60 V MOSFET lineup with the introduction of three new devices in the D²PAK 7pin+ package. With extremely low RDS(on) and high current-carrying capacity, these new devices provide enhanced robustness and reliability for high-power density applications requiring high efficiency. The three new MOSFETs are aimed at battery-powered applications ...

2020-10 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Oct 23 2020] STMicroelectronics introduces the flyback Converter Secondary Side Synchronous rectifier (SR) chips SRK1000A and SRK1000B, featuring high energy efficiency and low power consumption, and now adds a more cost-effective, smaller package for chargers, fast chargers, adapters and USB PD ports to the product family. Both the SRK1000A and SRK1000B are available in a 2.9mm x 2.8mm 6-pin SOT23-6L package ...

2020-10 Sensors Verivolt LLC

[Oct 23 2020] Velodyne Lidar, Inc. announced the NavVis VLX wearable indoor mobile mapping system equipped with Velodyne Lidar sensors that provide high-quality 3D measurement data capture. NavVis VLX is designed to capture reality in complex built environments such as construction sites and multi-storey towers. Each NavVis VLX system uses two Puck LITE™ sensors to capture point cloud data to create architectu ...

2020-10 Semiconductors Renesas Electronics America

[Oct 22 2020] Renesas Electronics introduces the ZSSC3240 Sensor Signal Conditioner (SSC). As the latest addition to Renesas' leading SSC portfolio, the ZSSC3240 brings high precision, sensitivity and flexibility to sensor applications such as resistive pressure sensors and medical infrared thermometers. This new SSC offers best-in-class performance and speed, as well as up to 24-bit analog-to-digital conversi ...

2020-10 Sensors Sensirion AG

[Oct 22 2020] Sensirion, a leading manufacturer of sensors for the measurement and control of flow and environmental parameters, will introduce a new mass flowmeter, the SFM4300. With its newly developed flow path geometry, the sensor is able to accurately measure oxygen (O2) and laughing gas (N2O) in addition to air for the first time. This small sensor is therefore ideal for measuring gas mixtures in the fie ...

2020-10 Sensors Sensirion AG

[Oct 21 2020] Sensirion announces that the SPS30 Particulate Matter (PM) sensor has received MCERTS certification, thus proving the sensor's performance. In addition, the certification proves that the SPS30 can be easily integrated into applications that comply with the European air quality standard DIN EN 15267. The SPS30 is also the first mass-market particulate sensor to receive MCERTS certification. The MC ...

2020-10 Power Advanced Energy

[Oct 21 2020] Advanced Energy announced the introduction of a new rack-mount Power supply from its Artesyn Embedded Power Products division that complies with the Open Compute Project Open Rack Standard Version 3 (OCP ORv3). The feature is to ensure that the legacy rack system architecture of the existing data center can introduce 48V power. Server racks in data centers have always used 12V rack power, but as ...

2020-10 Power STMicroelectronics

[Oct 20 2020] STMicroelectronics has released three functional safety software packages to simplify the development of safety-critical industrial, medical, consumer and automotive products based on STM32 and STM8 microcontrollers and microprocessors. These packages are free to download and use and contain the resources needed to meet the applicable IEC and ISO specifications. With more than 1,000 STM32 microco ...

2020-10 Connectors Trinamic Motion Control GmbH

[Oct 20 2020] TRINAMIC Motion Control Ltd. has announced the availability of the fully optimized TMC4671-LA. After introducing the world's first fully integrated servo controller IC with field-oriented control for BLDC/PMSM and two-phase stepper motors, as well as DC motors and voice coils, Trinamic continues to work on chips. Integrated chips are carefully evaluated and improved based on the experience of mar ...

2020-10 Semiconductors NXP

[Oct 19 2020] NXP Semiconductors has introduced the K32W061/41, a new family of ultra-low power/multi-protocol wireless microcontrollers (MCUS). These low-power devices complement the company's recently launched JN5189/88(Thread/Zigbee) and QN9090/30 (Bluetooth LE) MCUS and provide an easier porting path for device manufacturers (Oems) to support current and emerging smart home applications. In today's large h ...