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2015-01 Semiconductors NDK

[Jan 7 2015] Ultra-low power (ULP) radio frequency (RF) specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA has announced its award-winning nRF51822 Bluetooth Smart (formerly known as Bluetooth low) energy) and 2.4GHz proprietary System-on-Chip (SoC) now meet the full industry-standard industrial operating temperature range of -40 to +85°C. Bluetooth smart wireless technology continues to gain acceptance and introduction int ...

2015-01 Connectors Diodes Incorporated

[Jan 6 2015] Diodes Incorporated introduces the ZXGD3108N8, a 40V rated dynamic OR'ing controller, to improve the reliability of uninterruptible power supplies for telecommunications systems, data centers and servers. The new product is designed to fully improve ultra-low on-resistance power MOSFETs, thereby replacing energy-hungry Schottky blocking diodes, effectively reducing operating temperatures and enha ...

2015-01 Power Crouzet

[Jan 6 2015] CSR has released product details of several upcoming connectivity solutions for the new ARM mbed operating system (OS) that will make it easier and faster for developers to develop complete Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. CSR will provide IoT community developers with two mbed expansion boards, one with integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity based on CSR6030™ and CSR8311™, and the other ...

2015-01 Power Silicon Motion, Inc.

[Jan 5 2015] Silicon Motion Technology Corporation, a global leader in the design and marketing of NAND flash controllers for solid-state storage devices, announced the launch of its automotion-grade PATA and SATA designed for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems FerriSSD Solutions. FerriSSD solutions are designed to replace SATA and PATA hard drives that have been widely used in embedded applications such a ...

2015-01 Passive Components Littelfuse

[Jan 5 2015] Littelfuse Corporation, a global leader in circuit protection, announced the introduction of its SLD family of transient suppression diodes for automotive and high-reliability applications. This AEC-Q101-compliant transient suppression diode is designed to protect sensitive electronic devices from transient voltages caused by throwing loads and other transient voltage phenomena. It comes in a sta ...

2015-01 Power Microsemi

[Jan 4 2015] Microsemi Corporation, a leading provider of differentiated semiconductor technology solutions in terms of power, safety, reliability and performance, announced a partnership with New Wave Design & Verification (New Wave) DV) collaborates to develop networking hardware and Fibre Channel IP cores. Both the PMC/XMC card and the IP kernel are now available for SmartFusion2 SoC FPGas and IGLOO2 FPgas ...

2015-01 Semiconductors Cypress Semiconductor

[Jan 4 2015] Cypress Semiconductor today announced that its EZ-USB HX3 USB 3.0 hub controller is available in a small package. The 6 mm x 6 mm spherical solder Array (BGA) package saves board space on ultrabooks, tablets, portable port extenders, and other mobile and consumer devices, while offering the best feature set in the HX3 controller industry, such as strong interoperability, extended charging support ...

2015-01 Connectors Diodes Incorporated

[Jan 3 2015] Diodes offers a wide range of synchronous step-down converters, including the AP65450, AP65452 and AP65552, for low output voltage power regulation in digital TVS, displays and other rapidly changing high-density point-of-load system architectures. The new device uses adaptive constant on-time control to ensure high precision DC output, high efficiency and fast transient response. The AP65450 is ...

2015-01 Semiconductors Microchip Technology

[Jan 3 2015] Microchip Technology, a leading global provider of integrated microcontroller, mixed-signal, emulator and flash patented solutions, announced the addition of Qobuz Connect connectivity support to Microchip's JukeBlox platform. With this combined solution, HD quality and true CD quality audio can be transmitted directly to wireless speakers and AV receivers, providing users with a wonderful and en ...

2015-01 Power Molex

[Jan 2 2015] Molex Corporation has won the 2014 Chicago Innovation Award for its development of a connector system that provides electrical connectivity for Dow Chemical's POWERHOUSE solar roof panel. Molex interconnect systems have helped Dow bring ground-breaking new solar roof solutions to residential consumers across the United States and Canada. Jeff Gaumer, New Product Development Manager at Molex, said ...

2015-01 Semiconductors Newhaven Display Intl

[Jan 2 2015] Ultra-low power (ULP) radio frequency (RF) specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA announced the nRF51 Internet of Things (IoT) Software development Kit (SDK), This is the complete IPv6-ready Internet protocol suite for the market-leading Nordic nRF51 family of system-on-a-chip (SoC), Take advantage of the Bluetooth SIG's newly adopted Internet Protocol Support Profile, IPSP) and 6LoWPAN technology o ...

2015-01 Power Power Integrations

[Jan 1 2015] Power Integrations, the leader in high-efficiency, high-reliability LED driver ics, has introduced a new reference design for LED street lights, industrial lamps and other high-power LED lighting applications. The new reference design RDR-382 introduces a constant current, 43 V(rated), 150 W reference Power supply designed using Power Integrations' HiperPFS™-2 PFC controller IC and HiperLCS™ inte ...