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2015-03 Connectors Texas Instruments

[Mar 18 2015] Texas Instruments announced the launch of its new SimpleLink ultra-low power wireless microcontroller (MCU) platform, which enables battery-free operation with energy harvesting or years of continuous operation powered only by a button battery. With this industry-first technology, users have the flexibility to develop products that support multiple wireless connectivity standards with a single ch ...

2015-03 Power Artesyn Embedded Technologies

[Mar 17 2015] Artesyn Embedded Technologies announced the launch of the first high-performance, highly integrated computing system conceived and designed in accordance with Open Computing Project (OCP) standards. With the introduction of the Atson OCP platform, communication service providers can adopt hardware and software that supports open standards and open source code, as well as take full advantage of vi ...

2015-03 Power STMicroelectronics

[Mar 17 2015] STMicroelectronics has partnered with Flextronics to develop a mobile product charger platform based on ST's multi-mode power management controller. The new platform uses the industry's most efficient power management architecture to achieve two design goals: zero no-load power consumption and excellent dynamic load regulation. Important breakthroughs have been made in the application of charging ...

2015-03 Power Xilinx

[Mar 16 2015] Xilinx announced the launch of SDSoC development environments for fully programmable SoCs and MPsoCs. As the third member of Xilinx's SDx family of development environments, the SDSoC development environment enables the broader community of systems and software developers to benefit from the powerful benefits of "fully programmable" SoCs and MPSoC devices. The SDSoC environment provides a greatly ...

2015-03 Power IPDiA

[Mar 16 2015] Imagination Technologies has announced the launch of a new area-optimized PowerVR GPU that puts the full capabilities of OpenGL ES 3.0 into low-cost, space-constrained devices. Imagination customers planning to develop entry-level smartphones, screen equipped wearables and IoT devices (including smartwatches, appliances, connected radios), and screen dashboards for affordable cars and other vehic ...

2015-03 Connectors Microchip Technology

[Mar 15 2015] 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 ...

2015-03 Connectors Diodes Incorporated

[Mar 15 2015] 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 ...

2015-03 Connectors Infineon Technologies

[Mar 14 2015] Infineon Technologies AG introduces the LITIX Basic series of LED drivers for low - and medium-power automotive exterior lighting applications. This highly integrated family of LED drivers reduces system complexity and improves the reliability of steering, taillight, parking and reverse LED lights. With fewer parts and more functionality than vertical designs, the LITIX Basic series enables autom ...

2015-03 Connectors Qorvo US Inc.

[Mar 14 2015] Qorvo, a leading provider of RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and aerospace/defense applications, announced the introduction of new high-performance RF filters such as 885067, 885075, TQQ0041E, TQQ0041T and TQQ1007. Delivers higher data throughput and longer battery life for next-generation 4G smartphones and other mobile devices. These products are the latest additions to Qorvo's rapidly ...

2015-03 Power Qualcomm

[Mar 13 2015] This year, it is confirmed that Zeroth computer cognition platform will be introduced in the new high-end processor Snapdragon 820, Qualcomm also actually demonstrated the simple application of Zeroth computer cognition platform at MWC 2015, such as automatic handwritten text recognition through the camera, or image content recognition. It can automatically apply text, automatically arrange digit ...

2015-03 Connectors Texas Instruments

[Mar 13 2015] Texas Instruments introduced a series of six high-performance audio analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). Featuring a dynamic range of up to 110dB, these devices in the PCM1865 family integrate features commonly found in portable audio codecs while providing designers with a level of performance previously seen only in single-function, professional audio ADCs. The PCM1865 audio ADCs are powered by ...

2015-03 Power Texas Instruments

[Mar 12 2015] Texas Instruments has introduced the industry's first zero-standby power controller chip set for AC/DC flyback power supplies at 75W, with the lowest standby power consumption in the industry. TI's new UCC28730 Primary Side Voltage Regulator (PSR) flyback controller features a 700V start switch and UCC24650 wake-up monitor that takes power efficiency to a whole new level. It also supports 5 to 24 ...