Programmable current sensor 1 July 2015, Altron Arrow Allegro MicroSystems introduced a new customer programmable, Hall effect-based current sensor IC. The A1369 is packaged in a thin 3-pin SIP package to allow for easy integration with a magnetic core to ...
High-speed rotary position sensor 1 July 2015, NuVision Electronics The AS5147P from ams is a magnetic rotary position sensor IC which offers high-speed performance in automotive applications compatible with the requirements of the ISO26262 functional safety standard. ...
Current/power sensor 1 July 2015, Tempe Technologies From Microchip comes the PAC1921, a high-side current sensor with both a digital output and a configurable analog output that can present power, current or voltage over the single output pin. Simultaneously, ...
MEMS motion sensor 1 July 2015, EBV Electrolink Fairchild launched the FIS1100 6-axis MEMS inertial measurement unit (IMU), which integrates a proprietary AttitudeEngine motion processor with 9-axis sensor fusion algorithms. It provides always-on sensor ...
Security controller with SPI bus 10 June 2015, Infineon Technologies Infineon Technologies’ new OPTIGA TPM (Trusted Platform Module) with SPI (serial peripheral interface) has achieved Common Criteria Certification EAL4+, enabling system manufacturers and users to distinguish ...
Ka-band power amplifier 10 June 2015, Accutronics M/A-COM Technology Solutions has introduced a high-linearity, 6 W power amplifier ideally suited for Ka-band, high data density satellite communications and 5G radio access networks. The MAAP-011140-DIE ...
NFC interface IC with energy harvesting 10 June 2015, NuVision Electronics The new AS3955 from ams is an NFC interface chip (NFiC) with unique energy harvesting and data transfer capabilities.
Like its predecessor AS3953, the AS3955 provides a contactless bridge between a ...
Digital output switch for industrial equipment 10 June 2015, CST Electronics For applications in industrial automation, Maxim Integrated Products’ new MAX14900E is an eight-channel digital output switch controlled by an 8-bit parallel interface, or via a standard serial peripheral ...
High-speed A-D converters 10 June 2015, Altron Arrow Microchip announced two families of new high-speed analog-to-digital converters (ADC): the MCP37DX0-200 and MCP372X0-200. They feature 12- and 14- bit pipelined ADCs with a maximum sampling rate of 200 ...
High-resolution magnetic image sensors 10 June 2015, iCorp Technologies MultiDimension Technology has announced the MIS63xx sensors for magnetic image scanning at high resolutions. They are designed for financial anti-counterfeit appliances in banknote sorters, ATM and vending ...
AFE for sensor interfaces 10 June 2015 Analog Devices has introduced a FET input analog frontend (AFE) with an integrated analog-to-digital converter (ADC) driver designed to interface directly with current mode sensors such as photodiodes ...
Considerations for low-power synchronous demodulator design 20 May 2015, Altron Arrow Sensors, which are ubiquitous, are used to measure temperature, light, sound and a variety of other environmental parameters. Some sensors act as parameter-dependent voltage or current sources. Thermocouples, ...
Front end SoC for high-speed data conversion 20 May 2015, EBV Electrolink, DSP, Micros & Memory In markets that require high-speed data generation and acquisition, performance is key. To make it easier to get a direct connection to the analog-to-digital converter (ADC)/digital-to-analog converter ...
Rotary position sensor 20 May 2015, Altron Arrow Murata has announced what is believed to be the world’s smallest rotary sensor. Measuring just 4,0 x 4,5 x 2,0 mm, the SVM4 series is approximately an eighth of the size of Murata’s previous position ...
Inductance-to-digital converters 20 May 2015, EBV Electrolink, Editor's Choice Four new devices have expanded Texas Instruments’ inductance-to-digital converter (LDC) portfolio to include multichannel variants. The LDC1614 family offers two or four matched channels and up to 28-bit ...
Audio bridge for iOS accessories 20 May 2015, NuVision Electronics Silicon Labs introduced a digital audio bridge chip and evaluation kit designed to simplify the development of accessories for iOS devices. The new CP2614 interface IC provides a turnkey solution for ...
Haptics advancements put us in touch with complex systems – Part 2 29 April 2015, Editor's Choice The following is a continuation from Part 1 in Dataweek 8 April, in which an overview of haptics technology and its advances is provided. Haptic system components
The elements of a haptic system ...
DAC for complex IF transmitters 29 April 2015, Altron Arrow, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT A new 2,4 GSps, 16-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) from Analog Devices provides exceptional dynamic range performance in the 100 to 300 MHz band for complex IF transmitters. The AD9154 also includes ...
IoT system design with integrated wireless MCUs 29 April 2015, NuVision Electronics, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT The last few years have seen an explosion in Internet of Things (IoT) devices and connected products such as wireless sensors, smart meters, home automation systems and wearables.
The lowered cost of ...
Digital step attenuators 29 April 2015, Conical Technologies, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT A new series of digital step attenuators, manufactured using Super RF CMOS technology by Mini-Circuits, features a combination of accuracy, linearity, programmability, ESD tolerance and wide bandwidth ...
