Murata announced the successful development of what is believed to be the world’s first surface mount MEMS angular acceleration sensor. Also believed to be the world’s smallest SMD-type angular acceleration ...
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Peter Griffiths has been appointed as the company’s new managing director following the retirement of long-time incumbent Andre du Preez.
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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 ...
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Andre du Preez, a mainstay of the Altech group and one of the founders of Arrow Altech Distribution (AAD), conducted this exclusive question and answer session with Dataweek.
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Texas Instruments introduced a single-cell lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery charger circuit with proprietary MaxCharge technology that it claims reduces charge time by up to 60% compared to existing battery ...
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Atmel and MXCHIP, a Chinese startup specialising in Internet of Things (IoT) technology, are jointly developing an ultra-low-power IoT platform with secure Wi-Fi access to the cloud, enabling designers ...
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Murata has added to its OKLP range of ‘Power Block’ products with a new 60 A version joining the existing 25 A and 35 A models. Most analog or digital PWM controllers can be used with the Power Block, ...
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Linear Technology’s LTC3371 is a highly integrated, general-purpose power management solution for systems requiring multiple low-voltage power supplies. The device features four synchronous buck converters, ...
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Texas Instruments has débuted a power management chipset with intelligent digital control and a unique body-diode sensing feature to optimise secondary-side synchronous rectification in next-generation ...
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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 ...
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Microchip announced the dsPIC33EP ‘GS’ family of digital signal controllers (DSCs), with 14 members that deliver the performance needed to implement sophisticated non-linear, predictive and adaptive control ...
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C&K Components has developed an ultra-low-profile, top-actuated surface mount switch for use in applications that require ultra-miniature components, including wearable electronics, hearing aids, ear buds, ...
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