Atmel has added three new members to its megaAVR Flash microcontroller family. The mega48, mega88 and mega168 are designed to address the requirements of battery operated and portable applications. Designed ...
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Most applications which incorporate a heating element require measurement of temperature. There are many different types of sensors available for temperature measurement, but obviously, the simplest approach ...
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The two largest members of Altera's Stratix FPGA family are now available in faster speed grades. With 79040 and 57120 logic elements (LEs), respectively, the EP1S80 and EP1S60 members of the Stratix ...
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Vishay Intertechnology offers a series of low-profile bridge rectifiers that have a low forward voltage drop and low leakage current in a compact package that enables height and space savings in end products. ...
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Texas Instruments released the world's first 1 GHz digital signal processor (DSP). The TMS320C6414T, '5T, and '6T DSPs at 1 GHz provide eight GigaMACs on 8-bit data for video and imaging applications, ...
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Atmel has launched a Linux operating system port for its AT91RM9200 microcontroller and its ARM9 core-based ASICs. It enables application developers to take full advantage of the resources and support ...
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In January Motorola announced what it said is the industry's first IC for three-dimensional electric field imaging. The single chip MC33794 device generates and detects a low-level electric field and ...
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Semiconductor Insights (SI) presented Intersil with its 2003 INSIGHT Award for Most Innovative Wireless Device for its PRISM Duette Dual Band, 802.11 a, b & g chipset. The innovative two-chip solution ...
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The AVR Butterfly is a low-cost evaluation kit for the LCD AVR family of microcontrollers from Atmel. The kit was designed to demonstrate the capabilities of the first family member, the Mega169 Microcontroller ...
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'Logistics on demand' spans from providing consultation to customers and analysing the actual situation with supply chain specialists, to potentially implementing a Web-based replenishment system that helps customers transparently manage the supply chain more effectively
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As the local interconnect network (LIN) protocol, a low-cost serial communication system for vehicles, gains acceptance by automakers worldwide, demand is increasing for LIN enabled products. Motorola's ...
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The TPA2008D2 is claimed to be the industry's first 5 V filter-free Class-D audio power amplifier with integrated DC volume control. The gain of this Texas Instruments' device, which affects the output ...
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