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Lattice Semi to be sold to China-backed private equity
Lattice Semi to be sold to China-backed private equity
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FPGA vendor Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (Portland, Ore.) has announced it will be sold to newly-formed private equity company for approximately…
Compact, low loss EMC filters for high current photovoltaic applications
Compact, low loss EMC filters for high current photovoltaic applications
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Schaffner has launched a new family of EMC and EMI filters for photovoltaic systems from 250A and 2,300A.
Ubuntu Core 16 delivers foundation for secure IoT
Ubuntu Core 16 delivers foundation for secure IoT
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Canonical – the company that is the commercial face of Ubuntu – has issued Ubuntu Core 16 for the Internet…
HMI/TFT panel development kit based on Renesas’ RX MCUs
HMI/TFT panel development kit based on Renesas’ RX MCUs
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Renesas Electronics Europe’s RX71M Revelation Kit has been put together to simplify TFT display implementation and reduce BOM cost.

Serial memory enables instant-on in automotive, industrial, IoT
Serial memory enables instant-on in automotive, industrial, IoT
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Cypress Semiconductor has configured a low pin-count multi-chip package that combines its HyperFlash and HyperRAM memories using the high-bandwidth, low-pin-count HyperBus interface to make a small-footprint memory solution that enables…
IoT processor beats Cortex-M, claims startup
IoT processor beats Cortex-M, claims startup
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Fabless chip company GreenWaves Technologies SAS (Villard-Bonnot, France) is getting close to taping out its GAP8 multicore processor, which it describes as being the industry’s first processor purpose-designed for IoT.
AEC-Q200 flyback transformer targets high temperature automotive and industrial applications 
AEC-Q200 flyback transformer targets high temperature automotive and industrial applications 
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TT Electronics has launched a AEC-Q200 certified flyback transformer for high temperature automotive and industrial applications. …
World’s first broadband infrared LED, claims Osram
World’s first broadband infrared LED, claims Osram
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Designed for everyday food analytics, the SFH 4735 LED emits broadband infrared light in a wavelength range from 650 to 1,050 nanometers.
Individually-addressable pixels for ultra-low power MicroOLED
Individually-addressable pixels for ultra-low power MicroOLED
Technology News |
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology (FEP) in Dresden have developed a near-eye OLED display for head-mount wearables that can drastically reduce overall…
Motor control chip adds power for smart industry and consumer designs
Motor control chip adds power for smart industry and consumer designs
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STMicroelectronics has launched a single-package device for intelligent motor control including portable Brushless DC (BLDC) motors that includes a gate driver and DC-DC converter.
MicroOLED only drives the pixels that need a refresh
MicroOLED only drives the pixels that need a refresh
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Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology (FEP) in Dresden have developed a near-eye OLED display for head-mount wearables that can drastically reduce overall…
Oscilloscope probe measures voltages in the millivolt range
Oscilloscope probe measures voltages in the millivolt range
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The latest RT-ZP1X passive 1:1 probe from Rohde & Schwarz broadens the application range of its RTO and RTE series oscilloscopes.
Rising appetite for chips in the automotive industry
Rising appetite for chips in the automotive industry
Market news |
With cars being increasingly connected and driving functions automated, the automotive industry’s appetite for semiconductors is rising quickly. According to preliminary figures from market researcher IC Insights, the demand for…
High efficiency Eighth and Quarter brick digital DC-DC converters for telecoms and computing
High efficiency Eighth and Quarter brick digital DC-DC converters for telecoms and computing
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Artesyn Embedded Technologies has launched two new digitally-controlled dc-dc converters for telecom, computing and server applications.
Rugged power-switch gate driver saves power
Rugged power-switch gate driver saves power
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Infineon’s 1EDN EiceDRIVER family comprises 1-channel low-side gate driver ICs that drive silicon MOSFETs and IGBTs as well as GaN power devices. Pin-out and packages are fully compatible to the…
Nordic wireless SoC designed into Xiaomi VR headset
Nordic wireless SoC designed into Xiaomi VR headset
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Nordic Semiconductor has disclosed that the fourth-largest smartphone manufacturer, Beijing-based Xiaomi, has specified its nRF52832 Bluetooth® low energy System-on-Chip (SoC) in the wireless motion controller bundled with the newly-launched mobile…
Ruggedized Bluetooth® beacon offers long battery life
Ruggedized Bluetooth® beacon offers long battery life
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EM Microelectronic has announced the EMBE01 enterprise grade Bluetooth v4.1 proximity beacon with extended battery life and a weatherproof enclosure for a variety of deployments in all conditions. The EMBE01…
VCR era ends due to lack of chips – and demand
VCR era ends due to lack of chips – and demand
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Bill Schweber considers the end of the electronic and mechanical that was the video cassette recorder.
Series-connected supercapacitor modules maximise pulse power
Series-connected supercapacitor modules maximise pulse power
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AVX’ SCM Series supercapacitor modules offer high capacitance values, low ESR, low DCL, and long lifetime performance for hold-up, energy harvesting, and pulse power applications in the industrial and consumer…
Semiconductor switches replace fuses, relays
Semiconductor switches replace fuses, relays
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Cable harnesses are cumbersome components for automotive electronics designers. Heavy, clumsy and expensive, they withstand all attempts to improve and develop them. With the Power PROFET switches, Infineon makes a…
Faster data communication in CAN infrastructures
Faster data communication in CAN infrastructures
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CAN FD is starting to complement and, in parts, to replace the venerable CAN bus for in-vehicle data communications. FD stands for Flexible Data Rate and offers not only higher…
Precision voltage reference drives up to 200mA
Precision voltage reference drives up to 200mA
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Linear Technology is calling its latest IC a “refulator” as it combines the functions of voltage reference and voltage regulator; LT6658 is a precision voltage reference that incorporates two high…
RS-485 transceivers meet IEC surge standards
RS-485 transceivers meet IEC surge standards
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Analog Devices claims a first with its RS-485 transceivers, fully certified for Level 4 EMC surge protection, eliminating the need for external transient-voltage surge-suppression devices.
Threshold voltage tightens in latest 100V automotive 2.4mΩ Power MOSFET
Threshold voltage tightens in latest 100V automotive 2.4mΩ Power MOSFET
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Toshiba Electronics Europe has launched a new 100V, 160A power MOSFET that delivers a tighter threshold voltage (Vth) specification than previous devices.
Wearables sensor development platform from ROHM/Kionix
Wearables sensor development platform from ROHM/Kionix
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The Aistin Blue Sensor Platform is conceived as an adaptable compact modular sensor system with Bluetooth LE and antenna, suited to the IoT and wearable markets.
Next generation power distribution architecture replaces high-current relays and fuses
Next generation power distribution architecture replaces high-current relays and fuses
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Infineon has launched a family of ultra-low ohmic smart high-side switches for decentralized, intelligent and cost effective vehicle power net architectures.
Semiconductor switches replace fuses, relays
Semiconductor switches replace fuses, relays
New Products |
Cable harnesses are cumbersome components for automotive electronics designers. Heavy, clumsy and expensive, they withstand all attempts to improve and develop them. With the Power PROFET switches, Infineon makes a…
Full-colour facade lighting hits Japan based on violet LEDs
Full-colour facade lighting hits Japan based on violet LEDs
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New Kyoto Building of Wacoal Holdings Corp., Japan’s leading creator of intimate apparel for women, is leveraging a full facade lighting system based on Kyocera's violet LEDs (combined with RGB…


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