Exar Corporation today announced a family of high-speed RS-485/RS-422 receivers that accommodate the complex demands of next generation high-speed serial communications designs. The XR33180, XR33181, XR33183, and XR33184 occupy a 3mm x 3mm footprint and feature 52Mbps data rates, fast 15ns propagation delay and 2ns maximum receiver skew. This family is best suited for high-performance […]
Industrial
Bluetooth beacons feature rugged housings, stronger signals
Bluvision today announced new products that further strengthen their product suite and address the needs of Industrial IoT and the Industrial and Manufacturing sectors as a whole. The new products include – the Industrial BEEKS™ beacon with ruggedized housing, the BEEKS Plus LR [Long-Range] beacons – with over 0.6-mile radius, first-of-its-kind Directional Beamforming antenna and industry […]
PCIe switch sports super-high density
Microsemi Corporation today announced the availability of its Switchtec PFX PCIe switch, providing the industry’s highest density, lowest power PCIe switch for data center, communications, defense and industrial applications. Using simple hardware configuration and advanced diagnostics and debug capabilities, the PFX enables PCIe solutions for a wide variety of systems from scalable JBOFs (just a bunch of flash) to general purpose applications […]
USBXpress controller simplifies USB connectivity for embedded designs
Silicon Labs has added a smaller, lower-power member to its family of USBXpress™ bridge devices, providing a simpler, faster way to add Universal Serial Bus (USB) connectivity to new and legacy embedded designs. Silicon Labs’ new CP2102N USB controller eliminates complex, time-consuming firmware development and provides advanced functionality in QFN packages as small as 3 […]
Open-source viewer for Android helps create 3D industrial applications on smart glasses
NGRAIN today announced the availability of NGRAIN Viewer for Android, a new app for Android tablets and smart glass devices, enabling the deployment of industrial 3D content created with NGRAIN Producer Pro. NGRAIN Viewer for Android offers organizations working with heavy equipment, assemblies, and other industrial assets in the field, the opportunity to easily explore […]
FPGA card supports camera/image processing development efforts
Microsemi Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced the availability of a new imaging/video solution for the development of low power and reliable video processing applications. The new platform is comprised of a field programmable gate array (FPGA) mezzanine card (FMC), a comprehensive intellectual property (IP) suite and […]
Self-refresh 64 Mb DRAMs use HyperBus interface
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced sampling of a new high-speed, self-refresh Dynamic RAM (DRAM) based on Cypress’s low-pin-count HyperBus™ interface. The 64Mb HyperRAM™ serves as an expanded scratchpad memory for rendering of high-resolution graphics or calculations of data-intensive firmware algorithms in a wide array of automotive, industrial and consumer applications. The devices operate with a […]
FPGAs target multi-axis motor control tasks
Microsemi Corporation today announced enhancements to its SmartFusion2 system-on-chip (SoC) field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based deterministic multi-axis motor control solution, expanding its features to support applications using encoder, Hall sensor, controller area network (CAN) bus and induction motors. Microsemi’s motor control solution is a comprehensive development environment comprising of a fully-modular intellectual property (IP) suite, hardware […]
Rugged flash drive available in new sizes
Fischer Connectors, a worldwide manufacturer in push-pull circular connectors and cable assembly solutions, launched the USB 3.0 version of its ultra-portable, miniature, lightweight and extremely tough Fischer Rugged Flash Drive. This memory stick has been specially designed for the safe transportation and storage of sensitive data in harsh environments. The USB 3.0 Fischer Rugged Flash Drive is […]
Low-power Ethernet switches
optimized for industrial IoT uses
Microsemi, a provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced its new Ocelot product family, a low power, feature-rich Ethernet switch family optimized for communications networking in the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) market. Designed for the specific needs of industrial Ethernet switch applications, such as factory automation, process control, smart grid/smart […]