Variscite once again sets a new market standard, introducing the DART-6UL, measuring only 25mm x 50mm. This highly flexible System-on-Module (SoM) is based on Freescale’s i.MX 6UltraLite family and carries a 528MHz ARM Cortex-A7™ processor. A versatile platform, the DART-6UL provides a variety of interfaces and connectivity options – all packaged at an optimized power, size and cost. This […]
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Low-power RS-485 transceiver includes low-voltage interface
Exar Corporation, a supplier of analog mixed-signal products serving the industrial, high-end consumer and infrastructure markets, announces the XR33202, a half-duplex, 20Mbps RS-485 (TIA/EIA-485) transceiver optimized to operate over a wide 3V to 5.5V supply voltage range. The transceiver includes an adjustable low voltage logic interface and features the industry’s lowest standby current of 3uA […]
Low-power wireless CC1310 MCUs now in stock
Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking CC1310 SimpleLink™ ultra-low power wireless microcontrollers from Texas Instruments (TI). These new devices add a sub-1 GHz solution to the SimpleLink wireless microcontroller family, which targets Bluetooth® Smart, ZigBee®, and other RF applications. The CC1310 microcontrollers offer low power (up to 20 years of battery life) and high-performing RF […]
Low-power MCUs sport up to 1 MB of Flash memory with ECC, 32 KB of RAM
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced the expansion of its Low Power PIC® microcontroller (MCU) portfolio. Features of the new PIC24F “GB6” family include up to 1 MB of Flash memory with Error Correction Code (ECC) and 32 KB of RAM, making it the first 16-bit MCU in […]
Ambiq Micro’s lowest power microcontroller is now in volume production
Ambiq Micro announced that its Apollo MCU, which recently made microcontroller history by demonstrating that it consumes less than half the energy of rivals in real-world applications (EEMBC ULPBench benchmark), is now available for shipping into high volume consumer applications. The Ambiq Micro Apollo MCU features active mode current in the order of 34µA/MHz when […]
Network synchronizers feature low jitter, generate multiple output clocks
Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced three new devices in its portfolio of Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE) products, which include two single-channel ultralow jitter network synchronizers, ZL30621 and ZL30622, as well as a dual-channel version,ZL30623. The new network synchronizers offer communications customers G.8262 SyncE compliance, […]
Position sensor interface ICs handle analog and digital devices
Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) announced the industry’s first on-chip solution supporting both analog and digital position sensors. The new TMS320F28379Dand TMS320F28379S microcontrollers (MCUs) are an expansion to TI’s C2000™ Delfino™ MCU portfolio and, when combined with DesignDRIVE Position Manager technology, enable simple interfacing to position sensors. This solution improves system performance by completing the […]
New Cypress Power Management ICs Enable Automotive Electronic Control Units
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) announced a new series of the industry’s most compact, highly integrated power management ICs (PMICs) that regulate power supply voltage from a vehicle’s battery for automotive applications including Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), body control modules and instrument cluster systems. The Cypress S6BP20x series of automotive PMICs leverages a unique […]
Zilog Announces New ZNEO32! 32-bit Microcontroller Family
Zilog®, an IXYS Company (NASDAQ: “IXYS”), focusing on application specific solutions with microcontrollers (MCUs), introduced its ZNEO32! family of 32-bit Cortex M3 microcontrollers, thereby expanding its line of microcontroller products. The new Cortex M3 microcontrollers are special-purpose MCUs for first class motor applications that offer cost effective, high performance 32-bit computing capabilities. This family of […]
Ethernet switches handle 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi data rates
Broadcom Corporation, a manufacturer in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications announced new enterprise Ethernet switches designed to deliver the faster data rates offered by 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi. Built on Broadcom’s StrataXGS® architecture, the BCM56060 and BCM56160 enable OEMs to design cost-optimized network switches that enable high speed, robust Internet access across both traditional and […]