Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. and Aizip Inc. announced that Maxim Integrated’s MAX78000 neural-network microcontroller detects people in an image using Aizip’s Visual Wake Words (VWW) model at just 0.7 millijoules (mJ) of energy per inference. This is 100 times lower than conventional software solutions, and the most economical and efficient IoT person-detection solution available. The […]
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Neural-net MCU dissipates only 0.7 mJ per person inference
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. and Aizip Inc. announced that Maxim Integrated’s MAX78000 neural-network microcontroller detects people in an image using Aizip’s Visual Wake Words (VWW) model at just 0.7 millijoules (mJ) of energy per inference. This is 100 times lower than conventional software solutions, and the most economical and efficient IoT person-detection solution available. The […]
Authenticator IC ensures use of genuine components ADAS, EV batteries.
In critical systems, genuine components are the safest and most reliable. Designers can now enhance safety, security, and data integrity for vehicle systems while reducing both complexity and code development by authenticating genuine components with the DS28E40 DeepCover automotive secure authenticator from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. As the newest addition to Maxim Integrated’s line of […]
Reference design covers IO-Link transceivers
Modern smart factories need to quickly and remotely adjust a sensor’s electrical characteristics to minimize downtime and maximize throughput. The MAXREFDES177# IO-Link reference design from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. demonstrates the flexibility of the MAX22515 IO-Link transceiver, seamlessly configuring all modes of the MAX22000 software-configurable analog IO. This chipset provides flexibility with faster reconfiguration to reduce factory downtime. Maxim Integrated’s […]
Health sensor kit cuts development time for wearables
Save at least six months of development time using the Health Sensor Platform 3.0 (HSP 3.0) from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. Also known as MAXREFDES104#, this ready-to-wear wrist form factor reference design monitors blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), electrocardiogram (ECG), heart rate (HR), body temperature, and motion. Included algorithms provide HR, heart-rate variability (HRV), respiration rate […]
Gesture sensor for automotive apps boasts small size, low cost
Designers of automotive systems can now add dynamic hand-gesture controls with greater ease at the industry’s lowest cost and smallest size with the MAX25205 data acquisition system from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. Featuring integrated optics and a 6×10 infrared (IR) sensor array, the MAX25205 detects swipe and hand-rotation gestures without the complexity of time-of-flight (ToF) […]
1-wire protocol bridge simplifies connections of I2C and SPI sensors
Designers expanding connections to remote sensor networks can now reduce complexity and cost to the industry’s lowest levels with the DS28E18 1-Wire-to-I2C/SPI Bridge from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. By leveraging Maxim Integrated’s 1-Wire protocol to interface with I2C and SPI-compatible sensors, the DS28E18 reduces complexity by connecting devices using only two wires compared to competitive […]
Single-chip Arm Cortex-M4 MCU with FPU, BLE 5.2 handles multi-MPU tasks
Designers of wirelessly connected, coin cell-operated internet of things (IoT) products can now reduce bill-of-materials (BOM) costs by one-third while also saving space and battery life with the MAX32666 microcontroller (MCU) from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. This ultra-low-power dual Arm Cortex-M4 MCU with floating-point unit (FPU) and Bluetooth Low Energy 5.2 (BLE 5.2) extends the […]
Dual-photodetector optical sensor module in 0.88mm package enables thinner wearable designs
Maxim Integrated Products’ MAXM86146 dual-photodetector optical sensor drop-in module includes built-in algorithms for heart-rate and oxygen-saturation (SpO2) monitoring, as well as advanced activity classification. Its small size and ease of design enable innovative biosensing features in less space and support the rapid development of accurate, continuous health-monitoring devices. The MAXM86146 offers designers of advanced wearable […]
Low-power Arm Cortex-M4 MCU carries floating-point unit, ECC
The new MAX32670 low-power Arm Cortex-M4 microcontroller (MCU) with floating-point unit from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. This device protects all embedded memory for both flash and SRAM with error-code correction (ECC) in order to provide the highest reliability MCU. In many industrial and IoT applications, high energy particles and other environmental challenges present the danger […]
