Freight, Transportation & Mobility
Evaluation kits (EVM)
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The XMC4500 series is the first device in the 32-bit XMC4000 family on to market. It uses the ARM® Cortex™-M4 processor.
Today Infineon Technologies introduced its new XMC4000 32-bit microcontroller family, which uses the Cortex™-M4 processor from ARM®. Infineon applied more than 30 years of experience in the development of microcontrollers with application-optimized peripherals and outstanding real-time capability in
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Date:
1/23/2012
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Powervation Ltd., the pioneer in adaptive digital power management IC solutions that increase system efficiency, improve field reliability, and accelerate time to market, has joined forces with Murata Power Solutions to co-develop a new reference design for Murata Power Solution’s 45 A Power Block.
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Date:
9/29/2011
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE:TXN) has introduced an automotive-qualified 36-V, single-supply, low-noise op amp (operational amplifier) that can operate on supplies ranging from +2.7 V to +36 V. The OPA171-Q1 offers high-precision performance in a cost-effective, low-power device. In addition
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Date:
9/26/2011
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Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) introduces the EPC9006 development board to make it easier for engineers to start designing with a 100 V enhancement-mode gallium nitride (eGaN) field effect transistor (FET) in applications such as high-speed DC-DC power supplies, point-of-load converters,
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Date:
9/13/2011
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Microchip announces the 60 MIPS 16-bit dsPIC® Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) and PIC24 microcontrollers (MCUs). Based on the next-generation core, the 60 MIPS dsPIC33 and PIC24 ‘E' devices introduce more memory and higher integration compared to dsPIC DSCs and PIC24 MCUs with the previous-generation
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Date:
7/8/2011
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Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today introduced the H.E.A.T. (harsh environment acquisition terminal) evaluation module (EVM), the industry’s first high-temperature data acquisition system, which includes a complete set of TI signal chain components qualified for extreme temperature
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Date:
6/24/2011
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TI's Uwe Fuhrmann
I had the pleasure to talk with TI's Uwe Fuhrmann, who manages the development of Texas Instruments’ Analog Automotive business in EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa). He has over twenty years of experience with TI, during which time he has held positions in New Product Development, Marketing and
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Date:
6/19/2011
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VACUUMSCHMELZE GmbH & Co. KG (Hanau) now offers a new Sample Kit comprising a broad selection of their most widely used high-precision current sensors for accurate measurement of DC and AC current. The convenient and easily portable case contains current sensors with integrated electronics for both
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Date:
6/16/2011
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I was fortunate to meet with Anders Frederiksen, Segment Marketing Manager for ADI recently at the PCIM show in Nuremberg. ADI’s demonstrations showed how to simplify feedback and sensing, isolation of control and interface, power management, communication and data processing for industrial motor
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Date:
5/30/2011
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Microchip announces its first 30V-input buck switching regulator. The MCP16301 combines a wide input voltage range of 4V to 30V, and a 600mA output across a voltage range of 2V to 15V, with up to 95 percent efficiency. With a high-side switch integrated into the small 6-pin SOT-23 package, the MCP16301
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Date:
5/26/2011
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High Power Charge Controller Interfaces with Any Switching Regulator
I had the recent pleasure to talk with Tony Armstrong, Linear’s Director of Product Marketing for Power Products, about the company’s latest high voltage controller and power manager, the LTC4000, that converts virtually any externally compensated DC/DC power supply into a full-featured battery
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Date:
4/17/2011
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Microchip announces the PIC18F “K80” 8-bit CAN microcontrollers (MCUs) featuring 1.8 to 5.5V operation and eXtreme Low Power (XLP) technology, for the industry’s lowest sleep current consumption of less than 20nA. The new MCUs also feature an on-chip 12-bit Analogue-to-Digital Converter (ADC) and a
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Date:
3/4/2011
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) has introduced the industry’s first floating-point microcontroller (MCU) for extreme temperature operation from ‑55°C to 210°C. Exceeding the traditional 150°C limit for other high-temperature semiconductors, the SM320F28335-HT Delfino 32-bit MCU provides high-reliability,
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Date:
3/4/2011
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Nextreme Thermal Solutions, the leader in microscale thermal and power generation solutions, today introduces Thermobility, the next generation of power generation technology that uses heat as a source of electricity for low-power wireless applications.
Thermobility uses innovative solid-state thin-film
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Date:
2/25/2011