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What is the approach of Texas Instruments to microcontroller design? Jennifer Barry, the supplier’s product marketing engineer for microcontrollers explains how it positions its ARM and MSP430 MCU product families, and the importance of on-chip security. Q. How does TI position its 16-bit MSP430 and 32-bit ARM Cortex MCUs in the market? Jennifer Barry: TI positions its 16-bit MSP430 MCUs

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Dialog Semiconductor plc has introduced an efficient switching charger IC which features an integrated fuel gauge targeting USB powered smartphones, tablets and emerging wearable devices. An integrated ARM Cortex M0 processor supports superior digital processing capabilities for power management and the integrated fuel gauge functionality. The fuel gauge measures the state of charge of the battery with 99 per cent

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Aluminum Polymer Capacitors offer the very-low ESR benefits of polymer with greater maximum operating temperature and voltage rating.  Compared to most other polymer capacitors, the AVG Series is rated at higher temperature (up to 125 C), up to 160 WVDC and is available with greater CV (Capacity x Voltage) values.  They are highly stable with temperature and have excellent high-frequency

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Paper Battery Company, developer of an innovative energy storage and enhancement technology for consumer electronics and other applications, announced today the closing of a $3.0M Series A private investment round. The funds will be used to commercialize its first products that promise to significantly improve battery life in smartphones, wearables, accessories and other mobile electronic devices. The company’s ultra-thin ultracapacitor-based

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– IGBT gate driver manufacturer CT-Concept Technologie GmbH, a Power Integrations company, has announced the availability of its 1SC0450V single river core for IGBT modules with blocking voltages of 4.5kV and 6.5kV. The new product is very compact and enables IGBTs to be paralleled using only one driver core, which further reduces system size and increases reliability.   A new member

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Comprising SMT DC/DC converters, 60 A TDK-Lambda iJB series occupies 1 in.² of board space, operates from 8–14 Vdc input, and provides 0.6–2 V output with precision set point accuracy of 0.5%. PMBus functionality provides real-time monitoring and allows full programmability of parameters, and function setting pins facilitate use in applications where PMBus communication is not implemented. Series supports parallel

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MALVERN, Pa. — Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today announced that the company’s Si8851EDB TrenchFET® p-channel Gen III power MOSFET has received a 2013 Power Supply Products Award from Electronic Engineering & Product World magazine (EEPW), one of China’s leading electronics industry publications. The annual EEPW Power Supply Products Award program — now in its 11th year — is open

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RESEARCHERS at Caltech have devised a method to protect the semiconductors in solar-fuel generators. Solar-fuel generators use sunlight to split water, yielding hydrogen gas that can then be used as a clean fuel. Water is oxidated to produce oxygen gas, then reduced for hydrogen. These devices are currently in the development stage, but would require efficient light-absorbing materials that attract

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Spansion Inc. today announced a new family of power management integrated circuits (PMICs) for energy harvesting that can enable a greener Internet of Things (IoT) by eliminating the need for or extending the life of batteries in a multitude of IoT devices from individual wearable electronics to the nodes in wireless sensor networks. The Spansion Energy Harvesting family includes the

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Scaleo has announced the first microcontroller family made on Global Foundries 55nm automotive-specific chip process.   The microcontroller, called Olea, has “unique technologies related to real-time process and control of highly electrified internal combustion engines and electric motors based on programmable logic, as well as a set of ISO 26262 compliant functional safety features which improve powertrain system safety integrity

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