Semiconductors


Zener diodes offer low leakage current and excellent stability

The New Vishay PLZ-Series 500mW Zener Diodes, available now from TTI Europe, saves PCB Space with the New Low-Profile MicroSMF eSMP Series Package. Consolidating extremely tight voltage tolerances with low leakage current and exceptional st

TTI Europe | 20-08-2020

NVM offers compatibility with MPU for high-speed processing of embedded AI imaging

Dialog Semiconductor has announced that its EcoXiP octal xSPI NVM is now optimised to be utilised with Renesas’ RZ/A2M Arm-based MPUs. Customers of the RZ/A2M, which is intended for high-speed processing of embedded AI imaging in servi

Dialog Semiconductor | 17-08-2020

Easy-to-use SAR ADCs offer reliable performance for multiple applications

Mouser now stocks the ADS7028 and ADS7138 12-bit ADCs from Texas Instruments. The eight-channel, multiplexed, SAR ADCs offer reliable performance for applications including rack servers, AC drive power stage modules, automotive centre infor

Mouser Electronics | 13-08-2020

Bringing the first UWB-enabled Android device to market

NXP Semiconductors has announced its Secure UWB fine-ranging solution, eSIM as well as NFC and eSE unit are deployed in Samsung’s new Galaxy Note20 Ultra. The company innovations bring a mixture of future capabilities and applications to mo

NXP | 13-08-2020

Ultra-compact SOM for IoT edge deployment in smart applications

Arrow Electronics and Exor Embedded now offer the nanoSOM nS02, a high-performance, energy-efficient SOM for IoT edge deployments. The device is based on the 800MHz version of STMicroelectronics’ STM32MP1 microprocessor. The module works as

Arrow | 12-08-2020

Persistent memory delivers with groundbreaking technology

Mouser now stocks Intel Optane persistent memory, which gives an affordable alternative to DRAM with significantly extended capacity of up to 512GiB. The memory provides increased performance and efficiency, serving to support applications

Mouser Electronics | 11-08-2020

NASA’s latest Mars Rover enabled by radiation-hardened technology

Renesas Electronics Corporation has announced that more than 20 of its rad-hard ICs were onboard the July 30 lift off of NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. A ULA Atlas V rocket, with the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on

Renesas | 11-08-2020

New SSD controller offers rich feature set and flexibility

Microchip Technology has released its newest member of the Flashtec family, the Flashtec NVMe 3108 PCIe Gen 4 enterprise NVMe SSD controller. The eight-channel Flashtec NVMe 3108 complements the 16-channel Flashtec NVMe 3016 and offers a fu

Microchip Technology | 10-08-2020

Non-synchronous boost controller suitable for automotive applications

Texas Instruments LM5156x-Q1 Non-Synchronous Boost Controller is a wide input range (3.5V to 60V) controller that utilises peak current mode control. The device can be employed in boost, SEPIC, and flyback topologies. The device can start u

Texas Instruments | 05-08-2020

Secure IoT device management solution with AWS integration

Cypress offers availability of its PSoC 64 Standard Secure AWS MCU. This new MCU incorporates pre-validated security firmware that assists designers to significantly lessen design risks and R&D expenses and expedite time-to-market. B

Cypress | 03-08-2020

BLE wireless MCU optimised for industrial performance

The Texas Instruments CC2640R2L device is a 2.4GHz wireless MCU supporting Bluetooth 5.1 Low Energy and Proprietary 2.4GHz applications. The device is optimised for low-power wireless communication and advanced sensing in building security

Texas Instruments | 29-07-2020

TVS array thwarts malicious and accidental USB killer attacks

ProTek Devices has launched a TVS array able to guard against malicious or unsuspecting USB Killer attacks that are shown to be extremely costly to organisations in equipment and data loss. The new component allows circuit protection agains

Protek | 29-07-2020

Ultra-low-power MCU with BLE for IoT shrinks BOM costs by up to 33%

Designers of wirelessly connected, coin cell-operated IoT products can now reduce BOM costs by a third while also saving space and battery life with the MAX32666 MCU from Maxim Integrated Products. This ultra-low-power dual Arm Cortex-M4 MC

Maxim | 27-07-2020

Secure and scalable edge-connected platforms accelerate IoT product development

NXP Semiconductors has announced that its Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth combos and i.MX RT MCU crossover processors are now supported within its MCUXpresso software, which significantly eases product development. With this new level of integrat

NXP | 24-07-2020

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