Semiconductors


Chipset enables designers to extend and aggregate images from dual HD cameras

THine offers their new MIPI CSI-2 extension chipset, THCV241A and THCV242. This new chipset enables engineers to extend MIPI CSI-2 transmission from 1' to over 15m! These new video chips also facilitate designs that can receive two diffe

THine Electronics | 05-08-2019

Tiny microcontrollers for IoT connectivity modules and space-constrained Edge devices

Renesas Electronics has announced four new RX651 32-bit MCUs supplied in ultra-small 64-pin BGA and LQFP packages. The new lineup expands the company’s popular RX651 MCU Group with a 64-pin (4.5mm x 4.5mm) BGA package that decreases footpri

Renesas | 02-08-2019

NAND microSDHC memory cards ideal for write-intensive applications

Panasonic TA Series Consumer Plus 3D pSLC NAND microSDHC memory cards provide reliability, very low risk of BOM changes, and lower overall cost per GB compared to 2D NAND Flash technology. The cards handle many more writes than a typical co

Mouser Electronics | 01-08-2019

Advanced GaN technology returns notable increase in power and efficiency

Power Integrations has released new products in its InnoSwitch3 families of offline CV/CC flyback switcher ICs. The new ICs provide up to 95% efficiency over the full load range and up to 100W in enclosed adapter implementations without nee

Power Integrations | 01-08-2019

Semiconductor process offers expanded capacity for high-voltage technology

X-FAB Silicon Foundries has announced that its high-voltage 180nm CMOS semiconductor process (XH018) is now offered for automotive applications through the company’s production facility in France. The high-voltage XH018 technology now av

X-FAB | 30-07-2019

New low-power FPGA video and image processing solutions speed smart embedded vision designs

Microchip, through Microsemi, has released its Smart Embedded Vision initiative that offers solutions for creating intelligent machine vision systems with Microchip’s low-power PolarFire FPGAs. With today’s announcement, the company extends

Microchip Technology | 19-07-2019

High-speed signal conditioner compensates for AC and DC loss in the transmission channel

Texas Instruments TUSB217-Q1 USB 2.0 High-Speed Signal Conditioner is intended to compensate both AC loss (due to capacitive load) and DC loss (due to resistive loss) in the transmission channel. The device has a patented design that expedi

Texas Instruments | 17-07-2019

MMIC low-pass filter provides excellent microphonics

Analog Devices HMC881A MMIC Low-Pass Filter highlights a user-selectable cutoff frequency. The cutoff frequency can be altered from 2.4GHz to 4GHz by utilising a single analog tuning voltage between 0V and 14V. This low-pass filter gives a

Analog Devices | 17-07-2019

NOR Flash memory devices reduce production costs and time to market

Microchip has introduced the SST26VF Serial Quad I/O (SQI) 3V Flash family, claimed to be the industry’s first NOR Flash devices offering integrated MAC address options. Pre-programmed with EUI-48 and EUI-64 addresses, there is no minimum o

Microchip Technology | 16-07-2019

MPSoCs multiprocessors ideal for multimedia, automotive ADAS and surveillance application

Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoCs Multiprocessors feature 64-bit processor scalability that consolidates real-time control with soft and hard engines for video, graphics, waveform, and packet processing. The multiprocessor SoC devices are cons

Mouser Electronics | 15-07-2019

MMIC is a smaller option to physically large switched filter banks

Analog Devices HMC882A Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit is a low-pass filter that highlights a user-selectable cutoff frequency (f3dB). The cutoff frequency is varied between 3.95GHz to 6.9GHz by applying a single analog tuning volta

Analog Devices | 15-07-2019

MCU uses CIPs with low power features

Microchip Technology ATmega808 8-bit MCU, available now from Mouser, features the 8-bit AVR processor with hardware multiplier, providing speeds up to 20MHz. The MCUs accommodate up to 8KB Flash, 1KB SRAM, and 256bytes of EEPROM. The On-

Mouser Electronics | 12-07-2019

Security devices ideal for medical disposables available now

A wide variety of security devices from Maxim Integrated for medical disposables is available from Mouser. Including DeepCover secure authenticators and 1-Wire memory devices, the company's portfolio of security devices provides a layer of

Maxim | 09-07-2019

FPGAs for cost-sensitive applications needing high-end features

Xilinx Artix-7 FPGAs, available now from Mouser, provide a cost-optimised performance in categories comprising logic, embedded memory, LVDS I/O, signal processing, memory interfaces, and in particular, transceivers. The devices are perfect

Mouser Electronics | 08-07-2019

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