“The rate of component obsolescence has increased over the last 15 years”, says Steve Hopwood, senior application engineer at Knowles Precision Devices (KPD).  “OCMs are discontinuing more part numbers per year for a variety of reasons, inc

Knowles | 12-07-2018

The Analog Devices HMC292A GaAs MMIC Double-Balanced Mixers are miniature passive GaAs MMIC double-balanced mixers that can be used as a downconverter or upconverter from 14GHz to 32GHz. The on-chip baluns provide exceptional isolation. The

Analog Devices | 09-07-2018

Nexperia has optimised its TrEOS ESD protection diode series for using with USB Type-C interfaces. The new USB3.2 standard presents an optional capacitor at the Rx inputs, so the company has now launched two groups of devices, one that prod

Nexperia | 09-07-2018

The F28035 Piccolo family of microcontrollers, from Texas Instruments, offers the power of the C28x core and Control Law Accelerator coupled with highly integrated control peripherals in low pin-count devices. This family is code-compatible

Texas Instruments | 06-07-2018

Apacer has launched the latest rugged memory module XR-DIMM, showcasing exceptional reliability and flexibility space usage. The company’s rugged memory XR-DIMM uses the innovative board-to-board connector design to fit tightly and secu

Apacer | 03-07-2018

Microchip has expanded its tiny AVR MCU series with two new devices which offer advanced analogue features and the largest memory variants in the family. Created for reliable operation in harsh environments, the ATtiny3217 and ATtiny3216 pr

Microchip Technology | 02-07-2018

Mouser now stocks the CYW20719 dual-mode Bluetooth wireless microcontroller from Cypress Semiconductor. Optimized for IoT applications, the device is an ultra-low-power microcontroller device that complies with Bluetooth core specification

Mouser Electronics | 02-07-2018

Winbond Electronics has introduced a high-performance serial NAND Flash memory IC which offers a new high data-transfer rate of 83MB/s via a QSP). The company's new technology also maintains a two-chip dual quad interface which gives a

Winbond | 02-07-2018

Swindon Silicon Systems has announced its online IC Builder. The builder is a new way for design engineers to visualise what their ASIC/MEMS solution could look like for their application and to informally discuss with the company the resul

Swindon Silicon Systems | 02-07-2018

Microchip offers the new SAM L10 and SAM L11 families of 32-bit MCUs which address the growing demand for security in IoT endpoints by protecting against the increasing the risk of exposing IP and sensitive information. The new MCUs are

Microchip Technology | 28-06-2018

Fujitsu has a new FRAM product with a storage density of 8Mbit. The MB85R8M2T is especially ideal for use in financial logging systems and industrial automation, where high data throughput is demanded, and the integrity of the data is vital

Fujitsu | 28-06-2018

Analog Devices has released the Power by Linear LTC4291/LTC4292 isolated four-port PSE controller chipset created for use in IEEE 802.3bt (PoE++) PoE systems. The devices provide four independent PSE ports composed of two channels each, as

Analog Devices | 27-06-2018

Microchip Technology offers a new DSC with two dsPIC DSC cores in a single chip for high-end embedded control applications. The dsPIC33CH has one core that is intended to function as a master while the other is created as a slave. The slave

Microchip Technology | 26-06-2018

The Texas Instruments DAC8740H, DAC8741H, and DAC8742H are HART, FOUNDATION Fieldbus, and PROFIBUS PA compatible, low power modems, created for industrial automation and industrial process control applications. In HART mode, the devices

Texas Instruments | 25-06-2018