Semiconductors


Wireless MCU family extended for automotive and industrial markets

NXP Semiconductors has launched new devices within its KW3x family of MCUs. The new KW39/38/37 MCUs add Bluetooth 5.0 long-range abilities and extended Bluetooth advertising channels. These enhancements are delivered while providing seamles

NXP | 20-05-2020

Signal conditioner IC for Industry 4.0, medical and IoT sensor applications

Renesas Electronics has released the ZSSC3240 sensor signal conditioner – the newest member of its leading-edge SSC portfolio. The device offers high accuracy, sensitivity, and flexibility for sensor applications, including resistive pressu

Renesas | 18-05-2020

LED display driver for indoor and outdoor solid-state lighting applications

The STMicroelectronics HVLED007, available now from RS Components, is a current-mode PFC controller specifically for isolated high-power factor, flyback converters operating in transition mode (aka quasi-resonant operation). Aimed at both i

RS Components | 15-05-2020

Latest additions for innovative voice command and facial recognition projects

Mouser now stocks the i.MX RT106L and i.MX RT106F EdgeReady crossover processors from NXP Semiconductors. The solution-specific edge computing devices rely on an advanced implementation of the Arm Cortex-M7 processing core, supporting up to

Mouser Electronics | 14-05-2020

SoCs deliver energy-efficient and secure performance

Mouser now stocks the latest Wireless Gecko SoC families from Silicon Labs. The new SoCs are highly energy-efficient, producing exceptional battery life for a range of IoT applications. The Silicon Labs EFR32BG22 (BG22) SoCs are single-c

Mouser Electronics | 13-05-2020

Enhanced security and privacy for Bluetooth 5.0 Low Energy connections

Renesas Electronics has introduced what is claimed to be the first RA MCU with an integrated Bluetooth 5.0 Low Energy radio. The single-chip RA4W1 MCU incorporates a 48 MHz, 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4 core and Bluetooth 5.0 core provided in a 56-

Renesas | 13-05-2020

Ultrasonic sensing and measurement SoCs for water and heat meters

Texas Instruments MSP430FR600x Ultrasonic Sensing and Measurement SoCs are powerful, highly integrated MCUs that are optimised for water and heat meters. The MCUs provide an integrated ultrasonic sensing solution (USS) module, which gives h

Texas Instruments | 12-05-2020

Feature-rich PMICs enhance battery-powered IoT product design

Silicon Labs has a new line of energy-friendly PMICs serving as dedicated companion chips for EFR32 wireless devices and EFM32 MCUs. The EFP01 PMIC family gives a flexible, system-level power management solution improving the energy efficie

Silicon Laboratories Inc | 12-05-2020

MCU family enables real-time control, connectivity and HMI applications

Microchip Technology announced its next-generation AVR DA family of MCUs – its first Functional Safety Ready AVR MCU family with PTC. “With this AVR DA family of microcontrollers Microchip builds on our legacy of high performance and hig

Microchip Technology | 07-05-2020

Expanded range offers controller with driver IC and custom MMIC products

Mouser is now stocking Qorvo’s PAC5524 – a 70V motor controller and driver IC with a wide range of I/Os covered. Furthermore, the company is also supporting Qorvo’s new Custom MMIC product offering. The PAC5524 motor controller and drive

Mouser Electronics | 06-05-2020

MCUs reduce software development and maintenance time

Renesas Electronics RX23T 40MHz 32-bit RX MCUs are intended for single inverter control. The device enables easy programming in complex inverter control algorithms with the built-in FPU. These features considerably decrease the time demande

Mouser Electronics | 05-05-2020

High-performance NOR flash for mission-critical applications

RS Components now offers Cypress Semiconductor’s award-winning Semper NOR flash memory products. Semper NOR flash memory is now in production and is intended to support automotive, communication, and industrial applications. Semper achieves

RS Components | 04-05-2020

Device offers design flexibility and reduced losses

Toshiba Electronics Europe has released a new discrete 1350V IGBT for employment in resonance-based home appliance applications that utilise induction heating, including tabletop cookers, rice cookers and microwave ovens. The new GT20N13

Toshiba | 04-05-2020

PMIC for mid-to-large cell count configuration battery packs in EV and HEV

Maxim Integrated MAX17853 PMIC is a single chip, ASIL-D compliant battery monitoring solution, which is available now from Mouser, for mid-to-large cell count configuration battery packs in electric and hybrid vehicles. The device employs a

Mouser Electronics | 01-05-2020

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