To facilitate the fast-growing electronics industry, the semiconductor companies and component manufacturers constantly improve their designs and announce new products and components that are smaller, more efficient and powerful than the exiting ones. This section covers all the latest electronic components introduced in the market to enable design engineers to be aware about the latest options and helping them to keep their designs up-to-date for competing in the ever-evolving market.
u-blox has announced the new IoT certificate manager that eliminates the task of manually managing credential renewal on thousands of devices and with Zero touch provisioning service, it provides out-of-the-box on-boarding to IoT cloud platforms with total control of the device certificate lifecycle. Designed and optimized for IoT scenarios, it eliminates the errors…
STMicroelectronics has introduced two new dual-channel gate drivers STGAP2HD for IGBTs and STGAP2SICD for SiC MOSFETs that leverage galvanic-isolation technology to provide 6kV transient-voltage capability in a SO-36W wide-body package. The target applications of these devices include power supplies, drives, inverters, welders, and chargers.
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Analog Devices, Inc. has introduced the new MAX77540 step-down buck converter that provides single stage power conversion in multi-cell battery applications, such as augmented reality/virtual reality (ARVR) headsets, land mobile radios (LMRs), and digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras. The power-dense MAX77540 buck converter features 94 percent peak efficiency and wafer…
ESP-LED-Strip from Espressif is a smart light-strip solution that supports multiple control modes, custom-made settings, adjustable lighting effects and can be used in different scenarios, ranging from mood lighting to indoor decorative lights or various lighting effects for art projects and on-stage performances. The ESP-LED-Strip can pick up and analyze different types of…
Sensirion has introduced the SEN54 which is a straightforward, all-in-one air quality sensing solution platform for the accurate measurement of various environmental parameters, such as particulate matter, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), humidity, and temperature. Moreover, end customers will receive reliable air quality measurement data based on the SEN54, and…
Nisshinbo Micro Devices has introduced the new R5660 Series of one-cell Li-ion/polymer battery protection IC that is designed to provide overcharge, overdischarge, and discharge/charge overcurrent detections. This IC acts as high precision protector for smart-phones and any other electronic gadgets that use on-board Li+/LiPolymer battery.
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TT Electronics has announced the launch of new FlexSense series that consists of FS210 Transmissive Incremental Encoder and FS310 Reflective Incremental Encoder Sensors. This new revolutionary technology is designed to optimize and reduce the design complexities of optical encoder applications.
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The new AI edge embedded computer media player AIEdge-X100-VPU from NEXCOM utilizes a power-saving Intel Celeron J3455 CPU and AIBooster addon card with Intel Movidius Myriad X to achieve similar performance to an Intel Core i5 with 35% lower cost. This new AIEdge-X100-VPU allows stores to display advertising and capture critical…
Silicon Labs has announced the BG24 and MG24 families of 2.4 GHz wireless SoCs for Bluetooth and Multiple-protocol operations along with a new software toolkit. With PSA Level 3 Secure Vault protection, these new families of SoCs support multiple wireless protocols and are ideal for diverse smart home, medical and industrial applications.…
Vishay Intertechnology has introduced a new Automotive Grade 4-quadrant silicon PIN photodiode K857PH that combines high photo sensitivity with low 0.1 % crosstalk and virtually no tolerance between its segments. The device’s linear photo response enables small signal detection for automotive rain / light sensors, industrial automation systems, laser beam alignment…
The new open-source Sensor Watch from Crowd Supply provides an easy way for you to transform a classic Casio watch into a hackable ARM Cortex M0+ wearable. This Sensor Watch is an upgrade for the classic Casio F-91W digital wristwatch and has been designed to replace the standard quartz movement of the watch with a custom circuit board powered by an ARM Cortex…
ROHM has developed compact wireless charger modules BP3621 (transmitter) and BP3622 (receiver) with an integrated antenna board that allow to add wireless power supply functionality to smaller devices such as smart tags/cards or PC peripherals. These new 13.56MHz wireless charging modules are designed for compact sensors and wearable devices and deliver…
