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.
Texas Instruments has expanded its portfolio of high-voltage power management devices with the next generation of 650-V and 600-V gallium nitride (GaN) field-effect transistors (FETs). The fast-switching and 2.2-MHz integrated gate driver allows the device to deliver twice the power density, achieve 99% efficiency, and reduce the size of power magnetics by 59% compared…
Expanding its S32K product line, NXP Semiconductors has come up with the new S32K3 microcontroller (MCU) family for automotive body electronics, battery management, and emerging zone controllers. Simplifying software development with an enhanced package that spans security, functional safety and low-level drivers, the newest member of the family enables software reuse…
The new MLX91211 Hall-effect current-sensing IC from Melexis comes in two variants to provide a choice of feature and performance in cost-sensitive applications. The non-intrusive sensors combine with the ferromagnetic core to generate an analog output proportional to the current flowing in the cable or bus bar. The output signal has a 40kHz bandwidth, and the sensor…
Maxim Integrated has introduced the MAX25605 sequential LED controller aiming to reduce design space up to 50% and to cut the bill of materials (BOM) costs by up to 25% compared to similar solutions in the market. The new device eliminates the need for a microcontroller or software. This saves development time and reduces design complexity.
The…
Microchip has introduced the RTG4 Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) in a Ceramic Quad Flat Pack (CQFP) which allows the space system developers to develop systems using more reliable packages that simplify the layout and routing of Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) and makes it easier to assemble and inspect. With a high-speed radiation tolerance, the new RTG4 FPGAs are…
Microchip Technology aims to provide automotive solutions to help designers and developers in easy transition to SiC while minimizing the risk of quality, supply, and support challenges. With this aim in mind, the company is here with yet another smart device that caters to the needs of the automotive industry.
The company has released the AEC-Q101-…
Based on the Time of Flight (ToF) technology, Infineon Technologies AG and pmdtechnologies together developed the REAL3 3D depth sensor targeting the applications that offer a wider spectrum of innovative consumer usability. The REAL3 ToF sensor can accurately measure depth in short and long-range for AR at a very low power consumption with more than 40% power saving on the…
Modern smart factories need to quickly and remotely adjust a sensor’s electrical characteristics to minimize downtime and maximize throughput. The MAXREFDES177# IO-Link reference design from Maxim Integrated Products, demonstrates the flexibility of the MAX22515 IO-Link transceiver, seamlessly configuring all modes of the MAX22000 software-configurable analog IO. This…
Microchip Technology has made the latest addition to its Space System Manager (SSM) product family with the introduction of highly integrated radiation-hardened by design (RHBD) motor control integrated circuit (IC), LX7720. Combining more than 20 functions into a single chip, this IC significantly reduces weight and board space relative to conventional discrete motor…
Housed in a TSSOP16 package with a widely used pin-assignment, TC78H660FNG from Toshiba is a dual H-bridge motor driver IC with PWM control for mobile devices and home appliances. Toshiba’s new-generation DMOS process allows the new motor driver to achieve a low ON resistance of 0.48Ω at its maximum rating of 18V/2.0A and reduces heat generation compared with Toshiba’s…
Texas Instruments has introduced the TPS62912 and TPS62913, a new family of low-noise DC/DC switching regulators that offers low noise of 20 µVRMS for frequencies ranging from 100 Hz to 100 kHz and an ultra-low output-voltage ripple of 10 µVRMS.
The new low-noise DC/DC switching regulators allow the designers to remove one or more low-dropout…
The MAX78000 low-power neural network accelerated microcontroller from Maxim Integrated moves artificial intelligence (AI) to the edge without performance compromises in battery-powered internet of things (IoT) devices. Executing AI inferences at less than 1/100th the energy of software solutions dramatically improves run-time for battery-powered AI…
