Electronics and Semiconductor News

Find the latest electronics industry news covering new electronics components releases in various electronics domains such as embedded, power electronics, analog, digital, IoT and Automotive industries. 

 

Nexperia has released a family of space- and cost-saving 80-V resistor-equipped transistors (RETs) or digital transistors to handle spikes and pulses in 48-V automotive board net (mild hybrids and electric vehicles) and other higher voltage circuits.

These new RETs can save space and reduce manufacturing costs by combining the bias resistor and bias…

To help server OEMs and cloud operators deliver high performance in designing storage platforms for next-generation data centers, Microchip has released two Smart Storage PCIe Gen 4 Tri-Mode SmartROC (RAID-on-Chip) 3200 and SmartIOC (I/O Controller) 2200 storage controllers. These smart storage stack management tools can deliver up to three times higher performance compared…

The world’s largest LoRaWAN event goes virtual from Jan 25 to 29, 2021. Join the global, week-long virtual LoRaWAN conference to level-up your skillset, get access to top-notch LoRaWAN products and services, and have thousands of professional connections at your fingertips.

We’ve come a long way since the market inception of LoRaWAN in February 2015…

MAX20361 is a single-/multi-cell solar harvester with maximum power point tracking (MPPT) from Maxim Integrated. This new solution enables designers working on space-constrained wearable and IoT applications to increase runtime and reduce the solution size by half. With fewer, small-sized external components required, this fully integrated solar…

NXP Semiconductors has introduced a new safe Automotive High-Performance Compute (AHPC) development platform, BlueBox 3.0 to meet the new vehicle architecture demands by accelerating system development cycles and speed time-to-market. Embedded with NXP Layerscape LX2160A processor, S32G processors and Kalray’s MPPA processor-based PCIe cards, this new platform has been…

Digi-Key Electronics has announced that it has expanded its Marketplace product portfolio to include a worldwide distribution partnership with LogiSwitch, a company that provides debounced switches with their adaptive NoBounce technology, and VisiShield technologies to simplify Arduino breadboard challenges.

Switch bounce is a problem faced by many…

Little Bee by Weston Braun is an affordable, high-performing current and magnetic field probe that can effectively debug and analyze electronic devices. Built around an Anisotropic Magnetic-Resistive (AMR) magnetic sensor, this new device aims to solve the recurring problem of using an oscilloscope for the measurement of voltages.

When compared to…

STMicroelectronics has released MasterGaN2, an asymmetric half-bridge pair of power GaN transistors in a small 9mm x 9mm x 1mm GQFN package. This new device includes driver and protection circuits and delivers an integrated GaN solution suited to soft-switching and active-rectification converter topologies.  The integrated power GaNs have 650 V drain-source breakdown…

Renesas Electronics has introduced a 60W wireless power receiver, P9418 to deliver faster wireless charging experiences, best thermal performance, and best-in-class current sense accuracy in a high power density solution. Featuring Renesas’ WattShare technology, this highly integrated IC enables quick and convenient charging for a variety of portable computing devices…

The research and development unit within the Department Of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate organized a tech rally consisting of tech experts and volunteers to find a Facial Recognition Algorithm that can identify people with masks with the highest possible accuracy.

The event went on for 10 Days. 582 volunteers were tested by…

ACS37800 from Allegro MicroSystems is an integrated power monitoring chip that allows simultaneous measurement of power, voltage, and current for single-phase AC and DC solutions. Offered in an efficient SOIC16 footprint, this single-chip solution with reinforced isolation significantly reduces PCB size, bill of materials (BOM) cost, and complexity in various IoT devices,…

Encompassed in a standard surface-mount package, the K857PE SMD 4-Quadrant silicon PIN photodiode from New Yorker Electronics delivers an excellent signal-to-noise ratio with virtually no tolerance between segments. Qualified for automotive, consumer, and industrial applications, this new device integrates four monolithic diodes integrated into a single 4.72 mm x 4…