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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. 

 

RICOH Electronic Devices introduced the RN5T569, a power management multichannel IC (PMIC) for automotive applications that provide four high-efficiency step-down DC-DC converters, seven low-dropout regulators, four GPIOs, an interrupt controller (INTC), and an I2C-Bus interface. The new IC can customize the power supply voltage and the power on/off sequence to meet user-…

Sensirion has introduced the new flow sensor SFM3019 to meet the demand for the requirement of highly safe and hygienic sensors for ventilators and respiratory applications. The highly scalable SFM3019 can be easily integrated into the ventilators and are available in both digital and analog versions. The new sensor is based on the established CMOSens Technology, and it was…

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have devised a new method to 3D-print insect-like flexible robots cheaply, quickly that too without using any type of exotic equipment. The structures called flexoskeletons are inspired by insect exoskeletons that are made by 3D printing a rigid material on a thin sheet that acts as a flexible base. They are printed…

Maxim Integrated Products has accelerated the production of its medical technologies to address increased customer need during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company’s semiconductor devices are used in medical equipment such as virus detection devices, ultrasounds, analytical/laboratory equipment, ventilators, patient remote monitoring devices, intravenous blood monitors,…

The STUSB4500L from STMicroelectronics is a small-footprint addition to the Company’s USB-C controller IC family designed and certified for pure 5V sink-only applications. All mandatory features to use the USB-C connector as a 5V universal power plug are integrated, allowing designers to implement USB-C charging solutions quickly and easily without…

KP Performance has introduced 900 MHz Omni antennas that are designed for 900 MHz ISM/licensed bands and for ensuring reliable links that are mission-critical in industrial applications. These antennas have an integral N-Female type connector that mounts through the wall of an equipment enclosure, it also features a dual U-bolt mast mounting kit, a heavy-duty steel bracket…

TDK Corporation has introduced the PH600A280-24 DC-DC converter as an extension to the PH-A280 series of 200 to 425V DC input power modules from 50 to 600W. Rated at 24V 25A, PH600A280-24 has been designed to provide a wide 14.4 to 28.8V adjustment range to accommodate non-standard voltages. The device delivers an efficiency of 93% and can operate at full load with -40°C to…

The New MAX77654 single inductor, multiple-output (SIMO) power management IC (PMIC) from Maxim Integrated Product Inc, can help the designers of compact consumer devices to reduce the size of their solution by half with 20% higher battery life. The New PMIC delivers up to 3 outputs with just one inductor at 91 percent efficiency in a 19mm2 solution size, which is a 16%…

STMicroelectronics has added four new devices namely 250V STSPIN32F0251 and STSPIN32F0252, and 600V STSPIN32F0601 and STSPIN32F0602 in its STSPIN32F0 motor-control system-in-package family. Combining three-phase gate drivers and an STM32F0 Arm Cortex-M0 microcontroller, the devices ensure to simplify high-voltage Brushless DC (BLDC) motor drives. Thus, designing of…

Renesas Electronics Corporation today announced the two new group of 32-bit microcontrollers, namely the RX72N Group and RX66N Group, these MCUs combines equipment control and networking function on a single chip. With the RXv3 CPU core, the RX72N operates at a maximum frequency of 240MHz with two Ethernet channels, and the RX66N operates at a maximum frequency of 120 MHz…

CUI Inc announced the addition of its first four contact, surface mount, non-isolated converter to its dc-dc converter line. The ultra-thin VXO78-500-M DC-DC Converter features a 500mA output current, no-load input current as low as 0.2mA and a wide -40 to +85°C temperature range. This regulated dc-dc converter offers a wide 4.75 to 36 Vdc input voltage range, short-…

Vishay Intertechnology introduced the ThermaWickTHJP series surface mount thermal jumper chip that features aluminum nitride substrate with high 170 W/m°K thermal conductivity and it can reduce the temperature of the connected component by 25%. This temperature reduction helps the designers to increase the power handling capability of these devices or extend their useful…