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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. 

 

Nordic Semiconductors has introduced the nRF21540TM RF Front End Module (FEM), a power amplifier/low noise amplifier (PA/LNA) product, designed to complement Nordic’s nRF52 and nRF53 series multi-protocol Systems-on-Chip (SoCs). The LNA’s low noise figure (NF) of 2.5 dB ensures increased RX sensitivity for Nordic’s Bluetooth 5/Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE), Thread…

Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance have joined hands to form a group called ‘Connected Home over IP’. The project aims at developing and promoting the adoption of an open-source smart home standard to make it easier for manufacturers to create new devices that work together.

Zigbee Alliance board member companies such as Ikea, Legrand,…

Infineon Technologies has introduced the new IGBT 7 (FF900R12ME7_B11) module for industrial drive applications and other applications like commercial, construction and agricultural vehicles, servo drives and solar and UPS inverters. The 1200V IGBT module provides a leading nominal current of 900A, which delivers a 30% higher inverter output compared to the former technology…

A research team at the University of Central Florida has applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) to perovskite solar cell (PSC) research to develop a system to identify the best materials. The Organic-Inorganic halide perovskite material used in PSC helps in converting photovoltaic power into consumable energy. These perovskite solar cells can be processed in the solid or…

Diodes Incorporated has introduced the AL8843Q and AL8862Q, automotive-compliant DC-DC buck converters for driving single LEDs and multiple LED strings in and around vehicles. They are best suitable for applications such as daytime running lights (DRL) as well as fog lights, turn lights and brake/stoplights. Their wide operating voltage range allows the devices to withstand…

Vishay Intertechnology has introduced Vishay Dale IHDF-1300AE-10, a new IHDF edge-wound, through-hole inductor with rated current up to 72 A and saturation current up to 230 A. With a low profile of 15.4mm max, the new inductor operates at a demanding temperature range of -55 °C to +125 °C with low AC and DC power losses and excellent heat dissipation. With its low DCR of 1.…

Mouser Electronics is now stocking the DA14531 SmartBond TINY Development Kit from Dialog Semiconductor. The new development kits are designed for power measurement and application development based on the DA14531 SmartBond TINY system-on-chip (SoC), the industry’s smallest and most power-efficient Bluetooth® 5.1 SoC. The low-power, cost-effective DA14531 SoC…

With the MAX22701E isolated gate driver from Maxim Integrated, designers of high-voltage/high-power systems can improve power supply efficiency by up to 4 percentage points over competitive solutions, reducing power loss and the resulting carbon footprint by 30 percent. The driver IC is intended for use in switch-mode power supplies within industrial communication systems…

STMicroelectronics has updated the TouchGFX user-interface software framework for STM32 microcontrollers, adding new features that enable smoother and more dynamic user interfaces and lower demand on the memory and CPU.

 

TouchGFX is a free tool in the STM32 ecosystem. Comprising two parts - TouchGFX Designer…

ON Semiconductor released its first two devices from its new VE-Trac family of power modules for high voltage automotive traction inverters. These two power integrated modules (PIM) deliver a better electrical and thermal performance along with scalability and automotive reliability to the growing market of traction inverters. These devices are best suitable for the main…

Kionix, a ROHM Group Company, has introduced two new accelerometers namely KX132-1211 and KX134-1211. These accelerometers were designed especially for high accuracy, low power motion sensing applications in the industrial equipment and consumer wearable applications.  KX132-1211 and KX134-1211 are 3axis accelerometers with Advance Data Path (ADP) technology that allows…

Targeting to increase the power density and efficiency in various power supply circuits, Vishay Intertechnology has introduced its new SiSF20DN common-drain dual n-channel 60V MOSFET. This IC comes within a compact 1212-8SCD thermally enhanced PowerPAK package. The company claims that its device is featured to provide Rs-s (ON) down to 10mΩ at 10 volts with a 3 mm by 3 mm…