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Digi-Key Electronics announced that it has expanded its product portfolio by signing a global distribution partnership with Anderson Power Products (APP). The new partnership will provide Digi-Key customers with worldwide, 24-hour availability of APP's high-quality interconnect solutions.

"We are excited about our new partnership with Digi-Key…

Maxim Integrated has introduced MAX16923 4-output display power IC with watchdog timer, aimed for automotive display applications. The new power IC helps the designers of automotive electronic systems in increasing the number of displays per vehicle while reducing the design complexity. The MAX 16923 allows us to replace four or five discrete ICs, thus reduces…

Digi-Key Electronics will be focused on supporting startups with its presence at CES 2020, Jan. 7-10, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nev. CES is host to Eureka Park, the global stage for innovation, showcasing more than 1,200 startups.

At Eureka Park, Digi-Key will launch its Startup Survival Guide, a robust 104-page guide created in conjunction with Startups…

Researchers at Monash University have published a research article on how they have developed the world’s most efficient lithium-sulphur (Li-S) battery that could power a smartphone continuously for five days. The battery is suitable for applications like mass power storage and electric vehicles (which can travel 1,000 km without recharging). The ultra-high capacity Li-S…

MegaHealth, a Chinese company has launched a Smart Pulse Oximeter (ZG-P11D) in the form of a ring to continuously monitor key health data, such as blood oxygen and heart rate day and night with great battery life. The device can run for more than 20 hours before its next recharge and can be charged using a common micro USB connector. With Bluetooth low energy connectivity…

STMicroelectronics has enhanced its STM32 LoRaWAN software expansion package for developers (I-CUBE-LRWAN ) to support the latest Firmware Update Over The Air (FUOTA) specifications.

FUOTA cost-effectively future-proofs LoRa devices by simplifying applying application-layer updates and RF-stack updates to devices in the field, increasing…

The Espressif’s flagship chip ESP32 microcontroller has passed the SIG Bluetooth LE 5.0 certification with its improved stability and compatibility performance. Notably, the older versions supported only till Bluetooth LE 4.2. The ESP32 SoC has not only an upgraded chip but also strengthened the latest software.ESP32 customers can now use the Bluetooth LE Host protocol stack…

Nuvoton Technology Corporation has introduced a new NuMicro M2351SF chip, the first Arm Cortex M23 based MCU which is based on M2351 Series IoT security MCUs and Winbond TrustME W77F Secure Flash. The M2351SF has an improved security level that can provide secure storage for code and data for different applications. M2351SF uses Winbond’s Secure Flash solution to protect…

RCOM has introduced the RHV2 and RHV3 series of ultra-high isolation DC/DC converters with the output of 2W or 3W. The converters are designed with an ultra-high isolation rating of 12.5KVAC/one minute or 20kVDC/one second in a compact SIP16 package (45x15x17mm). Both the series of converters will have a nominal input of 5, 12 or 24V and a choice of 5, 12, 24 single or ±5 or…

MORNSUN has introduced the latest SCM13xxA series DC/DC Buck IC namely SCM1301ATA and SCM1316AFA. They are equipped with the internal soft-start and compensation circuits along with the over-current, short circuit and over thermal protection. Due to their high reliability and cost-effectiveness with a wide input voltage range of 4.5V to 40V, they are best suitable for a wide…

Hitachi Automotive has developed a stereo camera that enables Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) at intersections. The newly designed camera offers an increased range of detection by widening the horizontal range of the stereo camera, unlike the conventional stereo cameras. Several features like centralized binocular detection through binocular vision, three-dimensional…

The Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation has introduced GT20N135SRA, a 1350V discrete IGBT for tabletop IH cooker, IH rice cookers, microwave ovens and other home appliances that use voltage resonance circuits. The IGBT features a collector-emitter saturation voltage of 1.75V and a diode forward voltage of 1.8V, which is approximately 10% and 21% lower,…