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2016-01 Semiconductors Cypress Semiconductor

[Jan 11 2016] Cypress Semiconductor announced that its highly integrated single-chip Bluetooth Low Energy solution for the Internet of Things and other wireless applications now offers double the memory. The PSoC 4 BLE programmable system-on-chip and PRoC BLE programmable on-chip RF solutions both offer 256KB of flash memory and 32KB of SRAM options, giving designers the flexibility to upgrade firmware over th ...

2016-01 Semiconductors Cypress Semiconductor

[Jan 10 2016] Cypress Semiconductor Inc. has introduced a complete chip and software solution for USB Type-C to HDMI/DVI/VGA Adapter Dongle. USB Type-C to HDMI/DVI/VGA adapter solution based on EZ-PD™ CCG1 allows an HDMI/DVI/VGA plug to be plugged into a USB Type-C socket, allowing USB Type-C laptops to connect to HDMI/DVI/VGA displays. In addition, Cypress's new CY4501 CCG1 Development Kit (DVK) helps strengt ...

2016-01 Power Silicon Labs

[Jan 10 2016] Silicon Labs announces the launch of dual-mode Bluetooth Smart Ready module solutions This provides embedded developers with unmatched flexibility to integrate Bluetooth Smart and Bluetooth Basic Rate/Enhanced Data Rate(BR/EDR) wireless technologies while minimizing design time, cost, and complexity. Silicon Labs acquired Bluegiga, whose new Bluetooth Smart Ready BT121 module delivers a pre-certi ...

2016-01 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Jan 9 2016] STMicroelectronics introduces the new STNRG family of digital controllers to help designers maximize the benefits of digital power conversion technology, including high energy efficiency at full load, enhanced security, rich diagnostic capabilities, and easy networking. The high durability of the new products is sufficient to meet the needs of high-end industrial applications as well as a variety ...

2016-01 Connectors Infineon Technologies

[Jan 9 2016] Infineon Technologies introduces the new Intelligent Power Module (IPM)MIPAQ Pro. MIPAQ Pro provides an all-in-one solution that enables a wide range of scalable compact inverter designs in wind, solar and industrial drive applications. The MIPAQ™Pro is a fully proven and fully tested IPM that integrates IGBTs, gate drivers, heat sinks, sensors, CNC electronics, and digital bus communications in ...

2016-01 Passive Components Littelfuse

[Jan 8 2016] Littelfuse, a global leader in circuit protection, offers four general purpose ESD protection Transient Suppression Diode Array (SPA® Diode) solutions that take up less board space than their industry counterparts. The SP1013 and SP1014 transient suppression diode arrays conform to standard 0201 package sizes, but require 30% less board space and greater gaps between components than other 0201 so ...

2016-01 Semiconductors Cypress Semiconductor

[Jan 8 2016] Cypress Semiconductor Corporation announced that its first - and second-generation USB Power Transfer controllers have passed the USB Designers Forum (USB-IF) certification test process with USB Power Transfer (PD)E-Marker capability. Product test ids for EZ-PD CCG1 (CYPD1103) and EZ-PD CCG2 (CYPD2103) controllers are 1095059 and 1095054, respectively. E-Marker chips are used in USB power transfe ...

2016-01 Semiconductors Cypress Semiconductor

[Jan 7 2016] Cypress Semiconductor, the market leader in static random access memory (SRAM), announced the industry's highest capacity synchronous SRAM with on-chip error correction codes (ECC). The new 36Mb synchronous SRAM integrates ECC capabilities to provide the highest level of data reliability and simplify the design of a variety of military, communications and data processing applications. Cypress pla ...

2016-01 Power Power Integrations

[Jan 7 2016] Power Integrations, Inc. announced the launch of the CAPZero™-2 IC, the next generation of its CAPZero family of innovative double-terminal X-capacitor discharge ics. The CAPZero-2 IC covers a wide range of applications and output power for increased design flexibility. Covering a wide range of X capacitors from 0.1 µF to 6 µF, and with a breakdown voltage rated at 1 kV to withstand transient vol ...

2016-01 Power Intematix Corporation

[Jan 6 2016] Imagination Technologies has announced that Imagination's ClearCall VoIP applications now support Cavium's popular OCTEON® III CN70XX/CN71XX family of multi-core MIPS64 processors. This integrated solution is designed for Oems/ODMs and service providers to quickly deliver high-quality VoIP phones and service gateways to the home, small and medium business (SMB) and junior enterprise markets where ...

2016-01 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Jan 6 2016] STMicroelectronics introduces the new powerSTEP motor driver, a sophisticated motor control design that enables applications to perform high-power work directly on the chip. This fully integrated stepper motor driver System Package (SiP) offers the industry's highest power density of up to 500W/cm2 and will assist automation equipment manufacturers in designing cost-effective motor control system ...

2016-01 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Jan 5 2016] STMicroelectronics has combined its ultra-low power microcontroller technology with years of experience in ARM Cortex-M4 cores to create the STM32L4 series of microcontrollers for the next generation of energy efficient consumer electronics, industrial, medical and metrological products. The STM32L476 and STM32L486 are based on an 80MHz ARM Cortex-M4 processor core with a floating point unit (FPU ...