Microchip has introduced a digitally-controlled analogue DC-DC converter chip for power converters between 50 and 150W, including high current point-of-load converters. Called MCP19111, both microprocessor and analogue blocks are on the ...
Dutch start-up Anagear has released a power management IC (PMIC) for wireless sensor nodes, that consumes an average of 600nA, said the firm. Typically, wireless sensor nodes have a microcontroller that spends most of its time in sleep, ...
32-bit performance at 8-bit prices is the sales pitch for Infineon’s ARM Cortex M0-based family of industrial controllers called XMC1000 which begin sampling in March. ‘With the XMC1000, Infineon is the first semiconductor ...
XMOS is aiming for embedded industrial designs with the introduction of industrial Fieldbus capabilities within its xCORE family of multicore microcontrollers. Initially, this will include Fieldbus xSOFTip soft peripherals and an ...
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The Consumer Electronics Show just completed its Las Vegas run and SSL technology was showcased in products ranging from the latest TVs to retrofit lamps, and adaptive controls were prevalent as well. The annual Consumer Electronics Show ...
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Atmel has expanded its ARM Cortex-M4 processor-based flash microcontroller family to include devices with extra connectivity peripherals, a floating point unit (FPU), analogue capabilities, and higher processing power. The SAM4E ...
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TI spokeman Dominic Torres displays a wrist band heart monitor with a blood oxygen-level reader on his fingertip.Image:Lucas Mearian At the Consumer Electronics Show(CES)today Texas Instruments(TI)demonstrated personalized health ...
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IDG News Service - ARM showed strong growth in an otherwise weak semiconductor market, with robust demand for smartphone and tablet processors driving profit and revenue growth in the second quarter, the company said on Wednesday. The ...
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Late next year, consumers will be able to buy smartphones that either come with native hypervisor software or use an app allowing them to run two interfaces on the phone: one for personal use, one for work. The technology could help ...
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Adaptive-controls specialist Daintree Networks has expanded its ControlScope Connected Community program to include component manufacturers and has released an open-source ZigBee protocol stack that can be integrated into LED drivers and ...
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Effective interrupt control is achievable in low power microcontrollers,writes Joseph Yiu,embedded technology specialist at ARM Interrupts are a major feature of most embedded microcontrollers and effective real time response to interrupts ...
STMicroelectronics is considering breaking itself up,reports Bloomberg.It is thought that the profitable analogue business will be split from the loss-making digital business,while the ST-Ericsson joint venture will be sold-probably to ...
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Energy efficiency is good solid worthy way to encourage home owners to switch to away from incandescent bulbs. But they might as well switch to compact fluorescent alternatives because they cost only a quid each. And then some of them ...
The MB95870, MB95860 and MB95850 series offers power-efficient microcontrollers with 36KB of built-in flash memory in a range of packages Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe (FSEU) has expanded its "New 8FX" family of high-performance 8-bit ...
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Mobile and media consumption device markets contributed for the hybridisation trend Hybrid processors that include two or more different types of cores make up half of the $111bn processor market revenue, according to a new report by IMS ...
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