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Texas Instruments Announces New Low-Power Multi-Standard Multi-Band SimpleLink MCU Platform
February 28, 2018 by Cristina Costa

Texas Instruments Announces New Low-Power Multi-Standard Multi-Band SimpleLink MCU Platform

To meet growing connectivity needs, Texas Instruments (TI) introduced its newest SimpleLink wireless and wired microcontrollers (MCUs). These new devices offer industry-leading low power consumption and concurrent multi-standard and multi-band connectivity for Thread, Zigbee, Bluetooth 5 and Sub-1 GHz. With more memory and unlimited connectivity options, the expanded SimpleLink MCU platform offers 100 percent code reuse across TI’s Arm Cortex-M4-based MCUs to enhance and connect sensor networks to the cloud.
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Red Pitaya Adds Vector Network Analyzer Capabilities to Reconfigurable STEMlab Instrument
February 16, 2018 by Cristina Costa

Red Pitaya Adds Vector Network Analyzer Capabilities to Reconfigurable STEMlab Instrument

Red Pitaya, the company from Ljubljana, Slovenia, that pioneered the move to low cost, open-source, reconfigurable test & measurement instrumentation with its credit-card-sized STEMlab platform, launched a VNA new bridge module and application that enables STEMLab to function as an affordable vector network analyzer (VNA), a precision measuring tool that tests the electrical performance of high frequency components in the radio frequency.
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MIPI Alliance Enhances its MIPI NIDnT Debug and Test Specification to Enable Debugging over the Latest USB Type-C Connectors
January 15, 2018 by Cristina Costa

MIPI Alliance Enhances its MIPI NIDnT Debug and Test Specification to Enable Debugging over the Latest USB Type-C Connectors

The MIPI Alliance, the international organization that develops interface specifications for mobile and mobile-influenced industries, released MIPI NIDnT v1.2, an update to the MIPI Narrow Interface for Debug and Test specification. The new release, MIPI NIDnT v1.2 and the complementary MIPI Discovery and Configuration Specification for Narrow Interface for Debug and Test v1.0, keeps pace with USB Type-C advancements to simplify debugging for manufacturers in smartphone, laptop, IoT and AR/VR.
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Corigine Unveils First Certified SuperSpeed+ USB 3.1 Gen 2 IP with M31 28nm PHY
December 28, 2017 by Cristina Costa

Corigine Unveils First Certified SuperSpeed+ USB 3.1 Gen 2 IP with M31 28nm PHY

Corigine and M31 Technology Corporation announced that the 28nm PHY from M31, with Corigine's USB 3.1 Gen 2 PC host and device controller intellectual property (IP) is certified by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) and compliant with USB SuperSpeed+, the fastest USB speed standard. With this USB-IF certification, Corigine's IP will enable deployment of millions of devices that need the fastest USB speed.
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PoE Texas and CoolGear Join Forces on USB Type-C With Power Delivery On Power Over Ethernet
December 26, 2017 by Cristina Costa

PoE Texas and CoolGear Join Forces on USB Type-C With Power Delivery On Power Over Ethernet

As many manufacturers including Apple, Google, and Samsung standardize on USB Type-C (USB-C) with the new Power Delivery (PD) protocol, CoolGear and PoE Texas have joined forces to combine USB-C with PD and Power Over Ethernet, significantly lowering the cost of adopting USB-C by eliminating the need for new electrical infrastructure. In early 2018, PoE Texas will launch the POE-USBC-Kit and the AT-USBC-Kit with everything needed to use USB-C PD over Ethernet.
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Pulse Electronics Releases New Nanocrystalline Common Mode Choke Series
December 14, 2017 by Cristina Costa

Pulse Electronics Releases New Nanocrystalline Common Mode Choke Series

Pulse Electronics Power BU, a leading provider of electronic components, announced the release of its new PH9455 series, the amorphous metal common mode choke. Expanding on the existing Pulse family of common mode chokes, the PH9455 series provide higher impedance per unit volume when compared to ferrite core solutions, and filters out common mode EMI noise while reducing size.
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NXP Software Development Kit with Apple HomeKit Support Now Available
November 6, 2017 by Cristina Costa

NXP Software Development Kit with Apple HomeKit Support Now Available

NXP Semiconductors announced that its Apple HomeKit Software Development Kit (SDK) now offers full support for home automation applications using HomeKit. NXP's HomeKit SDK now supports all Apple HomeKit transports, including Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 4.2, Wi-Fi, Ethernet with iCloud remote access across NXP microcontrollers and microprocessors. The solutions enables Smart Home development with the most advanced security features.
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A New Low in Standby Power with Texas Instruments' new LLC Controller
October 23, 2017 by Cristina Costa

A New Low in Standby Power with Texas Instruments' new LLC Controller

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced a new inductor-inductor-capacitor (LLC) resonant controller with an integrated high-voltage gate driver that enables the industry's lowest standby power, as well as longer system lifetimes. The UCC256301 provides a cost-effective system solution that helps meet stringent energy-efficiency standards for a wide range of AC/DC applications in consumer electronics.
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Microchip Updates MPLAB Mindi Analog Simulator to Include Over 300 Device Models and Schematics
October 20, 2017 by Cristina Costa

Microchip Updates MPLAB Mindi Analog Simulator to Include Over 300 Device Models and Schematics

Microchip Technology announced availability of its updated MPLAB Mindi analog simulation software, now including more models and features. The circuit simulation tool now supports more than 300 Microchip analog products, with SIMetrix’s enhanced SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) and SIMPLIS Technologies’ SIMPLIS (SIMulation of Piecewise LInear Systems) simulation environments.
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Texas Instruments Introduces Unique SWIFT DC/DC Converter with Integrated Switching Frequency Compensation
September 20, 2017 by Cristina Costa

Texas Instruments Introduces Unique SWIFT DC/DC Converter with Integrated Switching Frequency Compensation

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced the industry's first 16-V input, 40-A synchronous DC/DC buck converter with an internally compensated advanced-current-mode (ACM) control topology supporting frequency synchronization. Designers can stack two converters side by side to drive loads up to 80 A for processors in space-constrained and power-dense applications in various markets, including wired and wireless communications, enterprise and cloud computing, and data storage systems.
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