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Microchip Increases System Performance in Closed-loop Control Applications with New PIC and AVR MCUs
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Microchip Increases System Performance in Closed-loop Control Applications with New PIC and AVR MCUs

Advancements in the architecture of PIC and AVR 8-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) have optimized the devices for implementing closed-loop control, enabling systems to offload the Central Processing Unit (CPU) to manage more tasks and save power. To help designers maximize performance and efficiency in these systems, Microchip Technology introduced the new PIC18 Q10 and ATtiny1607 families, featuring multiple intelligent Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs) that simplify development and enable quick response time to system events.
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Cypress USB-C Power Delivery Controller Now Available for Use in Thunderbolt 3 Designs
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Cypress USB-C Power Delivery Controller Now Available for Use in Thunderbolt 3 Designs

Cypress Semiconductor announced that its programmable, EZ-PD CCG5 two-port USB-C controller with Power Delivery (PD) has now been qualified by Intel for use in Thunderbolt 3 host and peripheral designs. Thunderbolt 3 over USB-C enables data transfers at speeds up to 40 Gbps via a compact port with the ability to transmit multiple protocols and provide fast device charging. Reference designs are now available to enable fast time-to-market for PCs, docking stations, hard drives and a variety of other peripherals.
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Texas Instruments Launches Three New Class-D Amplifiers to Solve Smart-Home Audio Design Challenges
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Texas Instruments Launches Three New Class-D Amplifiers to Solve Smart-Home Audio Design Challenges

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced three new digital-input Class-D audio amplifiers that enable engineers to deliver high-resolution audio in more smart-home and voice-enabled applications. By combining first-of-its-kind integration, real-time protection and new modulation schemes, TI's new audio devices allow designers to reduce board space and overall bill of material (BOM) cost, while providing premium sound and integrated protection for applications such as smart speakers and soundbars.
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Alango and Seeed Collaborate on Voice Interface Far-Field Technology
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Alango and Seeed Collaborate on Voice Interface Far-Field Technology

Alango announced its collaboration with Seeed Technology providing far-field voice enhancement on the Seeed ReSpeaker Core v2.0. Seeed's ReSpeaker Core v2.0 is designed as a multifunctional development board for voice interface applications. The platform is based on the Rockchip RK3229, a quad-core ARM Cortex A7, running up to 1.5GHz, with 1GB RAM. The board features a six-microphone array with Alango's Voice Enhancement Package "VEP" and is able to be customized upon request.
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Microchip Announces New Software Library to Easily Implement Low-power Touch Pads with Surface Gestures
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Microchip Announces New Software Library to Easily Implement Low-power Touch Pads with Surface Gestures

Microchip Technology announced a new 2D Touch Surface library that enables designers to easily implement touch pads using the company’s 8-bit PIC and AVR microcontrollers (MCUs) and 32-bit SAM MCUs. Available free of charge with the purchase of any compatible MCU, the library provides a simplified, low-cost solution for embedded applications, making possible to add taps, swipes, pinch and zoom to headphones and other consumer electronics devices at no additional cost.
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Maxim Improves Compact Synchronous Buck Converters for Automotive Applications
by Cristina Costa

Maxim Improves Compact Synchronous Buck Converters for Automotive Applications

Automotive designers can now significantly lower EMI and increase efficiency with the pin-compatible MAX20073 and MAX20074 buck converters from Maxim Integrated Products. The new MAX20073/74 compact converters have unique spread-spectrum and Sync In features, and offer the industry's superior EMI performance with ultra-low quiescent current, ideal for automotive infotainment and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) applications.
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Silicon Mitus New High Efficiency Switched Capacitor for USB Type-C Fast Charging Applications
by Cristina Costa

Silicon Mitus New High Efficiency Switched Capacitor for USB Type-C Fast Charging Applications

Silicon Mitus released the SM5428, a Switched Capacitor Battery Charger. The new DC-DC converter from the company has been highly optimized to meet the demands of the emerging fast charging applications in the USB Type-C market, offering a higher efficiency that allows for a reduced time to charge the battery and better management of the thermal dissipation during the recharging cycle of the device. A solution tailored specifically for smartphones, tablets and any other battery powered consumer devices.
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Maxim Announces Highly Efficient Plug-And-Play Digital Class D Speaker Amplifiers
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Maxim Announces Highly Efficient Plug-And-Play Digital Class D Speaker Amplifiers

Maxim Integrated Products announced new MAX98357 and MAX98358 compact and cos-effective audio amplifiers, ideal for a wide variety of applications, including a plug-and-play solution for portable and smart speakers. Despite their ultra-small form factors, the MAX98357 and MAX98358 digital-input 3.2W Class D audio power amplifiers require only a single power supply and auto configure for 35 different clocking configurations and 128 digital audio formats.
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Diodes Targets Wireless Media Speakers with New 10W Stereo Class-D Audio Power Amplifier
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Diodes Targets Wireless Media Speakers with New 10W Stereo Class-D Audio Power Amplifier

Semiconductor manufacturer Diodes Incorporated announced the PAM8106, a new 10W stereo Class-D audio amplifier featuring low THD+N, low EMI, and high PSRR, while integrating spread-spectrum modulation (SSM) and non-clipping power limit (NCPL) technology to deliver advanced features for a range of battery- or line-powered devices including LCD TVs, wireless speakers, portable stereos, and game machines.
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Dialog Semiconductor’s SmartBeat SoC Enhances Jabra Engage Headset Series
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Dialog Semiconductor’s SmartBeat SoC Enhances Jabra Engage Headset Series

Jabra turned to Dialog Semiconductor’s SmartBeat audio system-on-chip (SoC) for its newest range of Jabra Engage professional wireless headsets. As the first company to deploy Dialog’s SmartBeat DA14495 SoC, Jabra was able to make use of the SoC’s support for the DECT 1.9GHz standard, as well as a flexible audio API, to connect three times as many users as before with industry-leading call performance at a range of up to 490 feet.
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