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Microchip Introduces Fully-Certified Wi-Fi SDK with Apple HomeKit Support
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Microchip Introduces Fully-Certified Wi-Fi SDK with Apple HomeKit Support

Microchip's new Wi-Fi SDK with Apple HomeKit support enables MFi licensees to create fast, low-power designs on the industry’s first hardware cryptography-enabled Wi-Fi-based development kit for HomeKit. The SDK leverages hardware-based calculations to create fast, low-power solutions, providing an optimized customer experience that dramatically reduces execution time for HomeKit commands and provides pairing speeds of less than one tenth of a second.
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New ams Foundry Ecosystem Provides Solutions for ASIC Design Service, Testing and Fabrication
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New ams Foundry Ecosystem Provides Solutions for ASIC Design Service, Testing and Fabrication

Sensor solutions provider ams announced a further expansion of its Foundry Ecosystem. In cooperation with Fraunhofer IIS and RoodMicrotec, these three partners now open an additional reliable and comprehensive path towards ASIC solutions by offering IC development, assembly, test and qualification services to OEMs, system integrators and innovative start-ups, enabling them to get their ASIC solutions to market faster.
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Microchip Unveils System in Package for Wirelessly Connected Designs That Last for Years
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Microchip Unveils System in Package for Wirelessly Connected Designs That Last for Years

The SAM R30 System in Package (SiP), a single-chip RF microcontroller (MCU), is now available from Microchip Technology. The SAM R30 SiP incorporates an ultra-low power microcontroller with an 802.15.4 sub-GHz radio, providing multi-year battery life in a compact 5 mm package. The SAM R30 SiP delivers design flexibility and proven reliability all in a small package, making it ideally suited for long-lasting connected home and smart city applications.
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A New Dual Discrete Op-Amp for Audio Products from Orange Amplification
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A New Dual Discrete Op-Amp for Audio Products from Orange Amplification

Once in a while, British guitar amp specialists - increasingly turning also into a lifestyle brand - surprise the industry with some unusual products. We've seen Orange introducing headphones, the VT1000 valve/tube tester and even an automatic bias adjustment kit, the DIVO OV4. But now, Orange truly surprised us, with the introduction of its new Dual Discrete Op-Amp, which has been specifically designed for audio use. Orange simply says, "it is one of the most musically sounding of its kind on the market today."
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New CP2615 USB-to-I2S Bridge Chip from Silicon Labs for Simple Digital Audio Designs
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New CP2615 USB-to-I2S Bridge Chip from Silicon Labs for Simple Digital Audio Designs

Silicon Labs has introduced a fixed-function audio bridge device that provides a simple, turnkey solution for transferring digital audio data between the universal serial bus (USB) and integrated inter-IC sound (I2S) serial bus interfaces. The new CP2615 digital audio bridge simplifies USB-to-I2S connectivity and accelerates time to market for a wide range of power-sensitive, space-constrained USB audio applications based on Android, Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems, including headphones, headsets, speakers, and others.
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Knowles Introduces IA-610 Smart Microphone with Embedded Digital Signal Processor
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Knowles Introduces IA-610 Smart Microphone with Embedded Digital Signal Processor

Knowles Corporation announced it has sampled the new IA-610 smart microphone, combining a world-leading MEMS microphone with a best-in-class open digital signal processor (DSP) into a single subminiature package. This complete and customizable solution is similar in size to a MEMS microphone found in today’s leading mobile electronic devices, but delivers a customizable solution that enables advanced features like voice wake and acoustic event detection.
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Fortemedia Introduces Low-Power iM501 Voice Processor for Wearables and Smart Home Applications
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Fortemedia Introduces Low-Power iM501 Voice Processor for Wearables and Smart Home Applications

Voice processing has become one of the indispensable technologies on smart home and wearable devices. Precise and prompt voice command recognition, along with minimizing power consumption are key for these applications. Small array microphone and voice acoustic processing technology specialists, Fortemedia introduced its new iM501 voice processor, embedding a high-end Tensilica HiFi Mini DSP core, and providing a best-in-class solution for always-on voice detection with low power consumption.
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Nordic Semiconductor Shows Development Kit and Other Solutions for Bluetooth 5 Implementation
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Nordic Semiconductor Shows Development Kit and Other Solutions for Bluetooth 5 Implementation

Following the announcement at CES 2017 of its Bluetooth 5-compatible nRF52 Series SoCs (nRF52832 and nRF52840 devices), Nordic Semiconductor is showing new development tools for Bluetooth 5 at Bluetooth World, the official event of Bluetooth SIG, taking place at Santa Clara Convention Center, 28-29 March, 2017. Demonstrations include the new Preview Development Kit (nRF52840-PDK) and its first Thread networking SDK.
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Dialog Semiconductor Introduces Bluetooth 5 Low Power SoC with Integrated Microphone Interface
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Dialog Semiconductor Introduces Bluetooth 5 Low Power SoC with Integrated Microphone Interface

As the connected devices market enters a new era of connectivity with Bluetooth 5.0, Dialog Semiconductor announced the next generation in its SmartBond family – DA14586. The all-new System-on-Chip (SoC) is the company’s first standalone device that is qualified to support the latest Bluetooth 5.0 specification, delivering the lowest power consumption and unrivalled functionality for advanced use cases.
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B&K Precision Expands Bench LCR Meter Family with 500 kHz and 1 MHz Models
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B&K Precision Expands Bench LCR Meter Family with 500 kHz and 1 MHz Models

B&K Precision continues to deliver on its promise of delivering reliable and cost-effective test and measurement instruments and announced the expansion of its bench LCR meter family with the addition of two new models that extend the family's test frequencies up to 1 MHz. B&K Precision's new 894 and 895 bench LCR meters provide test frequencies from 20 Hz to 500 kHz and 20 Hz to 1 MHz, respectively, and can measure inductance, capacitance and resistance with 0.05% basic impedance accuracy.
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