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Tektronix Delivers Automated USB Type-C Compliance and Debugging Solutions
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Tektronix Delivers Automated USB Type-C Compliance and Debugging Solutions

As manufacturers intensify their efforts to meet consumer demand for ever faster data downloads, from live streaming videos to global videoconferences, multiple industries are now accelerating adoption of the latest USB4 and Thunderbolt 4 specifications over USB Type-C connectors. Tektronix announced three new testing solutions to help drive these efforts, which can easily be integrated into test environments, enabling higher speed data transfers.
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Pico Technology Launches Its First 1 GHz Mixed-Signal Scope With Active Probes
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Pico Technology Launches Its First 1 GHz Mixed-Signal Scope With Active Probes

Pico Technology announced a further development of its PicoScope 6000E Series mixed-signal oscilloscopes (MSOs) with the launch of four new 4-channel models, each of which can be configured with 16 optional digital channels. With bandwidths of 750 MHz or 1 GHz, 8-bit or 8/10/12-bit Flexible Resolution and up to 4 GS deep capture memory, these products enhance the existing PicoScope 6000E portfolio, adding to the 350 MHz and 500 MHz models that were introduced in 2020.
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Cadence Extends Popular Tensilica Vision and AI DSP IP Product Line with New DSPs for Automotive, Mobile and Consumer Markets
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Cadence Extends Popular Tensilica Vision and AI DSP IP Product Line with New DSPs for Automotive, Mobile and Consumer Markets

Cadence Design Systems expanded its popular Tensilica Vision DSP product family with the debut of two new DSP IP cores for demanding and always-on AI applications. The Tensilica Vision P1 DSP is optimized for always-on and smart sensor applications in the consumer market, providing an energy-efficient solution. Packing an industry-leading 3.8 tera operations per second (TOPS), the flagship Cadence Tensilica Vision Q8 DSP delivers 2X performance and memory bandwidth compared to the Tensilica Vision Q7 DSP.
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Microchip Introduces First Automotive-Qualified, Single-Chip Solution for Ultrawide Touch Displays
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Microchip Introduces First Automotive-Qualified, Single-Chip Solution for Ultrawide Touch Displays

To better meet the need for safe, intuitive and easy-to-use user interfaces within automotive dashboards, designers are continuing to consolidate the vehicle’s cluster, center stack and co-driver displays into very wide screens. Supporting both LCD and OLED displays, Microchip’s latest maXTouch touchscreen controller reduces integration complexity and cost for ultrawide touch displays up to 45 inches.
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Microchip Offers Comprehensive Programming Environment and Code Base for USB Type-C with Power Delivery (PD) Designs
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Microchip Offers Comprehensive Programming Environment and Code Base for USB Type-C with Power Delivery (PD) Designs

With Microchip's new Power Delivery Software Framework (PSF), designers can now modify and own the IP in their USB Type-C with Power Delivery (PD) systems. By merging their proprietary code with Microchip's fully functional PD stack, designers have the ultimate flexibility for creating differentiated products while choosing from a wide variety of Microchip SmartHubs, microcontrollers (MCUs) and standalone PD solutions for their USB systems.
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Renesas Launches RX23W Module with Bluetooth for System Control and Wireless Communication on Connected Devices
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Renesas Launches RX23W Module with Bluetooth for System Control and Wireless Communication on Connected Devices

Renesas Electronics Corporation introduced the RX23W Module with full Bluetooth 5.0 Low Energy support for system control and wireless communication on endpoint connected devices. Featuring the RX23W 32-bit RX MCU supporting fully integrated Bluetooth Low Energy communication, the new RX23W module is equipped with an antenna, oscillator and custom-matched circuit. A solution ready for the development of connected home appliances, healthcare and sports and fitness equipment.
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Infineon Introduces New AIROC Wi-Fi 6/6E and Bluetooth 5.2 Combo Devices for High-Quality Video and Audio Streaming
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Infineon Introduces New AIROC Wi-Fi 6/6E and Bluetooth 5.2 Combo Devices for High-Quality Video and Audio Streaming

Infineon Technologies expanded its wireless portfolio with new high-performance, reliable and secure devices. The newly developed AIROC brand now includes the industry’s first 1x1 Wi-Fi 6/6E and Bluetooth 5.2 combo SoC for enterprise and industrial applications, and its first 2x2 Wi-Fi 6/6E and Bluetooth 5.2 combo SoC for multimedia, consumer and automotive applications. The new wireless connectivity combo devices deliver robust performance and minimal latency, making them ideal for high-quality video and audio streaming applications.
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New DC/DC Controllers with Integrated Active EMI Filter for Compact Power Supplies
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New DC/DC Controllers with Integrated Active EMI Filter for Compact Power Supplies

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced a new family of synchronous DC/DC buck controllers that enable smaller power-supply solutions with lower electromagnetic interference (EMI). Featuring an integrated active EMI filter (AEF) and dual-random spread-spectrum (DRSS) technology, the LM25149-Q1 and LM25149 enable designers to cut the area of the external EMI filter in half, lower the conducted EMI of the power design by as much as 55 dBµV across multiple frequency bands, or achieve a combination of reduced filter size and low EMI.
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TDK Launches Inductors for Small Power Systems in True Wireless Stereo Devices
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TDK Launches Inductors for Small Power Systems in True Wireless Stereo Devices

TDK Corporation has developed the PLEA67 Series of inductors for use in true wireless stereo (TWS) devices. TDK’s original structure design and newly developed materials in the new thin-film power inductors achieve a rated current of 500mA in a small-sized component with an inductance of 2.2μH. The unique magnetic shield structure reduces magnetic flux leakage, while the low-loss magnetic material provides a highly efficient power supply circuit, ideal for small power supply and low power consumption Bluetooth LE modules.
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Keysight Introduces Smart Bench Essentials Connected Instruments
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Keysight Introduces Smart Bench Essentials Connected Instruments

Keysight Technologies, the electronics test and measurement company that was spun off from Agilent in 2014, has launched a new portfolio of Smart Bench Essentials (SBE) lab bench instruments. These new solutions are targeted at remote access labs and teaching institutions that require a unified, powerful graphical interface with integrated data management and analysis, that can be configured, controlled, and monitored from a single screen, also allowing sharing instruments and data remotely with peers.
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