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Tektronix Keithley 2281S Is First to Emulate Battery Performance from Full Charge to Total Discharge
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Tektronix Keithley 2281S Is First to Emulate Battery Performance from Full Charge to Total Discharge

Tektronix unveiled its innovative Keithley 2281S Battery Simulator/precision DC Power supply to shorten design and test cycles for mobile devices. The new battery simulator from Tektronix uses a battery model that includes state of charge, amp-hour capacity, equivalent series resistance, and open circuit voltage.
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Keysight Helps Engineers Verify, Debug Devices that Use Type-C Connector Technology
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Keysight Helps Engineers Verify, Debug Devices that Use Type-C Connector Technology

Responding to an increasing market demand for fast development of USB 3.1 Gen 2 designs and designs using other high-speed signal standards that support the Type-C connector, Keysight Technologies introduced its N7015A high-speed test fixture, which the company says it’s the industry’s highest-signal-integrity Type-C test solution for high-speed differential bus probing.
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LabNation Compact Open Source USB Oscilloscope Supports Apple iPad, Android, Microsoft Windows and Linux
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LabNation Compact Open Source USB Oscilloscope Supports Apple iPad, Android, Microsoft Windows and Linux

Belgian company LabNation announced the launch of its open source USB oscilloscope, SmartScope. The lightweight device supports all PC and mobile operating systems and is powered directly from the host’s USB interface making it ideal for many test and measurement applications far from the workbench.
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Diodes Enables Cost-Effective Headset Detection with Low Power IC in Miniature Package
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Diodes Enables Cost-Effective Headset Detection with Low Power IC in Miniature Package

Discrete, logic and analog semiconductor specialist Diodes has introduced a raft of new ICs for consumer electronics and networks, together with new voltage converters and regulators targeting a range of interesting applications for the audio industry. The new AZV5001 headset detection IC is particularly interesting.
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Microchip Expands High-Performance 32-bit MCU Family With Integrated Floating Point Unit Series
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Microchip Expands High-Performance 32-bit MCU Family With Integrated Floating Point Unit Series

Microchip is now offering the new PIC32MZ family of 32-bit MCUs as an ideal foundation for high-end and next-generation applications, including wireless audio projects. The new 48-member series supports an extensive DSP instruction set and integrates 2MB Flash, 18 MSPS 12-bit ADC, FPU, Crypto Engine, Hi-Speed USB, 10/100 Ethernet, CAN and rich peripheral options.
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ABI Research Finds Cirrus Logic Outperforms Mother Nature and Introduces World’s Smallest MEM Microphone
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ABI Research Finds Cirrus Logic Outperforms Mother Nature and Introduces World’s Smallest MEM Microphone

ABI Research’s teardown of a recently released high profile smartphone found that Cirrus Logic introduced the world’s smallest MEM microphone. It is 30% smaller than the smallest MEM microphone and less than half the size of MEM microphones typically found in mobile devices.
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Microchip Boosts USB-C Connector Revolution With Introduction of Cost-Effective Controller
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Microchip Boosts USB-C Connector Revolution With Introduction of Cost-Effective Controller

Microchip just announced its new UTC2000 Controller to enable simple and quick implementation of the new USB-C reversible-plug connector for all kinds of USB devices and USB cabling in a wide range of applications. A new USB-C Evaluation Kit is also available, enabling designers to convert a traditional USB connector to type C for both UFP and DFP.
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MSC Technologies Integrates Low-Power 6th Generation Intel Core Processors on COM Express Modules
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MSC Technologies Integrates Low-Power 6th Generation Intel Core Processors on COM Express Modules

MSC Technologies has launched the MSC C6C-SLU Type 6 COM Express module family, which is based on the latest 6th Generation Intel Core U Series processors, a complete low-power chipset in one multi-chip package with integrated graphics controller. An efficient and compact solution for embedded systems, including home automation applications.
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Microchip Eases Migration of Mobile Devices to Intel’s New Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface
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Microchip Eases Migration of Mobile Devices to Intel’s New Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface

To ease the mobile computing industry’s transition to the new interface and lower-voltage designs, Microchip worked with Intel to create the first scalable family of devices to support both new Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface (eSPI) and existing Low Pin Count (LPC) interface allowing designers to easily reuse IP across multiple x86 platforms.
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Blue Gecko Module Simplifies Bluetooth Smart Design
by Cristina Costa

Blue Gecko Module Simplifies Bluetooth Smart Design

Silicon Labs recently introduced a fully integrated, pre-certified Bluetooth Smart module solution that provides a speedy path to low-power wireless connectivity. The BGM111 modules are preloaded with the Bluegiga Bluetooth 4.1-compliant software stack and profiles and are field-upgradable using device firmware upgrades to Bluetooth 4.2 and beyond.
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