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Arrow Electronics and Freelancer.com Launch New Electronics & Electrical Engineering Services Marketplace
by Cristina Costa

Arrow Electronics and Freelancer.com Launch New Electronics & Electrical Engineering Services Marketplace

Arrow Electronics and Freelancer.com, the freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace, announced the launch of ArrowPlus powered by Freelancer.com. The new platform allows companies and innovative technology creators to design and build hardware products through access to over half a million skilled electronic and electrical engineers. With the new platform, Arrow enables collaboration on a large volume of projects, from established companies, matching engineering services within 24 hours powered by Freelancer.
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Cadence Announces Industry’s First Verification IP for USB4
by audioXpress Staff

Cadence Announces Industry’s First Verification IP for USB4

Cadence Design Systems announced the availability of the industry’s first Verification IP (VIP) in support of the recently announced USB4 standard. The Cadence VIP for USB4 enables engineers to develop standard-compliant system-on-chip (SoC) designs, completing functional verification of the design with less effort and greater assurance that the SoC will operate as expected, enabling early adoption of the next-generation USB standard protocol.
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MaxLinear Introduces New MxL7213 Highest Output Switch Mode DC/DC Dual 13A Power Module
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MaxLinear Introduces New MxL7213 Highest Output Switch Mode DC/DC Dual 13A Power Module

MaxLinear is known for providing robust, high density power solutions offering a wide input voltage range and excellent thermal performance. But this time, the company reach a new height with the new MxL7213 dual 13A or single 26A power module. This complete switch mode DC/DC power supply includes a wide 4.5V to 18V input voltage range and offers better efficiency and thermal performance than anything on the market.
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Step-Down Converters from STMicroelectronics Save Energy and Space in Connected and Wearable Devices
by Cristina Costa

Step-Down Converters from STMicroelectronics Save Energy and Space in Connected and Wearable Devices

STMicroelectronics has announced its ST1PS01 step-down converters. The devices are engineered for small size, low quiescent current and high efficiency at all values of load current, to save energy and real-estate in keep-alive connected devices such as asset trackers, wearables, smart sensors and smart meters. Leveraging synchronous rectification, efficiency is 92% at 400 mA full load and 95% when delivering just 1 mA.
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Top Brands and More Events at Prolight+Sound and Musikmesse 2019
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Top Brands and More Events at Prolight+Sound and Musikmesse 2019

A decisive 2019 edition of Prolight+Sound and Musikmesse is fast approaching, signaling the return to a consolidated model and the adoption of a new layout, which includes new facilities in the Messe Frankfurt complex. For the first time since 2015, the two trade fairs are being held concurrently on all four days and, for visitors from the professional audio sector in particular, will offer a variety of new highlights and product innovations from the industry’s key players.
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WiSA Announces Certification of Klipsch’s Reference Wireless Speakers
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WiSA Announces Certification of Klipsch’s Reference Wireless Speakers

WiSA LLC, the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association comprised of leading consumer electronics brands founded by Summit Wireless Technologies, announced the certification of Klipsch Reference Wireless speakers from Klipsch Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of VOXX International Corporation. Available in June 2019, this new line of Klipsch loudspeakers was introduced at CES 2019 and works flawlessly with any WiSA Certified and WiSA Ready products, including the new 2019 WiSA Ready LG OLED and Nano Cell (Super UHD) TVs.
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DSP Concepts Announces TalkTo Microphone Processing Technology for Voice-Controlled Products
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DSP Concepts Announces TalkTo Microphone Processing Technology for Voice-Controlled Products

DSP Concepts has launched TalkTo, a new brand and a major expansion of its voice recognition technologies. TalkTo is a family of software-based Audio Front Ends for voice-controlled products. It uses advanced microphone processing and machine learning techniques to deliver highly reliable voice control, even in high-noise environments and with multichannel audio products. According to the company, TakTo will enable voice interfaces even in the most difficult classes of products, like TVs and soundbars.
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New AES70-2018 Features and Expanded Alliance Development Tools Widen Scope for AV Control Standard Implementation
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New AES70-2018 Features and Expanded Alliance Development Tools Widen Scope for AV Control Standard Implementation

Centre stage on the OCA Alliance booth at the recent ISE show was the expanded feature set of the new AES70-2018 revision of the open control and monitoring standard for professional audio and AV media networks. The result of several years of collaborative work within the OCA Alliance and the AES, AES70-2018 is an evolutionary upgrade providing numerous new and improved features.
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Dialog Semiconductor Provides Audio and Configurable Mixed Signal Chipset for Huawei Honor FlyPods
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Dialog Semiconductor Provides Audio and Configurable Mixed Signal Chipset for Huawei Honor FlyPods

Dialog Semiconductor announced that its audio and Configurable Mixed Signal ICs (CMICs) have been adopted by Huawei for their Honor FlyPods, the company’s latest True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds. Five Dialog ICs provide voice control and power to Huawei’s recently announced TWS earbuds. A Dialog’s SmartBeat DA14195 System-on-Chip (SoC) is integrated into each FlyPod earbud and is connected to a pair of Voice Pick Up (VPU) sensors.
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Thumpware Media Controller Allows Using Earphone Buttons to Control Sound and Video on a PC
by audioXpress Staff

Thumpware Media Controller Allows Using Earphone Buttons to Control Sound and Video on a PC

Do you use your mobile phone's earphones with your PC? There is a campaign on Kickstarter from someone who identified a problem and is looking for support to create an audio adapter that supports control sound for audio and video software using the inline buttons on Android headphones. Thumpware is the name of the project, from a new company dedicated to solving a personal problem experienced by the founder, his friends and colleagues.
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