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Silicon Mitus New High Efficiency Switched Capacitor for USB Type-C Fast Charging Applications
May 16, 2018 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
May 15, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

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
May 11, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

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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DTS Virtual:X Immersive Audio Technology Now Available Across Popular Analog Devices Product Series
May 9, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

DTS Virtual:X Immersive Audio Technology Now Available Across Popular Analog Devices Product Series

DTS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Xperi Corporation, announced that its DTS Virtual:X post-processing technology is now available in several popular Analog Devices DSP chips. The fully-certified DTS Virtual:X SDKs are ready for integration into AVRs and soundbars, with the first Analog Devices-enabled DTS Virtual:X firmware updates scheduled for Summer 2018. The DTS Virtual:X solution is now available on the following Analog Devices DSP products: ADSP-2148x, ADSP-2157x, ADSP-SC57x, ADSP-2158x.
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SABRE DACs from ESS Technology to Integrate MQA Rendering
May 8, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

SABRE DACs from ESS Technology to Integrate MQA Rendering

ESS Technology has announced that it will be launching versions of its popular SABRE audio DACs that feature integrated MQA rendering. This will enable easy implementation of MQA across a wide variety of applications, including more mobile devices. As MQA technology is becoming widely accepted as a standard for distributing high resolution files and streams across a variety of platforms, the new ESS chips will enable manufacturers to easily implement MQA support.
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Barix Announces Programmable IP Audio Module for OEMs and Systems Integrators with New SIP-Enhanced SDK
May 8, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Barix Announces Programmable IP Audio Module for OEMs and Systems Integrators with New SIP-Enhanced SDK

Offering OEM manufacturers and systems integrators a flexible platform for quickly implementing advanced audio and IP functionality in audio installations, Swiss company Barix announced the availability of its IPAM 400 IP Audio Module, a new openly-programmable, high-performance hardware now available to OEM developers together with comprehensive programming tools including Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) integration support.
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Dialog Semiconductor’s SmartBeat SoC Enhances Jabra Engage Headset Series
May 3, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

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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Tektronix Introduces New Keithley DMM and DAQ to Simplify and Enhance Test and Measurement
April 20, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Tektronix Introduces New Keithley DMM and DAQ to Simplify and Enhance Test and Measurement

Tektronix introduced the Keithley DMM6510 6½-digit Bench/System Digital Multimeter and DAQ6510 Data Acquisition and Logging Multimeter System. These new instruments combine the simplicity of a "pinch and zoom" touchscreen interface for easy and faster test setup and at-a-glance monitoring and display with the power of 15 different measurement functions, wide measurement ranges, multichannel measurements, and class-leading accuracy and sensitivity.
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SEGGER Introduces Audio Class for Embedded Development of USB Devices
April 20, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

SEGGER Introduces Audio Class for Embedded Development of USB Devices

German company SEGGER introduced audio class support for its emUSB-Device, a high-performance USB device stack specifically designed for embedded systems. Any audio application may now be realized, such as devices for conferencing systems, speakerphones, headphones or USB-to-audio adapters. If the target device incorporates or attaches to microphones, speakers, headsets, and/or musical instruments, the USB interface is often an ideal way to stream the audio data to or from the host.
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Loudspeaker Measurement Tools from Physical Lab
April 11, 2018 by Vance Dickason

Loudspeaker Measurement Tools from Physical Lab

Physical Lab, based in Senden, Germany, is a fascinating company in that it not only manufactures loudspeaker test solutions directly aimed at speaker development and research, but also provides several engineering services for the loudspeaker industry. This article highlights the three loudspeaker measurement accessories that Physical Lab manufactures — the Physical Lab Mini Reference Amplifier, the Physical Lab Imp Box, and the Physical Lab ISO Box. The article was originally published in Voice Coil, December 2017.
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