Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced three new families of solid state drives (SSDs) fitted with high-speed PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express) interfaces that provide high-bandwidth point-to-point links with the processor and reduce system bottlenecks.
Announced as the industry’s highest-performance, most cost-effective packet network synchronizer clock, the new Si5348 clock IC has been unveiled by Silicon Labs. The device combines best-in-class jitter performance with the industry’s smallest footprint and lowest power in a highly integrated, standards-compliant solution.
The ISO5851 from Texas Instruments (TI) is a 5.7kVrms, reinforced isolated gate driver for IGBTs and MOSFETs with 2.5A source and 5A sink current. The input side operates from a single 3V to 5.5V supply.
Microchip’s MTCH6303 projected capacitive touch controller, the MTCH6303 provides multi-touch coordinates and a multi-finger surface gesture suite for touch pads and screens. The controller allows for modern user interface (UI) elements, such as pinch and zoom, multi-finger scrolling and swipes, to any embedded design, with minimal host requirements.
Fairchild Semiconductor’s FSA2275 Hi-Fi audio switch, the high-performance, double-pole double-throw (DPDT) switch has negative swing audio capability. It features ultra-low audio RON of 0.5ohm (typical) at 2.5V VCC and operates over a 2.5V – 5.5V VCC range. It is fabricated with sub-micron CMOS technology to achieve fast switching speeds.
Microchip has announced that Audi AG is networking the Audi virtual cockpit system in its new high-class Q7 SUV Models using MOST technology, following a similar deployment in its TT coupe models. Specifically, Audi is utilizing Microchip’s OS81110 and OS81118 MOST150 Intelligent Network Interface Controllers (INICs), which provide 150Mbps performance and support all MOST network data types.
Panasonic’s EVP-BB series light touch switch is one of the smallest in the world with a compact size of just 2.6mm x 1.6mm x 0.53mm. The EVP-BB series features a laser-welded design that helps to prevent actuator peel-off in the case of side-load or impact.
Designed to support 1-lane carrying high-speed interface up to 12.5Gbps, the DS125BR111 is an extremely low-power high-performance repeater / redriver from Texas Instruments (TI).
A new 60V input dual output synchronous step-down DC-DC controller with programmable loop compensation and I²C-based PMBus interface, the LTC3886 has been introduced by Linear technology.
STMicroelectronics’ STPA008 MOSFET quad bridge power amplifier is hailed as a breakthrough class AB audio power amplifier designed for high-power vehicle radio systems. The fully-complementary P-channel / N-channel output structure allows a rail-to-rail output voltage swing.
Based on proven technology, Silicon Labs’ Si88x2x dual digital Isolators with DC-DC converter provide regulated output voltages of 3.3V or 5V (or >5V with external components) at peak output power levels of up to 5W. They have up to two digital channels.
Cypress Semiconductor and THine Electronics have introduced what they believe to be the industry’s fastest USB 3.0 camera reference design kit with 13-megapixel resolution at 21 frames per second.
The Maxim Integrated MAX77826 power management IC which contains a high-efficiency Buck regulator, a Buck Boost regulator, and 15 LDOs to power up peripherals. The MAX77826 also provides power on/off control logic and an I2C serial interface to program individual regulator output voltages and on/off control for complete flexibility.
Built on ARM architecture, Freescale’s QorIQ LS series communication processors deliver unprecedented efficiency and scale for the smarter, more capable networks and industrial infrastructure of tomorrow, says the company.
Microsemi has announced availability of its RTG4 FPGA Development Kit – the first of its kind to provide space designers with an evaluation and development platform for applications such as data transmission, serial connectivity, bus interface and high-speed designs using Microsemi’s RTG4 high-speed signal processing radiation-tolerant field programmable gate array (FPGA) device.
The STM32F7 series 32-bit microcontrollers and the STM32F746G Discovery Kit from STMicroelectronics (ST). With ST’s ART Accelerator as well as an L1 cache, the STM32F7 devices deliver the maximum theoretical performance of the ARM Cortex M7, whether code is executed from embedded Flash or external memory, says the company.
Silicon Labs’ Si88x2x dual digital isolators integrates proven digital isolator technology with an on-chip isolated DC-DC converter to provide regulated output voltages of 3.3V or 5V at peak output power of up to 5W with external power switch.
Toshiba’s TLP292-4 InGaAs infrared and phototransistor photocoupler consists of phototransistors optically coupled to two InGaAs infrared emitting diodes connected inverse parallel.
