Kinetic Technologies announced the launch of KTU1001, the high-speed USB dual SPDT switch with overvoltage protection. The KTU1001 reinforces the commitment Kinetic Technologies holds to port protection and further expands the company’s data line protection portfolio. “USB Type-C brings many benefits to users; however, it creates many potential fault conditions for OEM designers to protect […]
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Lithium battery holder for handheld portable applications
Part number “BU1632-JJ-1-G” holds a single CR1632 Lithium battery. Built with reliability as the first ideal, it’s designed to meet the stresses of handheld portable applications. A heavy duty plastic body and robust battery contacts meet those requirements for typical medical or consumer type products. Contacts were specifically designed for the rigors of portable applications […]
Audio power supply ICs combine analog, sound reproduction technologies
In recent years, the popularization of high-resolution audio sources has increased the demand for audio components and devices that can provide even more accurate sound reproduction. At the same time, the power supplied to audio equipment has a significant effect on sound quality. As such the power supply IC plays an important role in supplying […]
Gallery: Embedded World 2018 — Living the dream at the Edge
From the world of hype to the Embedded World of “real” things, last month in Nuremberg was where the IoT rubber met the road. Displays of smart manufacturing, smart home, autonomous vehicles seemed like more of a backdrop than eye candy. What embedded design engineers were looking for at Embedded World 2018 was a different […]
New 1-MHz active clamp flyback chipset ,6-A three-level buck battery charger cut power supply size and charge time
Texas Instruments (TI) today introduced several new power management chips that enable designers to boost efficiency and shrink power-supply and charger solution sizes for personal electronics and handheld industrial equipment. Operating at up to 1 MHz, TI’s new chipset combines the UCC28780 active clamp flyback controller and the UCC24612 synchronous rectifier controller to help […]
Noise-immune capacitive-sensing MCUs bring touch control to cost-sensitive industrial apps
Bringing capacitive-sensing capabilities to cost-sensitive applications, Texas Instruments announced an expansion of its MSP430 microcontroller (MCU) family with CapTIvate technology. Developers can use the new MSP430FR2512 and MSP430FR2522 MCUs with integrated capacitive touch to add as many as 16 buttons as well as proximity sensing capability to industrial systems, home automation systems, appliances, power tools, […]
Qualcomm Bluetooth audio SoC reduces power consumption by up to 65%
Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated announced enhancements to its Qualcomm TrueWireless Stereo technology. The next-generation Qualcomm TrueWireless technology is supported on the recently introduced QCC5100 series breakthrough Bluetooth audio System-on-Chip (SoC), which is designed to help reduce power consumption by up to 65 percent for voice call and music streaming compared to our previous […]
CSRF foil on ceramic current sense chip resistors offer low values in small sizes
The CSRF series from Stackpole is a foil on ceramic carrier technology which offers very low resistance values and low TCR in small chip sizes. With 0.25W rated 0402 size chips in values down to 3 milliohm and 0.5W rated 0603 size chips in values down to 2.5 milliohm, the CSRF is an ideal choice […]
Op amps, comparators said to be smallest ever
Texas Instruments introduced the industry’s smallest operational amplifier and low-power comparators at 0.64 mm2. As the first amplifiers in the compact X2SON package, the TLV9061 op amp and TLV7011 family of comparators enable engineers to reduce their system size and cost, while maintaining high performance in a variety of Internet of Things (IoT), personal electronics […]
What cool sensor-enabled products were at CES 2018? Part 5
At CES 2018, exhibiting companies displayed many new products for smart homes, smart health, smart cars and more. Comfort, energy efficiency and a healthy home environment (clean air) are an integral part of a smart home. The Yes It Is Tag Sensor, an Innovation Award at CES 2018 Honoree, provides the means to achieve all […]