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2017-03 Connectors Vicor

[Mar 9 2017] Vicor has announced the addition of a new member to its growing PI37xx family of Cool-Power ZVS booster regulators. The new PI3740 Cool-Power regulator supports an operating voltage range of 8 to 60 VDC and a regulated output voltage of 10 to 50 VDC, delivering up to 140 watts of power and up to 8 amps of output current with up to 96% efficiency. The PI3740 not only incorporates Vicor's proprieta ...

2017-03 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Mar 8 2017] STMicroelectronics and Usound, a fast-growing audio innovation company, have jointly announced a partnership to market and manufacture the world's first micro-piezoelectric MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical Systems) actuator for intelligent audio systems in portable devices. Usound's patented micro speaker technology is designed to replace today's most commonly used balanced armature speakers and mo ...

2017-03 Power STMicroelectronics

[Mar 7 2017] STMicroelectronics and Airbiquity, a leading global provider of connected car services, At the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the largest event in the world for the mobile industry, ST's in-vehicle information services and Telemaco processors, which integrate Airbiquity software update management services, were jointly presented. The highlight of the product is the integration of Airbiquity's Over- ...

2017-03 Power Alpha Wire

[Mar 6 2017] Actility, the global low-power wide area network (LPWAN) industry leader, announced that it will support 3GPP LTE-M and NB-IoT technologies in its ThingPark iot suite of software, Enables service providers to seamlessly deploy and manage LoRaWAN and NB-IoT integrated LPWA networks using a single OSS/BSS system, device management solution, and data presentation interface. Boris Lacroix, senior vic ...

2017-03 Power United Chemi-Con

[Mar 5 2017] U-blox, a global leader in wireless and positioning modules and chips; Pietro Fiorentini S.p.a., a leading provider of components, systems and services for natural gas metering and management; and the Italian market leader in meter data management software. Terranova Software, a member of the Pietro Fiorentini Group, today announced that the three companies have successfully completed field testi ...

2017-03 Power Silicon Labs

[Mar 4 2017] Silicon Labs has announced the best zigbee technology for the Chinese Sengled award-winning Element Connectable light bulb. Silicon Labs' wireless SoCs and zigbee protocol stack make it easy for Element bulbs to connect to multi-node mesh networks deployed in smart homes. Sundi develops and manufactures smart lighting products that integrate consumer electronics and energy-efficient LED bulbs. Th ...

2017-03 Semiconductors Knowles

[Mar 3 2017] Knowles has officially launched its new RAF series of balanced armature drive units to help designers of listening devices and headsets create the next generation of high-end headsets. Developed specifically for wireless products, the receiver is small and efficient, making it an ideal component for a wide range of applications in high-end music headphones, listening devices, Bluetooth headsets, ...

2017-03 Power GigaDevice Semiconductor (HK) Limited

[Mar 2 2017] Based on the 168MHz Cortex-M4 core and supporting fast DSP and floating-point operations, GigaDevice GD32F403 Series general purpose MCUS continue to provide industry-leading processing efficiency and balanced interface resource allocation to provide a cost-effective entry point for high-performance computing needs such as industrial manufacturing, smart hardware and the Internet of Things. GigaD ...

2017-03 Power OmniVision Technologies Inc

[Mar 1 2017] OmniVision Technologies, a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, has announced a new dual-camera zoom reference design for mobile devices in partnership with dual-camera technology pioneer Corephotonics. This reference design combines OmniVision's OV12A10 and OV13880 image sensors with Corephotonics' unique zoom and bokeh algorithms to bring optical zoom capabilities typically ...

2017-02 Semiconductors MegaChips Corporation

[Feb 28 2017] Mediatek announced the launch of MT3303, a high-precision positioning global satellite navigation system solution for automotive and industrial applications. The solution integrates GNSS and memory chips to support four global satellite navigation system specifications: GPS, Glonass, Galileo and China Beidou. The MT3303 is currently certified for Automotive electronics AEC-Q100 (Stress Test Stand ...

2017-02 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Feb 27 2017] The STMicroelectronics LIS2DW12 3-axis accelerometer offers high measurement accuracy, design flexibility and energy efficiency, supports a variety of low power and low noise Settings, and is available in a 2mm x 2mm x 0.7mm package. Take context awareness of Internet of Things hardware (IoT) and wearables to a whole new level. STMicroelectronics' new family of low-power, high-performance MEMS pr ...

2017-02 Semiconductors Lattice Semiconductor Corporation

[Feb 26 2017] Lattice Semiconductor, a leading provider of customized intelligent interconnect solutions to the market, announced the launch of the new Lattice CrossLink Programmable ASSP(pASSP)IP solution. With three new CrossLink ips and two CrossLink demo platforms that support MIPI® DSI to LVDS and CMOS to MIPI CSI-2 Bridges, design engineers can implement new video bridging capabilities. Lattice is commit ...