ON Semiconductor has introduced an open imaging platform for low-power video streaming applications. The MatrixCam video development kit (VDK) has been developed specifically to encourage greater video adoption within Internet of Things (IoT) products, as well as accelerating OEMs’ time to market. Among its key applications are home automation systems, building access devices, baby monitors, […]
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NXP Announces Complete Automotive Ethernet Product Portfolio
NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) announced its new product portfolio for automotive Ethernet. The portfolio builds on BroadR-ReachTM – an automotive standard defined by the OPEN Alliance industry group, with the aim to make consumer-level Ethernet capable of meeting the automotive industry’s stringent requirements. NXP is a founding member of OPEN Alliance and the first to […]
C&K Introduces High Reliability Keyboard Switches Rated for 50 Million Cycles
C&K Components, a global manufacturer of electromechanical switches, smart card interconnect devices, and high reliability connectors, has introduced a new series of high reliability, ergonomic keyboard switches for applications that require long operating lifetimes, including gaming, industrial, professional, and workstation keyboards. Rated for an extended operating life of 50,000,000 cycles, the rugged KBD Series switches […]
C&K Develops Ultra Low Profile Top-Actuated Switch Series for Wearables & Portable Electronics
C&K Components, a global manufacturer of electromechanical switches, smart card interconnect devices, and high reliability connectors, has developed an ultra low profile, top-actuated surface mount switch for use in applications that require ultra-miniature components, including wearable electronics, hearing aids, ear buds, mobile phones, and other portable electronics. Measuring a slight 3.0 x 2.0 x 0.58mm, […]
How to use charge amplifiers
A charge amplifier is not the most common type of amplifier, but very useful in the right circumstances, it is really a current integrator which produces a voltage output proportional to the integrated value of the input current. This is useful when the sensor is capacitive such as a piezo device which could be a […]
Highly integrated IO-Link® temperature sensor
Maxim Integrated’s IO-Link smart temperature sensor reference design lowers cost and increases uptime for industrial control and automation. Designers can save power, cost, and space with the MAXREFDES42# IO-Link temperature sensor reference design (RD) from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM). The new MAXREFDES42# IO-Link resistance temperature detector (RTD) joins the company’s portfolio of other […]
Implementation system for complex SoC designs
Cadence Design Systems announces the Innovus Implementation System for system-on-chip (SoC) development on advanced 16/14/10nm processes and established process nodes. Incorporating the company’s massively parallel architecture with proprietary optimization technologies, Innovus delivers 10 to 20 percent better power, performance and area (PPA) and up to 10x full-flow speedup and capacity gain. The parallel digital implementation incorporates multi-threading and distributed […]
Level shifting digital logic signals
In the past digital systems were 5V and analog ones +/-15V or +/-12V. Nowadays analog systems are more likely to be single supply 5V, 3.3V or lower and digital circuitry is likely to be 3.3V, 2.5V, 1.8V, 1.2V or something in between. You might also have LVDS, DDR or other differential or single ended standards […]
Doherty PA reference design for small cell wireless
The CDPA35045 asymmetric Doherty PA reference design for the 3.5 to 3.7 GHz band provides increased wireless system capacity for both licensed wireless carrier services and unlicensed public use, such as Wi-Fi. Providing 10 W average output power and predistortion correctability, Doherty PA design uses 30-W CGHV27030S and 15-W CGHV27015S GaN HEMT devices, which can […]
Microwave RF assembly calculator
W. L. Gore & Associates has introduced an online tool designed to complement the existing GORETM Microwave/RF Assembly Builder. The new GORETM Microwave/RF Assembly Calculator is used to calculate insertion loss, VSWR and other parameters of GORE® Microwave/RF Assemblies for different cable types. The Calculator is particularly useful when the initial cable type is unknown […]
