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Renesas Delivers 10 New Winning Combinations That Include Both Automotive and Non-Automotive Products

“Fully Tested Solutions Showcase Entire Renesas Portfolio; Address EV Charging, Vehicle Cluster Control and Other Applications. Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) today announced that it has introduced 10 new Winning Combinations that combine a broad range of products from Renesas …

Renesas Unveils Quick-Connect Studio: Industry’s First-Ever Cloud-based System Development Tool to Dynamically Create IoT Software

“Quick-Connect Studio Accelerates the Design Cycle by Enabling Customers to Build Rapid Prototypes and Develop Production-Level Software before Designing Hardware Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced a groundbreaking new online, cloud-based IoT …

SparkFun Electronics, InPlay, and Bosch Sensortec partner to release two new NanoBeacon boards

“The new boards are ultra-low power, require no coding, and support Bosch Sensortec’s BME280 and BMA400 sensors In collaboration with InPlay and Bosch Sensortec, SparkFunⓇ is pleased to release two new IoT development boards: the SparkFun NanoBeacon™ Board - IN100 …

STMicroelectronics earns USB-IF certification for complete USB PD EPR solution; efficiently delivers up to 140W from a single adapter

“STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has achieved USB-IF (USB Implementers Forum) certification of two ICs for use in adapter (source) and device (sink) sides of a USB Power Delivery …

STMicroelectronics grows ST-ONE controller family for USB Power Delivery applications up to 140W

“STMicroelectronics has introduced the ST-ONEHP integrated digital controller, the world’s first IC certified by USB-IF according to the USB Power Delivery Extended Power Range (USB PD 3.1 EPR) specification. As the third controller in the ST …

TI’s GaN technology and real-time MCUs power LITEON Technology’s new server power supply design

“Adopting GaN and digital controllers in new designs helps engineers improve power density, conversion efficiency, dynamic response and reliability. Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN), a leader in high-voltage semiconductor solutions, today announced that LITEON Technology has selected TI’s highly …

Toshiba’s Newly Launched Gate-Driver IC for Automotive Brushless DC Motors Helps Improve Safety of Electrical Components

“Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) has launched “TB9083FTG,” a gate-driver IC[1] for automotive brushless DC motors used in applications such as electric power steering (EPS), electric brakes and shift-by-wire. Volume shipments start today. Automotive equipment must deliver a …

New microcontrollers from STMicroelectronics expand STM32U5 series, raising performance and energy efficiency for IoT and embedded applications

“STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has expanded its STM32 family of advanced microcontrollers (MCUs) with extra STM32U5 devices that raise performance while squeezing power consumption for longer runtimes and energy …

Raspberry Pi Debug Probe: a plug-and-play debug kit for $12

“Ever since we launched Raspberry Pi Pico, and our RP2040 microcontroller, in January 2021, people have been using one Pico to debug programs running on another. Inspired by this trend, today we’re launching the Raspberry Pi Debug Probe, a …

Renesas Collaborates with AMD to Demo Full RF and Digital Front-End Design for 5G Active Antenna Systems

“The RF Front End Includes RF Switches and Pre-Drivers and Is Integrated with the AMD RFSoC Digital Front End ZCU Evaluation Kit Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced plans to showcase a …