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Capacitive Touchscreen Controller Family for the Home Appliance Market Dedicated to Work in Harsh and Noisy Environments

“Microchip extends its functional-safety-certified family of capacitive maXTouch® touchscreen controllers with the MXT448UD-HA and MXT640UD-HA to address screen sizes beyond 10 inches Networked and connected home appliances enable both users and manufacturers to communicate with them via the …

Industry’s most accurate 3D Hall-effect position sensor provides speed and precision for faster real-time control

“TI sensor provides ultra-high precision at speeds as fast as 20 kSPS while using at least 70% less power Texas Instruments (TI) (Nasdaq: TXN) today introduced the industry’s most accurate 3D Hall-effect position sensor. With the TMAG5170, engineers can …

Renesas Introduces 5V RS-485/422 Transceiver Family With Industry’s Highest EFT Immunity

“New RS-485/422 Differential Transceivers Deliver ±5000V EFT Immunity and up to ±16,000V ESD Immunity for Industrial and Automation Applications Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced the RAA78815x Family of …

Renesas’ New RA MCU Group Delivers Ultra-Low Power, Innovative Peripheral Functions In Tiny Package

“New RA2E2 Group Based on Arm® Cortex®-M23 Core Are Optimized for Space-Constrained, Energy Sensitive IoT Endpoint, Wearable, Medical, Industrial Automation and Other Consumer and Home Appliance Applications Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions …

Samsung Starts Mass Production of Most Advanced 14nm EUV DDR5 DRAM

“Samsung’s new five-layer EUV process enables the industry’s highest DRAM bit density, enhancing productivity by approximately 20% Based on the latest DDR5 standard, Samsung’s 14nm DRAM will be ideal for handling ever-growing AI and 5G workloads Samsung …

STMicroelectronics Boosts Efficiency Minimizing Switching Power Losses with New MDmesh™ K6 800V STPOWER MOSFETs

“The new super-junction STPOWER MDmesh K6 series enhances several key parameters to minimize system-power losses. It is especially suited to lighting applications based on flyback topology, such as LED drivers, HID lamps, as well as adapters, and power supplies for …

High-Precision Voltage Reference IC Provides Very-Low Drift for Extended-Temperature Automotive Applications

“New device completes Microchip’s family of Vref products providing increased reliability and AEC-Q100 qualification Extended-temperature-range voltage reference ICs for automotive and industrial applications require low drift, high reliability and high performance. Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP) announced today …

MediaTek Announces Filogic Connectivity Family with New Filogic 830 and Filogic 630 Wi-Fi 6/6E Chips

“Highly integrated chipsets offer fast, reliable connectivity with enhanced performance for broadband routers, mesh systems, enterprise access points and retail routers MediaTek today unveiled its new Filogic connectivity family with the introduction of the Filogic 830 Wi-Fi 6/6E system-on-chip …

NXP and Partners Test Advanced V2X Application Scenarios for Collision-Free Driving

“NXP® Semiconductors has announced that it will showcase new safety scenarios enabled by vehicle-to-vehicle communication (Vehicle-to-X or V2X) as part of this year’s ITS World Congress in Hamburg. NXP will work together with partners such as premium manufacturer Riese …

Portenta H7 Lite Connected hits another sweet spot for pro users

“We launched the powerful Portenta H7 last year. The more targeted Portenta H7 Lite just a few weeks ago. And we’re back (already!), with another new product that fills the gap between the previous two versions. It’s known …