Allegro Microsystems have today announced a new product evaluation kit for helping customers during the design process for the company’s A4915 3-phase MOSFET controller IC. Consisting of a printed-circuit board containing everything required to spin and control a brushless DC (BLDC) motor, all the user has to do is provide a voltage supply and the motor itself.

Allegro Microsystems have today unveiled a new sensor IC which incorporates thermal enhancement for high precision. The new ACS770 is a low-offset linear Hall circuit targeted at the automotive, industrial and renewable energy markets.

The A4990 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is a new dual full-bridge driver IC designed to operate one bipolar stepper or two brush DC motors in automotive and harsh environment industrial applications.

The new A8304 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is the latest member of a family of single low-noise block regulator ICs for satellite receiver applications.

The new A4900 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is a high-voltage (600 V) MOSFET gate-driver IC designed for driving brushless DC motors.  This new device is designed for high-voltage motor control in hybrid and electric vehicles and 48 V automotive battery systems such as electronic power steering, air-conditioning compressors, fans, pumps and blowers. The A4900 is also available in a non-automotive version for high-voltage industrial and co...

Allegro MicroSystems announces the release of a new high-voltage (600 V), BLDC MOSFET gate driver IC. This new device is designed for high voltage motor control for Hybrid, Electric Vehicle and 48 V automotive battery systems such as electronic power steering, A/C compressors, fans, pumps and blowers. The A4900 will also be offered in a non-automotive version for high voltage industrial and commercial applications.

Allegro Microsystems has today introduced a new series of POL converter modules, the BR200 series. Featuring an industry standard exterior shape and footprint, these new thin-profile POL converters are responsive to very high speed loads and are also compatible with ceramic capacitors. Typical applications for the BR200 series include router switch equipment and WDM computer server applications within the telecommunication server market.

The new A8517 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is a programmable multiple-output LED driver IC incorporating an I2C interface and designed for automotive applications such as LCD backlighting, instrument clusters, and daytime running lights.

The new A8650 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is a robust synchronous buck regulator IC designed for automotive power-supply applications in areas such as instrument clusters, HVAC, navigation, and audio systems.

The new A1388 and A1389 linear Hall-effect sensor ICs from Allegro MicroSystems Europe are factory one-time programmable devices which eliminate the need for customers to optimise or program the devices for their finished sensor assemblies. The new sensor ICs are targeted at displacement and angular positioning sensing in the automotive, industrial and consumer market sectors.

The new A4915 from Allegro MicroSystems is a 3-phase MOSFET motor control IC that is designed for pulse-width-modulated current control of 3-phase brushless DC motors. The A4915 is capable of high-current gate drive for six all N-channel power MOSFETs. An internal charge pump ensures gate drive down to 7 V supply and provides limited gate drive down to 5 V.

The new A8580 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is a buck regulator power-supply IC that offers a high degree of flexibility in input voltage (4 to 40 V), switching frequency (250 kHz to 2.4 MHz), and output current (up to 2.5 A). Designed to provide the power-supply requirements of next-generation car audio and infotainment systems, the new AEC Q100 qualified device incorporates all the control and protection circuitry required for a high-current...

Two new factory one-time programmable linear Hall-effect sensor ICs which eliminate the need for customers to optimise or program the devices for their finished sensor assemblies are now available from Allegro MicroSystems Europe.

The new A3910 from Allegro MicroSystems is a dual half-bridge motor driver IC designed for the unidirectional drive of two DC motors in low-cost, low- voltage battery-operated applications. The A3910 offers features such as thermal shutdown and “sleep” functionality in a small package that is competitive in size and price with equivalent discrete-component solutions.

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. announces the addition of a new LED driver IC to complement their existing automotive qualified LED driver IC portfolio. Allegro’s A6269 is a linear, programmable current regulator providing up to 200 mA from each of two outputs to drive arrays of high brightness LEDs. This device is designed for the automotive market with end interior lighting applications to include: map and dome lighting, glove box, vanity mirror, ...

The new A6263 is the latest addition to the family of automotive qualified LED driver ICs from Allegro MicroSystems Europe. The new device incorporates a linear programmable current regulator providing up to 100 mA from each of four outputs to drive arrays of high brightness LEDs. It is targeted at the automotive market for applications such as map and dome lighting as well as exterior accent lighting.

The new A6269 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is the latest addition to the company’s range of automotive qualified LED driver ICs. The new device is a linear, programmable current regulator providing up to 200 mA from each of two outputs to drive arrays of high-brightness LEDs, and is designed for automotive interior lighting applications including map and dome lighting, glove box, vanity mirror, door (“puddle lamp”) and trunk lights.

An innovative new ultra-miniature package offering has been introduced for the family of current sensor ICs available from Allegro MicroSystems Europe. Allegro’s smallest current sensor linear IC, the ACS711, is now housed in a 0.75 mm thick low-profile QFN package measuring only 3 mm × 3 mm. This new micro-sized device is possibly the smallest fully integrated linear current sensor IC in the world.

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. announces a new dual-channel, Hall-effect direction detection sensor IC, providing various digital output signals that indicate speed and direction of a target rotation. The Hall elements are photolithographically aligned to better than 1 μm. Maintaining accurate mechanical location between the two active Hall elements eliminates the major manufacturing hurdle encountered in fine-pitch detection applications. The A...

The new A1359 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is a programmable linear Hall-effect sensor IC with a dual analogue/PWM output that makes it ideal for applications requiring output redundancy. The new device has been designed for use in applications, such as displacement and angular position sensing, that require high accuracy in conjunction with redundant outputs. This is achieved in the dual tracking output of the A1359, where the PWM output tra...