Analog Devices, Inc. today introduced two data converter FMC boards (FPGA mezzanine cards) that connect to Xilinx Inc.’s new 28nm 7 series FPGA (field programmable gate array) evaluation kits. ADI’s high-speed AD9739A D/A converter and AD9467 A/D converter FMC boards support multiple generations of Xilinx kits -- including the company’s new Kintex-7 FPGA evaluation kits Xilinx announced today.

Avec le lancement ce jour de deux nouveaux régulateurs multi-sorties, Analog Devices, Inc l’un des premiers fournisseurs mondiaux de semi-conducteurs pour applications de traitement de signal de hautes performances, aide les concepteurs de matériels industriels, médicaux et de communications à optimiser la consommation de leurs produits. Référencés ADP5041 et ADP5040, ces régulateurs répondent aux besoins croissants d’augmentation de...

Analog Devices, Inc. is continuing to help industrial, medical and communications equipment designers improve power system performance by reducing board space with the introduction today of the ADP5041 and ADP5040 multi-output regulators. The regulators meet the increasing demand for greater power density by combining a high-efficiency, 3-MHz, 1.2-A buck regulator and two 300-mA LDOs (low dropout regulators) in a small 20-lead LFCSP package.

Analog Devices, Inc. today announced the release of two new PLL synthesisers that allow utmost flexibility and phase noise performance. The ADF4151 and ADF4196 PLL synthesisers ease design in a variety of applications including communications infrastructure base-stations, pulse and Doppler radar applications, test and instrumentation equipment, microwave point-to-point systems, PMR (professional mobile radio), VSATs (very small aperture terminals...

Analog Devices, Inc., (ADI) Technology Fellow Bob Adams has been named by his peers as an IEEE Fellow. Adams, whose career at Analog Devices spans 24 years, is one of the industry’s foremost experts in the field of audio conversion and DSP (digital signal processing). The grade of Fellow is the highest grade of IEEE membership and is recognised by the technical community as a prestigious honor and an important career achievement.

Analog Devices, Inc. has won the Solid-State Lighting Application Award at the 2011 Elektra Awards. The award-winning innovation was ADI’s ADP8866 programmable LED driver, which claimed the top spot over competition including entries from Intersil, Marl International and NXP Semiconductors. ADI was also shortlisted for the Embedded System Product and Engineers of the Future awards.

Analog Devices, Inc annonce ce jour la disponibilité de deux nouveaux convertisseurs numérique/analogique (CNA) qui, en conjuguant un haut niveau de stabilité et un très faible niveau de bruit, simplifient la conception d’instruments de précision et d’équipements d’analyses. Ces convertisseurs numérique/analogique haute stabilité embarquent un jeu de circuits de conditionnement de référence haute précision intégrés, ce qui perm...

Analog Devices, Inc, l’un des premiers fournisseurs mondiaux de semi-conducteurs pour applications de traitement de signal de hautes performances, vient d’ajouter quatre nouveaux convertisseurs analogique/numérique à haut débit à sa famille de convertisseurs à la pointe du marché. Ces quatre convertisseurs — deux modèles à quatre canaux et deux modèles à huit canaux — sont conçus pour les applications de communications et d’i...

Analog Devices, Inc annonce ce jour une nouvelle série de potentiomètres numériques monocanal, qui se caractérisent par un large éventail d’options de résolutions, interfaces et résistances. Les concepteurs de systèmes peuvent ainsi facilement sélectionner le modèle qui convient le mieux à leurs exigences dans un grand nombre d’applications grand public et d’instrumentation. La série de potentiomètres numériques AD511x d’Ana...

Analog Devices, Inc introduced a 16-channel audio D/A converter today capable of improving audio system performance and reducing power consumption for professional, “prosumer” and automotive audio equipment applications.

Analog Devices is providing its award-winning iMEMS technology to a first-of-its kind measurement system used in high-precision archery. ADI’s ADXL346 3-axis digital MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) accelerometer was selected by Full Flight Technology for use in the company’s flagship Velocitip Ballistic System, which is the first ever to use an arrow-mounted device to provide detailed information about arrow speed, flight dynam...

Analog Devices has announced the appointment of Mr. Gernot Faigel to the position of Regional Channel Director, EMEA Region (Europe, Middle East and Africa). In this role, Gernot will manage ADI’s distribution business across the region and will be responsible for optimizing ADI’s sales and support model for the many customers serviced via ADI’s network of authorized distribution partners – namely Arrow, Silica, Semitron, Premier Farnell ...

Devices has introduced a pair of LDOs (low dropout regulators) with low noise, high power supply rejection, and excellent line and load transient response. The ADP7102 and ADP7104 LDOs achieve a 15 μVrms fixed-voltage noise figure, power supply rejection ratio (PSRR) of 60 dB at 10 kHz in 3-V operation, and feature reverse current protection to guard against shorts and sudden load discharges. The new LDOs are designed to maximise the load perf...

Analog Devices has announced the ADP1048, the first interleaved digital power factor correction (PFC) controller with highly accurate AC power metering capability. Similar to the ADP1047 single-phase digital PFC controller (announced March, 2011), the interleaved (or dual-phase) ADP1048 uses conventional, continuous-conduction-mode PFC techniques to reduce harmonic distortion. The ADP1048 can be configured as an interleaved design to reduce induc...

Analog Devices has introduced a series of single-channel digital potentiometers that provide a variety of resolution, interface and resistance options, allowing system designers to select the most suitable device for a wide range of consumer and instrumentation applications. The AD511x series of digital potentiometers offers excellent resistance tolerance, high current density and faster nonvolatile memory than competing devices. The new devices ...

Analog Devices released for general availability the ADIS16136 tactical grade isensor digital MEMS gyroscope, which provides 3.5o/hr typical bias stability in a matchbox-sized module consuming less than 1 watt and weighing only 25 grams. The new tactical grade (below 10o/hr bias stability) iSensor MEMS gyroscope operates autonomously and requires no user configuration before producing precise and accurate rate sensing data, quickly enabling preci...

Analog Devices has announced that KORG has selected ADI’s SHARC processor as the digital signal processing engine within its WAVEDRUM Mini, a new portable percussion synthesiser available worldwide . By leveraging ADI’s ADSP-21375 SHARC 32-bit floating point DSP processor at the heart of the WAVEDRUM Mini, KORG has pioneered a next-generation, portable, battery–powered version of its percussion synthesiser, the WAVEDRUM WD-X, la...

The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland and the University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy, have collaborated on the design of an advanced instrument for measuring magnetic fields in CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) superconducting magnets. Called the Fast Digital Integrator (FDI) board, this measurement device uses Analog Devices’ A/D converters, analogue multiplexers and DSP components to provide the LHC with the...

Analog Devices is applying its award winning MEMS inertial sensing technology to help a leading Dutch scientific research centre reduce the risk of injury and improve the performance of competitive rowers. Roessingh Research & Developmenta Netherlands research centre specializing in ambulatory 3D analysis of human motion, is using the Xsens MVN system to study rowing kinematics and the associated implications for competitive rowing.

Analog Devices, Inc. l’un des premiers fournisseurs mondiaux de semi-conducteurs pour applications de traitement de signal de hautes performances, annonce ce jour une nouvelle série d’amplificateurs ultra-rapides qui établissent une nouvelle référence sur le plan des performances en conjuguant rapidité, faible bruit et basse consommation d’énergie. Conçus pour les appareils de santé et les instruments multicanaux portables basse con...