Maxim has launched a collection of 15 peripheral modules which plug directly into any FPGA/CPU expansion port that follows the Digilent Pmod standard. Plug-in simplicity and easy software integration allow rapid prototyping and quick migration from concept to working design. The collection is aggressively priced to allow experimentation with state-of-the-art ICs on even the most modest budget.

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc today announced a $200 million multiyear investment to upgrade its U.S. wafer fabrication facilities (fabs) in Beaverton, Oregon; Dallas and San Antonio, Texas; and San Jose, California

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc announces several essential HetNet solutions needed for next-generation base-station equipment. The solutions include single-chip multiband radio transceivers, broadband gain blocks, direct RF synthesis DACs, and intelligent, digital, point-of-load controllers.

The perceived contrast ratio of a cell phone LCD display can be improved by using dynamic LED backlighting for enhanced video viewing. This application note describes how to add instantaneous pulse-width modulation (PWM) intensity control to an existing LED driver, using the MAX6948B as an example.

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. announced that its newest Power SoC chipset in the Galaxy S III operates with the Exynos 4412 quad-core applications processor to provide a smaller, much thinner, and significantly more efficient smartphone. Maxim’s newest Power SoC chipset covers all power management, charging, and USB multiplexing needs.

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. announces the MAX5879 multi-Nyquist RF digital-to-analog converter that delivers a fully digital software-defined radio transmitter, enabling a common hardware platform for multicarrier, multiband, and multistandard base stations. The MAX5879 dramatically simplifies RF design and improves reliability for base-station transmitters.

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. announces a new high-density, wideband, scalable QAM modulator chipset: the MAX5880 digital upconverter and MAX5882 RF digital-to-analog converter. The MAX5880/MAX5882 delivers up to 32 times more broadband cable capacity per RF port compared to a conventional analog upconverter, and saves up to 93% in power dissipation per QAM channel. The QAM modulator chipset performance exceeds Cable Labs DOCSIS 3.0 RF specific...

By: Philip Simpson, Applications Director Marko Kannisto, Field Applications Engineer Abstract: This reference design explains how to design an intelligent lighting controller that senses and measures the ambient light level with an ambient light sensor (ALS). Equipped with a real-time clock (RTC), the controller also knows when to turn lighting on or off at specified times. The system presented in this document can be used to control all lum...

Maxim Integrated Products will attend Lightfair International in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 9 to 11 2012, and will debut a new reference design that is a complete solution for the control and power measurement of two outdoor luminaires.

Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX2550–MAX2553 femtocell transceivers for WCDMA (Bands 1 to 6 and 8 to 10) and cdma2000 (Band Class 0, 1, and 10). The amount of data consumed by smartphones is rising and the increase in data transmission requires more base-station cell sites to receive and transmit the signals.

Maxim Integrated Products will attend Lightfair International in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 9 to 11, 2012, and will debut a new reference design that is a complete solution for the control and power measurement of two outdoor luminaires.

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. announces a reference design to protect Xilinx Spartan-6 field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The reference design comprises free security software from Maxim or Xilinx and the Maxim DS28E01-100, a 1-Wire secure memory device.

Maxim Integrated Products Inc introduit les MAX2769B et MAX2670, des solutions de réception de nouvelle génération haute performance, spécifiquement conçues pour les applications de systèmes globaux de navigation par satellite (GNSS). Ces circuits particulièrement flexibles fonctionnent avec les standards de navigation GPS, GLONASS, Galileo et Compass, et ont obtenu la certification PPAP et AEC-Q100.

Maxim Integrated Products introduit le multiplexeur analogique MAX14778 et les commutateurs analogiques MAX14759–MAX14764, qui acceptent des entrées de ±25 V au-dessus et en dessous des rails, et permettent de multiplexer / commuter une large gamme de signaux en utilisant une alimentation standard de 3 à 5,5 V. Les concepteurs n’ont plus besoin d’employer différents multiplexeurs /commutateurs pour gérer les signaux haute et basse tens...

By: Masayuki Nakagawa This article discusses the requirements and design considerations for automotive applications, including those for engine control, infotainment, and body electronics. It also discusses several Maxim devices that are ideal for automotive power applications.

Adding sensors to analog technology will create intelligent devices, driving growth in automotive, consumer, and industrial markets, said Vijay Ullal, Group President of Consumer and Automotive Solutions at Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. Ullal spoke at the 2012 DESIGN West Conference in San Jose, California, on March 28.

Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX15058/MAX15108/MAX15112/MAX15118, the industry’s smallest current-mode, synchronous DC-DC converters that deliver up to 3, 8, 12, and 18A, respectively, of output current. These DC-DC regulators integrate MOSFETs to simplify designs and provide the highest efficiency in a tiny wafer-level package (WLP).

Maxim Integrated Products announces the MAX14778 (analog mux) and MAX14759–MAX14764 (analog switches), ±25V above- and below-the-rails devices that let you switch/mux a wide signal range from standard 3V to 5.5V supplies. Designers no longer need multiple switches/mux to switch both high- and low-voltage signals. Maxim’s beyond-the-rail technology helps simplify power-supply requirements and system design.

Maxim Integrated Products Inc introduces the MAX2769B and MAX2670, next-generation high performance solutions specifically designed to address Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) applications. These flexible receiver solutions are capable of operating over the navigation standards, GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and Compass and have completed PPAP and AEC-Q100 approval.

Maxim Integrated Products Inc. today announced that the company is collaborating with Xilinx and Avnet during the 2012 season of X-Fest. Maxim will provide content for several technical seminars and present demos on the company’s highly integrated analog and mixed-signal solutions for the Xilinx 7 series and Kintex™-7 field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and the Zynq-7000 Extended Processing Platform.