The Industrial IoT (IIoT), a subset of the IoT evolution, is all the rage within automation companies as they seek to add a high margin software component to their traditional businesses.

Maxim Integrated Products has announced that designers of USB Type-C small form factor devices can now create always-on rails with the ultra-low quiescent current MAX77596 buck converter. Next-gen products that utilise the high data rates and increased power transfer capability of USB Type-C ports will require low-voltage supply rails to power the necessary Type-C port controllers.

Manufacturers of SFP28 modules for data centre and radio fronthaul applications can now use TO-cans enabled by the industry’s first transceiver IC. Maxim Integrated Products' SFP28 transceiver allows module manufacturers to avoid a driver inside the transmit optical subassembly. This keeps heat away from the sensitive laser, simplifies production and improves yield.

Data centre operators can now get closer to an ideal Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.00 using the 48V PoL, single-stage DC/DC regulator from Maxim Integrated. The 48V single-stage to PoL conversion solution dramatically reduces power loss and increases power density.

  Wireless charging of portable devices does much more than just getting rid of the cables, explains Meng He, executive business manager, Maxim Integrated.

Simplifying power and data isolated designs, Maxim Integrated has announced the MAX14853/MAX14855 and MAX14943/MAX14949 family of RS-485 transceivers. The devices' integrated transformer drivers and LDO regulator enables designers to achieve ease of design, high efficiency and robust communication for industrial automation applications.

This video takes a look inside the DS3231M, the industry's first temperature-compensated RTC with internal MEMS resonator, from Maxim Integrated.

At the embedded world Exhibition and Conference in Nuremberg, Germany (23rd to 25th February), Maxim Integrated Products will demonstrate highly integrated solutions that help system engineers to design better, faster and easier. Demo highlights include highly efficient, low-power ICs or complete system solutions which greatly reduce power dissipation of embedded designs. Among them are:

Speeding time-to-market for wearable and healthcare products, a pulse oximeter and heart rate integrated sensor module has been unveiled by Maxim Integrated Products. The MAX30102 integrated pulse oximetry and heart rate monitor module is an ultra-low power solution, operating on a single 1.8V power supply and a separate 5V power supply for the internal LEDs.

Enabling designers to optimise power and battery life for wearable medical/fitness and IoT applications, the MAX14720 PMIC has been introduced by Maxim Integrated. Increasing battery life and achieving low power are common challenges faced by engineers when developing wearable and IoT products. The MAX14720 PMIC is suited for non-rechargeable battery (coin cell, dual alkaline) applications where size and energy efficiency are critical.

Today’s vehicles are increasingly energy efficient. However, they also have more complex electronic demands placed on them as customers seek increased efficiency, safety and convenience. Maxim Integrated Products has shipped its one billionth IC to the automotive market, ICs that enhance infotainment, safety, keyless access and powertrain applications. Customers rely on these highly integrated products for automotive subsystems that are sma...

To help industrial automation engineers achieve accurate measurements for their system designs, Maxim Integrated Products has introduced the MAXREFDES67# analogue front end (AFE) universal input Micro PLC. As high resolution systems move to higher bit counts, they become more sensitive to noise, making such systems difficult to build and maintain accuracy. 

A whitepaper from Maxim Integrated Products, entitled Next Generation Power Modules Further Simplify Power Design, explains how power supply design can be simplified with a next-gen, flexible, easy-to-use power module. Using prefabricated power modules allows system designers to reduce time to market and address PCB space constraints.

Designers of electrical utility meters now have the flexibility to accommodate the G3-PLC, Prime, and P1901.2 standards in the CENELEC A, ARIB, and FCC frequency bands with a single chip. The ZENO/MAX79356 PLC modem SoC is software configurable to accommodate all worldwide standards.

How to boost performance and add functionality to portable medical devices without affecting the power budget. By Franco Contadini, Principal Field Applications Engineer, Maxim Integrated.

Energy and water metering can now be made more accurate by an order of magnitude says Maxim Integrated by using the MAXREFDES70# ultrasonic flow meter system. Its low power attributes mean it can operate for up to 20 years on a single “A”- size battery. It will see off the traditional mechanical flow meters prone to friction and contaminants, which causes inaccurate meter readings.

Integration is carved in stone outside Maxim Integrated’s new headquarters in San Jose. The company has been pursuing a strategy of packaging more of its products to work together to provide customers with a more cost effective and efficient path to market. The strategy’s latest produce is the Micro PLC (programmable logic controller) platform which consists of five reference designs which can operate as stand-alone subsystems and be ...

Maxim Integrated will debut the MPOS-STD2 Mobile Point of Sale (MPOS) reference platform at the Cartes exhibition in Paris (Nov 4-6). It means payment terminal providers can enable customers of all sizes and security expertise levels to address the emerging mobile payment market. Maxim cites significantly reduced R&D costs and faster time to market by rapidly moving through product design and PCI certification.

Health and fitness are burgeoning markets for the electronics industry – whether it’s checking your pulse rate after a 100 lengths of the pool or enabling ultrasounds to be undertaken in the home rather than necessitating a trip to hospital. Covering all the bases is difficult. “We went out and spoke to our customers about their opportunities to give us a focus for our developments,” says Chris Neil, Senior Vice President,...

The MAXREFDES72#, a Pmod-to-Arduino adapter which enables rapid prototyping, has been released by Maxim Integrated Products. Allowing boards with Pmod connections to plug into any Arduino-compatible MCU platforms, the adapter is suitable for creating IoT designs.