Advances in home automation, smart metering and home security depend on embedded silicon innovation. To help drive the next breakthroughs in smart home and smart grid design, Silicon Laboratories will showcase its latest embedded mixed-signal technologies at Embedded World 2010 in Nuremberg, Germany, Mar. 2-4.

Expanding its popular ISOpro isolation product portfolio, Silicon Laboratories Inc. has introduced a next-generation ac current sensor family that replaces traditional current transformers. Silicon Labs' new Si85xx ac current sensors provide up to 5 kVrms of electrical isolation to ensure safety compliance for a variety of critical power delivery systems such as ac-dc switching power supplies, isolated dc-dc supplies, motor control applications a...

Addressing the need for energy efficiency in power-sensitive applications, Silicon Laboratories has introduced the industry's lowest power microcontroller (MCU) family. Silicon Labs' ultra-low-power C8051F91x/0x MCUs dramatically increase battery life in portable designs and other power-sensitive embedded systems. The new F91x/0x MCUs are ideal for a wide range of applications where low power consumption is critical such as smart meters, RFID tag...

Silicon Laboratories has introduced the Si345x family, the industry's most integrated, energy-efficient quad Power over Ethernet (PoE) Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) controllers. Able to support four independent PoE (IEEE 802.3af) and PoE+ (IEEE 802.3at) PSE ports, the Si345x controllers offer real-time power measurement capabilities, energy-efficient powered device (PD) detection and disconnect algorithms, and the industry's lowest on-resistance...

Silicon Laboratories and Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation today announced the availability of multiple reference designs to enable easy upgrades for Vitesse-based Gigabit Ethernet switches to support the recently ratified IEEE 802.3at Power over Ethernet (PoE+) standard. Two new reference designs combine Silicon Laboratories' highly integrated, energy-efficient PoE Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) controllers and the Vitesse E-StaX and SparX Giga...

Silicon Laboratories has announced a new line of C8051F5xx automotive-qualified microcontrollers (MCUs) that enable a dramatic reduction in system cost and footprint in body electronics applications. The highly integrated C8051F5xx family eliminates the need for discrete analog components and offers industry-leading throughput, reducing code size and further lowering system cost. The new pin- and software-compatible 8-bit devices are ideal for co...

The new C8051F800 microcontroller (MCU) family is said to offer the industry's fastest capacitive touch sense capability. Leveraging Silicon Labs' patent-pending sensing technology, the F800 family enables developers to add sophisticated touch sense interfaces to a wide range of consumer and industrial electronics products such as set-top boxes, residential light controls, thermostat controls, home security panels, commercial point-of-sale (POS) ...

Silicon Laboratories has announced its entry into the human interface market with the introduction of the QuickSense portfolio of highly accurate and fast-response touch, proximity and ambient light sense devices supported by a common development environment. Ideal for portable, consumer and industrial electronics products, the power-saving QuickSense devices enable a complete, elegant human interface.

Silicon Laboratories has announced its entry into the human interface market with the introduction of the QuickSense portfolio, including the Si1102 proximity sensor and the Si1120 proximity and ambient light sensor, the industry's fastest infrared sensing solutions. Optimized for power efficiency, the Si1102 and Si1120 enable touchless human interface sensing and superior detection range. Ideal for a wide variety of sensing applications, the Si1...

Silicon Laboratories has introduced the expansion of its Any-Rate Clock Generator family with the Si5355/56. The Si535x devices are made to order, 8-output CMOS clock generators capable of synthesizing four unique, non-integer related frequencies from 1-200 MHz. The Si535x clock generators provide guaranteed 0 ppm frequency synthesis error for any combination of frequencies, enabling the replacement of multiple clock ICs and crystal oscillators...

Silicon Laboratories has introduced the expansion of its Any-Rate Precision Clock family with the Si5324, the industry's lowest jitter, most highly integrated clock IC optimized for professional broadcast video applications. The Si5324 replaces traditional multi-component video PLL solutions with a single clock IC while providing 80 percent lower jitter than competing solutions.

Silicon Laboratories has announced the Si2170, a complete, globally-compliant hybrid TV tuner with analog TV demodulator in a single CMOS IC. Leveraging Silicon Labs’ proven digital low-IF architecture, the Si2170 is the industry’s first silicon TV tuner to exceed the performance of traditional discrete TV tuners, enabling TV makers to deliver improved picture quality and better reception for both analog and digital broadcasts.

Silicon Laboratories claims the industry’s highest performance, highest integration and lowest power family of single-channel foreign exchange station (FXS) solutions. The Si3217x ProSLIC family is the first to integrate everything needed for an FXS interface into a single package, reducing board area by 50 percent without compromising the performance and diagnostic capabilities typical of traditional telephony service.

Silicon Laboratories has announced the expansion of its best-in-class small form factor microcontrollers (MCUs) with the C8051T606 low cost 8-bit mixed-signal MCU. The world’s smallest MCU, the C8051T606 provides a high degree of functional density for programmable embedded systems in a tiny 2x2 mm2 footprint. The high-performance CPU enables greater design flexibility, and the integration of a voltage monitor and precision oscillator make the...

Silicon Laboratories has introduced the Si84xx ISOpro digital isolator family, said to be the industry’s first to support as many as six unidirectional isolation channels capable of data rates up to 150 Mbps. Offering space-efficient packaging options, a choice of isolation ratings up to 2.5 kVRMS and the industry’s most highly integrated I2C isolators, the ISOpro family delivers unsurpassed system design flexibility for use in applications s...

Silicon Laboratories has announced the introduction of its C8051F7xx family of high pin-count MCUs for cost-sensitive, high I/O embedded systems. This family is the first to offer a new, patent-pending touch sensing feature that is robust, accurate, responsive and easy to configure.

Silicon Laboratories has announced a high performance embedded wireless solution, the EZRadioPRO family and C8051F9xx series low-power MCU. The EZRadioPRO embedded wireless radio family delivers the highest single-chip output power (up to +20 dBm) and industry leading sensitivity (-118 dBm), providing a best-in-class link budget that substantially increases communication range while minimizing power consumption.

Silicon Laboratories has announced a high performance embedded wireless solution, the EZRadioPRO family and C8051F9xx series low-power MCU. The EZRadioPRO embedded wireless radio family delivers the highest single-chip output power (up to +20 dBm) and industry leading sensitivity (-118 dBm), providing a best-in-class link budget that substantially increases communication range while minimizing power consumption.

At Embedded World 2009 in Nuremburg, Silicon Laboratories will showcase its power-efficient embedded wireless design based on its EZRadioPRO technology. Silicon Labs will demonstrate innovative design techniques through live product and hands-on demonstrations for a range of consumer and industrial monitoring and control requiring power efficiency with special emphasis on extending battery life and improving performance.

At Embedded World 2009 in Nuremburg, Silicon Laboratories will showcase its power-efficient embedded wireless design based on its EZRadioPRO technology. Silicon Labs will demonstrate innovative design techniques through live product and hands-on demonstrations for a range of consumer and industrial monitoring and control requiring power efficiency with special emphasis on extending battery life and improving performance.