Silicon Labs has revealed broad support for ARM mbed OS within the energy-friendly EFM32 Gecko MCU portfolio based on ARM Cortex-M processors. Silicon Labs’ Giant Gecko, Happy Gecko, Leopard Gecko and Wonder Gecko MCUs running mbed OS along with mbed power management APIs provide best-in-class energy efficiency, design simplicity and security technology for embedded developers creating battery-operated, ARM-based connected devices for the I...

Silicon Labs has introduced a family of multi-channel digital isolators featuring a high-voltage isolation barrier designed to withstand 10kV surge hits. Based on Silicon Labs’ proprietary capacitive isolation technology, the Si86xxxT digital isolator family provides robust protection against secondary lightning strikes and increases system reliability in a wide range of demanding industrial applications.

Silicon Labs has introduced a family of Subscriber Line Interface Circuits (SLICs) offering the lowest power consumption, smallest footprint, and highest levels of integration and programmability for the Voice-over-IP (VoIP) gateway market. The single- and dual-channel Si32x8x ProSLIC family provides a best-in-class subscriber line interface solution for a wide range of VoIP Customer Premises Equipment (CPE).

Silicon Labs has released the industry's most cost-effective solution for voice-enabled ZigBee remote controls. This comprehensive reference design solution significantly reduces the need for costly external hardware by implementing a high-quality, software-based audio codec into a single-chip wireless SoC.

Silicon Labs has introduced a 6th gen version of the iWRAP Bluetooth software stack for the Bluetooth 3.0 wireless audio accessory market. iWRAP 6.1 software is a full-featured embedded Bluetooth stack from Bluegiga, a Silicon Labs company, designed to support the popular WT32i Bluetooth Audio module. Target applications include smart phone accessories, stereo and hands-free audio, cable replacement and Bluetooth HID.

Accurate temperature measurement is important for many reasons, and can be achieved in various ways, including a new CMOS-based semiconductor sensor. By Bill Simcoe, Environmental Sensor Product Manager, Silicon Labs

Silicon Labs has introduced an isolated current sense amplifier delivering robust isolation and the industry’s highest bandwidth and lowest signal delay. Silicon Labs’ Si8920 isolated amplifier provides a current shunt measurement solution for power control systems operating in harsh environments such as industrial motor drives, solar inverters, high-voltage power converters, UPS and EV/HEV systems.

Silicon Labs has introduced a fully integrated, pre-certified Bluetooth Smart module solution that gives developers the fastest path to low-power wireless connectivity for the IoT. The BGM111 module is the first in a family of advanced Blue Gecko modules from Silicon Labs delivering best-in-class integration, flexibility, energy efficiency and toolchain support with an easy migration path to Blue Gecko SoC solutions.

Silicon Labs has introduced the industry’s highest-performance, most cost-effective packet network synchroniser clock, the Si5348 clock IC. Combining excellent jitter performance with the industry’s smallest footprint and lowest power in a highly integrated, compliant solution, the IC enables hardware designers to implement a “clock-tree-on-a-chip” solution for Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE), IEEE 1588v2.

Thread is a low-power, secure and scalable IP-based wireless mesh networking protocol based on proven standards. Built on IPv6 technology with 6LoWPAN as a foundation, it provides a self-healing mesh networking solution for over 250 nodes.

Silicon Labs has announced an updated release of the Simplicity Studio development platform, designed to make IoT system design easier, faster and more productive. The industry’s first IoT development platform enabling concurrent MCU and wireless design, Simplicity Studio now features an enhanced real-time Energy Profiler tool, faster execution speed and an easier installation process.

Isolating signals is not enough to provide true isolation from noise and high voltages – the power supplies need to be isolated too. Designing an isolated power supply is often something that takes specialised skills and experience. It costs precious time and multiple iterations to get it right.

Silicon Labs has introduced its highly anticipated Thread networking solution, delivering a software stack built upon years of mesh networking expertise and advanced software development tools. Silicon Labs’ Thread solution offers developers the fastest path to developing Thread-compliant products for the IoT including thermostats, wireless sensor networks, smoke/CO detectors, connected lighting devices, control panels, wireless access poin...

Today, more than ever, electronics designers face a common set of goals: achieving higher throughput, higher resolution, more efficient systems and reduced time to market. In fields such as industrial automation, medical electronics or telecommunication systems, it is often necessary to electrically isolate multiple signals to enable sub-systems to share data or control signals without allowing noise or high voltages to interfere with system inte...

The USB interface is a ubiquitous part of modern technology. For almost twenty years, USB and its variants have dominated the connectivity market. This whitepaper examines how USB emerged from the serial port chaos of the early 90s to its current domination of the market. Learn how to balance your power budget to achieve all of your device’s goals, while avoiding power-hungry pitfalls of USB connectivity.

The industry’s most highly integrated clock IC for wireless infrastructure applications, including small cell and macro cell base stations, has been introduced by Silicon Labs. The Si5380 is also claimed to be the industry’s first clock IC capable of replacing a low phase noise integer-N clock, VCXO, discrete loop filters and voltage regulator components with one single-chip device.

Silicon Labs has unveiled a dual-mode Bluetooth Smart Ready module solution that gives embedded developers unparalleled flexibility to integrate both Bluetooth Smart and Bluetooth Basic Rate/Enhanced Data Rate (BR/EDR) wireless technologies while minimising design time, cost and complexity. The BT121 is manufactured by Bluegiga, a Silicon Labs company.

USB-enabled MCUs, described as the industry’s most energy-friendly, have been introduced by Silicon Labs. The Happy Gecko MCUs, which expand the company’s EFM32 32-bit MCU portfolio, enable longer battery life and energy harvesting applications. Based on the ARM Cortex-M0+ core and low-energy peripherals, the devices simplify USB connectivity for a wide range of IoT applications including smart metering, home and building automation, ...

The last few years have seen an explosion in IoT devices and connected products such as wireless sensors, smart meters, home automation systems and wearables. The lowered cost of components such as sensors and processors along with increasing wireless connectivity has resulted in many products being made 'smart' and able to communicate with each other without human intervention.

Silicon Labs has introduced the industry’s first complete Wireless M-Bus platform solution, designed to simplify the development of wirelessly connected smart meters for electricity, gas, water and heat resources in the European market. Silicon Labs’ comprehensive smart metering solution includes the Wireless M-Bus software stack and wireless starter kits to speed time to market.