Maxim's high integration products on show at Embedded World

Maxim will showcase the compact MAX78700/MAX78615 energy-measurement chipset, which enables designers to measure AC or DC power usage without additional bulky sensors, optocouplers, or an extra power supply for the measurement subsystem. Isolation must be maintained when embedding high-voltage AC (or DC) measurement into a design. While this traditionally required power and data isolation components, Maxim’s energy-measurement chipset integrates a unique isolated interface between the high-voltage analog (MAX78700) and low-voltage digital (MAX78615) domains for significant reductions in size, complexity, and cost.

At Embedded World, Maxim will also present the MAX17501/02/03/04 high-voltage buck regulator family. These devices offer high efficiency across a wide industrial voltage range and are compliant with IEC 61131-2, IEC 61508 and IEC 60664 standards. They bring synchronous rectification to 60V buck regulators for industrial control and automation applications that operate over 24V but need to withstand operation up to 60V. Operating from 4.5-60V and delivering up to 2.5A output current, the MAX17503 synchronous DC-DC step-down converter saves up to 50% space, reduces component count by 75%, and operates 50% cooler than competing asynchronous solutions. Maxim will also showcase the MAX15062 4.5-60V, 300mA synchronous DC-DC step-down converter which powers a moving WiFi robot.

Maxim will also be exhibiting what they calim to be the industry’s smallest IO-Link ambient light sensor that detects clear, RGB, and infrared light. Offering unsurpassed light sensitivity and low latency, the ambient-light-sensing solution enables more connected factories and saves valuable manpower resources on the factory floor. The integrated IO-Link software and device stack provide for self-identification and configuration without additional programming resources. Additionally, Maxim plans to introduce a smart temperature-transmitter reference design which is capable of transmitting temperature measurement over a range from -200 to +850°C with better than 0.1% accuracy using the HART protocol. Factories can utilise this solution to easily, and very accurately, measure and transmit industrial temperatures.

The the Embedded World show, Maxim will exhibit these devices at the Maxim Tech Lounge in Hall 4A, Booth #128, located on the stand of Maxim’s distribution partner AVNET MEMEC. Additionally, Mike Roberts, Executive Business Manager, Maxim, will be presenting a “New Pico Laser Projector Architecture” in Session 2 of the electronic displays Conference 2014 at 2-2:20p.m. on Wednesday, February 26, 2014.