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Overview of National's SIMPLE SWITCHER® power modules with competitive bench thermal comparison. Easy-to-use SIMPLE SWITCHER power modules feature a new innovative package, and delivers best-in-class EMI and thermal performance. The modules provide high efficiency over a wide input voltage and load current range and are pin-to-pin compatible for different load currents.

With applications needing to store more data for longer periods of time, SATA provides an efficient, cost-effective storage interface. Watch this new 7-minute video for a demo showing how easy it is to take advantage of the data storage capabilities of SATA using 40-nm transceiver FPGAs.

Visit http://www.microchip.com/mchptube to learn more. This video is intended for beginners unfamiliar with Microcontroller. The basic components of a Microcontroller are compared to a common household PC to help reinforce concepts.

Is your project causing you a headache? Think you’ve got major problems with your design? Think again! Watch this video and see what this poor engineer has to face. If only he’d gone to ACAL…

Scott Wing goes out into the extreme cold to test a wireless 802.15.4 Development kit from Jennic.

Toshiba Electronics Europe introduced a new family of flexible I/O expander ICs for use in mobile phone handsets and industrial and medical applications. The TC35892/3/4 devices provide a low power solution to help overcome CPU limitations, adding connectivity and programmable functionality, including signal generation, keyboard support and PAL logic functions.

Building on the success of its HiFi 2 Audio DSP, the leading architecture for audio in system-on-chip (SOC) designs, Tensilica today introduced HiFi EP, a superset of the HiFi 2 architecture that is optimized for simultaneous multichannel codec support and/or continuously expanding audio pre and post processing in home entertainment products such as Blu-ray Disc players, digital television (DTV), and Smartphones.

Diodes Incorporated has announced the introduction of a new family of low noise block (LNB) controllers for direct broadcast satellite (DBS) applications. In smaller packaging and operating at lower voltages and higher levels of accuracy than previous generations, six new devices aim to increase the efficiency and reliability of LNB designs while reducing overall size.

A range of switch disconnectors from specialist distributor Switchtec are particularly useful for applications that are subjected to wet, arduous conditions including outside use.

CUI Devices announced that it has launched a new version of amtencoder.com, a website dedicated to their proprietary AMT modular encoder series. The site now features detailed product pages, a resource area with technical documents, videos, frequently asked questions, a news section, and an inventor’s bio. CUI Devices' VP of Marketing Jeff Schnabel commented, “Users of the new amtencoder.com can expect to find a wealth of re...