Products
Wideband power sensor for radar and digital communications testing to 18 GHz
The new Rohde & Schwarz NRP-Z81 wideband power sensor is available from TTi. The NRP-Z81 operates from 50 MHz to 18 GHz and offers all the functionality of a conventional peak power meter and more within the small housing of a power sensor. It can be operated using the R&S NRP power meter base unit, or any Windows PC using the R&S NRP-Z3 or Z4 USB adaptors.
Variable Gain Amplifiers from TI
Texas Instruments has introduced a family of integrated wideband variable gain amplifiers. The new devices’ unique architecture provides designers with a highly flexible combination of bandwidth, gain and analog input voltage to address design challenges of differential line receivers and equalizers, pulse shaping, continuously variable gain and attenuation stages, automatic gain control (AGC) and voltage tunable filters. These applications...
Triple Output 60W Switcher in Industry Standard Package
Power Sources Unlimited has announced the Cincon CFM60T Series of 60W AC/DC power supplies, offering triple outputs in a space efficient 2 x 4in package. The CFM60T Series features a universal 90-264VAC input and triple outputs in combinations of 3.3VDC, 5VDC, 12VDC, and 24VDC.
Silicon Laboratories Expands Family Of High-Performance MCUs With Lower Cost Options
Silicon Laboratories has announced the expansion of its small form factor microcontrollers (MCUs) with the C8051T610 family of low cost 8-bit MCUs. Pin-for-pin compatible with Silicon Laboratories’ C8051F310 family, the T610 offers customers a cost-effective alternative in the same small footprint. The C8051T610 family is ideal for consumer and industrial applications that are under increasing cost pressure, including toys, camera modules, cel...
DC/DC converters from XP achieve 20% footprint reduction and maintain industry standard DIP-24 pin-out
XP Power has announced its JCA series of miniature, board-mounted low power DC/DC converters. Measuring just 25.4 x 20.3 x 10.0 mm (1 x 0.8 x 0.4 inches), the device’s shielded metal package is 6.4 mm (0.25 inches) shorter than the 31.8 mm (1.25 inch) industry norm. Using the customary 24-pin DIP layout, the units occupy 20% less printed circuit board area than traditional products. This allows designers to reduce the size of new developments o...
IDT Ramps Up Mixed-Signal Semiconductor Solutions For The Digital Panel Display Market
IDT has announced its commitment to the digital panel display market. IDT expertise in serial, memory and interface technologies will combine together to provide customers with optimized, customized and power efficient design services for the digital panel display market.
Microcontroller with 480MIPS, FPU, Ethernet controller and USB host/function
Renesas Technology Europe has introduced a total of eight products in four groups in the SH7670 group of the SuperH Family. These microprocessors each incorporate an Ethernet controller and USB 2.0 host on a single chip and are intended for applications such as digital audio visual, office automation, and factory automation systems requiring network connection functionality.
32-Bit CISC microcontrollers bring functional enhancements for wider range of applications
Renesas Technology Europe has announced enhancements to its H8SX family of 32-bit CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer) microcontrollers. With the addition of the H8SX/1638 and H8SX/1648 groups, there are a total of eight models featuring a 50MHz maximum operating frequency, 50MIPS performance, and comprehensive on-chip peripheral functions. The enhanced family of microcontrollers offers a wide range of products ideal for varied systems in PC...
PCI Express series extended with 2-channel, 125 MS/s 8-bit Arbitrary Waveform Generator
Strategic Test has announced the UF2e-6110 two-channel 125 MS/s 8-bit Arbitrary Waveform Generator (AWG) PCI Express card. With synchronous multi-channel capability, the AWG card is well suited for creating complex waveforms in applications that include I&Q signal generation, RADAR system development, communications testing, laser positioning, and HDTV signal generation.
Ramtron’s F-RAM wins EDN China’s Industry Innovation award
Ramtron International Corporation has announced that it has received the Leading Product accolade in this year’s prestigious EDN China Innovation Awards. Ramtron’s FM22L16, the semiconductor industry’s first 4-megabit (Mb) nonvolatile F-RAM memory, was selected by a panel of judges and thousands of EDN China readers as a Leading Product in the Digital IC and Digital Logic category.