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Integrated Development Environment Finds More Bugs and Speeds Development Time
Green Hills Software has announced several major new products as part of its MULTI 5.0 release: source code analyzer, distributed project builder, and a high speed target system prototyping and simulation tool. These new products further extend MULTI's ability to improve developer efficiency and the quality of the resulting software.
Connector simplifies industrial power bus installations
HanPower T from HARTING is a family of industrial connector products which facilitate the installation of a 'pluggable' serial power bus for powering a number of devices such as motors. The HanPower T concept has been developed in response to the need to 'future-proof' new power distribution systems in industrial plants. These systems have essentially the same requirements as data-transmission lines, in that one mechanically robust, well protecte...
Online Design Centre for Power-Supply Applications
Microchip announces an online Intelligent Power-Supply Design Centre to provide the technical resources needed to design analogue power supplies, augment existing analogue power supply designs with inexpensive microcontrollers, or design Switch-Mode Power Supplies (SMPS) with full digital control of the power-conversion feedback loop. The site offers direct access to all of Microchip’s power-supply application notes, reference designs and other...
Microcontrollers With High-Speed 12-bit ADC
Microchip announces its four-member PIC18F4523 family and its first family of high-end 8-bit Flash microcontrollers to include an on-chip high-speed 12-bit Analogue-to-Digital Converter peripheral with up to 13 channels. In addition, this family includes nanoWatt Technology features, which provide design engineers with multiple options for effectively managing power consumption and extending battery life.
Processor adds high-performance multimedia capabilities to portable devices
Renesas has announced an expansion of its SH-Mobile range application processor from mobile phones into portable navigation devices and portable media players. The first part in a new family of devices designated SH-MobileR is the SH7222. It supports terrestrial digital broadcasting for portable and mobile terminals, offering high-performance moving image processing, on-chip multimedia peripherals including a camera interface, and a processor cor...
High Voltage-Input LDO Regulators for Harsh Environments
Texas Instruments has introduced a family of high voltage-input low-dropout linear regulators designed to withstand the requirements for harsh operating environments. The new devices offer a wide input voltage range of up to 45 V, providing transient protection for applications such as automotive body controllers, instrument clusters, automotive audio and telematics.
Ramtron's 64-kilobit FRAM-Enhanced Processor Companion
Ramtron has launched the FM3130, a 64 kilobit, 3-volt FRAM-Enhanced Processor Companion product that combines the benefits of non-volatile ferroelectric RAM with an integrated real-time clock/calendar in one tiny package. The FM3130 has been streamlined to further reduce system cost and board space in consumer and computing markets, supporting commonly-needed system functions in applications such as printers and high-definition televisions, wit...
Serial RapidIO development platform gets users to market quickly
Tundra Semiconductor has announced availability of the its Tsi578 Serial RapidIO Development Platform. The addition of this design support tool, using the Tsi578 Serial RapidIO Switch, offers customers flexibility and the overall benefit of reducing both their design risk and time-to-market. The Tsi578 SRDP, ideally suited for a broad spectrum of wireless, video, communications and military products, gives designers the ability to rapidly proto...
Two-phase core controller in tune with AMD's Turion mobile CPUs
Intersil has introduced a two-phase core controller with embedded gate drivers to power AMD’s next-generation (64-bit Turion) mobile CPUs. The device offers improved transient response and load line accuracy enabled by Intersil’s patented R3 (Robust Ripple Regulator) Technology. Intersil’s R3 controller uses post package trimming to remove all errors associated with assembly and offers 0.5% accuracy across the entire temperate range, whic...
Eight new mid-power DC-DC converters from Vicor
Vicor has added eight mid-power Maxi DC/DC converters to its 375Vdc input family: a 200W model at 3.3Vout, a 300W model at 5Vout, and 400W models at 12, 15, 24, 28, 36, and 48Vout. The modules — which incorporate Vicor’s patented low-noise Zero-Current and Zero-Voltage Switching (ZCS/ZVS) — are appropriate for off-line systems with auto-ranging or PFC front ends in industrial or process control, distributed power, medical, ATE, communicati...