Mixed Signal/Analog

VadaTech has announced the release of an ADC for applications such as RADAR, SIG-INT, wireless infrastructure and RF Sampling SDR. The FMC226 is a dual ADC, 12-bit at 4.0GS/s module with excellent dynamic performance. The compact FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) plugs into any VITA 57 compliant board, including VadaTech’s numerous FPGA carriers.

DJB Instruments UK has announced the launch of its 9 channel IEPE/Charge signal conditioner, suitable for use with triaxial accelerometers. The CV9 range of products offers nine channels of conditioning, all packaged in a 1U high, 19” rack mountable chassis with BNC inputs and outputs mounted on the front panel for ease of access.

  Operating across a 100 to 300MHz band, the AD9154 quad-channel, 2.4GSPS, 16-bit DAC has been released by Analog Devices. Designed for complex IF transmitters, the converter is claimed to be the only device of its kind to feature an on-chip PLL and eight-lane JESD204B interface. 

Silicon Labs has introduced a family of high-performance digital STB tuner ICs designed to reduce the cost, complexity and power consumption of cable, terrestrial, hybrid terrestrial/satellite and IP-based STB products. The Si2144 and Si2124 digital tuner ICs help STB designers reduce board space and BOM cost through a combination of single-chip integration and small package size.

Dolphin Integration has announced its silicon-proven Virtual Component of IP, targeting the growing market of smart meters. The Metro-PM-Jade-mono.05, featuring a complete measurement subsystem for single-phase power metering ICs, is available for fabless and SoC integrators in technological processes at 180 and 130nm.

By Shane Foss & Rob Reeder, Analog Devices.

Dolphin Integration targets wearables, IoT applications and other smart devices with WhisperTrigger, the company's voice activity detection system. Whereas voice detection is usually handled by a DSP or a voice processor, the WhisperTrigger, operating in always-on mode, can wake up the system without voice data loss, allowing the rest of the SoC to remain in standby or sleep mode.

Akustica has expanded the Bosch consumer MEMS sensor portfolio with the addition of two robust, high performance analogue microphones. The AKU151 is a tiny, top-port microphone with both high SNR and high acoustic performance density (SNR/mm3), and the AKU350 is a high performance 67dB SNR bottom-port microphone.

Featuring a dynamic range as high as 110dB, a family of six high-performance audio ADCs has been introduced by Texas Instruments. The PCM1865 family integrates features typically found in portable audio codecs, while also giving designers a level of performance previously found only in single-function, professional audio ADCs.

Expanding its non-volatile DAC portfolio, Microchip has introduced the MCP47FEBXX low-power, single- and dual-channel DACs with 8-, 10- and 12-bit resolution. Integrating EEPROM and an I2C interface, the devices are suited for wireless microphones, MP3 player accessories, blood glucose test devices and applications such as motor control, instrumentation, sensor calibration and set point/offset trimming.