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Intersil has introduced the ISL80102 and ISL80103, a pair of low voltage, high current, low dropout linear regulators (LDOs), specified at 2A and 3A output current respectively. While most LDOs in the market are based on decades old technology, these parts utilize state-of-the-art BiCMOS technology to achieve new levels of performance. The LDOs provide the industry's fastest transient response, which ensures that the output voltage is properly re...

AnalogicTech has introduced the AAT2554, the industry’s first power management IC to combine a 500mA battery charger, 250mA step-down converter, and 300mA low dropout (LDO) linear regulator in a tiny 3x4mm package. Part of AnalogicTech’s rapidly expanding SystemPower product family, this multi-function device offers designers of ultra-low-power products a highly compact power management solution that reduces product footprint and design comp...

IAR Systems has announced the availability of new functionality in IAR Embedded Workbench® for Texas Instruments’ microprocessor family MSP430. The new version 5.40 adds several new features, among which are Position-independent code and read-only data (ROPI), and Multithread support. Most applications are designed to be placed at a fixed position in memory. However, it is sometimes useful to instead decide at runtime where to place the appli...

IAR Systems today announced the availability of an integrated development kit for the Freescale i.MX25 family of low power ARM®9-based microprocessors. The IAR KickStart Kit for Freescale Semiconductor i.MX25 contains an i.MX25-SK evaluation board, software development tools together with a hardware debug probe. The evaluation board, using a i.MX257 device, features 32 Mbyte of SDRAM, 1 Gbyte of Flash memory and a 320 x 240 colour TFT LCD displa...

Finder has introduced a series of microprocessor-based room thermostats providing a temperature setting resolution accuracy of 0.1ºC and advanced setting options to help reduce energy usage in residential and commercial environments.

Xilinx Virtex-5Q FPGAs, developed specifically for the high-reliability aerospace and defence markets, are now available from Nu Horizons. Based on Xilinx's proven commercial Virtex-5 FPGAs, the Virtex-5Q family offers greater operational temperature ranges off-the-shelf to fit the needs of the aerospace and defense customer base as well as ruggedised packaging for protection against tin-whiskering and harsh manufacturing processes. Mask-set cont...

Tensilica has announced that it has expanded the range of processor modeling options with the introduction of pin-level SystemC models of its Xtensa customizable dataplane processors (DPUs). With this novel feature, Tensilica now offers the widest array of modeling choices of any provider of licensable microprocessor or DSP (digital signal processing) IP cores.

Tundra Semiconductor today announced its new RapidIO Gen2 program. Backwards compatible with RapidIO Specification Rev 1.3, Tundra's new RapidIO solutions will offer OEMs increased system performance, reduced power consumption and lower system costs when designing next generation systems.

Avago Technologies, the world's largest privately held semiconductor company, today expanded its line of smart dot-matrix 5 by 7 LED alphanumeric displays to include the industry's first smart displays with 'eye catching' blue characters in a thin rectangular 8-character package. Avago's HCMS-2919 and HCMS-2976 LED displays are about the width of a AAA battery and ideal for those designers looking to enhance the appearance of their products with ...

Avago Technologies has announced that it has developed a new family of ultra-low power optocouplers that will pave the way for a new generation of optical isolators that can operate on approximately 90 percent less power than today's standard optocouplers. Utilizing a unique integrated circuit design and thick insulation material, Avago's innovative ACPL-M61L/061L/064L/W61L/K64L optocouplers offer a significant reduction in power requirements wit...