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Industry Trends in Automotive Power Showcase Breakthroughs in Speed and Materials

Industry Trends in Automotive Power Showcase Breakthroughs in Speed and Materials

Learn what innovative components are driving EVs, 5G, and sophisticated applications toward widespread use.


News Apr 02, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
How Will 5G Networks Improve Location Awareness?

How Will 5G Networks Improve Location Awareness?

3GPP Release 16 holds the promise to make high precision location services cheaper and more reliable. Exploiting new signal properties in combination with a variety of non-cellular technologies could enable forms of hybrid positioning.


How to Read a Microcontroller Datasheet: Introduction and First Steps

How to Read a Microcontroller Datasheet: Introduction and First Steps

MCU datasheets sometimes present an overwhelming abundance of facts, figures, and specs. This practical, step-by-step guide will help you to identify and extract the information that you need.


Microchip SAM E54 Xplained Pro | Digital Datasheet

Microchip SAM E54 Xplained Pro | Digital Datasheet

Microchip’s SAME54 Xplained Pro Evaluation Kit enables the development of low-power and secure connected designs for industrial and automotive applications.


ADI’s Director of Power Business Development, Tony Armstrong, Talks Dream Jobs and PCB Design

ADI’s Director of Power Business Development, Tony Armstrong, Talks Dream Jobs and PCB Design

Tony Armstrong of Analog Devices, Inc., shares his thoughts in an interview with AAC on smart risks, thinking big, and the importance of reading data sheets.


News Mar 31, 2019 by Mark Hughes
Analog Devices Condition-Based Monitoring | New Product Brief

Analog Devices Condition-Based Monitoring | New Product Brief

Analog Devices’ Condition-Based Monitoring solutions include sensing, signal chain, and communications technologies that can be combined to effectively and efficiently monitor factory equipment.


Texas Instruments mmWave Sensor | New Product Brief

Texas Instruments mmWave Sensor | New Product Brief

Texas Instruments IWR1642 BoosterPack is an easy-to-use evaluation board for the IWR1642 mmWave sensor.


ROHM Announces New Automotive-Grade SIC MOSFET Series

ROHM Announces New Automotive-Grade SIC MOSFET Series

The AEC-Q101-qualified MOSFETs utilize a trench gate structure and feature 650V or 1200V breakdown voltages.


News Mar 29, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Introduction to Reliability in Electronics: Tools and Metrics for Anticipating Device Failure

Introduction to Reliability in Electronics: Tools and Metrics for Anticipating Device Failure

Reliability engineering estimates device lifetimes and failure rates to determine what will fail and when.


Murata Features Low-Power, High Efficiency with New Buck Regulator and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Combo Module

Murata Features Low-Power, High Efficiency with New Buck Regulator and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Combo Module

New Wi-Fi/Bluetooth combo module and buck regulator promise small form factors along with high efficiency.


News Mar 29, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
How to Choose the Right Microcontroller for Your Application

How to Choose the Right Microcontroller for Your Application

This article continues the Introduction to Microcontrollers series with a discussion of the most important things to consider when you’re trying to find the best MCU for your next project.


Keeping RISC-V-Based Embedded System Design Flexible with Linux and Zephyr microPlatforms

Keeping RISC-V-Based Embedded System Design Flexible with Linux and Zephyr microPlatforms

This article discusses Foundries.io's microPlatforms which support Intel, Arm, and RISC-V architectures and are designed to avoid lock-in to specific hardware implementations.


TE Connectivity Custom Antennas | Tech Specs

TE Connectivity Custom Antennas | Tech Specs

TE Connectivity offers custom antennas using MID technology and either laser direct structuring or two-shot molding.


new products Mar 28, 2019 by TTI, Inc
UnitedSiC Announces SiC JFET Family for Low Power AC-DC Flyback Converters

UnitedSiC Announces SiC JFET Family for Low Power AC-DC Flyback Converters

These normally-ON devices are well-suited to form the nucleus of cascode-based 20-100 Watt flyback products.


News Mar 28, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Infineon XENSIV Sensor Solutions | New Product Brief

Infineon XENSIV Sensor Solutions | New Product Brief

Infineon’s XENSIV sensor portfolio enables designers to add more intelligence to devices, enabling them to truly understand their environment.


Popular Toshiba Flash Memory Platform Now Qualified for Automotive Applications

Popular Toshiba Flash Memory Platform Now Qualified for Automotive Applications

The new devices adhere to the tough AEC-Q100 Grade2 standard and range from 32GB to 256GB capacity.


News Mar 27, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
New Renesas Power Modules Claim Highest Density at 10A and 15A, Leverage New Packaging and PMBus

New Renesas Power Modules Claim Highest Density at 10A and 15A, Leverage New Packaging and PMBus

At APEC 2019, Renesas highlighted new PMBus DC-DC power modules.


News Mar 27, 2019 by Kate Smith
ON Semiconductor IoT Prototyping Platforms | Featured Product Spotlight

ON Semiconductor IoT Prototyping Platforms | Featured Product Spotlight

ON Semiconductor IoT Prototyping Platforms are a set of configurable, end-to-end, rapid prototyping platforms covering a wide range of IoT applications.


Running Hard Real-Time Applications and Linux on PolarFire SoC

Running Hard Real-Time Applications and Linux on PolarFire SoC

This article discusses the RISC-V-based SoC FPGA architecture for PolarFire SoC, which allows hard real-time applications and Linux applications to coexist.


Innovative Isolated ICs from Silicon Labs Promise Precision and Stability

Innovative Isolated ICs from Silicon Labs Promise Precision and Stability

The newly-announced Si89xx product family provides voltage, current, and package options.


News Mar 26, 2019 by Mark Hughes