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Littelfuse ITV Battery Protectors | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

one day ago by Mouser Electronics

MOSFET Performance and Packaging Innovations Shine at PCIM Europe

Offering advances in key specs and packaging options, semiconductor vendors unveiled a variety of new SiC (silicon carbide) FET and MOSFET devices at this week’s 2022 PCIM Europe event.

3 days ago by Jeff Child

TI Touts Solid-state Relays to Enable Safer EVs

With an eye toward improving isolation technology in electric vehicles, Texas Instruments (TI) is rolling out two solid-state relay chips designed to replace traditional automotive mechanical relays.

May 10, 2022 by Jeff Child

ST Leverages Back-side-illuminated Sensors for Driver Monitoring

Human error causes 95% of traffic accidents. ST hopes to reduce that figure with a new global-shutter image sensor for driver monitoring systems.

May 09, 2022 by Jake Hertz

Rounding-up GaN-based Transistors for High-power and Frequency Applications

Targeting reliable high power and frequency electronic devices, manufacturers are looking into gallium nitride (GaN) to fabricate field-effect transistors (FETs) that have a high switching frequency.

May 07, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle

New Audio Devices Target Next-gen Audio System Designs

Three semiconductor companies have recently announced devices aimed at next-gen audio. These ICs aim to enable engineers to improve the quality and capabilities of their audio system designs.

May 03, 2022 by Kristijan Nelkovski

Automotive IC Solutions Roll for Enhanced Security and ADAS

Next-gen automotive system design keeps getting more challenging. To help engineers keep pace, three chip vendors are serving up solutions aimed at enhanced security, ADAS, and simplified door control.

April 30, 2022 by Antonio Anzaldua Jr.

Renesas Locks Onto ECU Design With Virtualization Solution

Renesas’ latest electronic control unit (ECU) virtualization platform takes on incorporating robust automotive micro-controllers for vehicle motion and zone control applications.

April 29, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle

Wolfspeed WolfPACK™ SiC-Based Power Modules | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

April 26, 2022 by Mouser Electronics

TOSHIBA Automotive Small Signal MOSFET Device | Featured Product Spotlight

This Featured Product Spotlight is part of a video series exploring the specifications, applications, and market context of new products.

April 20, 2022 by Mouser Electronics

Event-based Vision Sensor—“Metavison”—Promises Impressive Specs

PROPHESEE, along with iCatch, have teamed up to provide the industry with the "world's first event-based vision sensor" in a 13 x 15 mm mini PGBA package.

April 20, 2022 by Jake Hertz

IonQ and Hyundai Team Up for Automotive Object Recognition

Signifying a step toward practical application of quantum computing technology, IonQ and Hyundai have partnered to apply quantum machine learning (ML) for object recognition of common roadway objects.

April 19, 2022 by Jeff Child

TAIYO YUDEN NRM6045 Power Inductor | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

April 17, 2022 by Mouser Electronics

Honeywell SNG-S Speed Sensor | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

April 17, 2022 by Mouser Electronics

Analog Devices Inc. MAX77540 Dual-Phase Buck Converter | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

April 17, 2022 by Mouser Electronics

MICROCHIP SAM E51 Touch Curiosity Evaluation Kit | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

April 17, 2022 by Mouser Electronics

Three New Power Devices Cut Down Component Count and BOM

By reducing component counts, power system designs can achieve critical advantages such as lower costs and easier manufacturing. Three recently announced power solutions offer vivid examples of trend.

April 15, 2022 by Ikimi .O

Reference Designs Take a Shot at Qi-compliant In-vehicle Wireless Charging

As the Qi standard increases in popularity for wireless charging, Microchip and Renesas announce their Qi-compliant automotive-grade wireless power transmitter reference designs.

April 14, 2022 by Darshil Patel

Addressing BMS Battery Pack Current and Voltage Measurement Requirements

Learn about battery pack current measurement and analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) requirements within battery management systems (BMSs). 

April 05, 2022 by Krunal Maniar, Texas Instruments

Seeing Through the Haze With the “Industry’s Lowest Sensitivity” Thermal Camera

With the new Boson+ product line, Teledyne FLIR hopes to enable higher performance and more accurate thermal imaging systems.

April 05, 2022 by Jake Hertz