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Tradeshows Help Make This a People Business—A Look Back at Four 2024 Events

Tradeshows Help Make This a People Business—A Look Back at Four 2024 Events

Merry Christmas! Never forget that our business is a people business. Enjoy this review of four of the trade shows All About Circuits attended this year, and the great people we met.


News Dec 25, 2024 by Jeff Child
ST Rolls Out Configurable Power-Management IC for Automotive MCUs

ST Rolls Out Configurable Power-Management IC for Automotive MCUs

ST prioritized key tenets of automotive design—safety, efficiency, and performance—in the new single-package PMIC.


News Dec 04, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Diverse Lockstep Technology in MCUs for Enhanced ADAS Safety and Security

Diverse Lockstep Technology in MCUs for Enhanced ADAS Safety and Security

Diverse lockstep technology uses two unique architecture cores executing different instructions to complete the same overall task for improved autonomous vehicle reliability.


Evolving Beyond Single-Processor Embedded Systems for IoT Edge Sensor Nodes

Evolving Beyond Single-Processor Embedded Systems for IoT Edge Sensor Nodes

Learn how system partitioning can optimize IoT edge sensor node operation by intelligently separating the analog sensors that measure slowly varying signals from the communication networks using high-speed digital signals.


How to Design Reliable Next-Gen Automotive Control Electronics

How to Design Reliable Next-Gen Automotive Control Electronics

Designing a reliable automotive control system is a challenging job. Learn how to ensure circuit survival in the challenging automotive and electric vehicle environments.


Infineon Adds 8 Bluetooth MCUs for Industrial, Consumer, and Automotive

Infineon Adds 8 Bluetooth MCUs for Industrial, Consumer, and Automotive

The new variants in Infineon's BLE 5.4 MCU family feature both SoC and module configurations.


News Aug 15, 2024 by Mike Falter
Intel Makes Its Debut Into Automotive Discrete GPUs

Intel Makes Its Debut Into Automotive Discrete GPUs

Automakers can now choose an Intel SDV SoC and later add a discrete GPU to handle larger compute workloads.


News Aug 12, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Microchip Gives Its Latest dsPIC a 200 MHz, High-Speed Upgrade

Microchip Gives Its Latest dsPIC a 200 MHz, High-Speed Upgrade

The new line operates at 200 MHz—the highest dsPIC clock speed to date—and adds a double-precision floating point unit and enhanced DSP engine.


News Jul 30, 2024 by Duane Benson
Diamond in the Rough: Onsemi Unveils Next-Gen SiC MOSFETs

Diamond in the Rough: Onsemi Unveils Next-Gen SiC MOSFETs

Global energy demands are projected to soar over the next decade, making the need for increased power density in semiconductors paramount.


Moving Data Through an LTspice Parallel-Load Shift Register

Moving Data Through an LTspice Parallel-Load Shift Register

This article demonstrates the operation of an LTspice shift register and discusses details of its schematic and timing relationships.


From Audio to Automotive, 3 New Processors Push Performance Boundaries

From Audio to Automotive, 3 New Processors Push Performance Boundaries

In this roundup, we spotlight new processors from Analog Devices, Texas Instruments, and WCH that meet embedded computing requirements across industries.


News Jun 03, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Infineon Debuts New MCU for Automotive Battery Management

Infineon Debuts New MCU for Automotive Battery Management

The new MCU is a highly integrated embedded system that monitors and manages automotive 12 V, lead-acid batteries.


News May 07, 2024 by Aaron Carman
All About Circuits Looks Ahead at Embedded World 2024

All About Circuits Looks Ahead at Embedded World 2024

Check out the technologies and products these leading companies plan to showcase at next week's Embedded World trade show in Nuremberg, Germany.


News Apr 03, 2024 by Jeff Child
Diodes Incorporated AP43771H Enhanced USB PD 3.1 Protocol Controller | New Product Brief

Diodes Incorporated AP43771H Enhanced USB PD 3.1 Protocol Controller | New Product Brief

Diodes Incorporated AP43771H Enhanced USB PD 3.1 Protocol Controller is a highly integrated controller designed for premium USB Type-C adapter/charger applications. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


NXP Launches Open S32 CoreRide Platform for Software-Defined Vehicles

NXP Launches Open S32 CoreRide Platform for Software-Defined Vehicles

Today, NXP announced a new platform and automotive processor that promises more integration and utility in SDVs—no matter the architecture.


News Mar 28, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Arm Unveils Its Largest Portfolio of Automotive Processors

Arm Unveils Its Largest Portfolio of Automotive Processors

The new Automotive Enhanced processors appeal to the most important aspects of software-defined vehicles: performance, speed, and security.


News Mar 18, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Arteris Revs New Version of Its Cache Coherent Interconnect IP

Arteris Revs New Version of Its Cache Coherent Interconnect IP

Launched today, the new network-on-chip IP improves SoC performance by streamlining coherent communication between various SoC components.


News Mar 13, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Leading the RISC-V Revolution, SiFive Aims to Take the Computing Industry Throne

Leading the RISC-V Revolution, SiFive Aims to Take the Computing Industry Throne

SiFive is helping lead the RISC-V revolution in automotive, Android, and AI. Senior VP Jack Kang joins the Moore’s Lobby podcast to provide his insights on the success of SiFive and the open-standard RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA).


Microchip Prioritizes Customizable Logic in New 8-bit MCUs

Microchip Prioritizes Customizable Logic in New 8-bit MCUs

Outfitted with a configurable logic block module, the new MCUs integrate customizable logic to reduce BOM and improve performance.


News Jan 29, 2024 by Jake Hertz
NXP Serves up a 77 GHz Radar SoC for Software Defined Vehicles

NXP Serves up a 77 GHz Radar SoC for Software Defined Vehicles

At CES today, NXP announced its next generation 77 GHz radar system on chip designed to create a 360-degree network of “software defined” radar sensors for vehicles.


News Jan 09, 2024 by Duane Benson