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Renesas Eyes Battery Charging and Power Management With New USB-PD ICs

Renesas Eyes Battery Charging and Power Management With New USB-PD ICs

The buck-boost battery charger and USB-C port controller ICs target power tools, home appliances, and light industrial products.


News Jan 06, 2025 by Charles Lee
Industry Weighs in With 2025 Forecasts—Part 1: General Predictions

Industry Weighs in With 2025 Forecasts—Part 1: General Predictions

On this New Years Day, we share 2025 predictions from leading companies in our industry.


News Jan 01, 2025 by Jeff Child
2024’s Top Technical Articles and More

2024’s Top Technical Articles and More

As 2024 comes to an end, we look back on the year's most popular technical articles, industry articles, and projects.


News Dec 30, 2024 by Abby Garfinkle
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
How Christmas Became Electrified: An Engineer’s Holiday Tale

How Christmas Became Electrified: An Engineer’s Holiday Tale

While the twinkling lights adorning Christmas trees and homes are a familiar sight at this time of year, their earliest iteration looked quite different than our modern LEDs.


News Dec 24, 2024 by Luke James
Microchip Reveals CAN FD System Basis Chip in Tiny Footprint

Microchip Reveals CAN FD System Basis Chip in Tiny Footprint

The new series brings the power of CAN FD into a more highly-integrated solution.


News Dec 19, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Soundskrit to Democratize Directional Audio With New MEMS Microphones

Soundskrit to Democratize Directional Audio With New MEMS Microphones

The company claims the two new MEMS microphone modules incorporate "the world’s lowest-noise directional microphones."


News Dec 12, 2024 by Jake Hertz
3 New Connectors Push the Limits of Compact Size and High Performance

3 New Connectors Push the Limits of Compact Size and High Performance

In this final reflection on Electronica 2024, we round up three connectors from Samtec, Attend, and Same Sky Interconnect Group that stood out.


News Dec 10, 2024 by Darshil Patel
Nordic Simplifies Wireless Integration With New Low-Power SoCs

Nordic Simplifies Wireless Integration With New Low-Power SoCs

Announced at Electronica, Nordic's new wireless SoCs include an Arm processor core and built-in support for a wide variety of 2.4 GHz protocols.


News Nov 19, 2024 by Duane Benson
The Future of Wireless Lighting in Home and Professional Settings

The Future of Wireless Lighting in Home and Professional Settings

Wireless technologies are increasingly used to control lighting systems in the home, office, and factory. Learn how DALI, Matter, Thread, and Bluetooth Mesh are impacting the lighting industry.


PI Introduces 1700V Switcher IC With More Than 99% Reliability

PI Introduces 1700V Switcher IC With More Than 99% Reliability

Power Integrations has upped its GaN game with InnoMux-2 IC, delivering more than 90% efficiency from a 1000 VDC bus and supplying up to 60 W from three accurately regulated outputs.


Toshiba TCKE9 4A eFuse ICs | New Product Brief

Toshiba TCKE9 4A eFuse ICs | New Product Brief

Toshiba TCKE9 4A eFuse ICs are high-voltage, single input-single output devices designed for robust power circuit protection. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


Apple Features M4 Pro and M4 Max Processors in New Macbooks and iMacs

Apple Features M4 Pro and M4 Max Processors in New Macbooks and iMacs

Apple calls its newest M4 additions "the most advanced family of chips ever built for a personal computer."


News Nov 11, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Tech Teardown | USB Power Adapter Charger 40W vs USB Power Adapter Charger 160W | Mouser Electronics

Tech Teardown | USB Power Adapter Charger 40W vs USB Power Adapter Charger 160W | Mouser Electronics

In this series, we compare two similar products by opening them up to examine the electronic components and manufacturing methods.


All About Circuits Looks Ahead to What’s Cooking for Electronica 2024

All About Circuits Looks Ahead to What’s Cooking for Electronica 2024

Join the All About Circuits team as we look ahead to next week's Electronica 2024 where we will be exploring the latest innovations in electronics technology.


News Nov 08, 2024 by Jeff Child
Renesas Embeds Powerful Arm Cortex-M85 Into Entry-Level MCUs

Renesas Embeds Powerful Arm Cortex-M85 Into Entry-Level MCUs

Renesas' new 32-bit MCUs maintain the power of its RA8 series MCUs while streamlining their features, making them cost-effective for high-volume embedded applications.


News Nov 07, 2024 by Jake Hertz
onsemi LC709204V Battery Fuel Gauge | New Product Brief

onsemi LC709204V Battery Fuel Gauge | New Product Brief

onsemi LC709204V Battery Fuel Gauge is a compact, energy-efficient solution designed for 1-cell lithium-ion/polymer batteries, ideal for consumer electronics. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


Solar Cell Challenges for Indoor IoT Applications

Solar Cell Challenges for Indoor IoT Applications

The intensity and spectrum of indoor lighting are vastly different from sunlight. This means indoor photovoltaic (IPV) technology must also be different. This article discusses those challenges and options for IPV cells, test methods, and standards.


Renesas and Intel Collaborate on Power Management ICs for AI PCs

Renesas and Intel Collaborate on Power Management ICs for AI PCs

The partnership has produced three new integrated circuit solutions for Intel's next generation of battery-efficient laptops.


News Oct 29, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Qualcomm Claims ‘Fastest Mobile CPU’ With New Snapdragon Chip

Qualcomm Claims ‘Fastest Mobile CPU’ With New Snapdragon Chip

Qualcomm claims the new processor offers the mobile industry’s largest shared cache with record speeds for data retrieval.


News Oct 28, 2024 by Jake Hertz