Texas Instruments has introduced two series of real-time microcontrollers in the run-up to Electronica today. F29H85x series is built on the company’s 64bit C29 DSP core and has an architecture designed with safety and security in mind. “Featuring diagnostics and error-checking mechanisms, the F29H85x series was engineered for compliance with ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 automotive and industrial safety standards, ...
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Electronica: Magnetic angle sensor IC works over 46 turns, with the power off
ADI has announced an IC that can not only measure the angle of a nearby rotating magnet, but can count up to 46 complete turns even when the chip has no power. For those who like puzzles, look away for a couple of minutes to work out the mechanism for yourself, as it is going to be explained in the ...
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Electronica: 1kW dc-dc in 23 x 18mm package from Flex Power Modules
Flex Power Modules is aiming at data centres with a 1kW dc-dc converter in a 23.4 x 17.8 x 7.65mm surface-mount package, leading the company to claim 900W/cm3 and 15kW/in3 at its peak 3kW load. Being a non-isolated and un-regulated contributes to the small size of the converter, called BMR316, as does a peak efficiency of 97.7% (54Vin, 40A/50% load). ...
Electronica: Isolated current sense IC has on-board power path
Novosense Microelectronics has announced a series of automotive-grade IC current sensors with 5kVrms isolation (UL) between the current path and sensing circuitry. Certification is AEC-Q100 Grade 0. The NSM211x series is fast, with a 1MHz -3dB bandwidth and 400ns response time. It comes in three packaging options: SOP8, SOW16 and SOW10. Read our full Electronica 2024 coverage » Only the ...
Electronica: Bio-potential sensor and 3D accelerometer in one chip for wearables
STMicroelectronics is aiming at healthcare wearables with an IC that senses bio-potentials and acceleration, and includes an AI processor and a finite state-machine for pedometer, step detection and step counting. “The machine-learning core and finite state machine enable product designers to implement simple decision trees for neural processing on the chip,” according to the company. “ST1VAFE3BX provides opportunities to extend ...
Electronica: Universal video interface for Fraunhofer micro-displays
Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) has developed hardware and software to interface its OLED micro-displays to various input interfaces, calling the concept ‘Universal Display Data Converter’ or UDDC. WUXGA (1,920×1,200) OLED microdisplay stacked with the UDDC The micro-displays are aimed at augmented and virtual reality headsets, and the interface is both a development tool and a design example. “UDDC ...
Ignion to announce Virtual Antenna advance at Electronica
Ignion, a Barcelona-based IoT antenna specialist, will preview what it claims is the most versatile and compact multi-radio technology on the market, at Electronica. Ignion’s most advanced Virtual Antenna design to date delivers multi-radio performance, combining cellular, GNSS, and Wi-Fi/BLE into a single compact component. Read our full Electronica 2024 coverage » Designed to provide seamless connectivity across diverse frequencies, ...
Electronica: ASIL D vehicle battery safety monitor and pyrotechnic trigger
NXP is aiming at ASIL D safety approval with a vehicle battery junction box controller IC, intended to fire the pyrotechnic disconnect switch during a serious fault, as well as report faults over a serial bus. MC33777A, as it will be known, redundantly measures currents, voltages and temperatures, then deduces situations – a short circuit or a crash, for example ...
Let’s Talk Electronics: Mouser Electronics and Farnell – coping with component shortages, new technology and supply chains
At Electronica 2022 in Munich our Group Editor Clive Couldwell caught up with the electronics distributors Mouser Electronics and Farnell to discuss issues such as coping with chip shortages, inventory management, product life-cycles and new technologies… Mark Burr-Lonnon, Senior VP EMEA, Asia and Global Service at Mouser Electronics, talks about passives and interconnects becoming more available, for example, but shortages ...