EDN Asia - Digital ICs

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Car door-window controller IC drives four external MOSFETs

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0800

STMicroelectronics has introduced a multi-functional door-zone driver with an integrated electric-window control. The company's newest door actuator driver removes the need for mechanical relays in car-window ....

Blurring the lines between digital and analog designs

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0800

Lines are blurring between the once distinct areas of digital and analog design, necessitating new tools and new ways of design collaboration. More and more, SoCs are integrating both digital and analog ....

16-bit MCUs designed for single-phase metering and energy monitoring applications

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0800

Texas Instruments Inc. has announced the MSP430F673x/F672x family of ultra-low-power 16-bit microcontrollers, which offer developers more flexibility in electricity metering and energy monitoring applications. ....

32-bit microcontroller touts improved energy efficiency

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0800

Infineon Technologies has introduced its new XMC4000 32-bit microcontroller family, which uses the Cortex-M4 processor from ARM. The XMC4000 family is designed to enable scalable, compatible solutions ....

Smart sensor features real-time body-motion reconstruction functionality

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800

STMicroelectronics has unveiled a smart suit prototype with sewn-in new multi-sensor ST iNEMO motion co-processor that recognize complex movements of the wearer�s body and translate them to a digital ....

Design suite boasts FPGA support, debug features

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800

Xilinx Inc. has announced the ISE Design Suite 13.4 which offers public access to the MicroBlaze Microcontroller System (MCS), RX Margin Analysis and debug capabilities for the 28nm 7 series FPGAs. The ....

Touchscreen controllers eliminate system noise impact

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800

Atmel Corp. has rolled out its new maXTouch S series family of touchscreen controllers. The new device family is ideal for the design of intuitive touchscreen interfaces of up to 17in diagonal for products ....

Energy Micro appoints ZLG as distributor

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800

Energy Micro has appointed ZLG as its distributor for ultra low power ARM Cortex-based Gecko MCU and EFR4 Draco radio devices in China. Specializing in programmable semiconductor solutions, ZLG will support ....

Get off the sidelines

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800

Progress: It�s what engineers do. They advance, they grow, and they move forward. To engineers, there is nothing more defeating than standing still or, worse, taking a step back. Yet, for many engineers, ....

The future of computers: Power wall

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800

The quest for speed is not new. "Captain," the old lady said excitedly, "I will give you some of my lard to use if you will beat that riverboat in the race." "Madame," said the Captain, "you ....