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Miniature module enables manufacturers to bring accurate GPS to tiny devices

Acal BFi is now distributing the award-winning and world’s smallest GPS module from OriginGPS to the European market. The Nano Spider is a fully-integrated, highly-sensitive GPS receiver module. Measuring only 4.1mm x 4.1 x 2.1mm and with m

Acal | Subs & Systems | 20-08-2015

Dual step-down DC-DC controller drives DrMOS and power blocks with fast 70ms start-up

A new dual-output synchronous step-down DC-DC controller with I²C-based PMBus interface for digital power system management, the LTC3887-1 has been introduced by Linear Technology. The device differs from the previously released LTC3887

Linear | Products | 20-08-2015

New ultra low-power mixed-signal microcontrollers suit diverse needs

Texas Instruments MSP430FG662x/642x new mixed-signal microcontrollers are now available from Mousers stock. The ultra low-power microcontrollers feature different sets of peripherals aimed at various applications. The architecture, c

Mouser Electronics | Products | 20-08-2015

World's smallest 32.768kHz watch crystal, measures just 1.6mm x 1mm x 0.5mm

AEL Crystals has made significant progress in reducing the size of the core technology for wearable and IOT devices, with its three latest product introductions: the 1610 watch crystal; the 1210 crystal; and the 1612 oscillator. The 1

AEL Crystals | Products | 20-08-2015

New solid-state PA module delivers 10W microwave power at up to 18GHz

With the addition of a new solid-state power-amplifier (PA) module, Link Microtek has expanded its portfolio of MtronPTI products. The new module is designed to provide a microwave power output of 10W CW over the frequency range 6 to 18GHz,

Link Microtek | Subs & Systems | 20-08-2015

High-performance recovery rectifiers reduce switching losses and over-dissipation

Offering extremely fast and soft recovery characteristics, low leakage current, and low forward voltage drop, Vishay Semiconductors FRED Pt recovery rectifiers are now available from TTI Europe. The devices are designed to reduce switch

TTI Europe | Products | 20-08-2015

Single and dual-output through-hole DC-DC converters

Available in a through-hole package and providing 10W to 30W of power, Delta's S24SE and S24DE Series DC-DC converters are now available from Digi-Key. Featuring 1600VDC isolation in a standard 1 x 1 form factor (1.1" x 0.96" x 0.33")

Digikey | Products | 20-08-2015

Versatile RGB LED family comes in a variety of different packages

Kingbright's surface-mount LED RGB chip LEDs are now available from RS Components. This family consists of 3-chip devices offering RGB (red, green, blue) LEDs with a water-clear lens with a viewing angle of 120 degrees. They come in a

RS Components | Products | 20-08-2015

Microcontroller peripheral provides fuel gauging for single-cell Li-ion battery packs

This post is sponsored by Texas Instruments. The Texas Instruments (TI) bq27542-G1 Li-ion battery fuel gauge is a microcontroller peripheral that provides fuel gauging for single-cell Li-Ion battery packs. The device requires little sy

Texas Instruments | Products | 20-08-2015

Axial fans suit ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration applications

Farnell element14 now stocks EBM-Papst's axial fans which are available in a wide choice of models, dimensions and air performance levels offering optimum efficiency and noise level due to well-engineered aerodynamic design of the fan bl

Farnell element14 | Products | 20-08-2015

Latest 32-bit MCUs feature cost-optimised 256KB Flash and 83 DMIPS performance

Microchip has unveiled a new series within its PIC32MX1/2 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) family that features a large 256KB Flash configuration and 16KB of RAM in small-footprint packages. These latest additions to the popular MCU family p

Microchip Technology | Products | 20-08-2015

High-temperature SCRs offer high-thermal performance of 16A or 20A rms

Now available from Mouser, STMicroelectronics' TN Series high-temperature silicon-controlled rectifiers (SCRs) offer high-thermal performance of 16A or 20A rms. The TN Series noise immunity, gate triggering current and turn-on current ri

Mouser Electronics | Products | 20-08-2015

Latest EPID technology to enable more secure IoT applications

Atmel has announced it is collaborating with Intel to bring more secure Internet of Things (IoT) applications to market. In this collaboration, Atmel will support Intel Enhanced Privacy ID (IntelR EPID) technology on all Atmel SmartConnect

Atmel | New Technologies | 20-08-2015

New port controllers enhance design potential to support the latest USB Type-C interfaces

Lattice Semiconductor has announced the expansion of its USB Type-C product family with the introduction of its latest SiI7012, SiI7013 and SiI7014 port controllers. Port controllers are used to configure the USB Type-C Upstream Facing Port

Lattice | Semiconductors | 20-08-2015