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e-Ismosys Issue 8: The newsletter for users and partners of Ismosys.com
Ismosys is the new pan-European trading name of the Spectrum Electronics Group, a company founded in the UK in 1994 to provide the very best in advanced technology sales, marketing and operational services to customers on behalf of an array of technology manufacturers and associated design, manufacturing and software partners. e-Ismosys is a periodical newsletter featuring new and innovative products, from the suppliers and partner of Ismosys. Click here to learn more about Ismosys.
Microchip’s Lowest Cost USB PIC® Microcontrollers
Microchip’s PIC18F14K50 devices are the lowest-cost 8-bit USB microcontrollers to include I2CTM, SPI and USART interfaces, alongside USB 2.0, a 10-bit, 9-channel Analog-to-Digital Converter and dual comparators with S/R Latch.
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New Front-End Modules Slash WiFi Equipment Board Space Nearly in Half
Targeting IEEE 802.11b/g/n applications in the 2.4-2.5GHz frequency range, the new LX5552 and LX5551 FEMs complement the reduced PCB area requirement with the provision of integrated on-chip input and output matching circuitry and an integrated power amplifier to both reduce RF design complexities and lower the BOM costs.
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World’s Best 32-bit Audio D/A Converter offers 135dB Dynamic Range
The original Sabre Reference DAC was lauded by the audio world thanks to the superior performance and sound clarity delivered by ESS Technology’s Hyperstream™ architecture and Time Domain Jitter Eliminator.
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Fastest-in-its-class RTOS eliminates the complexity of using interrupts
AVIX-RT is an RTOS, specifically developed to complement the popular Microchip PIC24, dsPIC™ and PIC32 families, that never disables interrupts but maintains full integration between the interrupt code and the main part of the application.
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Harnessing a PIC 16F87 MCU for CMOS Sensor Camera applications
Microchip PICs are the MCU of choice in a wide variety of applications, thanks to the unique combination of cost, features and performance they offer. Among the emerging applications that Microchip is currently addressing, CMOS sensors for video surveillance applications pose particular challenges, even for a well established PIC aficionado.
Now Shipping: The Industry's Most Advanced FPGAs
Altera Corporation has announced silicon availability of the industry's first 40-nm FPGAs. The Stratix® IV offers the industry's largest density, highest performance, highest system bandwidth and lowest power among high-end FPGA solutions.
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Single-Chip VoIP Solution Embeds Two SLICs and an Ethernet Switch
The first solution to integrate two Subscriber Line Interface Circuits (SLICs) and an Ethernet switch in a single chip delivers the highest integration and lowest bill of materials to manufacturers of consumer VoIP adapters and IP phone applications.
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Smart motor controller provides all-in-one solution
a new single chip solution provides all the functionality required for driving low power single coil brushless DC fans and motors. Targeted particular at low voltage micro-motors and ultra thin cooling fan applications the Diodes Inc. AH5792 integrates a Hall sensor and amplifier, complete digital control circuitry and a full bridge output driver in the low profile SOT553 package.
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Level-translating ADC driver simplifies signal conditioning for high-voltage designs
Looking for a single component to attenuate, level-shift, and drive low-voltage ADCs in your high-voltage applications whilst reducing your part count and board space?
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Managing DDR3 Thermal Challenges
Its standard industry practice is to include heat spreaders in DDR3 x4 DIMMs only when the modules contain 36 or more x4 DRAMs, but should you assume that you’re achieving optimal performance?
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10A Integrated FET Regulator with Programmable LDO
The SC417 is a stand-alone synchronous buck power supply that features integrated power MOSFETs, a bootstrap switch, a programmable LDO and innovative power-saving features in a space saving MLPQ-5x5mm 32-pin package.
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Low-Cost, General-Purpose 8-bit PIC® Microcontrollers ideal for consumer, appliance and automotive applications
Microchip’s low-cost family of 28- and 40-pin 8-bit Flash PIC® microcontrollers (MCUs) PIC16F722/3/4/6/7 feature a 16 MHz internal oscillator; up to 14 Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) channels; communication peripherals (SPI, I2C™, AUSART); two Capture, Compare and PWM (CCP) modules; and the mTouch™ Sensing Solution peripheral.
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The Calibrated Light Starter Kit
Inverto N.V., a prime technology and solutions provider in the lighting and display space, has collaborated with Microchip to offer embedded designers a starter kit that amply demonstrates their complementary embedded digital LED drive technology and capabilities, particularly in regard to ambient lighting applications.
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World’s smallest self-protected MOSFET
Occupying 85% less board space than SOT2223 packaged parts the new self protected MOSFET from Diodes Inc is ideal for use in motor control, lamp driver and solenoid driver application and in sensors and other space restricted applications.
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SMART Releases 2.5" SSD for Enterprise Applications
SMART Modular Technologies has released a Solid State Disk Drive (SSD) designed for the enterprise and commercial systems markets. Available in capacities up to 128GB and designed for both sequential and random I/O applications, the new Xcel-10 SSD is optimised for random, small-block transfers typical of business applications and offers higher performance, higher reliability and lower power operation compared to conventional HDDs.
