Microchip Technology has opened registration for its 23rd annual Worldwide MASTERs Conference, the technical training event for embedded control engineers. The conference will take place at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort in Phoenix, Arizona, with the option of 3½ days of training from August 7-10 or 5½ days of training from August 5-10. With classes offered for all levels of experience, the event offers engineers with a forum for sharing and exchanging technical information on the company’s large portfolio of products while working as a design resource for applying these products in appli ..read more

Texas Instruments LMZM33604/LMZM33606 Power Modules are power solutions that consolidate a 4A (LMZM33604) or 6A (LMZM33606) DC-DC converter with power MOSFETs, a shielded inductor, and passives in a low-profile package. This power solution needs as few as four external components and removes the loop compensation and inductor part selection from the design process. The 16mm x 10mm x 4mm, 41-pin, QFN package is simple to solder onto a printed circuit board and provides for a compact, low-profile point-of-load design. The devices’ feature sets comprise power good, adjustable soft start, tracking ..read more

The RS Components RS Pro 720W Fixed Installation Car Power Adapter, 18-32VDC/12VDC comes in an anodized aluminium case providing durability and maximum heat dissipation. The converter is compact, lightweight and very easy to operate. The unit offers dual colour LED to indicate power and failure status, together with over current, over voltage, overheat, and short circuit protection. The device provides 720W of continuous output, with an efficiency of >85%, MTBF 50000h with an output current 60A. The device measure 225mm L x 176mm W x 70mm D with a weight of 1.9kg. The operating range is be ..read more

Mouser has enabled customers to process more than 11 million lines through its comprehensive bill of materials (BOM) management tool FORTE. In 2018 customers achieved more than 140,000 BOMs through this tool created to build confidence, save time, and increase order accuracy in specifying and purchasing electronic components. The tool presents a Risk Evaluator feature based on a unique relevancy engine that examines partial part numbers and descriptions to recommend the best options for customers. The tool is free to anyone with a My Mouser account and evaluates the millions of daily interacti ..read more

Murata has collaborated with Cypress Semiconductor to develop the Type 1LV (CYW43012) solution that is claimed to be the lowest power, small form factor Wi-Fi and Bluetooth module. This device improves battery life in smart home products, wearables, and portable audio applications. When comparing Type 1LV (CYW43012) to the Type 1DX (CYW4343W), power usage in the former is around 54% lower in DTIM 1, 60% in DTIM 3, up to 50% for 2.4GHz RX, and 28%t for 2.4GHz TX. Based on the Cypress CYW43012 combo chipset, the ultra-small dual-band Wi-Fi 11a/b/g/n/ (11ac Friendly) +Bluetooth 5.0 module offers ..read more

TE Connectivity has released its new Sliver card edge connectors which have been adopted as the standard connector design into the SNIA Small Form Factor Technology Work Group’s SFF-TA-1002 specification and are claimed to be the highest-performing card edge connectors in the standard. The company’s industry-leading SFF-TA-1002 compliant connectors are protocol-agnostic, multi-lane connectors that are beneficial for designers who need to support the high speeds and density of next-generation silicon. The power connectors within the new portfolio allow high power to riser cards and hardware acc ..read more

Texas Instruments INA592 High-Precision, Wide-Bandwidth E-Trim Difference Amplifiers comprise of a precision operational amplifier (op-amp) and a precision resistor network. The device provides superior tracking of resistors (TCR) and maintains gain accuracy and common-mode rejection over temperature, as well. The devices offer unique features such as low offset 40µV (maximum), low offset drift (2µV/C maximum) high slew rate (18V/µs), and high capacitive load drive at up to 500pF. These characteristics make the device excellent for high-voltage industrial applications. The device allows operat ..read more

Batteries could have 50% more capacity and charge far faster using phosphorene nanoribbons and sodium instead of lithium and graphene say researchers. Phosphor is plentiful and found more widely than lithium and combined in its two-dimensional form, known as phosphorene, with sodium, it could replace lithium and graphene at the anode of batteries. Lithium ion batteries use graphene and lithium at the anode, but with phosphorene and sodium instead, researchers are expecting a 50% battery capacity boost and far faster charging times. The phosphorene nanoribbons are also expected to enable faster ..read more

The Bridgetek credit card-sized graphics controller module with BT816 device is available now from RS Components. This module supports 5” displays with 800 x 480-pixel resolution and resistive touch control which is included. Included in the kit is a 16Mbyte flash for bitmaps and other design asset storage, backlight control and a connector for an audio speaker. The module interfaces directly with any MCU with an SPI host port ..read more

Mouser now offers the NXP Semiconductors’ LPC55S6x microcontrollers, the first members of the NXP LPC5500 series. Providing impressive levels of security, processing efficiency, and functionality, the microcontrollers offer dual Arm Cortex-M33 cores and Arm TrustZone technology for industrial, building automation, diagnostic equipment, IoT edge computing, and consumer electronics applications. The microcontrollers are based on the Armv8-M architecture and a low-power 40nm embedded flash process. The devices highlight advanced security features, including SRAM-based PUF root of trust and provis ..read more