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By Eric Brown Intel is phasing out its lightweight Quark processors, with final orders wrapping up this summer, and shipments ending in 2022. The Quark suffered from growing competition from high-end MCUs and low-end Cortex-A7 chips and the lack of...

Espressif Systems has announced that Schulthess Maschinen AG has recently developed a laundry machine with an integrated cashless payment system based on the Espressif Systems ESP32 MCU. Such laundry machines are usually found in buildings with special laundry rooms used...

Microchip Technology, in partnership with The Things Industries, has announced the what it claims is industry’s first end-to-end security solution that adds secure, trusted and managed authentication to LoRaWAN devices at a global scale. The solution brings hardware-based security to...

Renesas Electronics has announced the expansion of its RX24T and RX24U Groups of 32-bit MCUs to include new high-temperature-tolerant models for motor-control applications that require an expanded operating temperature range. The new RX24T G Version and RX24U G Version support...

STMicroelectronics has announced STM8L050, a low power 8-bit MCU that embeds rich analog peripherals, a DMA controller and separated data EEPROM—all in an inexpensive SO-8 package with up to six user I/Os. Built around ST’s STM8 core running at up...

Coming to your inbox tomorrow: Circuit Cellar’s Microcontroller Watch newsletter. Tomorrow’s newsletter keeps you up-to-date on latest microcontroller news. In this section, we examine the microcontrollers along with their associated tools and support products. Bonus: We’ve added Drawings for Free...

Tougher Touch Tech Inductive sensing is shaping up to be the next big thing for touch technology. It’s suited for applications involving metal-over-touch situations in automotive, industrial and other similar systems. Here, Nishant explores the science and technology of inductive...

Infineon Technologies has launched new devices in its 1,200 V Silicon Carbide (SiC) CoolSiC MOSFET family. The CoolSiC Easy 2B power modules enable engineers to reduce system costs by increasing power density. In addition, they can also lower operational costs...

Microchip Technology has announced the MCP6V51 zero-drift operational amplifier (op amp). The new device provides ultra-high-precision measurement while minimizing the increasing influence of high-frequency interference by offering a wide operating range and on-chip electromagnetic interference (EMI) filters. The growth of...

TDK has announced its conduction cooled TDK-Lambda PFH500F-28 AC-DC power modules. The power supplies are rated at 28 V,504 W, feature a compact 4” x 2.4” footprint and have optional Read/Write programming and communication through a PMBus interface. These third...

RECOM has released its REC15E-Z series of 15 W isolated DC/DC converters that featured wide input ranges at low cost in the popular 1”x1” case size. This saves a significant amount of PCB space, while the wide input ranges increase...

Maxim Integrated Products has announced power-management ICs (PMICs) that the company claims offers the industry’s smallest solution size and highest efficiency. MAX20004/6/8, MAX20034 and MAX20098 offer low quiescent current, improved noise performance and electromagnetic interference (EMI mitigation for digital instrument...

Coming to your inbox on Tuesday: Circuit Cellar’s Analog & Power newsletter. This newsletter content zeros in on the latest developments in analog and power technologies including ADCs, DACs, DC-DC converters, AD-DC converters, power supplies, op amps, batteries and more....

Protocols and Programming Many embedded systems need to make use of synchronized time information. In this article, Jeff explores the history of time measurement and how it has led to NTP and other modern technologies for coordinating universal date and...

Maxim Integrated Products has introduced its latest tiny, highly integrated power-management IC (PMIC). The ultra-low-power MAX20345 integrates a lithium charger and debuts a unique architecture that optimizes the sensitivity of optical measurements for wearable fitness and health applications. In wearables,...

Cypress Semiconductor has announced a trio of new products, including Wi-Fi / Bluetooth combo chipsets and supporting software serve as application development platforms that enable multiple users to connect and seamlessly stream unique content to as many as 10 mobile...

Synaptics has announced its new AS3xx series, part of its Smart Edge AudioSmart family. The series includes fully integrated SoCs comprising neural network acceleration, a proprietary wake word engine with support for custom wake words and advanced far-field voice processing....

By Eric Brown At CES, Intel unveiled an Intel AV compute platform aimed at autonomous cars. It features a pair of Linux-driven Mobileye EyeQ5 sensor processing chips and a new Intel Atom 3xx4 CPU.   Intel AV’s Responsibility-Sensitive Safety (RSS) model in action (left)...

NXP Semiconductors has announced its Immersiv3D audio solution for the smart home market. The solution combines NXP software on its i.MX 8M Mini applications processor and will support both Dolby Atmos and DTS:X immersive audio technologies in future devices that...

Coming to your inbox tomorrow: Circuit Cellar’s ICs for Consumer Electronics newsletter. Today’;s consumer electronic product designs demand ICs that enable low-power, high-functionality and cutthroat costs. Today’s microcontroller, analog IC and power chip vendors are laser-focused on this lucrative, high-stakes market. This newsletter...

Dashboard Dazzle As automotive dashboard displays get more sophisticated, information and entertainment are merging into so-called infotainment systems. The new systems are driving a need for powerful MCU solutions that support the connectivity, computing and interfacing requirements particular to these...

MEN Micro has announced the MC50M, a modular DIN rail box PC for embedded applications in transportation. The computer platform is based on Intel’s Atom E3900 CPU series. This makes the MC50M the ideal basis for functions such as security...

By Eric Brown In August, Measurement Computing Corp. (MCC) launched its MCC 118 voltage measurement DAQ HAT for the Raspberry Pi with eight ±10 V inputs and sample rates up to 100 kS/s. It has now released a promised MCC 152 voltage...

By Eric Brown Technologic Systems has announced an engineering sampling program for a wireless- and data acquisition focused SBC with open specifications that runs Debian Linux on NXP’s low-power i.MX6 UL SoC. The -40°C to 85°C tolerant TS-7180 is designed...