At this year’s SPS IPC Drives trade fair for electrical automation, Infineon Technologies AG presented its new 1EDI EiceDRIVER™ compact single-channel gate...
Microchip Technology Inc. announced a new three-phase BLDC motor gate driver with power module, the MCP8024. This new device includes functions that...
Dynex Power Inc. announced its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30th, 2013, including third quarter revenue of $9.5 million was 2% higher than the corresponding quarter of last year. The increase was the result of significantly higher sales of power assemblies and services, which was partially offset by a […]
Renesas Electronics today announced the development of a functional safety software package for its 32-bit RX631 and RX63N microcontroller (MCU) Groups. The new solution provides diagnostic software for the industry-leading RX CPU core, and its internal memory, and a detailed safety manual to significantly reduce development time for designs that need to conform to stringent […]
Altera Corporation today announced a key development in automation system design at the SPS IPC Drives 2013 conference, in Nuremberg, Germany –...
Increasingly stringent functional safety standards and continued pressure to speed development cycles are creating new challenges for industrial equipment systems designers, while driving demand for highly-integrated solutions with fewer components and easier-to-use software. To address these challenges, market leaders Freescale Semiconductor and embedded system solutions provider MicroSys Electronics GmbH are collaborating to establish the industry’s […]
To help manufacturers and systems designers more easily achieve compliance with increasingly stringent industrial and automotive safety requirements, Freescale Semiconductor announced a family of robust CAN transceivers designed for high-speed performance and reliability. Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and electrostatic discharge (ESD) are critical requirements in harsh industrial and automotive environments due to the close proximity of […]
STMicroelectronics, Inc. is launching its new ISO8200B, an innovative isolated power switch that enables smaller, more robust and energy-efficient controllers for industrial...
LineStream Technologies, Inc. is adding on-chip position control expertise to the InstaSPIN™-MOTION software suite. Launched in collaboration with Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) in April of this year, InstaSPIN-MOTION originally focused on improving performance and design simplicity of sensorless speed control applications by embedding motor control software expertise on chip. With the addition of advanced position […]
LAPIS Semiconductor Co., Ltd., a ROHM Group Company, is introducing a family of 8-bit microcontrollers designed for single-phase dc motor control that...
Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has launched a three-phase brushless sensorless motor controller IC with integrated pre-drivers for automotive applications. The new TB9061AFNG...
At SPS IPC Drives in Nuremberg, Germany on Nov. 26-28, 2013, Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) will showcase new technology innovations for the industrial market on its booth in Hall 6, stand # 136. Several hands-on analog and embedded processing demonstrations will highlight key technology advancements in industrial automation, including motor control, industrial drives, programmable logic […]
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) announced Hubert (Hubie) Payne’s election as vice president. As vice president of Analog Engineering Operations for TI, Payne will oversee and manage a worldwide engineering team responsible for analog products in production. In this role, he will be responsible for driving innovations in product test as well as executing effective ways […]
STMicroelectronics, Inc. and Yogitech spa have signed an agreement to create a comprehensive package that will simplify the development and certification of safety-critical applications based on STM32 microcontrollers. The agreement follows the recent announcement that Atlante Ventures (A Venture Capital fund of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group) has finalized an investment of € 1 million in […]
Spansion Inc. today announced a complete family of microcontrollers addressing high performance and low power needs for industrial Internet of Things (IoT)...