Motion Control

April 25, 2013

Renesas Adds IGBT Drivers with Micro-Isolator for Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Inverters

Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the development of the R2A25110KSP intelligent power device of isolated IGBT driver for use in electric and hybrid...

April 25, 2013

Microsemi Reports Q2 FY2013 Sales Down, Confidence Up

Microsemi Corporation reported unaudited results for its second quarter of fiscal 2013 ended March 31, 2013 including net sales of $235.3 million, down 5.0 percent sequentially. GAAP gross margin was 56.7 percent, improving 380 basis points over the prior year quarter. GAAP operating margin was 5.0 percent, improving 50 basis points over the prior year […]

April 24, 2013

Renewables not Sufficient: Progress Towards Clean Energy has Stalled, IEA Says

The rapid expansion of renewable technologies is one of the few bright spots in an otherwise bleak assessment of global progress towards low-carbon energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in an annual report to the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM). To illustrate the overall lack of progress, the report, Tracking Clean Energy Progress, introduces the […]

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April 24, 2013

Dual Half-Bridge Motor Driver IC Designed for Unidirectional Drive of Two DC Motors

Allegro MicroSystems, LLC announced a new dual half bridge motor driver, designed for low cost, low voltage battery operated applications. This device...

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April 24, 2013

Connector-less 5A Contacts Maximize Function & Minimize Costs in Rugged Environments

AVX Corporation has developed a coplanar, connector-less contact system that optimizes lateral PCB alignment and maximizes mating tolerances in rugged power interconnect...

Fairchild Semiconductor Q1 Financials are “Better than Seasonal”

Fairchild Semiconductor announced that for the first quarter ended March 31, sales were $343.2 million, up 3 percent from the prior quarter and 3 percent lower than the 14 week first quarter of 2012. Fairchild reported a first quarter net loss of $0.5 million or $0.00 per diluted share compared to a net loss of […]

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8-bit PIC MCUs with Integrated Op Amps Intro’d by Microchip

Microchip Technology Inc. has announced two new 8-bit PIC® microcontrollers, the PIC16F527 and PIC16F570, which combine the ease-of-use of a PIC MCU...

STMicro Reports Improving Financial Results

STMicroelectronics has reported net revenues totaled $2.01 billion and gross margin was 31.3% the quarter ending March 30, 2013. Net loss attributable to ST was $171 million, mainly due to the 50% share in ST-Ericsson operating loss and restructuring costs, and slightly lower than the net loss of $176 million in the year-earlier first quarter. […]

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Communications Power

XMOS Launches xCORE-Analog Industrial Multicore Microcontrollers

XMOS Ltd. has launched the xCORE-Analog™, a range of 6, 8, 10, 12 and 16-core multicore microcontrollers optimized specifically for designers of...

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Low-Power Microcontrollers Optimized for Embedded System Control

Lapis Semiconductor, a ROHM Group Company has introduced the ML6101xx series of low-cost, feature-rich, low-power microcontrollers. The new Mini Low Power Microcontrollers...

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FAA Approves Boeing 787 Battery System Design Changes

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has taken the next step in returning the Boeing 787 to flight by approving Boeing’s design for...

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Kemet Expands COTS MNO2 Capacitor Offering with 35V Device

Kemet Corporation announced the expansion of its T513 Multiple Anode Low ESR COTS MnO2 Series with a 35V-rated device. The KEMET T513...

TI Reports First-Quarter Revenue Down, Net Income Up

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) announced first-quarter 2013 revenue of $2.89 billion, representing a decrease of 8% from the same period last year, net income of $362 million, an increase of 37% from the previous year, and earnings per share of 32 cents, up 45% compared with earnings per share of 22 cents in the year-earlier […]