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Designers of lithium-ion battery-powered mobile devices such as wearables, electric bicycles, power tools and internet of things products can improve the end-user experience by extending run-time and delivering accurate battery state-of-charge data with the MAX17262 single-cell and MAX17263 single-/multi-cell fuel-gauge ICs from Maxim Integrated Products...

Vishay Intertechnology introduced a fully integrated proximity sensor that combines a high power vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL), a photodiode, a signal processing IC, and a 12-bit ADC in a single package...

Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced a new Bluetooth IC for automotive applications will be added to their IC line-up. The TC35681IFTG is based on an ARM Cortex-M0 CPU and is compliant with Bluetooth Low Energy core specification 5.0...

Bosch Sensortec launches the BMI260 family, a new generation of high-performance MEMS Inertial Measurement Units targeted at smartphone applications. The family comprises of three sensors – BMI260, BMI261 and BMI263 – which deliver an extensive range of features, including full Android compliance...

CML Microcircuits introduces the next generation in voice codecs, aimed at existing telephony and emerging high quality speech applications in smart devices. The CMX655D marks a significant evolution in voice codecs, which brings greater integration at ultra-low power to enable advanced features in a wide range of applications...

The circuit converts a ±10 V analog voltage representing an angle between θ_MIN and θ_MAX and emits a voltage equal to 10·cosθ. This circuit can have an accuracy of better than 1% over ±120° or better than 0.2% over ±90°...

Portable electronic devices are now expected to run for months or even years on a single battery, making minimizing power consumption in these applications a top priority for product designers...

Analog Devices introduced two multi-channel ±10 V and 0-20 mA precision A/D converters that better enable implementation of programmable logic controller and distributed control system modules...

Analog Devices announces the Power by Linear™ LTM8074, a 1.2 A, 40 V_IN µModule® step-down regulator in a tiny 4 mm × 4 mm × 1.82 mm, 0.65 mm pitch BGA package. Its total solution size is 60 mm² for 3.2 V_IN-40 V_IN, 3.3 V_OUT requiring only two 0805 capacitors and two 0603 resistors...

Semiconductors are key components for the Internet of Things. They connect the real with the digital world now evolving to cloud services and artificial intelligence functionality. Infineon Technologies allows for easy and secured use of new generation sensors featuring new AI functionalities running on Amazon Web Services...