Diodes Incorporated announced an enhanced version of its popular sounder driver for small and portable devices. The PAM8904E delivers higher performance at a lower voltage in a smaller package...
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Enhanced Sounder Driver from Diodes Incorporated Enables Audio UI in Smaller Smart Sensors and Wearables
The Vernier drip type SCG for the range 10-6…10-11 A
Theoretical bases and practical diagrams of stable current generators with a variable or step action of terminal current from 1 µA to 10 nA are given...
No Electronics, No Moon Landing
The Soviets had bigger boosters that could loft larger payloads, but the American emphasis on weight reduction and its emerging electronics sector proved decisive in reaching the moon by the end of the 1960s...
AKM releases analog front-end IC for linear image sensors that support automated optical inspection
Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation has developed the AK8464, 3-channel linear AFE IC for CCDs and CIS sensors with integrated related functions...
New STM32WB Wireless Microcontrollers from STMicroelectronics Delivered in a New Affordable Value Line
STM32WB50 Value Line wireless microcontrollers from STMicroelectronics are a full and pin-compatible derivative of the STM32WB55 System-on-Chip, created to serve cost-sensitive connected devices that need to support Bluetooth® 5.0, ZigBee® 3.0, or OpenThread...
40V, 2.2MHz Synchronous Buck Converters from Diodes Incorporated Deliver High Efficiency across All Loads
Diodes Incorporated announced the introduction of five synchronous buck converters with integrated high- and low-side MOSFETs, providing point-of-load solutions with a continuous output current of either 3.5 A or 5 A...
Testing and Modernization of Adjustable Lab DC Bench Power Supply (BPS) 0-60 V / 0-5 A. Part 2
First, the filtering electrolytic capacitors that were installed in front of the inductor were replaced with better ones and with larger capacity. Initially, two electrolytic capacitors with a capacity of 330 μF × 100 V each were installed in the BPS...
AKM develops single 32V power supply motor drivers
Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation has developed two motor drivers that can operate with a single 32 V power supply. Both AP1041 and AP1042 have 1ch H-Bridge circuit...
Testing and Modernization of Adjustable Lab DC Bench Power Supply (BPS) 0-60 V / 0-5 A. Part 1
This article describes the test results, and the modernization of several BPSs QW-MS605D, made in China, purchased by the author on eBay.com for one of his projects...
Slim Sensor Delivers Calibrated Data
Würth Elektronik presents a very compact MEMS-based absolute pressure sensor: The 2.0 × 2.0 × 0.8 mm sized WSEN-PADS measures pressure in the range between 26 and 126 kPa...