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Sysgo: ELinOS 6.0 ensures effective
embedded Linux projects
With the Integrated Development Environ-
ment CODEO 5.1 all development tools are
now combined under one umbrella. This mea-
sures aims at increasing effectiveness of Linux
projects for embedded systems. In less than an
hour, a complete Linux system including an
optimized kernel for the project with all the
desired properties can be configured, compiled
and deployed on the selected hardware.
Microchip: reference designs
make creating automotive info-
tainment systems easy
Microchip announces its MOST ToGo Refer-
ence Designs, which make it easy for design-
ers to learn and implement the proven MOST
technology in their automotive infotainment
systems. MOST ToGo enables designers to
leverage Microchip’s extensive experience
and focus on their application software devel-
opment, rather than studying the vast MOST
specifications
Microchip: zero-drift instrumentation
amplifier with self-correcting architecture
Microchip announces the expansion of its
instrumentation amplifier portfolio with the
new zero-drift MCP6N16. This self-correct-
ing architecture maximises DC performance
by enabling ultra-low offset, low offset drift,
and superior common-mode and power-sup-
ply rejection, while eliminating the adverse
effects of 1/f noise. The result is very high
accuracy across both time and temperature.
ADI: multichannel, 12-bit, 1-MSPS
SAR A/D converters
Analog Devices introduced today three ultra-
low-power, multichannel, 12-bit, 1-MSPS
SAR (successive approximation register) A/D
converters. The new 2, 4 and 8-channel A/D
converters are designed for battery-powered
data acquisition modules, handheld meters,
field instruments and communications appli-
cations as well as medical devices such as
portable electrocardiograms and heart rate
monitors. The A/D converters are the most
power-efficient in their class, dissipating a
maximum of 1.7 mW at 1 MSPS, which is
over 60 percent less power than the closest
SAR A/D converter competitor.
TI: tiny 18-V eFuse power protection
switch efficiently defends systems
Texas Instruments introduced bidirectional
18-V, 5-A protection switches with high
power efficiency. These tiny devices reduce
solution size and extend battery life in porta-
ble and adapter-powered devices, and enter-
prise and client solid state drives. Enterprise
SSDs are reading and writing more data than
ever before, which is driving a requirement
for increased speed and reliability in smaller
form factors.
Digi-Key offers Analog Devices’
complete portfolio
Digi-Key announces immediate access to
Analog Devices’ complete product portfo-
lio,which includes the industry’s broadest
and deepest selection of RF and microwave
components at
. On the
heels of ADI’s acquisition of Hittite Micro-
wave Corporation, Digi-Key now offers over
13,000 Analog Devices products along with
1,800 Hittite Microwave Products from Ana-
log Devices in stock and available for imme-
diate shipment.
TI: high-voltage LDOs for direct-to-
battery automotive applications
Broadening its large portfolio of low drop-out
regulators, Texas Instruments has introduced
17 new AEC-Q100-qualified, high-voltage
LDOs for automotive and industrial appli-
cations. The new ultra-low quiescent current
LDOs, including the TPS7A16xx-Q1 with
60-V input, TPS7A66xx-Q1 and TPS7B67xx
families, and the TPS7B4250-Q1 LDO, sup-
port many applications that connect directly
to a car or truck battery, such as cluster, power
steering and infotainment systems, door
modules and lighting controls.
Toshiba: dual-core MCU enables energy
calculation, sensing and communications
Toshiba Electronics has introduced a new
addition to its TX04 series of ARM Cor-
tex-M4F core-based microcontrollers. The
TMPM411F20XBG MCU facilitates electric
power calculation and communication in
smart meters, as well as sensing and commu-
nications in other measurement devices. A
typical smart meter comprises separate con-
trollers for electric power calculation, data
communication, and output display.
TI: security microcontroller and
accompanying evaluation module
Texas Instruments introduces the RF430F5978
microcontroller and accompanying evalua-
tion module. Building on TI’s CC430 product
family, the RF430F5978 MCU is a highly inte-
grated RF solution with improved read zone
and battery performance for ultra-low power
applications. The RF430F5978 MCU includes
a 3D low-frequency wake-up and transponder
interface, an integrated 1GHz RF transceiver
and programmable MSP430 core.
