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Mouser: get creative with Embedded
Artists LPC800/LPC812 MAX prototyping
board
Mouser Electronics is now stocking the
LPC800/LPC812 MAX ARMCortex M0+ rapid
prototyping board from Embedded Artists,
combining the best development features of
LPCXpresso, mbed, and Arduino. The
LPC/LPC812 MAX rapid prototyping board
is based on the NXP Semiconductor 12MHz
LPC812, a member of NXP’s LPC800 series of
microcontrollers (MCUs).
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Toshiba: low power consumption
Bluetooth ICs for smart devices
Toshiba Electronics Europe has launched a
low power consumption Bluetooth IC that
supports Bluetooth Low Energy communi-
cations. The new IC, TC35667FTG, will find
application in various wearable and health-
care-orientated smart devices, sensors, as
well as smartphone accessories, remote con-
trollers and toys. The new IC adopts an orig-
inal low-power circuit design and integrates
a highly efficient DC-DC converter, reducing
peak current consumption to below 6mA
and deep sleep current consumption to below
100nA.
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TI: InstaSPIN-FOC motor control
technology with key updates
Texas Instruments celebrates the one-year
birthday of the TI InstaSPIN-FOC motor con-
trol technology, along with announcing some
exciting new updates and a special birthday
C2000 InstaSPIN-enabled tool offer. The In-
staSPIN-FOC motor technology has enabled
motor control system designers to identify,
tune and fully control (through variable speeds
and loads) any type of three-phase - synchro-
nous or asynchronous motor - in just minutes.
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Sierra Wireless completes acquisition of
In Motion Technology
Sierra Wireless has completed the acquisition
of In Motion Technology (“In Motion”). In
Motion is a leader in mobile enterprise so-
lutions, providing rugged in-vehicle mobile
routers tightly integrated with an advanced
mobile-optimized security system and a
powerful management and application plat-
tform. The complete solution enables or-
ganizations to connect and manage mobile
operations, vehicles, and workforces more
efficiently, reliably and securely.
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Arrow Electronics signs EMEA
distribution agreement with Variscite
Arrow Electronics has signed a distribution
agreement with Variscite, a leading manufac-
turer of embedded solutions and system-on-
modules. Under the agreement, Arrow will
distribute all products offered by Variscite in
the EMEA region.
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Silicon Labs expands Ember Zigbee
portfolio for IoT
Silicon Labs announces a major expansion to
its ARM-based Ember ZigBee system-on-chip
portfolio delivering unmatched wireless per-
formance, energy efficiency and reliability for
the Internet of Things. Silicon Labs’ new
EM358x SoC family provides additional flash
and RAM memory options to meet the needs
of larger, more complex smart energy and
home automation designs.
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Renesas: inverter kits ease integration of
3-phase motors in equipment
Renesas Electronics Europe announced two
motor control reference platforms designed
to drive any 3-phase permanent magnet syn-
chronous motors (PMSM), also called Brush-
less AC motors. They enable engineers to
reduce or even eliminate the time they would
normally take to calculate motor parameters
and evaluate the best tuning algorithm coeffi-
cients. As a result, they can rotate a permanent
magnet AC motor in less than one minute.
The two new inverter kits revolutionise the
integration of 3-phase motors in equipment.
Both are based on Renesas’ 32-bit RX family
of MCUs, with one kit on RX220 offering
50DMIPS and the other on RX62T offering
165DMIPS. The RX220 inverter kit is designed
for equipment requiring medium dynamics
and a low-cost bill of material. The RX62T
microcontroller integrates six operational
amplifiers, six comparators, a floating point
unit and two timer units to drive two 3-phase
motors simultaneously. This kit provides the
dynamics required to drive motors with a
high level of accuracy.
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Freescale: Kinetis KL03 MCU in 1.6 x 2.0
mm² package
Freescale Semiconductor announces a break-
through addition to its Kinetis mini portfolio
with the introduction of the Kinetis KL03
MCU, the world’s smallest and most energy
efficient 32-bit MCU based on ARM technol-
ogy. The Kinetis KL03 MCU builds on the
previous generation Kinetis KL02 device with
new features, advanced integration, and greater
ease-of-use – all in an even smaller 1.6 x
2.0mm2 package. The new capabilities of the
Kinetis KL03 device help customers to achieve
lower power in a smaller form factor, saving
on product design time and cost.
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