meters require longer lifetimes, typically 20
years. The Infineon flow meter IC is designed
with the specific target of gas, water and heat
metering. The UMF51x0, incorporating the
aforementioned market requirements, has a
dedicated flow metrology interface in a low
power island whilst the counting of flow is
performed independently of the CPU, hence
maintaining lowest power consumption for
battery-driven devices. Additionally, it embeds
a valve motor driver and facilitates battery
monitoring. The Infineon metrology ICs -
electric and flow - are based on the same plat-
form enabling customers to minimize devel-
opment and maintenance efforts, secure return
on investment and reduce logistic cost. These
metrology ICs are based on automotive quality
IP blocks and are manufactured with automo-
tive qualified processes which prove their reli-
ability and confirm our commitment to be a
secure, long time business partner/supplier.
Infineon has broad product portfolio support-
ing the smart meter application. A compre-
hensive CoolSET and CoolMOS spectrum,
along with patented switch mode power supply
(SMPS) topology, assists meter manufacturers
to enhance efficiency of electric smart meters
while lowering total system cost, since it miti-
gates the need for high voltage components.
Product offerings such as wireless transceivers,
security, sensors, protection devices, and dis-
crete power components cover the compre-
hensive spectrum of devices needed for a
smart meter system. Infineon also proactively
addresses smart meter security needs – as a
key stakeholder of Germany BSI protection
profile - and has built over time a full-band-
width of security solutions.
October 2013
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ETERING
Product News
Hyperstone: SD /MMC 4.4 flash memory
controller
Hyperstone introduces their new S8 - SD/MMC
Flash Memory Controller. S8 is targeting ap-
plications such as SDHC, SDXC, SD, smartSD,
smart microSD, high speed and UHS-I memory
cards as well as e•MMC MCP modules. To-
gether with Hyperstone’s proprietary hyRelia-
bility firmware, it provides enhanced endurance
and data retention management, as well as
rigorous fail-safe features, all of which are
pplications.
FTDI: development modules for
intelligent display systems
FTDI Chip has released the VM800C family
of credit card sized development modules,
and the VM800B – an elegantly encased version
of this module in a fitted, plastic bezel. The
portfolio is comprised of 11 specific part types
in total, all based on the company’s Embedded
Video Engine (EVE) platform - which provides
display, audio and touch capabilities on a
SiLabs:Wonder Gecko MCU development
kits speed DSP smart sensor system design
Silicon Labs introduced development kits and
application software demonstrations for the
EFM32 Wonder Gecko microcontroller family,
which was developed by Energy Micro, recently
acquired by Silicon Labs. The Wonder Gecko
MCU line is based on the ARM Cortex-M4
processor core, which provides a full DSP in-
struction set and includes a hardware floating
point unit for faster computation performance.
The development kits and software examples
are designed to help embedded engineers lever-
age 32-bit digital signal control with the high-
performance CPU and extremely low standby
power modes.
DDC expanded MIL-STD-1553 data bus
product offering with NHi Product Line
Data Device Corporation has expanded its
MIL-STD-1553 data bus product offering with
the acquisition of the National Hybrid data
bus product line from API Technologies. The
data bus product line includes National Hy-
brid-brand products and UK-made MIL- STD-
products.
Microchip: USB port power controllers
for active connectors and 12W charging
Microchip announces the expansion of its
programmable USB port power controller
portfolio with the three-member UCS100X
family. These new power controllers offer ad-
vanced USB-based charging capabilities for
designing host devices, such as laptops, tablets,
monitors, docking stations and printers; as
well as dedicated AC-DC power-supply and
charging products, such as wall adapters.
AMD lowers G-Series energy consumption
AMD announced a new low-power Accelerated
Processing Unit in the AMD G-Series SOC
family with the GX-210JA, further reducing
x86 power requirements for embedded designs.
The new GX-210JA APU, a full SoC design,
uses one-third less energy than the previous
low-power Embedded G-Series SOC product
while providing industry-leading graphics ca-
pabilities. At only 6 watts maximum thermal
design power nd approximately 3 watts expected
average power1, this new member of the G-Se-
ries SOC family will enable additional fanless
designs for a variety of applications ranging
from industrial controls and automation, digital
gaming, communications infrastructure and
visual embedded products including thin client,
imaging.
Rutronik: high efficiency infrared LEDs
from EVERLIGHT
EVERLIGHT introduces three new 850nm
HIR (high efficiency infrared) LEDs featuring
a high output power and narrow viewing an-
gles. This makes them ideal for use in high-
tech intelligence touch panel and proximity
sensors. The HIR LEDs are available at dis-
ow.
Toshiba: ARM Cortex M3-based MCU inte-
grates measurement and communication
capabilities
Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced a
new ARM Cortex M3 -based microcontroller
that combines large capacity memory with a
range of serial interfaces, integrating measure-
ment and communication systems into a single
chip. The TMPM36BF10FG comes equipped
with 258 kByte of SRAM and 1 MByte of ROM.
TMPM36BF10FG is ideal for controlling com-
plex systems that involve large software and
data sets. Applications include energy manage-
ment systems, motor control equipment, com-
munication devices, monitors, printers, POS
terminals and general industrial equipment.
