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Murata Power Solutions’ MEF1 series of 1 Watt regulated DC-DC converters has been designed for use in industrial, automation and instrumentation applications, and these tightly regulated single output converters, rated to better than 1% of nominal output voltage, have been packaged in a fully encapsulated single-in-line through-hole format occupying less than 1.17 cm squared footprint.

Analog Devices, a supplier of high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, has revealed that its ADXL362 MEMS accelerometer has been integrated into the Pulse activity tracker developed by Withings, a company that creates smart products and apps to help people take care of their health and well-being.

Linear Technology has launched the LT8584, a monolithic flyback DC/DC converter that has been designed to actively balance high voltage stacks of batteries. These battery stacks are commonly found in electric and hybrid vehicles as well as fail-safe power supplies and energy storage systems and because these batteries are stacked in series, the lowest capacity battery will tend to limit the entire battery stack’s run-time.

Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation has signed a global distribution agreement with Alliance Memory, a provider of legacy memory products. Alliance manufactures a complete line of SRAMs.

CSR has launched a new Bluetooth Smart platform that has been designed to meet the needs of developers looking to create low-power wearable accessories. The CSR1012, which is part of the CSR µEnergy range, provides a smaller form factor package making it suitable for wearable devices, such as smart watches and activity monitors. While the platform provides a form factor small enough for wearable devices it still, critically, uses standard PCB technology, which allows developers to get a high-volume product to market quickly and cost effectively.

Silicon Labs has expanded its family of 8-bit Si10xx wireless microcontrollers (MCUs) with two new options which have been optimised for both cost-sensitive and performance-intensive designs by combining its ultra-low-power MCU technology with its sub-GHz EZRadio and EZRadioPRO transceivers in a single-chip solution.

Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has launched the TC7761WBG, a wireless power receiver IC that complies with Qi Standard Low Power Specifications version1.1. The IC will be used in wireless power supply applications, such as smartphones and mobile accessories.

The LTC2874 from Linear Technology is an IO-Link master IC that combines a power and communications interface to four remote IO-Link devices (slaves). A rugged interface and rich feature set make the devices suitable for larger systems implementing IO-Link (IEC61131-9) in harsh, industrial environments. Managing four slaves per master IC, the LTC2874 reduces board space, design complexity and costs while increasing levels of reliability.

The new Ericsson 3E series BMR463-25A is a third-generation digital point-of-load (POL) regulator that features Dynamic Loop Compensation (DLC) and delivers a 25 percent increase in output current over the second-generation BMR463-20A. The product features a full set of PMBus commands enabling systems architects to fully monitor and dynamically control the energy delivered to strategic components, such as processors, FPGAs, ASICs and others, down to a very low and highly economical level.

Murata Power Solutions is using Powervation’s PV3012 digital controller in its a new DC/DC module. The OKLF-T/25-W12N-C is a non-isolated, DC/DC converter delivering a maximum of 25 A at an output of 1.2 V, when operating up to 70°C with a 200 LFM airflow. The adjustable outputs provide precision regulation from 0.69 V to 3.63 V over a wide input range (6.5 V to 14 V). The new modules are for powering the latest FPGAs and ASICs used in networking, telecom, and computing applications.