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Semtech Corporation, a supplier of analogue and mixed-signal semiconductors, has introduced the SX1272 the first product in a new long-range RFIC platform designed to bost the transmission range of the devices to up to 15 kilometers (km). This device integrates Semtech’s new LoRa (long range) modulation technology to enable drastic range improvements over alternative modulation methods.

Ismosys, ESS Technology’s pan-European representative/stockiest has released details of the latest derivative of the 32-bit Reference Stereo Digital-to-Analog Converter. Designated the ES9018-2M Sabre32 Reference Stereo DAC, the new ESS device is a two-channel 32-bit digital-to-analogue converter targeted at audiophile-grade mobile device applications such as smartphones, tablets and digital music players.

Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced a small and accurate Li-Ion battery fuel gauge integrated circuit, the bq27421, which has been designed to boost battery run-time in portable medical devices, such as wearable health monitors, and industrial devices like inventory scanners and portable emergency lights and other consumer electronics.

The SKiiPX IGBT module from Semikron has been designed for extreme climatic conditions and allows for condensation during operation. It meets the specific requirements for wind turbines in the 1-6MW power range. Under harsh climatic conditions, secondary damage caused by moisture ranks among the most common causes of failure of power electronics modules, so a module specified to allow for condensation will offer a significantly increased lifetime.

Anglia Components has been appointed as UK and Eire distributor by Cornell Dubilier Electronics, North America’s largest manufacturer of power capacitors. The distributor has put in place an extensive stock profile representative of the full Cornell Dubilier range, including Aluminium Electrolytic Capacitors, Polypropylene Film Capacitors, Super Capacitors and Mica Capacitors.

Freescale Semiconductor has launched a comprehensive system-level solution for automotive radar based advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). The new Qorivva MPC577xK microcontroller (MCU) and MRD2001 77 GHz radar transceiver chipset provide the embedded technology necessary for affordable radar based ADAS solutions with fewer components, removing up to four additional major printed circuit board (PCB) components and reducing system-level cost, PCB space and software complexity, in a move which could help to increase this technology’s adoption in mainstream vehicles.

Arrow Electronics and the Basel Action Network (BAN) have announced a three-year agreement to certify all of Arrow’s electronics recycling and IT asset recovery operations worldwide to the e-Stewards standard, leading the program not only across North America but also into Europe and Latin America. Arrow will be the first global e-Stewards recycler taking the program to all of its facilities in multiple continents.

Linear Technology has launched the LTM4649, a 10A step-down µModule regulator with high operating efficiency and low temperature rise in a 9mm x 15mm x 4.92mm BGA (ball grid array) package. The device requires no heat sink, airflow or output current derating at full power from 0°C to 83°C ambient temperature, while operating up to 86% efficiency (5VIN –12VIN, 1.5VOUT at 10A). Output current is reduced only by 4A up to 100ºC ambient and by 2A with 400LFM.

Plessey has unveiled samples of a 350mW LED product (p/n PLB010350). These entry level lighting products are manufactured on Plessey’s 6-inch MAGICTM (Manufactured on GaN I/C) line at its Plymouth, England facility and are aimed at a variety of solid state lighting and entertainment-type lighting products including accent lighting, wall washing, wall grazing, strip-lighting and a variety of pulse lighting applications.

The ZXBM1021 single-phase, brushless, DC motor pre-driver introduced by Diodes Incorporated provides a small, feature-rich variable speed control solution for cooling fans, blowers, extractors, motors and pumps deployed in a variety of consumer and industrial products.