12-switch matrix manager

Maxim’s 12-switch matrix manager minimises thermal issues associated with LED matrix lighting applications by offering a 70 mOhm RDS_ON. The MAX20092 provides flexible current management for matrix and pixel lighting driving LED currents up to 1.5A. Twelve integrated switches control LEDs in string voltages up to 56V, saving design time and reducing complexity. The chip ...

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Nvidia boosts ai in medical instruments with graphic compute power

GPU Technology Conference, Munich: Nvidia is bringing artificial intelligence to medical instruments, with the Clara platform, based on the company’s Xavier AI computing module and Turing GPUs introduced earlier this year, and the Clara software development kit. It has been developed to address the increasing number of computing functions in today’s medical healthcare, with CT ...

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Microchip, Google Cloud produce IoT development board

Microchip and Google Cloud have come up with an IoT rapid development board enabling designers to prototype connected devices within minutes.  The board has  an AVR MCU, a CryptoAuthentication secure element IC and a  Wi-Fi network controller. Once connected, Google Cloud loT Core makes it easy to collect, process and analyse data to inform decisions ...

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Renesas launches digital DC/DC PMBus power modules

Renesas has launched a family of encapsulated digital DC/DC PMBus power modules. The five RAA210xxx simple digital power modules offer advanced digital telemetry and performance, and are as easy to use as Renesas’ analog power modules. They are complete step-down regulated power supplies that deliver 25A, 33A, dual 25A, 50A, and 70A of output current, ...

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Microsemi execs sue Microchip

The spat between the top execs at Microsemi and Microsemi’s acquirer, Microchip, has reached the courts. Former Microsemi CEO James Peterson and three ex-Microsemi execs are suing Microchip and Microchip’s execs, including Microchip CEO Steve Sanghi (pictured), for slander, libel and unfair business practices. Microchip bought Microsemi in May. The four Microsemi execs were sacked ...

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Pickering adds 8MHz RF PXI switches

Pickering Interfaces of Clacton-on-Sea have launched a 13-model family of 8GHz solid-state RF PXI switches, including SPDT, SP4T, SP6T, SP8T, SP16T and 4×4 Matrix devices. Pickering’s series 40-88xA high-performance switch family now covers 10MHz to 8GHz in the modular PXI format for easy system integration. Targeting the telecoms and semiconductor test industries and compatible with ...

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Samtec buys PCI

Samtec has bought Precision Connector Inc (PCI) the specialist in the design and manufacture of precision RF and microwave coaxial connectors. The acquisition brings over 25 years of design experience in the RF/Microwave industry to the Samtec team. The additional engineering support and product offering of precision interconnects—such as 3.50 mm, 2.92 mm, SMP, 2.40 ...

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SemiGen buys Ion Beam Milling

SemiGen of Londonderry New Hampshire, which provides RF and microwave contract assembly, automated PCB assembly (PCBA), foundry services, semiconductor devices, and RF supplies, has bought Ion Beam Milling of Manchester, New Hampshire. Ion Beam Milling is a 35-year-old manufacturing company who pioneered several thin film circuit processing techniques using innovative ion beam milling approaches. They ...

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