Toshiba is sampling an automotive DC motor driver IC with a LIN (Local Interconnect Network) slave function that can communicate with a LIN 2.0 master IC for in-vehicle networks. The TB9058FNG is suitable for many applications requiring up to 0.3A drive current using LIN BUS including heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) damper control drivers. ...

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A paired microwave upconverter and downconverter, operating over a frequency range with 50 Ω-match from 24 GHz up to 44 GHz, and reducing the costs of building a single platform that can cover all 5G mm Wave frequency bands including 28 GHz and 39 GHz, has been launched by ADI. Additionally, the chipset is capable ...

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This is the tenth of a series of essays by Imec scientists on the future of electronics technology. This one  is called: ‘Will technology know students better than their teacher?’ It is by Jung Yeon Park an Imec researcher into psychometrics and education statistics. In the last decade, differentiation has been the buzzword in education ...

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TI has introduced two new RF-sampling transceivers which, it claims, are the first in the industry to integrate four ADCs and four DACs in a single chip. With, according to TI, the industry’s widest frequency range, highest instantaneous bandwidth and a 75% smaller design footprint than a discrete solution, the quad-channel AFE7444 and dual-channel AFE742 ...

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VIGIL, the EV infrastructure development consortium comprising Aston University, ByteSnap Design, Grid Edge and Nortech Management, has started installing control platforms for Vehicle-to-Grid/Building (V2G/V2B) systems and distribution networks. The first installations are: Three V2G charge-posts in Aston University The VIGIL Active Network Management (ANM) equipment The V2G / Building Energy Management System (BEMS) controller OCPP EVSE ...

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January 2019 chip sales of $35.5 billion were down 5.7%  on the January 2018 sales figure of $37.6 billion, says the SIA, and  down 7.2% on the December total of $38.2 billion. “Global semiconductor sales got off to a slow start in 2019, as year-to-year sales decreased in January for the first time since July 2016 ...

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