Toshiba into volume production of 50V/3.5A DC brushed motor driver

Yesterday Toshiba started volume production of DC brushed motor driver ICs with a single-channel H-bridge driver offering a maximum rating of 50V/3.5A and what is claimed to be the industry’s lowest standby current. Supplied in a compact, HSOP8 surface mount package and featuring a popular pinout, the TB67H450FNG is ideal for new DC brushed motor ...

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Micron sampling UFS 2.1 64-layer TLC NAND modules for auto

Micron is sampling  UFS 2.1 NAND flash modules for automotive applications with volume scheduled for Q3. They use 64-layer, TLC ICs and come in densities from 32GB to 256GB. The memories deliver up to 940 MB/s reads and 650 MB/s writes. UFS delivers up to 3X faster reads and more than 2X faster writes than e.MMC ...

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Qualcomm invests in SiFive

SiFive has raised $65.4 million in a Series D funding round in which Qualcomm participated. Qualcomm is one of Arm’s biggest customers so, by taking a stake in Arm’s biggest rival, it is signalling a possible switch of allegiance. “Qualcomm Ventures invests in innovative technology companies that have the potential to transform industries.” said Quinn ...

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105 tiny satellites launch, fly, and come to a fiery end

Cornell University’s cluster of 105 tiny satellites has come to an end, burning up as planned to remove it self as a space hazard. Artist’s impression of deployment Launched from 3U CubeSat KickSat-2 in March, the ‘Sprite ChipSats’ were ~32x32mm PCBs and weighed 4g each including solar cells, radio and microcontroller. “This demonstration confirms that ...

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Next-generation IoT wireless modules accelerate development, says Arrow

Radio modules using STMicroelectronics’ STM32WB55 wireless microcontroller are available from Arrow Electronics. The Sharky modules were co-developed with Italian designer, Midatronics. The microcontroller integrates a 2.4GHz RF transceiver supporting Bluetooth 5 (including Bluetooth Low Energy), Thread, and ZigBee stacks. Its dual Arm Cortex-M core architecture enables real-time secure application performance running on the 64MHz Cortex-M4F ...

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Need a rugged cable reel for a custom cable?

Cliff is releasing its rugged cable reel as a separate part, to allow customers to create their own bespoke cable assemblies – it is usually sold loaded with one of the firm’s standard test leads. “We are a designer and manufacturer of test lead sets supplied with many well-known brands of test meters, as well as ...

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One antenna for NB-IoT, LoRa, Sigfox, LTE-M and Zigbee

Fractus is aiming at narrow-band-IoT, LoRa, Sigfox, LTE-M and Zigbee with an antenna evaluation board and application note that covers 824-960MHz and 1.71-2.69GHz through a single input/output port. It uses firm’s FR01-S4-224 antenna (see diagram), which has a 12 x 3mm footprint – a device which featured in an earlier 863-928MHz app note design – but ...

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Pin pitch and angle options for power connector series

Now available from RS Components, the Minitek Pwr series from Amphenol consists of 3.0mm, 4.2mm and 5.7mm devices and includes high current-handling capability. The compact connectors include wire-to-board and wire-to-wire configurations and has been designed with fully-polarised scoop-proof housings to protect terminals from damage, and a low insertion force. The 3.0mm-pitch devices have power contacts ...

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MCU gets EtherCAT, motor control hardware and 1Mbyte RAM

Renesas is aiming at industry with a microcontroller that combines an EtherCAT slave controller, motor control capability and a 240MHz version of its RX core – delivering a 1396 CoreMark. These attributes are being offered in the RX72M Group, which the fims is describing as “the new flagship product group for the Renesas RX family”. Applications ...

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DRAM guys may soon be making losses

DRAM manufacturing may be a loss-making activity by the end of the year, reports DRAMeXchange. “A heated US -China trade war may send demand in the second half of this year into quick-freeze, with the increasingly looming uncertainty compelling datacenters to make reductions to capex,” says DRAMeXchange, “fragile DRAM suppliers may have to admit current inventory ...

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