Secure MCU for e-banking and e-identification – contact and contactless

ST microelectronics has introduced a secure microcontroller that includes a 13.56MHz RF interface for contactless operation and a serial interface for contact operation. Called ST31P450, it is built on a 40nm flash process and is aimed at contactless and contact applications in banking, identity, transportation and pay-television. The RF interface includes an RF UART for contactless comms ...

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Isolated push-pull dc-dc converter delivers 1W from SOT23-6

Chinese chip maker Mornsun has created a push-pull dc-dc converter chip IC with integrated mosfets that can deliver up to 1W through an isolation transformer – and the firm offers a selection of transfomers. “To maximise the reliability, the chip design has incorporated three key technologies: a soft start function, output short-circuit protection and integrated over temperature protection,” ...

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Isolated push-pull dc-dc converter delivers 1W from SOT23-6

Chinese chip maker Mornsun has created a push-pull dc-dc converter chip IC with integrated mosfets that can deliver up to 1W through an isolation transformer – and the firm offers a selection of transfomers. “To maximise the reliability, the chip design has incorporated three key technologies: a soft start function, output short-circuit protection and integrated over temperature protection,” ...

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Millions witnessed the moon landing in July 1969. Caroline Hayes looks at space technology then and in the 21st century. Six years after he opened the Labour Party conference with his rousing “white heat of technology” speech, Harold Wilson was prime minister of the UK and Neil Armstrong and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin walked on the ...

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Samsung explores non-Japanese suppliers of hydrogen fluoride

Samsung is testing hydrogen fluoride photoresist etching gas from non-Japanese companies, reports the Nikkei, as Japan’s government puts export curbs on Japanese suppliers. Samsung currently buys its photoresist from Stella Chemifa, Morita Chemical Industries and Showa Denko. The company has now approached companies in Taiwan, Korea and China abourt sourcing the gas from them. Last week ...

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Traxens raises $22.7m Series C

Traxens, the assets tracking specialist, has closed a Series C funding round worth $22.7 million led by the Itochu Corporation, Bpifrance and Supernova Invest (Crédit Agricole Innovations et Territories Fund). This financing will enable the company to launch a global large-scale sea-land fleet of IoT tracking solutions on vessels operated by its partner shipping companies, including ...

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Bourns buys Slovenian over-voltage protection specialist

Bourns has bought KEKO-Varicon of Slovenia – a  manufacturer of overvoltage protection products that include varistor and EMI suppression products. KEKO-Varicon brings a strong employee base, superior overvoltage protection technologies, expanded R&D, and production facility assets as part of the acquisition. “The acquisition allows Bourns to gain a significant strategic advantage in the range of ...

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216% CAGR predicted for 5G computing devices between 2019-23

45 million PCs and tablets  will have 5G connectivity by 2023, forecasts Strategy Analytics. The majority of 5G computing devices will be Tablets and Detachable 2-in-1s Asia-Pacific will account for more than 40% of 5G devices in use, North America 29% and Western Europe 21% (2023 projections) Sales of 5G computing devices will grow at ...

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LED drivers integrate MOSFETs

Maxim’s LED driver,  the MAX25610A/B, integrates MOSFETS, delivers 90% efficiency, and passes CISPR 25 EMI specs. The synchronous buck, buck-boost LED drivers/DC-DC drive up to eight HBLEDs directly from the automotive battery and integrate many external components to save on BOM costs and space, making them suitable solutions for automotive lighting systems as well as industrial ...

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Lattice reference design for Cross Link FPGA for video bridging

Lattice Semiconductor has produced a reference design involving the Lattice CrossLink FPGA for video bridging applications. The SubLVDS to MIPI CSI-2 Image Sensor Bridge reference design provides industrial device customers with a way to connect  APs with many of the image sensors currently used in today’s machine vision applications for industrial environments. Many industrial machine ...

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