New integrated point-of-load regulator increases efficiency for high-density applications
Infineon Technologies introduces the new OptiMOS™ IR3826(A)M integrated point-of-load DC-DC voltage regulator. It is a fully integrated and highly efficient device in two versions (IR3826AM for 16 A and IR3826M for 23 A) for applications such as netcom router and switches,...
Continue ReadingBQ25619 I2C-Controlled 1.5 A Single-Cell Buck Battery Charger
Texas Instruments' power-path management solution features 20 mA termination and 1 A boost operation Texas Instruments' BQ25619 integrates charge, a boost converter, and voltage protection in a single device. It offers ultra-low termination current for switching chargers to charge...
Continue ReadingIntel’s New Fanless Apollo based NUC mini-PC and SBC released
Specs for Intel’s NUC 8 rugged mini PC and 3.5-inch dashboard have been released. The fanless NUC 8, code-named Chaco Canyon, runs Windows or Linux on low-power (6W TDP) dual-core and 1.1 GHz/2.4GHz Celeron N3350 from Apollo Lake with dual HDMI ports, 4GB RAM, soldered down 64GB eMMC,...
Continue ReadingTop 5 IoT Cloud Platforms exist today
The internet as we knew it, a few years back, was being run by humans; the majority of everything that happens over the internet – the messages, the data, the communication was between people. But this is changing gradually; a new category of devices that do not have any communication...
Continue ReadingComprehensive Hardware Codec solution using iWave’s Zynq UltraScale+ FPGA SOM
Over the past years, live video streaming has undergone major technological advancements, triggering large scale implications in various commercial and industrial applications such as security surveillance system and online video broadcast. Advancements in video compression standards...
Continue ReadingThermal-packaged MOSFET targets e-bike power systems
Analog and mixed-signal semiconductor company MagnaChip Semiconductor (Cheongju-si, South Korea) has announced the release of a 100-V mid-voltage MOSFET with a new thermal package designed for the fast-growing electric bike (e-bike) market. The MOSFET is housed in a M2PAK-7P package...
Continue ReadingRK3399 compute module and carrier follow 96Boards SOM spec
Geniatech and Linaro announced a “SOM 3399” module that adopts the 96Boards SOM spec and runs Linux on a Rockchip RK3399. There’s also a “CBD96-3399” carrier for the module. Linaro Ltd, the open source collaborative engineering organization developing software for the Arm®...
Continue ReadingIntroducing the Arduino Uno WiFi
A while back in May 2018 at the Maker Faire Bay Area, Arduino after a long year of legal battles announced the launch of two boards which were the MKR Vidor 4000 and the Arduino Uno WiFi Rev 2 which was designed to come up as a somewhat replacement for the legendary Arduino Uno. This...
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