Analogue

While digital electronics tends to get more than its fair share of coverage, analogue electronics remains the technology that makes things happen. It’s the interface between the real world and the 1s and 0s of the digital domain.

The range of technologies falling into the analogue domain is wide; everything from data conversion to amplification to switches. Like electronics in general, analogue products are getting more complex as device developers look to integrate more functionality. Recognising this, manufacturers have started to develop more capable design tools to support engineers.

Because analogue design is so important, New Electronics covers all aspects of the technology regularly.

News

Spansion to acquire Fujitsu’s mcu and analogue business

Flash memory specialist Spansion has agreed to buy Fujitsu Semiconductor's microcontroller and analogue business for $110million.

Companies merge to deliver ‘unprecedented bandwidth’ analogue products

RedMere Technology and Fresco Microchip have agreed to merge with investment vehicle Chrysalis Capital VIII to create Spectra7 Microsystems, a high performance ...

Mouser adds Intersil to analogue and power portfolio

In the first of a number of franchise deals to be announced over the coming weeks, Mouser Electronics has announced a worldwide distribution agreement with ...

ADI, TSMC develop precision 0.18µm analogue process

Analog Devices has worked with TSMC to develop a 0.18µm analogue process technology platform for precision analogue integrated circuits. The collaboration ...

Anglia wins Analog Devices franchise to fill hole in portfolio

Following 18 months of intensive negotiations, Analog Devices has appointed Anglia as a UK and Ireland distributor as part of a strategy to grow semiconductor ...

Technology

An integrated current and voltage monitor is enabling power monitoring in a range of applications

As electronic designs grow in complexity, managing power consumption and optimising overall efficiency become increasingly important. Accurate power supply ...

Driving the workhorse: The best amplifier to use with SAR converters

Applications engineers are often asked which amplifier is the best driver for a specific analogue to digital (a/d) converter.

Mixed signal asics meet cost and performance targets

Custom analogue/mixed signal asics are economical at comparatively low volumes, with affordable non recoverable engineering (NRE) costs, meaning a custom chip ...

EV battery management essential for desired lifetime and charge cycles

For hybrid (HEV) and full electric vehicles (EVs), Li-Ion batteries offer the best trade off of power, energy density, efficiency and environmental impact. But ...

The perils involved when pushing direct conversion to the Nyquist limit

Direct conversion, or zero IF, receivers are popular in applications where the need to reduce power consumption, reduce costs and extend battery life are ...

Products

Integrated Octal and Quad a/d converters for medical imaging applications

Analog Devices has announced the addition of four high speed a/d data converters to its data converter product portfolio.

Advanced LIN physical layer devices

Freescale Semiconductor has announced an advanced family of local interconnect network (LIN) physical layer components.

GPIO/keypad controllers simplify interconnect circuits

Analog Devices has launched the ADP5585 and ADP5589 general purpose input/output port expander and keypad matrix controller for devices that require expanded ...

12bit pwm generator offers dynamic led control

Linear Technology has unveiled a new pulse width modulation (pwm) generator with 48 independent channels. According to the IC specialist, each channel has an ...

Ringdale USB - 4 x analogue and 16 x digital input controller

Ringdale UK provides a solution for process automation or laboratory applications that require up to 16 digital (TTL) and up to four analogue (12bit ...

Interviews

Rick Clemmer executive director, president and chief executive officer, NXP

Rick Clemmer believes high performance mixed signal is just one of the sectors in which NXP can be a 'true leader'. Graham Pitcher finds out more.

Dave Bell, president, Intersil

Intersil's president updates Graham Pitcher on the company's progress in addressing itself to new markets.

Jack Sun, vp R&D, TSMC

Europe is becoming increasingly important to TSMC, according to Jack Sun the company's vp for R&D.

Sean Riley, corporate vice president, Lattice Semiconductor

Sean Riley, Lattice Semiconductor's corporate vice president and general manager of high density solutions, talks with New Electronics

Nitin Sharma, product marketing manager, high speed ADC group, Analog Devices

Nitin Sharma, Analog Devices' product marketing manager, high speed ADC group, speaks with New Electronics

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FPGA based asic/SoC prototypes

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Powerful system design

Power system designers need to apply and remove power in a predetermined and device dependent sequence.

Focus on: Programmable logic

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Vendors make core decisions

When ARM launched the Cortex-M0 core in February 2009, it had a particular market sector in mind.

Low cost mcus from TI

Texas Instruments has expanded its MSP430 series of low cost microcontrollers to include two new devices.

Microchip expands PIC24 series

Adding to its range of 16bit PIC microcontrollers, Microchip has introduced the PIC24F 'KM' family.

High speed PCIe MiniCard

Diamond Systems has introduced a new four-port high speed PCIe MiniCard for serial I/O expansion in embedded and ...

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