Analog Devices, Inc annonce ce jour une nouvelle série de potentiomètres numériques monocanal, qui se caractérisent par un large éventail d’options de résolutions, interfaces et résistances. Les concepteurs de systèmes peuvent ainsi facilement sélectionner le modèle qui convient le mieux à leurs exigences dans un grand nombre d’applications grand public et d’instrumentation. La série de potentiomètres numériques AD511x d’Ana...

Analog Devices, Inc introduced a 16-channel audio D/A converter today capable of improving audio system performance and reducing power consumption for professional, “prosumer” and automotive audio equipment applications.

Analog Devices is providing its award-winning iMEMS technology to a first-of-its kind measurement system used in high-precision archery. ADI’s ADXL346 3-axis digital MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) accelerometer was selected by Full Flight Technology for use in the company’s flagship Velocitip Ballistic System, which is the first ever to use an arrow-mounted device to provide detailed information about arrow speed, flight dynam...

Analog Devices has announced the appointment of Mr. Gernot Faigel to the position of Regional Channel Director, EMEA Region (Europe, Middle East and Africa). In this role, Gernot will manage ADI’s distribution business across the region and will be responsible for optimizing ADI’s sales and support model for the many customers serviced via ADI’s network of authorized distribution partners – namely Arrow, Silica, Semitron, Premier Farnell ...

Devices has introduced a pair of LDOs (low dropout regulators) with low noise, high power supply rejection, and excellent line and load transient response. The ADP7102 and ADP7104 LDOs achieve a 15 μVrms fixed-voltage noise figure, power supply rejection ratio (PSRR) of 60 dB at 10 kHz in 3-V operation, and feature reverse current protection to guard against shorts and sudden load discharges. The new LDOs are designed to maximise the load perf...

Analog Devices has announced the ADP1048, the first interleaved digital power factor correction (PFC) controller with highly accurate AC power metering capability. Similar to the ADP1047 single-phase digital PFC controller (announced March, 2011), the interleaved (or dual-phase) ADP1048 uses conventional, continuous-conduction-mode PFC techniques to reduce harmonic distortion. The ADP1048 can be configured as an interleaved design to reduce induc...

Analog Devices has introduced a series of single-channel digital potentiometers that provide a variety of resolution, interface and resistance options, allowing system designers to select the most suitable device for a wide range of consumer and instrumentation applications. The AD511x series of digital potentiometers offers excellent resistance tolerance, high current density and faster nonvolatile memory than competing devices. The new devices ...

Analog Devices released for general availability the ADIS16136 tactical grade isensor digital MEMS gyroscope, which provides 3.5o/hr typical bias stability in a matchbox-sized module consuming less than 1 watt and weighing only 25 grams. The new tactical grade (below 10o/hr bias stability) iSensor MEMS gyroscope operates autonomously and requires no user configuration before producing precise and accurate rate sensing data, quickly enabling preci...

Analog Devices has announced that KORG has selected ADI’s SHARC processor as the digital signal processing engine within its WAVEDRUM Mini, a new portable percussion synthesiser available worldwide . By leveraging ADI’s ADSP-21375 SHARC 32-bit floating point DSP processor at the heart of the WAVEDRUM Mini, KORG has pioneered a next-generation, portable, battery–powered version of its percussion synthesiser, the WAVEDRUM WD-X, la...

The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland and the University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy, have collaborated on the design of an advanced instrument for measuring magnetic fields in CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) superconducting magnets. Called the Fast Digital Integrator (FDI) board, this measurement device uses Analog Devices’ A/D converters, analogue multiplexers and DSP components to provide the LHC with the...

Analog Devices is applying its award winning MEMS inertial sensing technology to help a leading Dutch scientific research centre reduce the risk of injury and improve the performance of competitive rowers. Roessingh Research & Developmenta Netherlands research centre specializing in ambulatory 3D analysis of human motion, is using the Xsens MVN system to study rowing kinematics and the associated implications for competitive rowing.

Analog Devices, Inc. l’un des premiers fournisseurs mondiaux de semi-conducteurs pour applications de traitement de signal de hautes performances, annonce ce jour une nouvelle série d’amplificateurs ultra-rapides qui établissent une nouvelle référence sur le plan des performances en conjuguant rapidité, faible bruit et basse consommation d’énergie. Conçus pour les appareils de santé et les instruments multicanaux portables basse con...

Analog Devices, Inc l’un des premiers fournisseurs mondiaux de semi-conducteurs pour applications de traitement de signal de hautes performances, annonce ce jour deux nouveaux circuits intégrés de transposition d’horloge à affaiblissement de gigue entièrement programmables, qui assurent la transposition de fréquences dans une large gamme d’applications de communications filaires — réseaux optiques SONET/SDH et Ethernet synchrone, pa...

Learn how iCoupler digital isolators have achieved the CSA certification for packaging with a minimum of 8mm creepage for systems that operate up to 220-250 V AC, enabling designers to replace optocouplers.

Analog Devices, Inc. will broadcast its latest webcast “Design Techniques for Reducing Power Consumption and Harmful Thermal Events in Industrial Designs” on October 19, 2011, at 7:00 pm. Using a typical analog module configuration, the presenter will show how to calculate the maximum ambient temperature a system can tolerate based on maximum output load requirements.

Analog Devices, Inc. introduced today two fully programmable jitter attenuating clock translator ICs that perform frequency translations for a wide range of wired communications applications—including Synchronous Ethernet and SONET/SDH optical networks—that require low jitter, fast time to market and cost effectiveness.

Analog Devices, Inc. today introduced a PLL (phase-locked loop) frequency synthesiser that can be used to implement local oscillators as high as 18 GHz in the up-conversion and down-conversion sections of wireless receivers and transmitters. The exceptionally high bandwidth of the ADF41020 allows designers to potentially eliminate a frequency-doubler stage, which simplifies system architecture and reduces cost in applications including microwave ...

Analog Devices, Inc. today introduced the ADRF6806 and ADRF6807 quadrature demodulators featuring the industry’s highest dynamic range and integration, which is effective for a wide range of broadband communication applications such as cellular infrastructure and microwave point-to-point radios. The latest members of ADI’s RF IC portfolio, the ADRF6806 demodulator operates in the 50-MHz to 525-MHz range, and the ADRF6807 demodulator operates ...

Analog Devices, Inc. has introduced the first packaging technology for digital isolators that achieves a minimum of 8-mm creepage distance required by global industry standards to ensure safe operation in high-voltage medical and industrial applications. The new packaging enables designers to replace lower performing optocouplers with ADI’s digital isolators, while meeting the minimum creepage requirements necessary for these applications.

Analog Devices unveiled a series of high-speed amplifiers that establish a new performance standard with the best combination of high-speed, low noise and low power. Designed for portable, multi-channel and low power instrumentation and healthcare equipment, the ADA4896-2 (dual), ADA4897-1(single) and ADA4897-2 (dual) high-speed amplifiers provide the highest large-signal bandwidth and slew rate with the lowest noise available today in a rail-to-...