Redefining luxury driving through a broad array of signal processing technologies, Analog Devices Inc. has announced that its Blackfin and SHARC processors will provide the highest quality in-cabin entertainment systems to drivers of the new Audi A5 Coupé. With the new vehicle, Audi has moved to distinguish its driver experience through advanced electronic features. Leveraging the power of ADI’s advanced digital signal processing (DS...

PopCatcher, a Swedish developer of innovative audio technologies and products today announced the availability of its PopCatcher software, hardware module, and Ripper, an integrated FM radio with PopCatcher technology. The patented PopCatcher technology allows a user to record programming from any broadcast source and automatically extract the music as a series of MP3 files, leaving out the talk and advertising. The result is a radio that play...

Analog Devices’ ADV7520NK is a low-power HDMI v1.3 (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) transmitter for portable media and DVD players, video recorders, and other mobile multimedia devices capable of supporting high-definition audio and video content. The ADV7520NK is the first HDMI transmitter to incorporate a CEC (Consumer Electronic Control) buffer on-chip, which reduces component count, eases design complexity and speeds time to marke...

Analog Devices’ ADV7520NK is a low-power HDMI v1.3 (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) transmitter for portable media and DVD players, video recorders, and other mobile multimedia devices capable of supporting high-definition audio and video content. The ADV7520NK is the first HDMI transmitter to incorporate a CEC (Consumer Electronic Control) buffer on-chip, which reduces component count, eases design complexity and speeds time to market fo...

Designed for data acquisition systems, automatic test equipment and biomedical instruments requiring fast, accurate measurement with robust signal conditioning over large voltage ranges, the AD8253 digitally programmable instrumentation amplifier is able to reach gains of 1,000 while offering dc precision and ac bandwidth unmatched by other in-amps or discrete solutions on the market. A large gain setting allows small signals, such as those from ...

Analog Devices, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of high-performance integrated circuits used in analogue and digital signal processing, today announced that its Blackfin® processors are an integral part of the world’s first distributed, synchronised undersea pipeline monitoring system, developed by Bjørge AS based on NAXYS Technology for Norway’s largest-ever industrial project, tapping the Ormen Lange natural gas field. The Naxys tech...

Analog Devices has announced the latest addition to its award-winning family of Othello direct conversion radios and its broad TD-SCDMA product portfolio, the Othello-3T AD6552. Expanding on the company's legacy as a leading provider of solutions for TD-SCDMA wireless handsets, the Othello-3T AD6552 is ADI's second-generation radio designed specifically for the 3G TD-SCDMA standard and complements all of the company's TD-SCDMA baseband chipsets, ...

Analog Devices has announced the latest addition to its award-winning family of Othello direct conversion radios and its broad TD-SCDMA product portfolio, the Othello-3T AD6552. Expanding on the company's legacy as a leading provider of solutions for TD-SCDMA wireless handsets, the Othello-3T AD6552 is ADI's second-generation radio designed specifically for the 3G TD-SCDMA standard and complements all of the company's TD-SCDMA baseband chipsets, ...

Analog Devices’ newest precision operational amplifiers deliver a wide 5 to 16V operating range for an assortment of industrial, medical and consumer applications. Manufactured on Analog Devices’ proprietary iCMOS high-voltage industrial process technology, they are available in packages that are said to be 70 percent smaller than competing devices, making them ideal for high-density and portable applications where board space is at a...

Analog Devices’ new capacitance-to-digital converter (CDC) is a highly integrated touch controller that allows designers to quickly and easily add responsive user controls, such as scroll wheels and touch pads, to portable electronic devices. As the newest addition to Analog Devices’ family of CapTouch controllers for consumer applications, the AD7147 provides highly accurate measurement and responsiveness, and features the addition o...

Analog Devices has extended its award-winning iSensorT intelligent sensor product family with an advanced motion sensor that for the first time allows industrial designers to easily and cost-effectively equip their products with full-range, multi-axis inertial sensing. Leveraging Analog Devices' iMEMS Motion Signal Processing TechnologyT, the ADIS16355 inertial measurement unit (IMU) delivers performance and functionality previously reserved for ...

Analog Devices has expanded its RF solutions with the introduction of an RF amplifier portfolio of 12 new devices covering the complete RF signal chain. Combined with ADI’s industry-leading power detectors, modulators, demodulators, mixers, and synthesizer products, this offering allows designers to implement complete signal chain solutions using Analog Devices’ high-performance ICs, thereby simplifying the design process, streamlining supp...

Analog Devices’ AD7264 simplifies industrial motor control designs by integrating two successive-approximation ADCs, a programmable gain amplifier (PGA) and four comparators on a single chip. By providing a direct interface for multiple types of sensors, the new ADC solution allows a single, standardized data acquisition board to be used in industrial motor drives, replacing as many as three separate boards previously required to perform th...

Ultrasound examinations are increasingly conducted in non-traditional environments, such as doctor’s offices, ambulatory units, and remote rural or under-developed locations. But the convenience of portability has required manufacturers to sacrifice image quality, limiting the medical diagnoses that can be made with portable ultrasound equipment. A new imaging chip from Analog Devices, the AD9271, integrates a complete eight-channel (octal)...

Analog Devices’ AD9549 dual-input network clock generator provides networking and data communications systems designers with a new standard of performance to maximize network uptime and increase system stability and reliability. Using a new architecture based on ADI’s proprietary DDS (direct digital synthesis) technology, the AD9549 enables a more stable holdover, allowing designers additional time to restore the clock reference in th...

Analog Devices has introduced a two-chip IF (intermediate frequency) receiver solution that dramatically improves the data bandwidth and capacity of next-generation, multi-carrier wireless base stations compatible with emerging 3G cellular transmission standards. Analog Devices’ dual-channel AD8376 VGA (variable gain amplifier) and AD6655 IF diversity receiver solution replaces 48 discrete components, enabling 3G micro- and pico-cell base s...

Analog Devices is expanding its Blackfin line with the ADSP-BF52x family, a scalable series of processors optimised for performance-demanding portable applications including portable media players (PMPs), voice over IP (VoIP) phones, IP cameras, and mobile TV devices. Advancing the Dynamic Power Management capabilities of Blackfin to achieve the line's best power efficiency yet (as low as 0.16mW/MHz core power at 250MHz) these newest processors ...

Analog Devices has introduced the industry’s first combination of analogue crosspoint switches and driver/receiver amplifiers that support bandwidths up to 500 MHz for analogue video. Low implementation costs and the ability to deliver high resolution content across distance continue to make analogue video the preferred method for distributing full-motion video to LCD and plasma displays used in retail outlets, public spaces and KVM (keyboa...

Analog Devices has announced two highly integrated baseband processors designed to enable multimedia functions in low-cost GSM/GPRS cellular phones. The new SoftFone AD6721 reduces the cost and component count of entry-level multimedia phones, and the SoftFone AD6722 adds an integrated image signal processor for cameras up to 3 Megapixels and direct camera interface to eliminate the need for a separate camera coprocessor. Together, the devices br...

Analog Devices has announced two highly integrated baseband processors designed to enable multimedia functions in low-cost GSM/GPRS cellular phones. The new SoftFone AD6721 reduces the cost and component count of entry-level multimedia phones, and the SoftFone AD6722 adds an integrated image signal processor for cameras up to 3 Megapixels and direct camera interface to eliminate the need for a separate camera coprocessor. Together, the devices br...