Wireless
Low Power Wireless Module with Long Range capability
LPRS has announced the introduction of the latest series of wireless modules from Circuit Design Inc. The MU-2-R is an embedded low power radio modem for transmission of serial data and operates at 434 MHz. The new MU-2-R is just 36 x 26 x 8mm making it almost half the size of the existing MU-1-R.
Mobile I/O Expander And QWERTY Keypad Controller For Portable Electronics
Analog Devices has announced the ADP5588 mobile I/O expander and QWERTY keypad controller with ambient light sensing for smart portable devices that require a large keypad matrix and expanded I/O lines. The ADP5588 integrates keypad scanning, de-bouncing and interrupt generation, resulting in reduced processor I/Os and loading.
TI introduces products in industry’s thinnest package for portable consumer electronics
Portable consumer electronics designers can save board space with the PicoStar package that Texas Instruments introduced today. The ultra-thin package, about as thin as a human hair, is the first to give system designers the option to embed silicon components inside the printed circuit board to maximize board space. Devices in this form factor are 50 percent thinner than similar chips in traditional packages and enable smaller, thinner end equipm...
Avago's Miniature Broadband Fully Matched Low-Noise Amplifier MMIC
Avago Technologies has announced the latest addition to its family of low-cost, easy to use, high performance Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) low noise amplifier MMIC products for use in a wide range of wireless mobile communications applications. Avago’s new miniature MGA-21108, which measures 2.5 by 2.5 by 0.55mm in an 8-pin STSLP package, is a fully integrated GaAs LNA for use in the 1.5 to 8 GHz band.
STMicroelectronics Announces Smart Web Based Sensor HDK for Active RFID Asset Monitoring and Security Applications
STMicroelectronics has announced what it says is the industry’s most comprehensive hardware developer kit (HDK) for building active RFID tags and readers that comply with the global standard for 433MHz active RFID technology, ISO 18000-7. The beta version of the Smart Web Based Sensor HDK is available now from Arira Design.
Avago Announces CDMA Cell-Band and PCS Front End Modules for Mobile Handsets
Avago Technologies has announced two new front end modules that incorporate a power amplifier, duplexer, band-pass filter and coupler to improve efficiency and extend talk time in mobile handsets. Avago’s AFEM-775x series includes Avago’s CoolPAM and Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator technologies to improve performance in CDMA cell band and dual-band handsets, wireless PDAs and wireless data cards.
GSM/GPRS module-in-a-package from UR Group shrinks embedded wireless applications
UR Group has extended its range of dual-band GSM/GPRS data modules, giving designers the extra choice of a surface-mount module for direct soldering to the PCB, with QFN pinning and a footprint of 30.2mm x 20.8mm. UR’s new module, the Teltonika TM1, combines its small outline with a total height of only 2.87mm. This is approximately half the height of the Teltonika TM2 plug-in board introduced by UR in 2008, and brings the TM2’s comprehensive...
Stand-Alone Fuel Gauges Integrates a Li+ Protector and SHA-1 Authentication
Maxim has introduced the DS2775/DS2776/DS2777/DS2778, said to be the industry's first 2-cell, stand-alone fuel gauges to integrate a 2-cell lithium-ion (Li+) protector in a tiny, 3mm x 5mm TDFN package. Additionally, the DS2776/DS2778 integrate SHA-1 authentication for battery security. These devices consume 75% less board space than the leading competitive solution, which requires three discrete ICs to implement the same security functionality a...
RF transceiver targets radio designers with high performance and flexibility
CML Microcircuits has introduced a high performance integrated RF quadrature / low IF transceiver IC, which features an advanced image-reject up-conversion modulation system and flexible superheterodyne receiver.
Premo launchs a low profile three axes coil (X-Y-Z) with high robustness
PREMO launchs a low profile three axes coil (X-Y-Z) with high robustness; the “3DC11LP” for RFID transponder application (from 20kHz up to 134,2kHz).