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Microchip Technology Inc. has announced a 2D Touch Surface library that enables designers to implement touch pads using the company’s 8-bit PIC and AVR microcontrollers (MCUs) and 32-bit SAM MCUs. Available free of charge with the purchase of any compatible MCU, the library provides a simplified, low-cost solution for embedded applications. Suitable for implementing small touch pads and screens, the 2D Touch Surface library eliminates costs by running on a device’s existing MCU.

Improved robustness of the touch sensor makes the Renesas RX130 microcontroller family, now available from Rutronik, especially suitable for use in wet environments such as kitchens and bathrooms. The newly integrated capacitive touch sensor features improved sensitivity and noise immunity and operates better in wet conditions.

The MAX32652 ultra-low-power microcontroller from Maxim Integrated are in stock at Mouser Electronics. Offering designers the low-power consumption of an embedded microcontroller with the capabilities of a higher-powered applications processor, the MAX32652 is the latest offering from Maxim's family of DARWIN Generation UP microcontrollers, which combine wearable-grade power technology with large embedded memories and advanced embedded security.

ADLINK Technology, Inc. has demonstrated with the ETX-BT module its support to customers who have designs based on the ETX computer-on-module form factor. ETX is one of the earliest computer-on-module form factors. With the recent discontinuation of the Intel Atom processor N270, many customers are searching for an ETX module replacement to keep their systems up and running.

Reading analogue signals from the real world and then turning them into digital signals that a microcontroller (MCU) can understand is one of the most difficult tasks you will face when developing MCU-based sensor applications.

ADLINK Technology has launched the MXE-1500 Series of fanless embedded computers. The successor to ADLINK's MXE-1300 Series, the MXE 1500 offers I/O interfaces, and more flexible I/O configurations in the same compact enclosure. Intel Celeron(Braswell) processors, Intel’s last generation of CPU to support Windows 7, power the MXE-1500 to a 90% increase in image processing capabilities over the previous generation, and support three independent displays.

Renesas Electronics has announced three programmable power management ICs (PMICs) that offer the highest power efficiency and smallest footprint for application processors in smartphones and tablets: the ISL91302B, ISL91301A, and ISL91301B PMICs. The PMICs also deliver power to artificial intelligence (AI) processors, FPGAs, and industrial microprocessors (MPUs), and they are suitable for powering the supply rails in solid-state drives (SSDs), optical transceivers, and a wide range of consumer, industrial and networking devices.

Watch this short video from Microchip to learn how you can leverage the company's PIC32MM Curiosity Ecosystem to develop IoT and Audio applications hassle free.

The RZ/G1C microprocessor, available from Rutronik UK, is Renesas' latest addition to its RZ/G-series. It is suitable for applications ranging from entry-level solutions to high-complexity embedded systems. Thanks to its support for a 3D graphics engine and a Full HD (FHD) video decoder, it allows fast development of powerful HMI and visual applications. The RZ/G1C, which is based on the 1.0 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU, offers performance and balance for networked HMI systems.

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a chip on which laser light interacts with a tiny cloud of atoms to serve as a miniature toolkit for measuring quantities such as length with quantum precision. The design could be mass-produced with existing technology. As described in Optica, NIST's prototype chip was used to generate infrared light at a wavelength of 780nm, to be used as a length reference for calibrating other instruments.