Mixed Signal/Analog

The Internet of tomorrow will be mobile, and audio based. To support the shift in communication from typing and reading to speaking and listening, new technologies are needed that enable audio and voice-based consumer applications.

When designing portable and battery-powered audio devices for consumer speaker applications, maximising battery playback time and, at the same time, maintaining excellent audio performance in a compact form and at a low system cost is essential.

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, is entering the automotive radar market with the introduction of a 4x4-channel, 76-81GHz transceiver designed to meet the demanding requirements of ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems) and Level 3 and higher autonomous driving applications.

MikroElektronika has announced full support for Red Pitaya, sometimes referred to as the ‘Swiss army penknife for engineers’, within version 2.3.0 of NECTO Studio IDE, MIKROE’s complete, cross-platform software development environment.

A wireless telemetry application is only as good as the antenna system. Whether it’s a radiological system in a nuclear plant, an industrial alarm, or even a utility gas or water metre, it’s important that the signals are reliably transmitted and received. Here Ian McNeilage, engineering manager at wireless telemetry specialist Omniflex, provides a five step plan for effective antenna selection.

NXP Semiconductors announced its new NXP analogue front-end (N-AFE) family for high-precision data acquisition and condition monitoring systems for factory automation. Designed as software-configurable universal analogue input devices, the new N-AFE family helps enable the software-defined factory, making it easier for operators to configure a smart factory and adjust settings based on shifting market needs.

Pasternack, an Infinite Electronics brand and a provider of RF, microwave and millimetre-wave products, has released a new series of programmable attenuators designed to meet the needs of electronic warfare, test and measurement, and electronic countermeasures applications.

In stock at distributor Mouser Electronics is the DAC63202 precision digital-to-analogue converter (DAC) from Texas Instruments (TI).

Linx Technologies (Linx), now part of TE Connectivity, introduces two stamped metal antennas designed for improved performance in a wide range of applications, including Internet of Things (IoT) devices, smart home networking, sensing and remote monitoring, and hand-held devices.

Agile Analog has announced the availability of a complete set of the key analogue IP needed to fast track an IoT design.