Mixed Signal/Analog
Ambient Light Sensor with Logarithmic Output
Avago Technologies has announced a new ambient light sensor with a precise, logarithmic output response over a wide range of lighting conditions. The company is a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications. The APDS-9007 is the newest addition to Avago's ambient light sensor product family.
Digital Potentiometer available in Ultra-Small 2 x 2.5mm TDFN Package
Catalyst Semiconductor offers its CAT5114 Digitally Programmable Potentiometer in an 8-lead 2 x 2.5mm TDFN package, making it the world’s smallest non-volatile digital potentiometer. This tiny form factor helps designers further compress board space in today’s ever-shrinking portable products which currently use digital potentiometers in larger packages.
TI Introduces Industry's Fastest 14-bit ADC at 400 MSPS
Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced the industry's fastest monolithic 14-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) at 400 mega samples per second (MSPS). The new ADC provides unmatched performance of 11.1 effective number of bits (ENOB) at this speed, enabling high-bandwidth applications such as test and measurement instrumentation, software-defined radio, radar systems and communication instrumentation that were previously confined to le...
Catalyst Announces High-Efficiency 7W Buck LED Driver in TSOT-23 Package
Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ:CATS) a supplier of analog, mixed-signal and non-volatile memory semiconductors, today announced its innovative buck converter in a TSOT-23 package optimized for driving high-brightness, 350mA LEDs at up 94 percent efficiency. The first device in a new family of buck converters, the CAT4201 incorporates Catalyst’s patent-pending switching control algorithm. This new architecture reduces system complexity, ...
4- and 8-Channel Simultaneous Sampling, 24-bit, 128kSPS Industrial ADCs
Texas Instruments has introduced a pair of multi-channel, 24-bit industrial analog-to-digital converters which combine outstanding DC accuracy and AC performance with cost-effective integration. The ADS1274 (4-channel) and ADS1278 (8-channel) provide a delta-sigma simultaneous-sampling measurement system for demanding multi-channel signal acquisition applications, such as vibration analysis, medical monitoring, industrial and energy metering equi...
Digitally programmable gain and slope temperature compensation IC
Intersil has introduced the ISL21400 digitally programmable tempco voltage reference as part of the newly formed pinPOINT family of precision analogue products. The product allows users to digitally set the temperature slope and DC voltage of its output to accurately compensate for temperature drifts elsewhere in the system.
Dual-Output Buck Controller Delivers Flexible Start-up / Shutdown Tracking
Semtech has announced the SC416, a dual-output, synchronous step-down controller with comprehensive features to track start-up and shutdown voltages in notebook computers, portable devices, tablet PCs, and embedded applications. The SC416 requires battery input in the 5V-25V range. The highly accurate outputs are regulated to within 1% of specified levels and are adjustable from 0.75V to 5V, or can be configured with pre-set voltages consisting ...
Capacitance-to-digital controller provides accurate measurement and improved responsiveness for user interface controls
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...
Motion sensor allows full-range, multi-axis inertial sensing
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 ...
I2C, 24-Bit, 16-Channel Delta-Sigma ADC
Linear Technology has introduced the LTC2499, a 16-channel delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that communicates via an I2C-compatible serial interface and includes a unique analog input architecture. The LTC2499's Easy Drive™ front-end design results in zero average differential input current, allowing measurements of high impedance input sources without the use of an internal buffer. This patented sampling scheme simplifies the desi...