Microchip announces the expansion of its RF Products Division wireless portfolio with the MRF49XA Sub-GHz transceiver radio. The MRF49XA covers the 434/868/915MHz unlicensed Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) Radio Frequency (RF) band, which is ideal for low data-rate, low-power embedded wirel...

STMicroelectronics has announced details of a low-power technology platform for building a range of 8-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers. This platform is built on a 130nm process, which ST has further optimized with ultra-low-leakage transistors for logic functions, low-voltage transistors for analog ...

Arrow Electronics and Atmel are launching the “Design Smarter with Atmel AVR Processors” design contest. Entrants can submit their embedded designs using Atmel’s 8-bit AVR Flash Microcontroller for a chance to win a new Smart Car and showcase their innovations at the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC...

A display - memorizing the image it shows so only pixels have to be rewritten which content changes from frame to frame - has recently been invented by Sharp based on the company's proprietary Continuous Grain Silicon technology. For this special type of display each pixel is equipped with memory ci...

ON Semiconductor has expanded its family of Digitally Programmable Potentiometer (DPP) ICs with high-resolution devices incorporating I2C and Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Bus connectivity. The new DPPs offer a low-noise, reliable and space-saving alternative to mechanical potentiometers in appl...

IDT has purchased the touch sensor technology assets from Leadis Technology. In addition, IDT will also acquire the Leadis Technology intellectual property and employee teams. The transaction closed at June 10, 2009. “This strategic capability complements our existing audio, video, timing and power ...

HBM announced that it has launched Genesis HighSpeed – a product line for high-speed data acquisition and transient recording. The Genesis HighSpeed product family – formerly sold under the “LDS Nicolet“ brand – enhances HBM test and measurement solutions by expanding the addressed frequency rate an...