EBV Elektronik dedicates the ninth issue of its knowledge magazine ‘The Quintessence’ (TQ) to the topic of consumer electronics. The TQ magazine shows that the latest developments in consumer electronics are not just about entertainment. In addition to providing new ways of accessing information bas...

TE Connectivity has entered into exclusive negotiations with Wendel and has made a binding offer to acquire Deutsch Group (Deutsch), a provider of high-performance connectors for harsh environments, in a transaction valued at euro 1.55 billion (approximately $2.06 billion at current exchange rates)....

Renesas Electronics announced a charging control integrated circuit (IC), the R2A20055NS, that achieves safe charging control for single-cell lithium-ion batteries used in portable devices. Lithium-ion batteries have a high energy density and can contribute to equipment miniaturization. At the same ...

Samsung Electronics announced dual-core processor samples based on the ARM Cortex-A15 core. Designed specifically for high-end tablets, Samsung's 2GHz dual-core Exynos 5250 utilizes 32nm high-k metal gate low-power process technology. The processor is capable of processing 14 billion instructions pe...

Microchip announces the PIC12LF1840T48A which is the first in a family of single-chip devices that integrate a 8-bit PIC microcontroller with a sub-GHz RF transmitter. The device is optimised to run Microchip’s royalty-free KEELOQ code-hopping technology, a security technology.

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Microchip announces the PIC12LF1840T48A which is the first in a family of single-chip devices that integrate an eXtreme Low Power (XLP), 8-bit PIC microcontroller with a sub-GHz RF transmitter. The PIC12LF1840T48A’s combination of features in a single, 14-pin TSSOP package makes it useful for space-...

Cypress Semiconductor announced that NVIDIA has certified Cypress's single-chip TrueTouch solution for its large touchscreens on the reference design for the NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core mobile processor. The reference design is a tablet form-factor device with a 10.1-inch screen targeted at upcoming hi...