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...

LEM has announced the ITC series of transducers for galvanically-isolated, current measurements in rail-traction applications. The transducer series comprises three models, ITC 1000-S, 2000-S and 4000-S, with corresponding nominal current measurement ratings of 1000, 2000 and 4000 ARMS. LEM designed...