The PR4404 from Prema is a LED driver providing more than 150mA out of one battery cell and up to 300mA from two batteries for one to three power LEDs. A hold input allows controlling the LED brightness via a PWM signal or switching the LED from a microcontroller. Several applications and circuits c...

Linear Technology announces the LTC6802, a multicell battery monitoring IC capable of measuring up to 12 individual battery cells. The device’s proprietary design allows multiple LTC6802s to be stacked in series without optocouplers or isolators, for precision voltage monitoring of every cell in lon...

Picor, a subsidiary of Vicor Corporation specializing in the design and development of power management solutions, announced the Cool-ORing Family of full-function Active ORing solutions (PI2121, PI2122, PI2123, PI2125) and discrete Active ORing controllers (PI2001, PI2002, PI2003). These solutions ...

Atmel announced the release of its AT73C224 Analog Companion Power Management Unit designed for applications based on 32-bit MCUs. The AT73C224 supplies the required voltages and currents to the main sections of generic 32-bit MCU-based applications including MCU core, memory, I/O, USB host and inte...

ON Semiconductor has introduced the NCP5890 – a lighting management device that integrates LCD backlighting, fun light controls and ambient light sensing into a 3 mm x 3 mm x 0.5 mm package. With its 30-volt (V) output capability, the device drives LEDs in series to achieve homogeneous backlight ove...

Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC4217, a 2A integrated Hot Swap controller for protecting low power boards with load supply voltages ranging from 2.9V to 26.5V. Like other Hot Swap devices, the LTC4217 allows a board to be safely inserted and removed from a live backplane by limiting ...

Vicor Corporation has introduced a DC front-end module that provides EMI filtering and transient protection. The M-FIAM9 (Military Filter Input Attenuator Module) enables designers using Vicor’s Maxi, Mini, Micro Series 24 V and Maxi Series 28 V DC-DC converters to meet conducted emission/susceptibi...