SoC Uses Powerline Communications to Control Embedded Applications
Jun 1, 2010
System-on-a-chip features programmable flexibility to configure embedded applications controlled by powerline communications, such as lighting, industrial control, automatic metering, home automation, and smart energy management....
Digital Power Controllers Add Phases and Outputs
May 1, 2007
Digital power control has been touted as a means of making controllers more configurable and adaptable to diverse power system requirements. That idea...
Development Board Suits Digital Power
Dec 20, 2006
Microchip's dsPICDEM buck switch-mode power supply development board helps designers quickly evaluate and develop digital SMPS and power-conversion products....
Digital POL Converter Provides 15 A
Feb 22, 2006
Power-One's 15-A ZY1015 No-Bus point-of-load converter features a low-profile horizontally-mounted package. This hardware-configurable digital POL provides power management capabilities without the need for programming, external controllers, or bus interfaces....
Digital Signal Controllers Feature Motor Control PWMs
Feb 22, 2006
Microchip Technology’s dsPIC30F5015 and dsPIC30F5016 16-bit dsPIC digital signal controllers (DSCs) offer speeds of 30 MIPS, self-programming capabilities via Flash memory, and industrial and extended temperature ranges....
IC Combines Digital Power Management and Battery Charging
Jan 25, 2006
Summit Microelectronics has announced the newest addition to its second generation of multi-output Programmable Power Manager ICs. As a 1-chip solution, the SMB118 integrates six precision programmable regulators and programmable battery charging to reduce system size and cost in portable consumer electronics....
Microcontrollers Feature CAN Controllers and PWM Outputs
Oct 26, 2005
STMicroelectronics has introduced a family of ARM-based microcontrollers, the STR730F Series, which addresses the emerging demand for high-performance, cost-effective and off-the-shelf 32-bit microcontrollers optimized for complex industrial applications...
Integrated Power Controller Manages Multiple Power Domains
Oct 5, 2005
Dialog Semiconductor Plc has launched a general-purpose device for use as a core building block in power management subsystems in portable electronics equipment, audio players, cellular handsets and digital cameras....
Digital Power IC Exceeds Analog Efficiency
Oct 1, 2005
The first product offering from Zilker Labs of Austin, Texas, is a power management and conversion IC that provides the configurability, control and monitoring...
Digital Power Controller Is Fast and Flexible
May 1, 2005
Mixed-signal IC specialist Silicon Laboratories (Austin, Texas) has entered the power market with its introduction of the Si825x family of digital power...
ICs Offer A Range of Digital Power Control
Mar 1, 2005
At this year's Applied Power Electronics Conference, Texas Instruments (TI) unveiled a series of digital power components designed to enhance the performance,...
IC Supports Primary-Side Power Monitoring
Jan 1, 2005
In mission-critical applications with isolated
dc-dc converters, monitoring conditions on the
48-V power bus can significantly improve system
performance by detecting latent faults before
they cause system outages....
Integrating Analog, Digital and Power for Motion Control
Jul 1, 2003
To overcome the shortcomings of conventional motor control solutions, International Rectifier has combined the building blocks into an integrated design platform for motor control systems....
Motor ControlDevelopment System
Feb 28, 2003
International Rectifier’s (IR’s) IRACS201 development system supports the Accelerator™ Design Platform for high-performance applications such as aerospace...
FPAAs Target High-Volume Analog Applications
Jan 1, 2003
A combination of hardware and CAD/CAE software simplifies the design of analog circuits using field-programmable analog arrays (FPAAs) from Anadigm. The...
