Robotics Trends

Silicon Labs Microcontrollers Deliver Industry’s Lowest Active and Sleep Current MCUs integrate a efficient dc-to-dc converter designed to operate down to 0.9 V, enabling low-cost battery operation, which supports smaller form factors, reduces system cost and provides an innovative way to extend battery life. Addressing the need for energy efficiency in power-sensitive applications, Silicon Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: SLAB), a provider of high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, has introduced the industry’s lowest power microcontroller (MCU) family. Silicon Labs’ ultra-low-power C8051F91x/0x MCUs dramatically increase battery life in portable designs and other power-sensitive embedded systems. The new F91x/0x MCUs are ideal for a wide range of applications where low power consumption is critical such as smart meters, RFID tags, personal medical devices, sensor interfaces, energy harvesting, home security systems, and smoke and fire detectors. Consuming the industry’s lowest current in… View this post
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Automotive System-on-a-Chip Enables Precision Ultrasonic Sensing Maxim Integrated Products’ newest MAXQ mixed-signal microcontroller provides a compact system-on-a-chip for accurate ultrasonic distance measurements, and adds intelligence to cost-sensitive sensor-conditioning applications. Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) introduces the newest member of its MAXQ RISC microcontroller product line: the MAXQ7667 SoC (system-on-chip), mixed-signal microcontroller for ultrasonic sensor applications. A highly integrated DAS (data-acquisition system), this SoC provides a cost-effective solution for applications that must measure weak signals over long distances or identify multiple targets. Its integrated functions, moreover, allow designers to add intelligence to cost-sensitive sensor-conditioning applications. The MAXQ7667 is optimized for automotive-sensor systems such as EPA (electronic parking assist) and PDC (park-distance control); it is also well suited for industrial processing, automation, and handheld applications requiring position measurement. This 7mm x 7mm device integrates… View this post
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