Release of New 32-bit Microcontrollers for 3-Phase Inverter Motor Control in EV and HV
Fujitsu Semiconductor America has released series of new 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) capable of high-speed and efficient control of 3-phase inverter motor control in electric vehicle (EV) and hybrid vehicle (HV). The new series of MCUs are capable of highly efficient loopback control using a high-speed, dedicated 12-bit A/D converter and Resolver-to-Digital Converter (RDC) as well as best torque control. The new MB91580 MCUs generates the required motor control parameters to accurately detect motor current and position at high speeds, in achieving a precise motor control waveform generation. Read more
Release of 52 New ARM Cortex M3 Core Microcontrollers for Home Appliances, Office Automation and Digital Consumer Products by Fujitsu Semiconductor
Fujitsu Semiconductor America has extended its 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) lineup, by introducing 52 new ARM Cortex M3 Core based products designed for home appliance, office automation, as well as digital consumer products. The new products are part of Fujitsu’s FM3 family of controllers which company announced on Nov. 2010. The new product lineup offers embedded NOR flash memory from 64KB to 512KB designed for 100,000 write cycles which can retain data for up to 20 years, plus an increase in package options from 64-pin to 112-pin. Read more
Release of Three New Intelligent Power Devices for Automotive Lighting Application by Renesas Electronics
Renesas Electronics has announced the release of three new compact and lightweight lighting control units for automotive lighting system. The new intelligent Power devices (IPDs) integrate into its single package Power MOSFETs as its switching elements, and control circuits for protection and self-diagnostic functions. The new IPDs comprises of uPD166011 with 12-pin power HSSOP package and two output channels with an on-state resistance of 25 milliohms; the uPD166013 with the 12-pin power HSSOP package and two output channels with an on-state resistance of 60 milliohms as well as uPD166014 with a 24-pin power HSSOP package and four output channels with an on-state resistance of 60 milliohms. Read more
Release of Four New Digital Full-Color MFPs by Sharp
Sharp has announced today, the expansion of its line of digital full-color MFPs, namely the MX-4110FN, MX-4111FN, MX-5110FN, and MX-5111FN. The new MFPs are feature 10.1-inch color touch screen LCD for enhanced operation. The LCD will present user with scanned documents while enabling users to use finger touches for tasks such as confirming document content, changing page order, as well as deleting pages, resulting in fewer unintended printing mistakes. Read more
Release of Two New Mega Pixel, IR-Corrected Vari-Focal Lenses by Tamron
Tamron has released two new 1/3” format 2.8-8mm F/1.2 Vari-Focal lenses which are compatible with 3-Mega-pixel-Day/Night cameras, delivering full high definition 1080p images over the entire focal length range, both in visible as well as near-infrared light ranges. The wide horizontal angle of view of 100.1 degrees provides the ability for the camera to the entire room when the camera has been placed in a corner of room. Read more
Release of New Coating System for Large Flat Panel Displays by Dainippon Screen
Dainippon Screen Mfg, made an announcement on development of a new coating systems to be used in manufacturing of large glass substrates. The newly developed Levicoater, is a new coating system incorporating levitated transfer technology and coating technology. The new Levicoater will be incorporated in SK series coater/developers for flat panel displays (FPDs). The new system lifts the glass substrate using pressurized air and moves it as a fixed nozzle photoresist. The new coating system features a 20% improvement in productivity, while reducing the photoresist use by up to 20%. Read more
Release of New Laser Rangefinder by NIKON
Nikon Vision, a subsidiary of Nikon has introduced Laser 1000A S, a new laser rangefinder with a golf mode feature. The new 1000A S in addition to displaying the actual distance, height and horizontal distance, is capable of displaying slope-adjusted distance in the viewfinder, a useful feature, helping user to easily understand the distance to the target in a hilly surroundings. The new 1000A S’s Golf mode is a slope-adjusted distance and actual distance mode. The golf mode is among the several display mode cycle on this newly released laser rangefinder. The 1000A S comes with Actual distance and height mode, horizontal distance and height mode, Actual distance mode, as well as golf mode. Read more
Release of New 16-bit Microcontroller for Segmented Electronic Paper Display by Epson
Seiko Epson has made an announcement on release of new 16-bit microcontroller with a built-in driver, optimized for use in small and medium sized segmented electronic paper displays (EPDs), like E-Ink SURF™. EPD is a fast growing market thanks to huge demand for products such as e-books. EPD offers a high contrast, flexibility, image stability as well as low power consumption, making it ideal replacement to liquid crystal display in many segmented display applications. The new S1C17F57 microcontroller comes with standard functions such memory (ROM and RAM), timers, and serial interfaces. Read more
Release of Two New Indium Gallium Phosphide based HBT for Satellite Digital Radios by Mitsubishi Electric
Mitsubishi Electric has announced the release of two new models of indium gallium phosphide (InGap) based hetrojunction bipolar transistors (HBT) to be used for reception systems in satellite digital radios. The new devices come with a 4-pin full-mold package and are ideal for second or third stages of low noise amplifiers for L to C band (0.5 to 6 GHz) applications. Satellite digital audio radio services (SDARS) are used in vehicle audio systems to access traffic information, entertainment programs and other information services which are commonly used in North America requiring no tuning to adapt to regional broadcasting system such as analog radio services. Read more
Release of New SoCs with Audio and Video Playback Capability for Portable AV Devices by Renesas Electronics
Renesas Electronic has released new system-on-chips (SoCs) that are capable of audio and video playback all in a single chip, targeted for portable AV devices, including portable multimedia players, electronic book readers as well as network TVs. The new SoCs are part of EMMA Mobile EV Series products incorporating the latest ARM Cortex™ A9 high performance CPU. The new SoCs come in reduced package size of 9 x9 mm, incorporating DRAM with in the same package, eliminating any needs for high-speed DRAM interface design, contributing to miniaturization of the overall systems and facilitating design configuration. Read more
