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Microchip’s New Op Amps Extend Battery Life With Exceptionally Low Power Consumption

Microchip Technology Inc. announced a new nine-member low-power, general-purpose operational amplifier (op amp) family—the MCP647X/8X/9X. These op amps provide among the industry’s best power consumption for a given gain-bandwidth product, including low quiescent current, to extend battery lifetimes. Additionally, they … Continue reading

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TI Intros Low-Cost, Easy-to-Use NFC Solutions in the Internet of Things

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) continues to deliver new near field communications (NFC) innovations in its broad portfolio of solutions that make entry to NFC development easier and lower cost. Today, TI introduces the Dynamic NFC Transponder RF430CL330H hardware to enable … Continue reading

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OATI Successfully Completes WIB Standards Audit on Smart Grid Solutions

Open Access Technology International, Inc. (OATI) announced that OATI webDistribute and OATI webSmartView, two applications within the OATI webSmartEnergy suite of applications, have successfully completed an audit against the Process Control Domain – Security Requirements for Vendors (WIB Standards). The … Continue reading

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DC Distribution Market to Hit $24.1B by 2025

The market for direct current distribution networks will grow from $2.5 billion in annual revenue in 2013 to $24.1 billion by 2025, according to analysis by Navigant Research. The Direct Current Distribution Networks report examines DC data center microgrids, off-grid … Continue reading

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Microsemi Broadens FPGA Product Portfolio with Highly-integrated IGLOO2

Microsemi Corporation unveiled its IGLOO®2 field programmable gate array (FPGA) family for industrial, commercial aviation, defense, communications and security applications. The non-volatile flash-based IGLOO2 FPGAs have the highest number of mainstream FPGA features including general purpose input/outputs (GPIOs), 5G SERDES … Continue reading

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Allegro Micro Adds Two New Devices to Existing Linear Hall IC Portfolio

Allegro MicroSystems, LLC has added two new factory one-time programmable (OTP-ROM) linear ICs to their existing portfolio. These devices eliminate the need for customers to optimize/program the devices for their finished sensor assemblies. Allegro’s A1388 and A1389 architecturally have the … Continue reading

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DENT Instruments Launches Wireless Communication Options for Power Meter

DENT Instruments, Inc. announced the introduction of several new communications options for the popular ELITEpro SP recording power meter. Bluetooth® wireless technology, and Wi-Fi connectivity are now available on the ELITEpro SP. Each option adds remote download capability to the … Continue reading

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EPRI Software Quantifies the Value of Energy Storage

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has developed an analytical tool that quantifies the value and assesses the cost-effectiveness of energy storage. The software enables utilities, regulators and other stakeholders to determine the economics of energy storage and better assess … Continue reading

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Energy Department Launches Database on Residential and Commercial Building Energy Performance

The Energy Department has launched a new Buildings Performance Database, the largest free, publicly available database of residential and commercial building energy performance information. Currently, commercial and residential buildings account for approximately 70% of the electricity consumption in the nation. … Continue reading

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Atmel adds Microcontrollers for Home Automation, Smart Meters and Industrial Apps

Atmel Corporation today announced the new Atmel SAM D20, the first series in a new family of embedded Flash microcontrollers based on the ARM Cortex-M0+ processor core and designed ideally for home automation, consumer, smart metering and industrial applications. Leveraging … Continue reading

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