COMPONENT FOCUS Future Electronics Industry News in Brief Freescale Semiconductor Processor Kit Empowers Multimedia Development Diodes Incorporated Power-Switch Family Protects USB Port Against Excess Current and Temperature Fairchild Semiconductor DC/DC Regulator Makes Efficient Use of PCB Space and Power Vishay Compact ESD Protection Cuts Capacitance and Leakage Current IXYS Corporation Full-Function Solid-State Relay Built into Small 4-pin SOP Package Melexis Triaxis Hall Sensor Detects Magnet Movements for Non-Contact Interface Design Avago Technologies Higher-Brightness Versions Released for Half-Watt LEDs Freescale Semiconductor 8-bit MCU Minimises Power Consumption NXP Semiconductors Band-Gap Sensor Creates Temperature-to-Digital IC Vishay Schottky Diodes Increase Power Density for High-Temperature Applications NXP Semiconductors Low-Ohmic Switches Enable Condensed Design ROHM Programmable Clock Generator Optimises PCB Space Vishay Die Construction Improves Radiant Intensity of 940nm IR Emitter NXP Semiconductors Programmable Signal Enables Flexible ADC Tyco Electronics Colour-Coded Connector System Simplifies Assembly and Maintenance

 

DESIGN NOTES Micrel Designing Real-Time Ethernet Industrial Control

 

APPLICATION SPOTLIGHT Innovasic Semiconductor Kit Enables Rapid EtherNet/IP™ Evaluation Future Electronics Easy Evaluation of Ethernet Over Plastic or Glass Optical Fibre NXP Semiconductors Dual Instruction Sets Allow MCU Optimisation Exar Load Capability Lets More Transceivers on the Bus Freescale Semiconductor 32-bit ColdFire® MCU Offers Cost-Effective Connectivity Avago Technologies Optical Fibre Modules Increase Ruggedness and ESD Protection Micrel Ethernet PHY Enhances Power and ESD Rating ON Semiconductor CAN Transceivers Operate Over 500m for Industrial Networks Exar UART Enhancements Simplify Software and Hardware Design NXP Semiconductors MCU Combines Advanced Communications and High-Quality Displays Tyco Electronics Industrial Ethernet Connectors Supported by PCB Receptacle

 

TECHNICAL VIEW Future Electronics Using Op-Amps in the Precision Signal Path: A Guide for the Digital Engineer Future Electronics Optimised Multi-Core Architectures for the Embedded World

 

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