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Sensor Signal Conditioning :: Cypress Introduces PSoC Wireless Environmental Sensing Kit for Atmospheric Pressure, Humidity, Temperature and Ambient Light

Cypress has introduced the CY3271-EXP1 Environmental Sensing Kit, for designers of HVAC system monitors, weather stations, and environmental sensor alarms.  >>  

Solid State Lighting :: National Semiconductor Introduces Six PowerWise Energy-Efficient Subsystem Reference Designs

Six new PowerWise reference designs from National Semiconductor Corp. empower design engineers to speed through the design process, delivering products that consume less power, extend battery life...  >>  

Permanent Magnet Motor Control :: Atmel's Brushless Motor Driver ICs Open the Door to Miniature, Cost-efficient Automotive Under-the-hood Designs

Atmel has announced driver ICs ATA6833 and ATA6834 for brushless DC motor applications such as fuel pumps, turbo chargers, or exhaust gas recirculation – applications which are continuously...  >>  

Permanent Magnet Motor Control :: Advanced Motor-Control Algorithms for STMicroelectronics' STM32 MCU Extend Performance, Lower BOM Costs, and Shorten Time to Market

Turnkey functions extend design advantages of sensorless control solution based on ARM Cortex-M3 processor STMicroelectronics has extended its library of functions supporting vector control of...  >>  

Solid State Lighting :: Automotive Buck Boost LED driver Reference Design

This document explains the steps to design a Buck boost LED driver using the MLX10803.  >>  

Solid State Lighting :: New LinkSwitch-II Design Ideas from Power Integrations Make Driving LEDs Simple

Power Integrations, announced a series of design ideas to help designers of LED driver circuitry benefit from the company's recently introduced LinkSwitch-II family of AC-DC power conversion...  >>  

Fluorescent Lighting :: IRPLDIM3 Wide Range Input Linear Dimming Fluorescent Ballast Using the IRS2158D

The IRPLDIM3 reference design kit consists of a high power factor wide input voltage range dimming Fluorescent ballast with a fully isolated 0 to 10V control interface, driving a single T5 28W...  >>  

Switched Reluctance Motor Control :: SR Motor Reference Designs

This reference design demonstrates an advanced control of the 3-Phase Switched Reluctance (SR) motor with Encoder position sensor using 56F80x Digital Signal Controllers. An inner current loop with...  >>  

Motor and Motion Control :: Renesas' Low-cost R8C/25-based Motor Control Reference Platform Accelerates the Design of Brushless DC Motor Applications

Renesas Technology America, Inc. has announced the R8C/25-based BLDC (brushless DC) Motor Control Reference Platform (MCRP). The new platform allows engineers to quickly bring the latest motor...  >>  

Sensor Signal Conditioning :: Digital Compass Reference Design

The multi-axis, tilt-compensated electronic compass interfaces very small signals directly to the MCU with no additional instrumentation circuitry, and is based on the C8051F350 MCU.  >>  

IEEE 1588 :: IEEE 1588 Compliant Industrial 802.3 Switch Reference Design - RD-133

This development board demonstrates an 8-port switch with IEEE1588 clock synchronization implemented in an Altera FPGA with embedded NIOS 32-bit processor. It utilizes a 32 bit NIOS II embedded...  >>  

Zigbee :: New Jennic reference design is first to provide speech audio

Jennic Ltd. has introduced a reference design which enables speech to be transmitted over an IEEE802.15.4 link using the company’s JN5139 single chip wireless microcontroller. The ready made...  >>  

Zigbee :: ZigBee Large Network Evaluation Product

Jennic’s ZigBee large network evaluation system allows end users and system implementers to rapidly evaluate and deploy wireless sensor networks of 100 nodes or more in real-world industrial,...  >>  

DC Motor Control :: New MotorKit from Fujitsu Eases Development of Automotive and Industrial Motor Control Applications

Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) has introduced a new development platform for automotive and industrial motor control applications built around the Fujitsu MB91F267N 32-bit...  >>  

Motor and Motion Control :: Motor Control solution for Fusion Starter Kit

The mixed-signal capabilities of Fusion allow for a single-chip solution for motor control applications. This Motor Control solution, shown in the figure below, demonstrates the unique advantages...  >>  

Lighting :: Power Integrations Reference Designs

Reference Designs (DAKs) provide the essential materials to get started on your next power supply design. All kits include samples, a fully functional reference board and complete documentation.  >>  

Lighting :: Lighting Reference Designs

International Rectifier offers a wide range of reference designs for Lighting applications. Each reference design kit includes a fully assembled and tested demo board along with applicable...  >>  

Industrial Networks :: HVAC Overview

The key operations of creating an optimum working and living environment requires the control of heating, ventilation and air conditioning. Programmable sensors detect and measure the surrounding...  >>  

Sensor Signal Conditioning :: PICDEM System Management Kit Integrates Multiple System Functions Into a Programmable Solution

Microchip Technology Inc., announced the PICDEM System Management Kit, a demonstration and training tool for individuals designing larger, computer-based systems. The PICDEM System Management board...  >>  

Zigbee :: Microchip: PICDEM Z Demonstration Kit

PICDEM™ Z 2.4 GHz Demonstration Kit is an easy-to-use evaluation and development platform for IEEE 802.15.4 application designers. This kit includes Microchip’s MRF24J40 transceiver and...  >>  

Zigbee :: Ember announces ZigBee RF evaluation kit

A new RF Evaluation Kit from Ember Corporation makes it easy for companies considering building ZigBee products or applications, to test how they will perform in their target environment. Ember...  >>  

Motor and Motion Control :: Technosoft: MCK240 DSP Motion Control Kit family

The MCK240 is a complete digital motion control system, based on TI's TMS320F240 DSP controller. The kit can be used to evaluate, design, execute and analyze digital motor control applications.  >>  

Fluorescent Lighting :: DIGITAL ADDRESSABLE LIGHTING INTERFACE (DALI) FOR LIGHTING NETWORKS

This document defines the reference design for a low-cost digitally addressable lighting interface with these features: Energy conservation, Intelligent building automation, and Master and node...  >>  

Fluorescent Lighting :: Universal Input Linear Fluorescent Ballast using the IR2166

The IR2166 Demo Board is a high efficiency, high power factor, fixed output electronic ballast designed for driving rapid start fluorescent lamp types. The design contains an EMI filter, active...  >>