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Cypress's New PSoC® Creator™ 2.2 IDE Delivers New Components, Easy Component Distribution and Custom

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Cypress’s New PSoC® Creator™ 2.2 IDE Delivers New Components, Easy Component Distribution and Custom Documentation

Along with a New Component Pack Release, Version 2.2 Simplifies Design and Enhances Collaboration for Global Design Teams

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NAS: CY) today introduced PSoC® Creator™ 2.2, the integrated design environment (IDE) for Cypress’s PSoC 3 and PSoC 5LP architectures, along with a new Component Pack. The new software update simplifies and accelerates designs with new PSoC Components™, enabling easy creation and distribution of custom Components, and generates custom datasheets.

PSoC Creator is more than merely an IDE. In addition to a robust compiler and programmer, it allows users to configure PSoC programmable hardware into a custom one-chip solution. It includes a rich library of over 100 pre-verified, production-ready analog and digital Components—”virtual chips,” represented by an icon—that users can drag-and-drop into a design and configure to suit a broad array of application requirements. Developers can download the new software free of charge at www.cypress.com/Creator.

PSoC Creator 2.2 with Component Pack 5 features seven new and five enhanced Components including MDIO Interface, SAR Sequencer and a digital Component pack with multiple Flip/Flops, a Pulse Converter and a Frequency Divider. It also offers a new PWM-based sensor interface Component that connects to Analog Devices’ TMP05 temperature sensors. Components integrate system interfaces and discrete ICs into a PSoC solution, reducing BOM costs and board-space.

“What truly sets PSoC apart from other solutions is not just the flexible architecture of the chips, but the ability to simultaneously design both hardware and software in the PSoC Creator IDE,” said John Weil, Senior Director of PSoC Marketing and Applications for Cypress. “PSoC Components can encapsulate hardware layout, peripheral initialization and the required application firmware to generate a complete virtual IC. This allows engineers to create unique designs that can be optimized for almost any application and then shared and reused throughout their organization.”

Version 2.2 adds easy import and export tools to simplify the sharing of user-created PSoC Creator Components. Customers can generate complete Components and easily pass them to a system integration team. This allows global engineering teams to work on the hardware and software of a particular block, complete and package their design and send to a system integration team. PSoC Creator customers can easily implement Center of Excellence design methodologies throughout their global design teams.

Simplifying project creation, PSoC Creator 2.2 generates complete, custom datasheets for any PSoC project design. Generated datasheets contain system settings, clock and pin details, registers, and Component set-up for each …read more

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Fairchild Semiconductor's Power Supply WebDesigner Now Provides CCM, Non-Isolated PFC Buck and Buck

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Fairchild Semiconductor’s Power Supply WebDesigner Now Provides CCM, Non-Isolated PFC Buck and Buck LED Driver Designs in Under a Minute

New Modules Provide Optimal Design with Complete Schematics, Inductor Design and Bill of Materials

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Fairchild Semiconductor (NYS: FCS) , a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile semiconductor solutions, has enhanced Power Supply WebDesigner – an online design and simulation tool that provides complete designs in under a minute – to include complete continuous conduction mode (CCM), non-isolated active PFC buck and buck LED driver designs.

From user-specified design inputs, the Power Supply WebDesigner (PSW) tool allows designers to choose all the components used in a design or have the tool automatically recommend the design values – providing Fairchild part numbers where applicable. PSW can automatically recommend design values, or allows the user to evaluate their own component choices.

While using the tool, designers can accept default recommended values, or spend time optimizing the important details to their unique design needs. Designers can get quick, accurate estimates on design performance, and refine design choices as they go. The tool also allows them to spend the time to perform detailed simulation analysis and learn the insights of how their design and its hardware prototype will work with higher degree of confidence.

When a design is complete, PSW creates a BOM which can be sent to their procurement department or instantly procure the components online, saving time on documentation or sourcing parts elsewhere. Additionally, they can save their design for future reference or pass the design on to other engineers.

Using the Power Supply WebDesigner tool provides the inexperienced designer a quick guided design, while the experienced designer can take their requirements and further customize critical design factors.

Updates:

  • Fairchild’s latest CCM buck and non-isolated PFC buck LED drivers are added options for PSW users, supporting Fairchild’s family of LED drivers.
  • First-available LED online tool designed to help design EMI filters, predict power factor (PF) and total harmonic distortion (THD).
  • PSW features have been extended to include the special driver requirements of low power (≤ 20W) …read more
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Silicon Labs Launches Most Integrated Multiband Receiver Solution for Wheel-Tuned Radio Designs

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Silicon Labs Launches Most Integrated Multiband Receiver Solution for Wheel-Tuned Radio Designs

New Si48xx AM/FM/SW Radio ICs Ease Design and Manufacturing for China’s 115 Million-Unit-Per-Year Analog-Tuned Radio Market

AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Silicon Labs (NAS: SLAB) , a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, today introduced the latest generation of the company’s widely used analog-tuned, analog/digital-display (ATxD) multiband radio IC family. The new Si4825/27/36 AM/FM/SW receivers provide superior radio band coverage and a 16-pin SOIC package option that eases the design and manufacturing of ATxD radio products. The new Si48xx radio ICs provide an “all-in-one” single-chip receiver solution for tabletop and portable radios, stereos, mini/micro systems, boomboxes, clock radios, iPod docking stations, toy radios and many other consumer products containing wheel-tuned radios.

The wheel-tuned or “analog-tuned” multiband radio product market exceeds 115 million units per year, according to Silicon Labs estimates. More than 90 percent of all ATxD radios including products for the global export market are manufactured in China. A pioneer in RF-in-CMOS multiband receivers for the wheel-tuned radio market, Silicon Labs has now delivered three generations of single-chip receiver solutions that reduce the cost and complexity and simplify the manufacturing of radio products used by many millions of consumers worldwide.

Silicon Labs‘ new Si4825/27/36 receivers offer the same exceptional RF performance, unmatched integration in CMOS, bill of materials (BOM) and labor cost reduction, and ease of design and manufacturing as previous generations of Si48xx radio ICs. In addition, the new receivers use a single band to cover a wider frequency range for FM and SW bands, and they also support TV audio carrier reception in the China market. Additionally, the devices provide advanced audio conditioning for all signal environments, removing pops, clicks and loud static in challenging signal conditions.

The Si4825 mono-output, consumer-grade product and the Si4836 stereo-output, commercial-grade product are designed for the ATAD radio market. The Si4827 mono-output, consumer-grade product targets the ATDD radio market. Each receiver supports worldwide broadcast frequencies from 64-109 MHz in FM, 504-1750 kHz in AM and 2.3-28.5 MHz in shortwave (SW), enabling a single radio design based on the receivers to support all worldwide markets.

“Silicon Labs‘ Si48xx multiband receiver family provides an innovative ‘radio-on-a-chip’ architecture that enables wheel-tuned radio manufacturers to simplify and shrink their board designs, eliminate costly manual labor in manufacturing and reduce component count by more than 80 percent,” said James Stansberry, vice president and general manager of …read more
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IDT MEMS Oscillators Selected as Finalist for 2013 EE Times and EDN ACE Awards

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IDT MEMS Oscillators Selected as Finalist for 2013 EE Times and EDN ACE Awards

IDT’s Leading 4M and 4E MEMS Oscillators and CEO Ted Tewksbury, Ph.D. Garner Recognition from Prestigious Electronics Industry Publications

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT®) (NAS: IDTI) , the Analog and Digital Company™ delivering essential mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, today announced that its 4M- and 4E-series MEMS Oscillators were selected as a finalist for UBM Tech’s EE Times and EDN 2013 Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Award in the ‘Ultimate Products’ category. In addition, IDT‘s president and CEO, Dr. Ted Tewksbury, Ph.D., was named finalist in the Executive of the Year category.

IDT‘s 4M and 4E MEMS oscillators were selected for their broad appeal to electronics engineers looking to overcome the performance and reliability concerns that have accompanied quartz-based oscillators for decades. IDT‘s patented piezoelectric MEMS (pMEMS™) resonator technology combines the strong electromechanical coupling of the piezoelectric material with the stability and low damping of single-crystal silicon to create a passive frequency source of unparalleled performance and reliability. The devices are ideal for cloud computing and network infrastructure requiring sub-picosecond jitter and high reliability at elevated operating temperatures.

“This year’s ACE Awards finalists mark a shift in the industry, as the electronics industry becomes more focused on creating technologies attractive to consumers,” said Alexander Wolfe, Brand Director, EE Times. “The 2013 finalists represent the execution of forward-thinking technologies and creativity that captures the imagination of consumers, illustrating the influence that electronics and embedded design professionals have on today’s culture.”

“IDT‘s MEMS oscillators meet the accuracy and jitter requirements for high-performance applications with the added benefit of excellent reliability and short lead times,” said Christian Kermarrec, vice president and general manager of the Timing and Synchronization Division at IDT. “Our MEMS oscillator portfolio includes a range of products optimized for different applications; from standard six-pin oscillators with less than 1 picosecond of phase jitter to our multi-output oscillators with pre-configured selectable frequencies on a single chip. Our ICs empower customers to drive the performance standard for next generation products while consolidating the BOM and simplifying the circuit.”

In addition to becoming a finalist for the ‘Ultimate Product‘ award, IDT‘s very own president and CEO, Dr. Ted Tewksbury, Ph.D., was named finalist for the Executive of the Year category.

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Power Integrations' New PI Expert Suite 9.0 Power Supply Design Software Supports LED Lighting

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Power Integrations’ New PI Expert Suite9.0 Power Supply Design Software Supports LED Lighting

Improves productivity with enhanced schematics-manipulation tool and BOM output to design-fulfillment distributors

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Power Integrations (Nasdaq: POWI), the leader in high-voltage integrated circuits for energy-efficient power conversion, today announced that the latest version of its popular power supply design software, PI Expert Suite 9.0, now includes support for its LinkSwitch™-PL and LinkSwitch-PH LED-driver ICs and its recently introduced TinySwitch™-4 off-line switcher IC family. Version 9.0 includes an enhanced schematics-manipulation tool. It also enables designers to upload the resulting BOM from the auto-generated schematic layout to selected, leading design-fulfillment distributors.

New PI Expert Suite 9.0 Power Supply Design Software Supports LED Lighting and BOM Export to Distributors (Photo: Business Wire)


PI Expert Suite 9.0
 improves the productivity of power supply design teams by greatly reducing the time to first prototype and by slashing the number of prototype iterations required to reach a finished product. The software now includes support for solid-state-lighting products, enabling LED designs to be optimized for CC, dimming and harmonic emissions. As with previous-generations, PI Expert Suite 9.0generates a complete schematic of the power supply and offers power transformer optimization techniques, even specifying the transformer design and offering links to wound component manufacturers. A heatsink calculation tool provides the designer with an estimation of the thermal design requirements for a new power supply which may be used to guide layout and mechanical prototyping decisions – avoiding iterations and wasted time. Enhanced PCB layout recommendations based on the IC device and package chosen allow the designer to minimize trace-induced EMI and board area, and also maximize electrical noise immunity and surge tolerance.

Comments Peter Vaughan, director of applications engineering at Power Integrations: “LED-lighting engineers face difficult electrical, mechanical and thermal challenges as they continue to develop innovative solid-state-lighting products. PI Expertremains the only comprehensive PSU design tool capable of satisfying the demands of both experienced and new power supply designers alike. With support for our LinkSwitch-PL and LinkSwitch-PH ICs, they can achieve a better, more efficient solution in a shorter time.”

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Second-generation USB 3.0-SATA3 bridge SoC with reduced external components

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Renesas Electronics today announced the availability of its new SuperSpeed Universal Serial Bus (USB 3.0) to Serial ATA (SATA) Revision 3 [Note] bridge SoC (system on chip, part number µPD720231) that enables the reduction of the total BOM significantly. The uPD720231 enables effective multi-gigabit per second (Gbps) data transfer between a USB 3.0 host system and a SATA device used in widely adopted external USB hard drives and solid state drives (SSD). …read more
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Changing txt files to pure UTF-8

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I have two Macs running 10.7.5.

We download .txt files from remote site to these local Macs using ‘rsync -e ssh -avz…’.

The files on Mac1 are in the required format of pure UTF-8. The files on Mac2 are in UTF-8 (no BOM) which is wrong format for us; these formats are indicated using BBEdit.

Is there a Unix instruction to correct this or an instruction we can pass to rysnc?

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