To be able to quickly test a suitability of a sensor for a given application will appreciate perhaps every designer. For this purpose company Sensirion brings an evaluation USB kit EK-P3.
New superfast and at the same time efficient diodes Diotec ES1x series enable to further decrease power losses even in very quick circuits.
New DB9-USB connectors from FTDI enable to use a USB port in devices with UART interface without necessity of a PCB redesign.
LED driver and controller - LT3756 from Linear Technology offers a possibility to use input voltage from 6 up to 100V at an excellent efficiency.
If you like the AVR ATmega microprocessors, then the AVR XMEGA offer you even more reasons why to use them in your appliances.
Calibrated humidity and temperature sensors Sensirion SHT21,SHT25 and STS21 excel by very small dimensions. Thanks to their miniature size and a very low power consumption, you can use them even in small portable devices.
You may have already had an application, where it would have been suitable to use a switched power supply, but when you saw a datasheet, you rather used a classic proven linear stabilizer. With the integrated circuit L5973D it is possible to design in a short time a reliable and powerful power source, at a low cost.
A protection against explosive gases doesn´t have to be expensive. With the sensor Figaro TGS6812 with a linear output, you can design a quality and price-affordable device, detecting a wide variety of explosive gases.
USB solutions specialist Future Technology Devices International Limited (FTDI) has added two new cables to its USB to digital level serial interface portfolio. The new C232HM-DDHSL-0 and C232HM-EDHSL-0 USB 2.0 Hi-Speed to Digital Level cables - offer a fast, simple way to connect devices with 3.3 V logic level interfaces to USB.
Current limiting diode (CLD) is a less known component able to replace current limiting circuit. Current through the CLD is almost independent on the applied voltage. It enables to directly drive LEDs greatly simplifying an overall circuit.
VS10000 audio module is a simple solution how to add audio output to your device, at a low cost. Thanks to a high quality stereo sound with SNR>90dB it can be used even in applications demanding for a sound quality. License-free OggVorbis decoder enables to freely change audio content without any other fees.
Lot of us, who are using microprocessors in daily praxis, could have noticed, that more than 2 years ago Atmel has brought an innovated AVR microprocessor line called XMEGA.
