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Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. broadened its optoelectronics portfolio with the introduction of a new generation of 850-nm infrared emitters in 5-mm leaded packages. The TSHG5210 and TSHG6210 are available with ±10° viewing angle while the TSHG5410 and TSHG6x10 devices are available with a ±18° viewing angle. They offer extremely high radiant intensity with the industry’s lowest forward voltage.

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Cypress Semiconductor Corp.introduced the TrueTouch touchscreen solution based on the PSoC programmable system-on-chip architecture. The TrueTouch offering includes a single-chip touchscreen solution that can interpret up to 10 inputs from all areas of the screen simultaneously. This capability, known as "multi-touch all-point," enables designers to create new usage models for products such as mobile handsets, portable media players (PMPs), GPS systems and other products.

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STMicroelectronics has announced a new 3D orientation sensor, the company's initial offering in a significant new family of MEMS functional sensors that consolidates multiple conventional sensor functions in an easy-to-use surface-mount package. The new FC30 device embeds both 3D orientation functionality and click/double-click detection allowing developers to integrate mouse-button controls.

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TMicroelectronics, a market leader in MEMS products, has introduced the LISY300AL, a 7 x 7 x 1.5mm surface-mount MEMS single-axis yaw gyroscope for angular rate sensing up to 300 degrees per second (full scale). The new device combines high sensitivity, an extended supply voltage range, from 2.7V to 3.6V, and a selectable power-down mode.

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Analog Devices, Inc., a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, is expanding its iSensorintelligent sensor product family with a new six-degrees-of-freedom (6 DoF) inertial sensor. The ADIS16365 IMU (inertial measurement unit) combines high-performance, simplicity, and an improved data interface that delivers faster response times and lowers power consumption relative to other IMUs in its class. The ADIS16365 makes complex motion sensing design significantly easier and more cost-effective for industrial engineers developing high-performance platform control and navigation equipment.

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Synaptics Inc. a leading developer of human interface solutions for mobile computing, communications, and entertainment devices, today announced the general availability of its Proximity Sensing solution,a sensor for presence detection that will redefine the way users interact with their devices.

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Analog Devices, a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications, is expanding its extensive family of digital isolation products with a series of four-channel devices that isolate both data and power. Each device integrates ADI's iCoupler digital isolation technology and ADI's proprietary isoPower dc-to-dc converter, providing both isolated power and isolated signal channels within a single package.

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Freescale's Symphony DSP56720 and DSP56721 devices support high definition audio standards

Developers and systems designers creating advanced consumer audio products now can leverage the low cost, high performance and board space advantages of Freescale's Symphony multicore DSP56720 and DSP56721 digital signal processors (DSP).

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New EEPROMs Provide Highest Memory Density Available for I2C Bus

CHANDLER, Ariz.,[NASDAQ: MCHP] Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, today announced the 24XX1025 I2C serial EEPROM family of devices with 1 Mbit of memory the highest memory density available for I2C serial EEPROM devices. Based upon Microchip's advanced PMOS Electrically Erasable Cell (PEEC) process technology, the 24XX1025 serial EEPROMs give designers working with I2C buses the freedom to add more memory to their system without major hardware or layout modifications.

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New Serial EEPROMs Offer Byte-Level Reads & Writes, Full Voltage Range Functionality and Operation Up To 125°C
CHANDLER, Ariz.,[NASDAQ: MCHP] Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, today announced the 25AA1024 and 25LC1024 (25XX1024) the fastest (20 MHz) 1 Megabit (Mb) serial EEPROM devices in the industry. The Company also announced the 25AA128, 25LC128, 25AA512 and 25LC512 (25XX128/512) 128 Kbit and 512 Kbit devices today, meaning Microchip now provides serial EEPROMs across the entire SPI memory-density range (1 Kbit 1 Mbit).

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