Each week, the editor of Planet Analog finds items of interest and then features them in two sections, entitled “Also of Interest” and “Elementals”. Each cites items from publications outside the ...

Texas Instruments has announced the LM48901 quad Class-D spatial array IC that uses distributed sound processing combined with loudspeaker array technology to enable spatially-enhanced audio systems ...

Orlando, Fla.—Freescale Semiconductor is now sampling the next-generation MC13224 device in its single-chip IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee Platform-in-Package (PiP) family. The latest addition to the MC1322x ...

Maxim Integrated Products Inc. announced the MAX98314, calling it the industry's first mono, 3.2W, Class D amplifier with integrated input coupling capacitors. With the integrated input capacitors, ...

Mango developed its Journeys to expand content and take users farther in their own language travels. All 28 Mango Passport courses (including 16 foreign languages and 12 for English language learners) ...

STMicroelectronics has developed an integrated camera flash and torch controller that raises the maximum power of an LED flash module from a few Watts to more than 40 Watts, producing the brightness ...

The PPGT System Communications Interface allows users to seamlessly link to existing GAI-Tronics® 5 Page/Party® Systems. This new digital interface enables users to begin the process of complying with ...

Barcelona, Spain—DLP Technology from Texas Instruments (TI) announced production availability of a DLP Pico chipset, which includes an imaging chip and a processor to enable a new class of handheld ...

Milpitas, Calif.—Linear Technology Corp. is offering an H-Grade version of the LTC3803, a current mode flyback DC/DC controller in a tiny 6-pin ThinSOT package specified from -40°C to +150°C operating ...

At this year’s APEC 2015 show, their 30th anniversary, the top trends were GaN, Digital power and shrinking power system footprint with higher switching speeds. Let’s take a look with this slideshow.

Have you seen the Hewlett-Packard Printing Mailbox? It's a basic, receive-only station for email text and photos. It's truly simple in operation: plug it into a telephone jack and a power outlet, ...

I read a very funny link that someone sent me this morning that highlighted recent changes in consumer spending patterns. The link is at the end of this blog (for lunchtime reading only, of-course!) ...