Austrian, fabless semiconductor company, Panthronics has extended its portfolio of NFC reader ICs with the PTX105R and the PTX130R reader. The pair give OEMs new options to design NFC capability into IoT devices, embedded and mobile computing systems, said the company.
ICs & Semiconductors
Audio amplifiers with Merus technology maximise battery life, says Infineon
In the design of portable and battery-powered audio devices for consumer speaker applications, key criteria are to maximise battery playback time while maintaining audio performance in a compact form and low system cost.
RISC brings data density to wearable devices
Two RISC-V processors from SiFive bring flexibility and balance of performance and efficiency for wearables and smart consumer devices, said SiFive. The Performance P670 and P470 RISC-V processors address the need for high performance and efficiency in a small size in high volume applications like wearables, smart home, industrial automation, AR/VR, and other consumer devices, said the company.
Farnell stocks Nordic Semiconductor’s nPM1100 PMIC
Nordic Semiconductor’s latest power management chip (PMIC), the nPM1100 offers a higher efficiency-to-size ratio than any other PMIC available in the market today, said Farnell, as the company announced it now stocks the device.
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