Consumer

Maintaining battery power (30 January 2012)
Fastrax decreases GPS power drain and reduces time to first fix in portable, battery-operated devices. More..

Voltage reference IC (24 January 2012)
Touchstone launches the TS6001A, a low power, <7ppm/ºC guaranteed, 2.5V voltage reference IC. More..

Maxim’s Optical Sensor Combines Ambient Light and Proximity Sensors to Deliver Optical Fusion (17 January 2012)
Highly integrated, light and proximity sensor extends battery life, shortens design time, and saves board space in space-constrained, portable applications More..

ZigBee remote control (17 January 2012)
TI introduces ZigBee RF4CE remote control for advanced interactions with consumer electronics. More..

3D cameras for mobile phones (10 January 2012)
Clever maths could enable a high-quality 3D camera to be incorporated into handheld devices. More..

AMOLED set to get big (10 January 2012)
At a major press event at CES, South Korea’s LG Electronics has unveiled its first large-sized active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) television. More..

Pop goes the plug (04 January 2012)
A new solution provides a way to avoid wasting energy. More..

Multi-sensor device offers six degrees of freedom (20 December 2011)
Smallest MEMS modules from STMicroelectronics will make sleek consumer devices more sensitive. More..

Connectors add flexibility (13 December 2011)
Optimised scalable one-piece board-to-board connector improves design flexibility. More..

MOSFETS for consumer electronics (06 December 2011)
Toshiba Electronics has announced its next-generation MOSFETs for battery operated equipment. More..

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