EDN

NEC Electronics’ Low-Cost, Single-Chip MPEG Decoder Integrated Into DIRECTV’s Entry-Level Set-Top Box Platform

NEC announced that their MPEG decoder chip for digital set-top boxes (STBs), the µPD61128, has been integrated into an entry-level STB receiver from DIRECTV. A derivative of the µPD61126 MPEG decoder, ...
EDN

New Infineon Mobile Phone Chip Sets New Industry Standard for Ultra Low-Cost Handsets, Shrinks Electronic Component Count to Fewer Than 50 and Cuts Manufacturer Cost to US $16

New Infineon Mobile Phone Chip Sets New Industry Standard for Ultra Low-Cost Handsets, Shrinks Electronic Component Count to Fewer Than 50 and Cuts Manufacturer Cost to US $16 The latest chip from ...
Electronic Design

Low-Cost Real-Time MCUs Handle Advanced Motor-Control Functions

How the new MCUs save costs. Implementation of TI's InstaSPIN FOC software and advanced algorithms. Range of applications for these MCUs. By integrating TI’s C28x digital-signal-processor core, a high ...
Defense News

The next arsenal of democracy: Send partners low-cost drone components

SYPAQ’s Corvo Precision Payload Delivery System is on display at the 2023 DSEI defense expo in London. (Ben Murray/Staff) Put simply: Helping free societies build swarms of low-cost drones can play a ...