With so many cell phones, PDAs, and MP3 players using touch-sensitive keypads, wheels, and screens for user input, regular mechanical pushbuttons are beginning to seem outdated. Even so, mechanical ...

To protect your device against potentially hazardous uncontrolled ac or dc power, you may want to consider a watchdog timer. A watchdog timer monitors activity; if no activity occurs within a preset ...

Torex Semiconductor Ltd. has developed the XC6130/XC6131 series of 6V input voltage detector with internal watchdog timer. The XC6130/XC6131 series are voltage detectors that can operate at 6V and ...

Embedded electronic control units are finding their way into more and more complex safety critical and mission critical applications. Many of these applications operate in adverse conditions, which ...

Linear Technology Corporation has unveiled a dual channel, current mode step-down switching regulator with a power-on reset and watchdog timer. The LT3640's 4 V to 35 V input voltage range with 55 V ...