NXP EOL Notices

By Dan Crippen

This PDN was published on 06/30/2015 and list all parts with the LTB dates 06/30/2015, 09/30/2015, 12/31/2015 and 03/31/2016. Component Publish Date Replacement LTB Date PCA9955ATW/ Q900 06/30/15 PCA9955BTW/ Q900 06/30/15 PCA9955ATW 06/30/15 PCA9955BTW 06/30/15 PCA9956ATW/ S911 06/30/15 PCA9956BTW/S 911 06/30/15 PCA9956ATW 06/30/15 PCA9956BTW 06/30/15 74ALVCH1683 2DGG 06/30/15 N/A 09/30/15 74AVC16834A DGV 06/30/15 N/A 09/30/15…

Snapdragon Success

By Dan Crippen

When you pick up your smart phone you don’t typically consider what goes into making it work, all that matters is that it functions well and has some speed to it. Well Qualcomm’s latest development will help you drastically increase both speed and power efficiency, so it may be time to start paying attention to…

Holtek Semiconductor EOL Notices

By Dan Crippen

These PDNs were published on 03/10/2015, 03/25/2015, 05/28/2015, 06/10/2015, 07/01/2015, 07/04/2015, 07/10/2015, 07/13/2015, 07/31/2015 and 08/19/2015 and list all parts with the LTB dates 09/03/2015, 11/30/2015, 12/01/2015, 12/05/2015, 12/15/2015, 12/31/2015, 01/03/2016, 01/13/2016, 01/31/2016 and 02/19/2016. Component Publish Date Replacement LTB Date HT3021-10 03/10/15 N/A 09/03/15 HT83R074 03/25/15 N/A 09/30/15 HT83004 03/25/15 N/A 09/30/15 HT83007 03/25/15 N/A…

Fueling the Phone Industry

By Dan Crippen

  So by this point most people have at least heard of hydrogen fuel cells and a few clusters may know people who are driving one of these futuristic eco-vehicles. What almost no one has heard about is the team in Britain that is looking to make hydrogen fuel cells the next big thing in…

Pericom EOL Notices

By Dan Crippen

These PDNs were published on 03/31/2015 and 07/08/2015 and list all parts with the LTB dates 10/08/2015 and 01/15/2016. Component Publish Date Replacement LTB Date PI6C18551WE 03/31/15 PI6C49X0204AWIE 10/08/15 PI6C18551WEX 03/31/15 PI6C49X0204AWIEX 10/08/15 PI6C4500DEDR 03/31/15 N/A 10/08/15 PI6C4511WE 03/31/15 PT7C4511WE 10/08/15 PI6C4511WEX 03/31/15 PT7C4511WEX 10/08/15 PT7C5002LBWE 03/31/15 N/A 10/08/15 PT7C5002LBWEX 03/31/15 N/A 10/08/15 PT7C5002LCWE 03/31/15…

Self-Assembling Robots

By Dan Crippen

Self-assembling robots have always always been a sci-fi milestone that science in the real world could never really achieve. One team at MIT has achieved just that, a group of robots that work together to reconfigure themselves. They are called M-Blocks and although they are nothing like what you’d see in Hollywood they are a…