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produced during the event, will be available from February 24, 2016 at www.youtube.com/stonlinemedia/EW2016 ST invites Embedded World 2016 attendees to participate in on-booth technical conferences or go into more depth on products and tools during practical workshops running throughout the exhibition. ST will give away hundreds of valuable and easy-to-use development boards and other prizes, including BB-8™ by Sphero, an app-enabled Droid™ powered by the STM32F3 ARM® Cortex®-M4 microcontroller, during various activities. Among the demonstrations planned for Embedded World attendees are: The newest members of the STM32 ARM Cortex-M MCU family, including new 14-pin STM32L0 devices, smaller derivatives of the STM32L4, and extensions of the STM32F4 and STM32F7 series; A member of the LoRa® Alliance, ST will demonstrate the LoRa technology1 on STM32 MCUs and distribute LoRa combo packs (STM32L0 Nucleo + SX1276MB1LAS shield from Semtech) to interested attendees; Application solutions around the STM32 including connectivity, graphics, motor control, ARM mbed™ OS, Apple HomeKit™, and more; The STM32 Open Development Environment, which provides a flexible, easy, and affordable way to develop innovative devices and applications; The full NFC portfolio, including tags, dynamic tags, readers, and transceivers; A new security module for securing connected devices; Solutions that include wireless charging, new innovative sensors, wireless connectivity, MEMS microphones, and micro-power analog, to complement embedded designs; Flightsense™ sensor family for ranging, user detection, and gesture control; Embedded solutions for automotive applications that include the first Power Architecture™ MCU with ISO CAN FD (Flexible Data Rate) and the SPC5Studio microcontroller development environment demonstrated on the smallest ASIL-D microcontroller device (SPC57); Teseo III single-chip standalone positioning ICs capable of receiving signals from multiple Global Navigation Satellite Systems. Embedded World 2016 attendees are welcomed to visit STMicroelectronics in Hall 4A-138 to release their creativity. Tune in for ST’s Embedded World videos, recorded live from

Maxim’s Defibrillation and ESD Protection Device Safeguards Medical Applications with 100x Less Leakage Current Targeting medical equipment such as defibrillators as well as ECG diagnostics and monitoring systems, the MAX30034 defibrillation protection device from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) protects against defibrillation pulses and electrostatic discharge (ESD). Compared to existing approaches and components, it simplifies design, provides > 75% space savings, and trims the bill of materials, all while significantly improving performance. Designers of defibrillators and ECGmonitors face a challenge, as their ECG input amplifiers must withstand high-voltage pulses for cardiac resuscitation. These pulses can easily damage the sensitive electronic circuitry which captures the millivolt level heart signals. Preventing this damage has required a three-layer, multi-component approach combining a per-channel gas-discharge tube (GDT) and/or transient- voltage suppression (TVS) device, as well as ESD-protection diodes. Further, leakage current (a critical parameter) is relatively high, at about 1-2nA. Maxim’s four-channel MAX30034 defibrillation protection device uses an innovative topology from an advanced semiconductor process to absorb and harmlessly redirect these high-energy pulses away from sensitive circuitry. This small and robust device needs only two external pairs of resistors for each channel to provide design simplicity, smaller overall size, and lower leakage current. The MAX30034 replaces the primary-level GDTs and/or TVSs, as well as secondary-level ESD diodes which are the conventional solutions for mandated circuit protection. The device can withstand over 100,000 defibrillation pulses without failure

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