STMicroelectronics' New 256 kbit I2C EEPROM. stmicroelectronics new 256 kbit i2c eeprom. The two-wire gadget includes an I2C serial interface, supports 400kHz protocol and operates over a 1.8V to 3.6V power supply range....

STMicroelectronics just announced that all of its Serial EEPROM devices, from 2 to 64-Kbit density and from both the SPI and I2C interface series are now available in the tiny 2 x 3mm MLP8 package, compared to the predecessor 4 x 5mm S08N package, enabling space and cost savings for portable consumer and communications products. The tiny memory chips, in the (I2C bus interface) and M95 (SPI bus interface) families, operate over a wide supply-voltage range, from 1.8V to 5.5V, and are specified to function for more than one million write cycles and to retain data for more than 40 years. All of the devices in the low-density MLP8 2x3 family, from 2 to 64 kbit, are available in volume now, except for the 64-Kbit I2C variant, which will enter volume production in the second half of 2007....

Developed in the 1970s, the I2C bus patents in question cover a serial data path used to interconnect chips on circuit boards used in consumer electronics....

The PCKV856 70-190 MHz I2C Differential 1:10 SDRAM Clock Driver and the SSTV16856 14-bit SSTL_2 Registered Driver/Buffer are both sampling now in the TSSOP-48 package priced at US$2.00 and US$1.90, respectively, for 100,000 units. ...

Features include a USB 1.1 port for direct connection to a PC, 10-bit ADC to enable battery monitoring and button interfaces, I2C interface to microcontrollers and codecs for inter-chip communication, three multi-channel buffered serial ports (McBSPs) for full-duplex communication, interfaces for Sony Memory Stick and MMC/SD, 64-bit device ID, and secure ROM and disconnect options for JTAG access....

Along with ROM and RAM that can be accessed by a single clock, the processor integrates a 5-channel serial I/O that can be programmed for synchronous and asynchronous serial I/F, a 1-channel Fast Mode I2C to communicate with external LSI peripherals, and 12-channel, 8-bit timers and 14-channel, 16-bit timers....

The MIC280 is available in 6-pin SOT23 packaging and features remote temperature measurement, six independent thresholds, I2C/SMBus compatibility, and a programmable interrupt output....

The HD64404 incorporates a variety of standard interfaces, including an HCAN2 (Hitachi Controller Area Network) in-vehicle network interface, an I2C interface for connecting audio equipment, an audio CODEC interface and Hitachi S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) for connecting an audio chip, and Hitachi SPI interface for connecting a DSP or similar device....

Features include DV conversion over 1394; support for CCIR656 digital video, I2S audio I/O, and compressed DV data ports; an I2C command and control interface; audio support for 32KHz, 44.1KHz and 48KHz; audio error correction to eliminate pops and crackles; auto recovery on 1394 cable disconnect; full audio-video sync via onboard clock dithering; and auto-detection of NTSC and PAL. ...