APLUS was founded on July 1, 1992 with mission to design, develop, market and offer various VOICE IC solutions to the worldwide customers. APLUS provide best VOICE IC solution to: (i) Security field, (ii) Voice guide, (iii) GPS, (iv) Religion player, (v) Instruction voice, and (vi) Toy & Gift items. APLUS target high growth markets with low cost, high quality VOICE IC and seek for building long-term partnership with customers.
APLUS is a fabless VOICE IC design house which utilizes foundry and package facilities in Taiwan. APLUS major product lines are: (i) ONE TIME VOICE, (ii) RECORDING VOICE, (iii) MULTI TIME VOICE, (iv) EXTRA LONG VOICE, and (v) INSTANT VOICE IC. APLUS also offer software design for the 8-bit Micro Controller applications.
APLUS headquarter is in Taipei, Taiwan, with worldwide branch offices and agents in China, Japan, India, Korea, and getting to expand market in USA, Europe and other countries.
Azoteq is the world leader in capacitive proximity and touch solutions for next generation user interfaces. The ProxSense® capacitive sensors are the most sensitive and robust proximity and touch controllers available for use in touch keys, touch keypads, metal touch panels, non-ITO LCD screens, single layer ITO touch screens and 3D touch screens. The combination of proximity and touch enables new applications such as proximity wake up, backlight illumination and air gestures. Azoteq’s ProxSense® provides the next evolution in user interfaces for consumer, medical, industrial and automotive applications.
ProxSense® Capacitive Proximity & Touch Switches
The Azoteq ProxSense® family of Proximity and Touch sensors are highly sensitive capacitive sensors.
Capacitive proximity switches and sensing holds numerous advantages. One of the most significant
advantages held by the ProxSense® sensors are the cost saving associated with mechanical switches deterioration over time, the non-intrusive method of employing the sensor behind an overlay material, improved aesthetics and user experience.
The capacitance on an electrode is measured with high sensitivity proprietary circuits. A combination of advance analog sensing and digital signal processing yields a highly stable and sensitive sensor.
The sense electrode can be any electrically conductive object. This includes copper pours on PCB, glass with a conductive surface, a length of wire or any conductive coating.
Azoteq provides solutions for surface and projected capacitance applications.
International Rectifier (IR) (Symbol:IRF–NYSE) is a pioneer and world leader in advanced power management technology, from digital, analog and mixed-signal ICs to advanced circuit devices, power systems and components. The world’s leading manufacturers of computers, appliances, automobiles, consumer electronics and defense systems rely on IR technology to drive the performance and efficiency of their products. Today, power management technology plays a more important role than ever in saving the world’s dwindling energy reserves while tackling tough technology roadblocks.
By continuing to improve audio quality, Class D audio amplifiers are fast
becoming the preferred solution for home audio and video systems. International Rectifier has leveraged its advanced high voltage technology to offer high performance MOSFETs and gate driver ICs for Class D audio applications. When combined with our industry-leading device ruggedness, we will enable customers to deliver higher performance audio systems with higher power density and better reliability.
Environmental regulations are driving the development of energy-efficient motors for appliances such as washing machines, air conditioner compressor systems and fans. Alternating current (AC) induction motors, also known as “squirrel cage” motors, are the workhorses behind these applications. Traditionally these motors have been run with fixed speed control, which is not the most efficient. Finding alternate cost-effective variable speed motor technology is a constant challenge in the appliance industry.
Variable-speed permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) technology provides an energy-efficient alternative to AC induction motors, achieving more than 15 per cent energy savings as compared to AC induction motors.
IR’s iMOTION Integrated Design Platform delivers everything you need to design a complete variable speed motor control subsystem. From the front panel and power entry to the motor terminals, iMOTION brings powerful digital, analog and power silicon together with algorithms, development software and design tools.
With the iMOTION Integrated Design Platform, you can design a system that:
- Turns a motor for evaluation in days instead of weeks.
- Performs more efficiently without added cost to the overall system.
- Helps you meet, if not beat aggressive design schedules.
Continual growth and a persistent stream of new product releases onto the global market has been the hallmark of Holtek Semiconductor since the establishment of the company in 1983 to the present date. Although remaining focused in the area of microcontroller devices, Holtek has also made substantial inroads into a wide range of peripheral products. Behind these products developments are the company’s highly qualified engineering design teams, which have been extremely successful in providing Holtek customers with a wide range of high quality industrial grade semiconductor devices. This range of mature and high quality semiconductor devices can now be found among many of today’s well known consumer appliances and industrial products and stands as a witness to Holtek products being able to offer customers one of today’s best choices in the market in terms of both price and performance.
Holtek continues to retain its product development focus in the area of microcontrollers and their peripheral products. The huge and continually expanding microcontroller range includes an extensive range of fully integrated digital and analog functions such as A/D converters, LCD drivers, PWM generators, high current LED drivers, touch switches, SPI/I2C interfaces, USB drivers, Voice functions, RF functions, Telecom functions etc.
Microcontroller devices meet with full industry specifications in having a wide voltage and temperature operating range and are provided in Mask, OTP and increasingly Flash type versions. Complementing its microcontrollers are Holtek many peripheral products such as Touch Switch ICs, LED driver ICs, Power Management ICs, etc. diversifying further the total product range and opening up the application areas into a wider market area.
The commitment of Holtek to new product development and innovation 
can be seen through its increasing device functionality. With its years of development experience in the microcontroller arena, Holtek has relentlessly striven to include market and customer functional demands in its new device releases. The integration of features such as voice, touch key and power management functions into its microcontroller range show this commitment to an ever increasing functional integration. While being rightly proud of its existing and ever expanding array of industrial quality 8-bit MCU devices, as well as its new range of 32-bit MCU devices, the company also provides a comprehensive range of hardware and software development tools to ease the designers product development process. In addition to its 8-bit and 32-bit microcontroller device range, Holtek will also continue to develop and release other peripheral devices in the communication, remote control, computer peripheral, memory, touch switch, power management, display driver, video and other product areas. Holtek’s obligation to ISO compliance and its string of innovation awards and intellectual properties provide further evidence of the company’s commitment to product development excellence.
Microchip Technology Inc. is a provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, providing low-risk product development, low total system cost and fast time to market for thousands of diverse customer applications worldwide. Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Microchip offers technical support along with dependable delivery and quality.
Microchip provides solutions for the entire range of 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcontrollers, with a powerful architecture, flexible memory technologies, comprehensive easy-to-use development tools, complete technical documentation and post design in-support through a global sales and distribution network.
Connectivity Solutions for Embedded Design
Microchip offers support for a variety of wired and wireless communication protocols, including peripheral devices and solutions that are integrated with a microcontroller or digital signal controller. Below are some of the various solutions.
Ethernet
CAN (CONTROLLER AREA NETWORK)
LIN (LOCAL INTERCONNECT NETWORK)
Wi-Fi®
Bluetooth®
ZigBee®
MiWi™
RFID shorts for radio frequency identification, a technology similar in theory to bar code identification. With RFID, the electromagnetic or electrostatic coupling in the RF portion of the electromagnetic spectrum is used to transmit signals. An RFID system consists of an antenna and a transceiver, which read the radio frequency and transfer the information to a processing device, and a transponder, or tag, which is an integrated circuit containing the RF circuitry and information to be transmitted.
RFID systems can be used just about anywhere, from clothing tags to missiles to pet tags to food — anywhere that a unique identification system is needed. The tag can carry information as simple as a pet owners name and address or the cleaning instruction on a sweater to as complex as instructions on how to assemble a car. Some auto manufacturers use RFID systems to move cars through an assembly line. At each successive stage of production, the RFID tag tells the computers what the next step of automated assembly is.
One of the key differences between RFID and bar code technology is RFID eliminates the need for line-of-sight reading that bar coding depends on. Also, RFID scanning can be done at greater distances than bar code scanning. High frequency RFID systems (850 MHz to 950 MHz and 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz) offer transmission ranges of more than 90 feet, although wavelengths in the 2.4 GHz range are absorbed by water (the human body) and therefore has limitations.
With Locus experiences, we can provide solutions and assist you to integrate RFID system into your embedded system design application.
ROHM was established in Kyoto in 1958 as initially a manufacturer of small electronic components. In 1967 production was expanded to include transistors and diodes, and in 1969 ICs and other semiconductor products were added to the lineup. Two years later (in 1971), going against conventional Japanese business culture, the company entered the US market by establishing a sales office and IC design center in Silicon Valley. Through the hard work and passionate dedication of its young work force, business flourished, causing the industry to take notice. ROHM’s expansion overseas soon became a template for other companies and eventually was accepted as common business practice.
