Catalyst Semiconductor Mixed-Signal IC Selected by Solidyne Corporation.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2001 Catalyst Semiconductor (Nasdaq:CATS) today announced that its mixed-signal Supervisory Circuit Supervisory circuits are semiconductor devices that detect and monitor voltage levels in power supplies, microprocessors, and other systems. They are protection circuits that monitor one or more system parameters. with EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM) A rewritable memory chip that holds its content without power. Although EEPROMs spawned flash memory, EEPROMs are byte addressable at the write level, whereas flash chips must erase a block of bytes before rewriting. memory has been designed into a new pool and spa heater control product designed and manufactured by Solidyne Corporation of Rolling Meadows, Illinois Rolling Meadows is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 24,604 at the 2000 census. Geography Rolling Meadows is located at (42.076209, -88.025911)GR1. . "We are very pleased Solidyne selected our latest mixed-signal integrated circuit A mixed-signal integrated circuit combines analog circuits with digital signal processing (DSP) circuits on a single semiconductor die. An integrated circuit that includes both analog and digital circuitry (but no DSP), like a 555 timer, is generally not considered a mixed-signal , the CAT1163 Supervisor with on-chip EEPROM memory, as a key component in their new Universal Pool and Spa Controllers," said David Gillooly, director of marketing at Catalyst Semiconductor. "By adding EEPROM memory to a supervisor with a watchdog timer A clock circuit that keeps counting from a set number down to zero. If the event it is monitoring occurs before it reaches zero, it resets to the starting number and starts counting down again. , we offer design engineers technology that traditional supervisory circuit suppliers lack." Solidyne Chairman Baha Erturk said, "Field reliability and safety are very important for our controller products. With Catalyst Semiconductor's CAT1163 supervisor, with on-chip watchdog and memory, we are confident an unattended embedded control system will work reliably in the field. Along with the supervisory functions, the on-chip EEPROM memory supports our embedded microcontroller. With 16k-bits of memory available, we have sufficient storage area for future product enhancements. Without a major redesign effort, we can even add our factory test firmware, which allows the controller to test itself, and then clear the test program if the controller board is 100 percent functional." Mr. Erturk added, "The CAT1163 is used in our new Model TC2000 Pool and Spa Heater Controller that was designed for a major United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. based supplier. The CAT1163 is an extremely important part of the design that we rely on very heavily. Not only does the CAT1163 store all the operational parameters of the controller, but it also makes sure that the microcontroller is operating properly at all times. The safe operation of the entire controller is in the hands of the CAT1163, as it acts as a watchdog for the controller. Our Universal Pool and Spa Heater Controller operates the water heater completely, without the need of additional controllers or modules." Solidyne TC2000 Product Highlights The Solidyne TC2000 Pool and Spa Heater Controller features and capabilities include: -- Graphic LCD display shows system status with dynamically changing and moving icons that represent, for example, rotating pump propellers, flowing water and flame status. -- Keyboard for system programming and heater control can be locked to prevent tampering. -- Time of day scheduling. -- Water temperature control in degrees Fahrenheit or Celsius. -- Freeze protection always detects sudden temperature changes. -- Pump control for temperature control and freeze protection. -- Alarm outputs indicate precise heater problems with specific fault codes. -- Gas valve operation and ignition circuits are monitored and controlled. -- Sense water pressure switches and high temperature cut off safety switches. -- Incoming power line brownout A lowering of AC power voltage for some period of time. Brownouts can be very harmful to electronic equipment if sustained for long periods. Brownouts can cause flickering or a dimming on screen, and the computer may experience intermittent problems as a result. See blackout. monitoring insure system reliability and safety. -- Hot surface ignition for propane or natural gas. -- Continuously checks and monitors flames with simple flame rod. -- Self-monitors internal safety systems. -- Draft exhaust fans for pre-purge and post-purge air control for safety. The domestic market for pool heaters is approximately 250,000 units per year. Catalyst CAT116x Applications and Family Highlights The CAT116x family represents the newest member of Catalyst's broad line of analog and mixed-signal components that incorporate EEPROM memory technology. The CAT 116x family consists of three low-power supervisory circuits with on-chip memory. Five reset voltage options support 5V, 3.3V and 3V powered systems.
Part Number Description
CAT1161 Supervisor with Watchdog and I2C compatible 16k bit
EEPROM. SDA input is the watchdog input.
CAT1162 Low cost Supervisor with I2C compatible 16k bit EEPROM.
CAT1163 Supervisor with Watchdog, I2C compatible 16k bit EEPROM
and independent watchdog timer input.
Potential applications include power meters, temperature controllers, smart instruments, personal communication devices, white goods, office equipment, automatic test equipment, Internet appliances, industrial process controllers and communication systems. AE2 Technology Advantages Other planned Analog EEPROM (AE2 (TM)) products include Digitally Programmable Potentiometers (DPP DPP - Dining Philosophers Problem (TM)), low dropout (1) On magnetic media, a bit that has lost its strength due to a surface defect or recording malfunction. If the bit is in an audio or video file, it might be detected by the error correction circuitry and either corrected or not, but if not, it is often not noticed by the human voltage regulators, DC-DC DC-DC Direct Current to Direct Current (power conversion) converters and microprocessor supervisory circuits. By adding EEPROM technology to analog and mixed-signal circuits, parameters can be programmed either at the factory or in the field. With a low dropout voltage regulator, for example, the output voltage can be programmed at the wafer stage or after package assembly, thus allowing Catalyst to quickly react and respond to customer needs without going through a lengthy wafer manufacturing process. Additional information about the CAT116x can be found at www.catalyst-semiconductor.com About Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. Founded in 1985, Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale ([sʌniveil]) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 131,760. . The Company designs and markets a broad range of programmable products including Flash Memories, Serial and Parallel EEPROMs, NVRAM (Non-Volatile RAM) May refer to dynamic RAM (DRAM) and static RAM (SRAM) chips that are backed up by a battery or to non-volatile chips such as flash memory. See non-volatile memory, dynamic RAM, static RAM and solid state disk. , Digitally Programmable Potentiometers, Microcontroller Supervisory circuits and other programmable Mixed Signal products. Catalyst products are used in telecommunications, networking systems, computation, automotive, industrial and consumer markets. Typical applications include optical networks, modems, network cards, PC BIOS, DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Module) A printed circuit board that holds memory chips and plugs into a DIMM socket on the motherboard. See memory module. DIMM - Dual In-Line Memory Module modules, cellular telephones, digital satellite box receivers, set-top boxes and Internet routers. Catalyst's Quality Management System is ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certified. For additional information about Catalyst Semiconductor, visit our web site at www.catalyst-semiconductor.com. About Solidyne Corporation Solidyne is a design, engineering, manufacturing and marketing company specializing in Networked Direct Digital Controls (DDC See VESA DDC. ), Automation, Energy Management Systems for commercial buildings and process control. Solidyne was founded in 1969. Solidyne is headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois (Chicago). Solidyne has over 40,000 systems installed worldwide for retail, commercial, industrial, educational, healthcare, lodging and government/historical buildings. These Controllers are also used for applications in irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. (central pivot), farming (chicken farms) and monitor unattended phone switching Phone switching Transferring money between funds in the same mutual fund family by telephone request. There may be a charge associated with these transfers. Phone switching is also possible among different fund families if the funds are held in street name by a participating stations for alarm monitoring battery cells and building cooling controls. Most Solidyne Controllers are Web based and wireless (RF Cellular based data communication) remote control and monitoring. Solidyne also does custom OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and engineering, designs, development and manufacture various embedded controllers and unique sensors-transducers for other major companies. For more information, you can contact Solidyne at the address below or email oem@solidyne.com. Solidyne Corporation 4215 Kirchoff Road Rolling Meadows, IL 60008-2005 Telephone: 847/394-3333 Fax: 847/394-8083 www.solidyne.com Except for those statements that report the Company's historical results, the statements being made are forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Factors which could cause actual results to differ from expectations include the following: economic conditions in the market generally and in the semiconductor industry specifically, volatility in supply and demand affecting revenues and market prices, price and availability of silicon foundry, assembly and test subcontract capacity required to meet financial targets and/or meet backlog requirements, risks and delays associated with bringing up new production capabilities with deliveries from subcontractors, timing and market acceptance of new products, increased expenses associated with new product introductions or process changes, delays in developing or achieving volume production of new products, which can result in delays or failure to contribute to revenues and profits, ability of the Company to maintain its customer and vendor base and delays in and/or inability in raising additional capital. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements is contained under the heading "Certain Factors That May Affect the Company's Future Results of Operations" listed from time to time in Catalyst's SEC reports, including but not limited to the report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended April 30, 2001. Editor Note: In AE2 the "2" is a superscript Any letter, digit or symbol that appears above the line. For example, 10 to the 9th power is written with the 9 in superscript (109). Contrast with subscript. . In I2C I2C Inter-Integrated Circuit I2C Intelligent Interface Controller I2C Intelligent Controller , the "2" is a superscript. I2C(TM) is a trademark of Philips Corporation. DPP(TM) and AE2(TM) are trademarks of Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. An electronic image is available at www.catalyst-semiconductor.com/editors or call Cari Pangelinan at 408/542-1029, cari.pangelinan@catsemi.com. |
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