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Indian private sector companies are warming up to the idea of rural electrification floated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Indian government has promised 100% electrification of the country by 2019, and solar power would play a critical role in the achievement of this target. One of the largest manufacturers of solar power and heating products in India, Tata Power

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Cintelliq’s report entitled ‘OLED Lighting: products, pricing, capacity, costs and forecasts 2013 – 2022’ points out that OLED lighting prices are falling fast and will reach 1,000/m2 by 2015/2016 which will cause demand to accelerate starting with luminaires for the office, retail and hospitality sectors. Cintelliq says the commercialisation of OLED lighting continues to accelerate, with a growing list of

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The Gigafactory will produce cells, modules and packs for Tesla’s electric vehicles and for the stationary storage market. The Gigafactory is planned to produce 35 GWh of cells and 50 GWh of packs per year by 2020. The agreement will see Tesla prepare, provide and manage the land, buildings and utilities while Panasonic will manufacture and supply cylindrical lithium-ion cells

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Texas Instruments today introduced the next generation of its integrated triple-output synchronous step-down switching regulators with smaller footprint and higher efficiency. The TPS65261 and TPS65262 DC/DC converters feature small QFN packages and up to 96 percent efficiency for such applications as digital television, set-top boxes, home gateway and access point networks, wireless routers, point-of-sale machines, and surveillance equipment. The new

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For simultaneous integration and sampling of 256 analogue current inputs, Analog Devices has introduced the ADAS1131. Inside are 256 current integrators, 256 sample-and-holds, and ADCs with configurable sampling rate and up to 24bit resolutions. 11.656ksample/s (86μs) is available at 20bit resolution. Integral linearity is +/-0.015% of reading +/-0.4ppm of full scale with one channel active, or +/-0.050% of reading +/-1.0ppm

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KEMET has introduced a supercapacitor balancing development kit for its S301 family of 60mm diameter capacitors. Used in series, supercapacitors need electronics to ensure no capacitor goes over the rated voltage as the string approaches full charge – 2.7V in this case, see below. The kit includes two-stage active balancing circuits to ensure that voltage across each supercapacitor is approximately

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KEMET has introduced a supercapacitor balancing development kit for its S301 family of 60mm diameter capacitors. Used in series, supercapacitors need electronics to ensure no capacitor goes over the rated voltage as the string approaches full charge – 2.7V in this case, see below. The kit includes two-stage active balancing circuits to ensure that voltage across each supercapacitor is approximately

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Tectrol Europe announce the availability of their TFE-1800-48 1800W, 48Vdc output front end power supply designed in a sub-1U horizontal package for integration into a Tectrol power shelf or other end-user system. The power supply includes secondary isolation from chassis >1500Vrms with output adjustable to 54Vdc for PoE (Power over Ethernet) requirements and is suitable for ATCA (Advanced Telecommunications Computing

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Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTM8046, a 2.5W output dc-dc µModule® (micromodule) converter with 2kVac galvanic isolation (production tested to 3kVdc) in a 9mm x 15mm x 4.92mm ball grid array (BGA) package. A minimum creepage distance of 4.3mm on the package exterior supports operation at a working voltage up to 400VRMS in a pollution degree 2 environment. The isolated

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Pulse Electronics Corporation has introduced its new 50Hz/60Hz, di/dt ac-current sensor that can be clamped onto an existing solid conductor without having to disconnect the conductor. The PA3828NL clamp-on sensor has a linear current range of 0.1A to 200A with 1.0% accuracy for high-precision power measuring applications at 50Hz/60Hz. Another growing application is for arc fault ac current monitoring, sensing

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