Adorable EV alert! With its unique three wheel design and compact footprint, Toyota’s i-ROAD electric vehicle represents the future of personal transport. And now drivers in Grenoble, France will have a chance to drive one this fall when Toyota plans to test its real world capability as part of a new car sharing program called “Smart City.” In October, Toyota
Six new gallium-nitride (GaN) power transistors developed by Efficient Power Conversion Corp. (EPC) significantly reduce on-resistance (RDS(ON)), thus increasing output-current capability in applications such as dc-dc converters, point-of-load (POL) converters, motor drives, and LED lighting, among others. Ranging from 30 to 200 V, the eGaN field-effect transistors (FETs) cut hard-switching figure of merit (FOM) in half compared to previous-generation FETs
Rochester Electronics is a fully-authorized continuing source for the Intel 8XC196 Family of microcontrollers. Introduced in 1982 as the Intel MCS-96 Family, these MCUs are most commonly used in motor control, modem, printer and pattern recognition applications within embedded systems. In 2007, Intel discontinued this family of microcontrollers, at which point Rochester Electronics acquired the intellectual property of these devices
Bourns, Inc. has added a surge protective device (SPD) for signal and data line applications to its industry-leading portfolio. Designated Bourns® Model 1840, the new device is a heavy-duty, MSP® Multi-Stage Protector designed to safeguard sensitive electronic circuits and components from damaging surge voltages and currents. The new model features extremely fast response and low clamping voltages making it ideal
Murata Power Solutions and Ericsson Power Modules AB announced that they have entered into a technical collaboration agreement with the goal of accelerating the adoption of digital power products. Under the terms of this agreement each company will introduce a range of standardized digital power modules. This will result in the availability of multiple product sources to manufacturers that are
FastCAP Systems, Inc. announced that its newest technology, an ultracapacitor (ultracap) that reliably operates in extreme temperatures (200 degrees C, or roughly 400 degrees F), has successfully completed third party validation testing by Sandia National Laboratory. The newly-validated ultracaps, celebrated as the highest temperature rechargeable energy storage devices in the world, mark a new frontier in ultracap development with major
Power Integrations today announced that a Federal District Court in Delaware has granted its request for another permanent injunction against Fairchild Semiconductor products that infringe the company’s patents. The ruling, issued yesterday, follows a 2012 jury verdict in which approximately 80 Fairchild products were found to violate three of Power Integrations’ patents.
Increased generation capacity, high wind speeds, and low electricity demand has pushed the share of electricity generated from renewable energy sources closer to 20% in the United Kingdom. According to the data released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), the share of electricity from renewable energy sources in the UK’s total electricity mix reached 19.4% during the
Chinese solar module manufacturers have been at the receiving end of some pretty high anti-dumping duties from the US and the EU, and other countries like India are also considering to levy such duties on Chinese solar imports. As a result the Chinese companies are now looking to new solar markets, and what bigger market than Africa? With this in
June 30th was Sullivan Solar Power Day in San Diego. The County Board of Supervisors gave it that name in honor of the county’s leading solar installation company. Supervisor Dave Roberts presented CEO Daniel Sullivan with a proclamation in a ceremony at the company headquarters . “The declaration commends Sullivan Solar Power for its outstanding service, leadership and commitment to