Microsemi Corporation today announced availability of its SmartFusion2™ SoC FPGA dual-axis motor control kit with a modular motor control IP suite and reference design. The kit, which simplifies motor control designs using a single SoC FPGA, accelerates time to market and is scalable across multiple industries such as industrial, aerospace and defense. Typical applications include factory and process automation, robotics,
Altera Corporation is adding a 30-A PowerSoC dc-dc step-down converter to its growing portfolio of Enpirion power solutions for FPGAs. The 30-A EM1130 is the first in a family of integrated digital dc-dc step-down converters that will provide power management for Altera’s Generation 10 FPGAs, specifically for Arria® 10 and Stratix® 10 FPGA core and transceiver power supply rails. The
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today introduced a new series of RoHS-compliant, surface-mount multilayer ceramic chip capacitors (MLCCs) for automotive applications. Available with C0G (NP0), X7R, and X8R dielectrics in six body sizes ranging from 0402 to1812, Vishay Vitramon VJ….31X RoHS Automotive series devices offer high voltages and high-temperature operation to +150 degrees C for increased reliability. Recommended: High-Current FETs Available in
ZMD AG (ZMDI) has released the ZSPM1507, ZSPM1508 and ZSPM1509 single-phase, true-digital pulse-width modulator (pwm) power controllers optimized for non-isolated point-of-load (POL) applications. The ZSPM1507, ZSPM1508 and ZSPM1509 are pre-configured to provide customers with a fast time-to-market and easy-to-design solution for high-performance, digitally controlled power supplies with one of ZMDI’s integrated MOSFET power stage DrMOS products: the ZSPM9000, ZSPM9010, ZSPM9015
Toshiba Corporation Semiconductor and Storage Products Company today announced the launch of power multiplexer ICs that can switch between two power sources, for use in charging circuits of mobile devices. Shipment of the new TCK32xG series starts from today. The new products can switch power sources through external signals and also through a built-in auto selection mode function, which switches
Infineon Technologies AG today introduced the OptiMOS™ 5 25V and 30V product family, the next generation of power MOSFETs in standard discrete packages, a new class of power stages named Power Block, and in an integrated power stage, DrMOS 5×5. Together with Infineon’s driver and digital controller products the company delivers full system solutions for applications such as server, client,
Toshiba Corporation today announced the launch of a new microcontroller, the TMPM311CHDUG, as the latest addition to its ARM® Cortex®-M3-based TX03 series. This MCU is designed for smart meter applications. Sample shipments will start in April, with mass production scheduled to start in September, 2015. A power measurement analog front-end (AFE) for single-phase and three-phase smart meters requires simultaneous high-precision
Micrel, Inc. today announced the MIC4520/MIC4521, an IntelliMOS™ power stage family capable of delivering up to 20A in a compact 4mm x 6mm TQFN package. The MIC4521 is a two-phase power stage (includes MOSFET drivers and power MOSFETs) featuring integrated current and temperature sensing. The MIC4521 can be interfaced with a single-phase controller (such as Micrel’s MIC2111) to build a
Diodes Incorporated announces the ZXTR2105F regulator that monolithically integrates a transistor, Zener diode and resistor to provide a 5V, 15mA output from inputs up to 60V. Offered in a small SOT-23 package, this regulator transistor reduces component count and minimizes PCB area in microcontroller applications, such as dc cooling fans for PCs and servers, as well motor drive, blowers and
ZBB Energy Corporation announced today the introduction of a zinc-bromine (ZnBr) flow battery specifically designed for behind the meter energy storage applications in the commercial and industrial building market. The Agile Flow Battery has been engineered based upon ZBB’s flow battery design expertise, it’s breadth of real world application data derived from dozens of installations, and stringent lab testing at