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Skeleton Technologies has launched a new range of ultracapacitors that claims the highest level of energy density on the market. Through the use of patented graphene material, the new series boasts a capacitance of 4500 farads. By contrast, the closest competitor product has a capacitance of only 3400 farads. This is the single biggest increase in energy density for ultracapacitors

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Digital Power Corporation announced the release of its new capacitor chargers product family for powering laser systems in medical and industrial applications. This family of products features a series of highly-efficient, high-power and compact capacitor charger power supplies. These products charge capacitive loads to high voltages with pulse-to-pulse repeatability at very-high repetition rates, allowing load capacitors to be charged in

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The HEP family of ac-dc power supplies from Mean Well is designed to operate under harsh environments including; highly-humid, highly-dusty, highly-oily, highly-salty, ultra-low or high-temperature, heavily-vibration, high altitude and poor ventilation. After launching HEP-600 series (600W) into the market, Mean Well is now introducing the HEP-100/150/185 series, providing the rated power 100W/150W/185W, respectively. Recommended: Universal Temperature Sensor IC with EEPROM

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The BAR 65-D3-IP66 series is a recent addition to Absopluse Electronics‘ line of rugged, IP66, railway grade dc-dc converters. The units have an input voltage surge withstand capability of a minimum of 3.5Vn for 20msec, comfortably meeting RIA12 requirements. RIA12 is the general specification for the protection of traction and rolling stock equipment from transients and surges in dc control

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Gaia Converter is introducing this compact 150W dc-dc converter family targeting defense, airborne as well as high-end industrial applications. The new MGDS-155 Series 9- to 45-Vdc and 16- to 80-Vdc input voltage range makes it suited for all defense and airborne applications with wide input bus and transients variations. Compliance with Mil-Std-1275, 704 or DO-160 can be achieved without transient

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Stadium Power announce the availability of the AQF500 series of compact high-efficiency 500-Watt switch mode power supplies with active power factor correction (PFC). These single-output power supplies offer high power density up to 26W per cubic inch in a 5″ x 3″ (127 x 76.2mm) footprint. Typical applications for the AQF500 series include telecoms, data networking, industrial machinery, monitoring equipment,

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Freescale Semiconductor has unveiled a wireless, multi-protocol addition to its popular Kinetis MCU family, bringing the latest connectivity standards to an MCU platform that has played an essential role in shaping and enabling the Internet of Things (IoT) to date. Freescale introduces the Kinetis KW40Z wireless MCU family with support for Bluetooth Smart/Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and IEEE 802.15.4 applications.

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Infineon Technologies AG has launched a 6.5 kV power module that features IGBT and freewheeling diode functionality integrated into a single chip. This new RCDC (Reverse Conducting IGBT with Diode Control) chip is designed for modern high-speed trains and high-performance locomotives as well as for future HVDC electric power transmission systems and medium voltage drives used for example in oil,

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Today, on the fifth anniversary of its first LaunchPad development kit, Texas Instruments (TI) announced the low-cost C2000™ Delfino™ F28377S microcontroller (MCU) LaunchPad development kit, the first LaunchPad for the Delfino line of MCUs. Based on TI’s C2000 Delfino F28377S MCU, the LaunchPad offers 200 MHz of 32-bit floating-point performance, newly integrated accelerators, as well as high-integrity analog and control

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Texas Instruments (TI) today introduced the industry’s highest resolution resistive sensing signal conditioner, enabling fast and precise 24-bit measurement of conditions such as pressure, strain, flow or liquid levels. The PGA900 signal conditioner offers a programmable core, enabling flexible linearization and temperature compensation for numerous resistive bridge sensing applications. The PGA900 integrates two low-noise 24-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) to enable

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