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The TASKING C compiler now supports the RH850 microcontroller from Renesas Electronics for automotive applications. The TASKING VX-toolset for RH850, from Altium, is its first  compiler to incorporate support for the latest MISRA C:2012 guidelines for C programming, in addition to the MISRA C:1998 and C:2004 guidelines. The MISRA C support enables developers to select the MISRA rules to enforce

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C&K Components has expanded its product line of compact PCB-mounted switches to include two new medium power switch series that feature either momentary or locking actuation configurations. The PVA Series short-stroke key switches are designed for through-hole PCB soldering, and are available in either DPST (double pole, single throw) or DPDT (double pole, double throw) configurations.  With five different actuator

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TDK Corporation has developed a new series of 3-terminal feedthrough filters that are designed to meet the automotive industry’s demands for EMC components in emerging safety and infotainment applications. The new components are available in case sizes EIA 0603 (1.6 mm x 0.8 mm) to EIA 1206 (3.2 mm x 1.6 mm) with rated capacitance values ranging from 22pF to

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The discovery is a step towards the creation of energy superhighways that conduct electricity without current loss. The research, published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is a collaboration between theoretical physicists led by Dirk Morr, professor of physics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and experimentalists led by Seamus J.C. Davis of Cornell University

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Power Integrations today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2014. Net revenues for the quarter were $89.0 million, up seven percent from the prior quarter and up one percent from the second quarter of 2013. GAAP gross margin for the second quarter was 54.8 percent; operating margin was 16.1 percent. GAAP net income for the quarter was

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The research is described in an online paper entitled ‘Interconnected hollow carbon nanospheres for stable lithium metal anodes’ published in Nature Nanotechnology. Lithium metal is an optimal choice as an anode material for batteries with higher energy storage density than existing lithium ion batteries because it has the highest specific capacity (3,860 mAh g–1) and the lowest anode potential of all. However,

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Next-generation power-delivery solutions As a next-generation means of power supply, wireless charging is a fast-growing field within the electronic appliance industry. At TECHNO-FRONTIER 2014, ST will demonstrate wireless charging using advanced digital power-controller IC that enables compliance with the Qi standard from WPC1. ST’s digital power-controller IC, which integrates a microprocessor core and peripheral circuits for power-supply control, contributes to

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Vicor Corp. announced the newest entries in its portfolio of isolated bus converter modules based on the company’s Converter housed in Package power component platform. Supplying up to 1.75 kW at 50 V with 98% peak efficiency and power density of 2750 W/in3, Vicor’s new ChiP BCM fixed-ratio power converters deliver 5X the power density of competing solutions, further extending

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In electronic systems, mechanic joints are particularly vulnerable to the effects of load changes and vibrations. Typically, this effect hits at soldered wire connections – they tend to break under mechanical stress, which often enough leads to the complete failure of the respective ECU. Rigid-flex, on first sight a contradiction in itself, is the solution: It consists of two or

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The LTC3622 is a high-efficiency, 17V input capable synchronous buck regulator from Linear Technology Corporation that delivers dual 1A continuous current to outputs as low as 0.6V. Synchronous rectification delivers efficiencies as high as 95%, while Burst Mode® operation requires only 5µA of no load quiescent current. The LTC3622 switches at a fixed 1MHz frequency, whereas the LTC3622-2 switches at

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