Tag: battery industry news

Velvetwire, Inc. today announced that its next generation Powerslayer USB wall charger is available for purchase beginning January 30, 2015. Powerslayer Blu is a charger that integrates Bluetooth low energy (BLE) connectivity, allowing the device to communicate with an accompanying iOS app so that users can actually view the charging process, see how long it will take to reach a

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ZMD AG (ZMDI) has released the ZSPM1504, a single-phase true-digital power controller optimized for powering system-on-chip (SOC) supplies in embedded computing applications. The ZSPM15xx family features ZMDI’s Sub-cycle Response™ (SCR) technique to drive the digital pulse width modulation (DPWM) asynchronously during load transients. This enables the controller to minimize the output voltage deviation and allow the output capacitors to recharge

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Peregrine Semiconductor Corp.announces the availability of the UltraCMOS® PE42020, the industry’s first and only RF integrated switch to operate at true dc, zero Hz. This True DC RF switch features high power handling and maintains excellent RF performance and linearity from dc through 8000 MHz. A reliable alternative to problematic mechanical relays and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), the PE42020 is designed

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Geist Global announced the release of its next generation platform available in its R-series PDUs. This new platform delivers DEVOPS capabilities with improved APIs and automation capabilities, along with a host of enterprise features such as Active Directory integration, IPv6, increased logging capacity, improved monitoring, reporting and user experience. Enterprise customers and cloud service providers will enjoy the new DEVOPS

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Diodes Incorporated has extended its line of ultra-small discrete products for space-critical product design. The company has announced a trio of small-signal MOSFETs in the tiny DFN0606 package: 20V and 30V rated N-channel transistors and a 30V rated P-channel part. With a footprint measuring only 0.6mm x 0.6mm, each device takes 40% less board space than the commonly used DFN1006

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Semtech Corp. today announced the RClamp3346P, a high-performance, ultra-low capacitance transient voltage suppression (TVS) device to protect the USB 3.0 interface in computing and mobile devices from electrostatic discharge (ESD) events. The RClamp3346P supplements Semtech’s current USB protection portfolio by providing ultra-low clamping voltage performance and low dynamic resistance in an easy-to-lay-out package. Current USB 3.0 protection schemes usually call

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Torex Semiconductor, Ltd. has developed the XC6190 series of push button reboot controllers, which are used for system reboot by means of a signal input from external buttons such as on a wearable device. With an operating voltage range of 1.75- to 6-Vdc, these controllers feature a low quiescent current in the standby state of 0.01µA (typical). On internally-fixed reboot

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AVX Corporation has introduced a new series of high CV wet tantalum capacitors that approach the ultra-high volumetric capacitance densities of aqueous supercapacitors, as well as surmount their temperature and soldering limitations. Developed using a novel design process based on high CV tantalum powders, the new TWD DCUltraMax™ Series High CV Wet Tantalum Capacitors achieve extremely high dc capacitance values

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Pulse Electronics Corporationintroduces a new series of high isolation switch mode transformers that come in a standard SMT package. Pulse Electronics’ PH9185 series provides a reinforced insulation power supply that’s compatible with the MAX253, from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., to power RS-485/RS-232 transceivers. The transformers operate in a fixed duty cycle push-pull topology that delivers lower power (up to 3W)

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Musking? What the hell is that, right? Well, it actually makes a lot of sense — it’s simply blocking in gas-powered cars that have parked in electric vehicle charging stations. This is a predictable reaction to the relatively common practice of ICEing — which is, to say, the practice and art of parking your gas-guzzler in EV charging s and pretending to

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