Tag: industry news

1
Oct

ARM Cortex-M0 Core MCUs with Built-in USB Controller

Toshiba Corporation has announced the launch of three new microcontrollers TMPM066FWUG, TMPM067FWQG, and TMPM068FWXBG as the latest additions to its ARM® Cortex®-M0 core based TX00 series with a maximum frequency of 24MHz. The new ICs are optimized for use in USB devices. Sample shipments will start in the middle of October this year. The new devices support various serial interface

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1
Oct

STMicro offers 32-bit ARM Processors

STMicroelectronics announced an agreement in which ST has licensed new 32-bit ARMv8-R processor technology. ST will deploy the technology in 32-bit microcontrollers targeting real-time safety-related Smart Driving applications and in industrial applications. First implementations of the ARMv8-R processor will be used in advanced multi-core, high-performance processors for safety-related automotive devices targeting PowerTrain, Safety and Gateway applications. Recommended: Porsche Mission E

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1
Oct

Unidirectional SIDACs for Capacitor Discharge Applications

Littelfuse, Inc. has introduced two new product series, the Kxxx0S1URP and Kxxx0GURP Series Unidirectional SIDAC Switching Thyristors. The Kxxx0S1URP and Kxxx0GURP Series offer lower switching losses than existing high-energy SIDAC and standard SIDAC products. A new SIDAC design provides a higher repetitive pulse current (ITRM) rating at higher ambient temperatures, improved breakover/trigger voltage vs. temperature characteristics, and lower switching loss.

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1
Oct

Multiband Ambient RF Energy Harvester

Today, Lord Drayson, CEO and Chairman of Drayson Technologies introduced Freevolt™ an energy harvesting technology that turns ambient RF energy into usable electricity to charge low power electronic devices. The patented technology was developed by an international team from Drayson Technologies and Imperial College London. Drayson Technologies is the first to market with this technology, which as of today, is

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1
Oct

Quick Charge 3.0 Compliant Charger Reference Design

ON Semiconductor has introduced a reference design implementing the new Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 3.0 protocol. The new protocol provides significant efficiency improvements over the existing Quick Charge 2.0 solution. The high efficiency, small form factor reference design supports the Quick Charge 3.0 High Voltage Dedicated Charging Port (HVDCP) Class A and Class B specifications, Qualcomm’s next generation of fast charging

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8
Sep

High-Current PCB Connectors handle up to 200A

Amphenol Industrial Products Groupnow offers a compact, high current PCB power connector that enables power delivery of 35A to 200A. Amphenol’s SMT Radsert offers a flexible design that can accommodate any dimensional constraint and stack height. Designed for use in energy storage systems by power supply manufacturers and data center equipment manufacturers, these new board-level connectors feature a small footprint,

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8
Sep

SIP DC-DCs handle up to 15W

Premier Magnetics announces additions to its PDCS family of self-contained, single-in-line-package (SIP) dc-dc converters for distributed power applications. These compact low-profile power conversion devices are fully integrated and require no external components. Applications for the PDCS family include telecommunications, industrial, data acquisition systems, transportation, solar energy, medical, embedded systems, and wherever efficient distributed power is required. Recommended: Cree Announces Wolfspeed

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3
Sep

The most cost-effective and good enough battery tester BTS3000n-5V6A

As you may know, BTS3000 is one of the most popular battery testers from Neware, it has been in this market for more than 9 years(BTS3000 was launched in 2006). Is BTS3000 old and out-of-date now? Yes and no! For many small institutes, COM port BTS3000 is still a very good choice, BTS3000 is a time-proven product, it’s based on COM port communication,

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3
Sep

Slim-Line DIN Rail Power Supplies

Stadium Power has introduced two new high efficiency, slim-line DIN rail mounted power supplies. The 120W DIN-120 and 240W DIN-240 units provide a single output of either 24- or 48-Vdc and are aimed at industrial applications, including process control and building automation, where the space used by the power supply on the DIN rail needs to be minimized. Their narrow

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29
Aug

Isolated 1-Watt DC-DC Converters in SIP4 Package

Aimtec announces the AM1SS-NZ series of dc-dc converters. This new cost-effective unregulated series of 1-Watt power supplies provides continuous short circuit protection with auto recovery restart. The restart feature will work continuously until the short circuit condition is cleared, protecting the converter, the load, and the converter’s input circuit from extremely high currents a short circuit can cause. Recommended: Wireless

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