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The VRH320 variable wire-wound resistor available from UK-based ARCOL Resistors has a wide range of applications for voltage and current adjustment including industrial machinery RPM adjustment, instruments, automated control installations, load simulation and educational modelling. The VRH320 has been ergonomically designed to enable simple and accurate adjustments by use of its top mounted slider. It is encapsulated in an IP20

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Panasonic Electric Works Europe have today announced the launch of their N285 solar module, the latest addition to the company’s industry-leading, high-efficiency HIT® product offering. The module will be presented at next week’s Ecobuild show in London, the UK’s largest sustainable design, construction, and energy event. Building on the success of Panasonic’s HIT® N240 and N245 products, the N285 features

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Murata Power Solutions‘ UWE eighth-brick dc-dc power modules deliver 12Vout at 120W from a nominal 12V-, 24V-, or 28-Vdc source. The UWE-12/10-Q12xx-C series’ 4:1 Vin range of 9-36V, industry standard DOSA compliant form factor, optional integrated baseplate, and high efficiency makes it well-suited for high reliability systems and systems requiring battery backup. The UWE-12/10-Q12xx-C will operate down to 9Vin, allowing

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Powersolve announces the PME05, PME10, PME15 and PME20 Series of single-output power supplies designed to provide up to 20W for medical equipment applications. Each PME Series comprises four models all featuring Class II isolation, a rugged plastic housing and, importantly for medical applications, cooling by free air convection. Every model has been burn-in tested at full load. Recommended: Plug-In Charger

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Bellnix Co. Ltd. has released the BSV series of non-isolated point-of-load (PoL) dc-dc converters. These PoLs are designed to power high-end FPGAs and ASICs. They deliver high-speed dynamic voltage regulation meeting the latest LSI requirements. The BSV series includes three families, the BSV-nano Series which delivers up to 4A of output current (11.0 x 11.0 x 3.2 mm), the BSV-M

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Schaefer Inc. announces the PRP-3000 Series of highly-efficient, pure sine wave inverters that provide up to 3000VA of power. The PRP-3000 Series has versions that meet industrial (EN60950) and rail (EN50155) standards. Standard input voltages of 24Vdc, 36Vdc, 48Vdc, 72Vdc, and 110Vdc are inverted to adjustable 120Vac or 230Vac outputs that are regulated to 4% or better. Units can be

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Diodes Incorporated introduces the ULN2003V12 and ULN2003F12 devices. The ULN2003V12 is a 7-channel relay and inductive load sink driver that consumes 12-times less power while offering a direct replacement to the industry-standard device. The ULN2003F12A is a 4-channel version, which provides a smaller footprint when fewer output channels are required, such as when driving low-voltage stepper motors. Recommended: Ultra-Low Drop-out

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Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today introduced the first device in its new IHLD series of low-profile, high-current dual inductors. Offering two inductors in one 4032 package, the space-saving automotive-grade IHLD-4032KB-5A is the industry’s first dual inductor to offer a high operating temperature range to +155 degrees C. The Vishay Dale inductor released today is optimized for automotive and commercial class D

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Allegro MicroSystems, LLC announces two new current sensor ICs that are economical, high isolation solutions for ac or dc current sensing in industrial, commercial, and communications systems. Allegro’s ACS717 and ACS718 devices have a very small package that is well-suited for space constrained applications, though the wide-body provides the creepage and clearance needed for high isolation. Typical applications include motor

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Microchip Technology Inc. today announced from the Embedded World conference in Germany a new family of 8-bit PIC® Microcontrollers (MCUs) with the PIC16(L)F1769 family. This family is the first PIC MCU to offer up to two independent closed-loop channels. This is achieved with the addition of the Programmable Ramp Generator (PRG), which automates slope and ramp compensation, increases stability and

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