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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced the Cadence® Joules™ RTL Power Solution. This new register-transfer level (RTL) power analysis solution enables system-on-chip (SoC) design teams to analyze power consumption accurately during design exploration. Built on a multi-threaded architecture, the Joules RTL Power Solution delivers 20X faster time-based RTL power analysis when compared to other methods. Incorporating rapid prototype technology from

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Traco Power offers the 10-Watt THL 10 and THL 10WI Series of optimized cost-to-performance ratio dc-dc converters in an industry standard package. The THL 10 has a wide input voltage range of 2:1 and the THL10WI has an ultra-wide input voltage range of 4:1 (9 to 36 Vdc or 18 to 75 Vdc). Both of these series offer single and

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Allegro MicroSystems, LLC introduces a new high output current synchronous buck regulator IC that integrates low RDSon high-side and low-side N-channel MOSFETs. Allegro’s A8654 incorporates pwm current mode control to provide simple compensation, excellent loop stability and fast transient response. The A8654 utilizes external compensation to accommodate a wide range of power components to achieve both excellent loop stability and

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Toshiba Corporation announced that it has enhanced its current TX Family of ARM core-based microcontrollers and started to develop three series of microcontrollers, TXZ0 series, TXZ3 series, and TXZ4 series, as part of the TXZ– Family, a new family of flash microcontrollers that support low-power consumption and high-speed operation for IoT and M2M ecosystems. Sample shipments of TXZ3 series will

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E-T-A Circuit Breakers has announced the availability of its new X3130 Appliance Inlet Module. The X3130, integrated with E-T-A’s double-pole 3130 thermal circuit breaker, combines a C14 appliance inlet module, rocker switch and resettable overcurrent protection in one compact package. This three-in-one device allows design engineers to streamline the number of components in their designs – cutting installation time by

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XP Power today announced the DSA series of three ultra slim DIN rail industrial AC-DC power supplies and the complementary DSA-DP20 ORing redundancy module. The highly efficient DSA series includes the 150-Watt DSA150, the 240-Watt DSA240 and the 480-Watt DSA480. With a single output of either 24- or 48-Vdc the range is aimed at industrial type applications, such as process

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GlacialLight announces an emergency backup module for its PL0606 & PL0312 ceiling panel lights and an emergency light version of its TL0606 troffer light. The new GL-EM01F emergency backup module installs directly on the PL0606 and PL0312 panel lights and powers the emergency light version of the TL0606 troffer light, providing 90 minutes or more of constant-current power to keep

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Synopsys, Inc. today introduced the industry’s first USB IP solutions that support the USB Type-C™ connectivity specification as well as the USB 3.1, 3.0 and 2.0 specifications. The new Type-C specification simplifies mechanical USB connectors with reversible cables, rotational symmetry, up to 10 Gbps data rate, bi-directional power delivery, audio multiplexing and alternate modes such as DisplayPort and MHL. The

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) spinout Cambridge Electronics Inc.(CEI) has announced a line of enhancement-mode (normally-off) GaN transistors and power electronic circuits. Among the initial devices are 200V CEI20T550L1 with an on-resistance of 550 mΩ, the 200V CEI20T290L1 with an on-resistance of 290 mΩ, the 650V CEI65T550L1 with an on-resistance of 550 mΩ, and the 650V CEI65T290L1 with an on-resistance

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SunPower Corporation announced today at PV Japan 2015 that the company is making its X-Series Solar Panels available in Japan in early 2016. The X-Series is a product line for the rooftop market that offers 21.2 percent nameplate efficiency. Compared with conventional solar panels, X-Series panels deliver approximately eight to ten percent more energy per rated watt and approximately 70

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