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TDK Corporation has extended its range of EPCOS MKK power capacitors. The new MKK DCi-R series B25640* with resin impregnation is based on the proven MKK DC series with gas impregnation and MKK DC-I with oil impregnation. The new series features capacitors that are rated at up to more than 10,000 µF and designed for voltages of up to 4000

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Motiv Power Systems, Inc. has raised $7.3 million in growth capital from investors led by Colorado’s Magness Investment Group. The funding comes as the second Motiv-equipped all-electric school bus is delivered to Kings Canyon Unified School District. Motiv Power Systems designs and builds an electric Powertrain Control System (ePCS) for commercial truck and bus builders who use it to create

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The 15,000-square-meter (161,458 square foot) Tagus Linear Park in Portugal is set by the riverside within a former sand deposit and comprises 3.7 miles of pedestrian trails. The designers at Atelier Difusor de Arquitectura and landscape architects at Topiaris established a new connection between the beach and natural areas by introducing 2,297 feet of raised wooden paths that end at

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Texas Instruments, Inc. announced the new Sitara™ AM437x processor family that integrates support for industrial protocols for both automation and industrial drives and includes new features such as dual camera for data terminals with bar code scanning. Allowing customers to further differentiate their designs, the AM437x processors enable real-time processing with available quad core programmable real-time units (PRU). The PRU

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Saft has launched the Seanergy range of lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery modules developed to offer the proven safety, performance and reliability advantages of Li-ion Super-Iron Phosphate (SLFP) chemistry in a fully integrated solution designed specifically for civil marine propulsion installations. The range includes a variety of energy and power modules that offer the flexibility and adaptability to create highly efficient, cost-effective

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Renewable energy is dismissed  by some as being only for ‘greenies’ or as some kind of fringe technology, but a recent report has shown mainstream Fortune 500 companies are using it to save hundreds of millions of dollars every year. Collectively, they are saving about $1.1 billion dollars, according to the report put out by Ceres, David Gardiner & Associates,

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The US-based smart module and power optimization company Tigo Energy is teaming up with SunGift Trade — the UK-based distribution arm of the installer SunGift Solar — with the aim of becoming a major force in the UK’s solar PV market. As per the new arrangement between the two, SunGift will carry and utilize stock of the Tigo Dual Maximizer

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More than 10 years ago, the frequency control industry introduced PLL-based (phase-locked loop) oscillators, an innovation that pioneered several features previously unavailable with traditional crystal oscillators (XOs). Leveraging internal clock synthesizer IC technology, PLL-based XOs can be programmed to support a wide range of frequencies. This breakthrough eliminated the material processing steps required to cut and machine quartz to make

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International Rectifier designed its D series of low-power, radiation-tolerant, two-output dc-dc converters to meet the high-reliability design requirements of satellite power systems. The D28xxD and D50xxxxP D series features low output noise, and guaranteed end-of-life (EOL) output-voltage drift with high-level output cross regulation.  Each converter output is independently regulated with 5-W maximum rated output power or 10-W total output power. 

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Large-scale energy storage is one of the major challenges facing renewable energy, but a recent breakthrough could be a real game changer. Scientists at USC, led by professor Sri Narayan, just developed a new long-lasting battery that is cheap to build, water-based, and made out of green components with no toxic chemicals and no metals. The battery can be used

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