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devolo AG, of Aachen, Germany, is expanding its SmartGrid business area. This includes adding to its portfolio two products, the “devolo smart meter gateway” and the “devolo control box”. At the energy conference “Energietage” in Vienna, Austria and at Metering Days in Fulda, Germany – both events in September 2015 – devolo will be introducing a new product portfolio and

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AVX Corporation has released a new series of tantalum polymer capacitors designed to provide small, high-energy, low-profile solutions for demanding solid-state drive (SSD) applications. Exhibiting low ESR and the highest energy per volume (Joules/cc) of any comparable SMT capacitor currently available on the market, the new J-CAP Series solid tantalum electrolytic chip capacitors feature conductive polymer electrodes, which exhibit a

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The ZSPM4023 product family ICs fromZentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden AG(ZMDI) are constant-frequency, synchronous dc-dc buck regulators featuring an adaptive on-time control architecture. The ZSPM4023 operates over a supply range of 4.5V to 28V at a constant 600kHz switching frequency in continuous-conduction mode. The ZSPM4023 internal linear regulator provides a regulated 5V for the internal control circuitry that regulates the input signal

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Kemet Corporation introduced today its T598 High Humidity/High Temperature Series, the first polymer electrolytic capacitor that meets all of the requirements of the Automotive Electronics Council’s AEC-Q200 specification for passive components. Kemet’s new AEC-Q200 qualified T598 KO-CAP® polymer electrolytic capacitor delivers stability and endurance in extreme humidity and temperature environments. Typical applications include decoupling and filtering of dc-dc converters in

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With RED EXPERT, Würth Elektronik eiSos has published a new online tool with which developers can simulate the power inductors from Würth Elektronik. With just a few clicks, the power inductors are selected and the complete ac losses calculated. RED EXPERT enables the world’s most precise loss calculation, because it is not based on the known Steinmetz models with sinusoidal

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Murata has announced the latest addition to the OKLP range of power block products from Murata Power Solutions. In addition to the 25A and 35A, Murata now offers the OKLP-X/60-W12A-C, a 60A power block solution. This power block concept sits between a discrete Point-of-Load (PoL) design and that of a complete non-isolated buck converter module. The power block is essentially

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Amphenol Industrial Products Group now offers SurLok Plus, a high-current cabling system designed to meet the needs of energy storage for commercial and residential battery storage systems as well as electric and hybrid electric vehicles. Amphenol’s new high-current cabling system comes in an unsealed configuration or IP67-rated, which offers excellent environmental sealing to protect the system from the elements. Used

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Molex Incorporated introduces the new TermiMate™ one-circuit terminal-style connector system. Designed to minimize the shadowing effect in LED lights and TV backlighting applications, the ultra-low profile TermiMate coplanar board-to-board and wire-to-board connector reduces component and assembly costs for manufacturers. “In LED applications, standard higher profile components are prone to create unwanted shadowing that negatively impacts the light quality,” said Goji

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Siemens has expanded its power monitoring system from the Sentron portfolio by adding the 7KM PAC5100 and 7KM PAC5200 measuring devices. Designed for use in industrial plants or buildings, the new devices record not only the entire energy data but all relevant parameters for assessing the power quality. A constant power supply in a defined quality is essential for the

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Atmel Corporation today launched the industry’s most innovative Single-Wire EEPROM with only two-pins—a data pin and ground pin for operation—making the new family ideal for the Internet of Things (IoT), wearables, consumable, battery and cable identification markets. The new devices are self-powered, eliminating the need for a power source or Vcc pin, with a parasitic power scheme over the data

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