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Solid State Supplies Company Details
Solid State Supplies introduces development kit for flexible, low power, embedded WiFi networks
Solid State Supplies announces a development kit for the XBee family of flexible embedded WiFi modules. The kit consists of two XBee WiFi modules and two carrier boards with serial and USB connectivity options. With SPI and UART serial interfaces, XBee modules, manufactured by Digi, support 802.11 b/g/n and SPI data rates up to 3.5 Mbps. In deep sleep mode they consume less than 2uA whilst in low-power mode the XBee WiFi can maintain a connection to the access point consuming only 1.5mA. The modules work with a variety of antennas including printed circuit board (embedded), U.FL, RPSMA and wired whip, and operate over the industrial temperature range of -40 to +85 degrees C. Each has four 12-bit ADC inputs and ten digital I/O lines.
Solid State Supplies appoints Colin Jacobs as director of business development
Solid State Supplies announces the appointment of Colin Jacobs as director of business development. Jacobs, who started his career in electronic components with the Memec Group, joins Solid State Supplies after 6 years as European Business Development Director for Acal Technology. Prior to that, he spent 5 years running his own electronic component repping business.
Solid State Supplies wins franchise for Quectel low-cost GSM and GPS embedded wireless modules
Solid State Supplies has won a UK and Ireland franchise with Quectel Wireless Solutions, a Chinese manufacturer of wireless communications modules for M2M applications. The modules, which cover 2G, 2.5G and 3G wireless standards, are competitively priced, starting at under £10 each for data-only GSM versions. Founded by Patric Qian, formerly of Simcom, Alcatel and Motorola, Quectel has focused on delivering high quality cellular modules to major OEMs worldwide. Many of the GSM and GPS modules are form-and-function compatible with products from more established brands
Solid State Supplies cuts the cost of public mobile radio (PMR) with dual-mode baseband system-in-chip
Solid State Supplies has announced a low-cost baseband processor that combines analogue and digital PMR processing in a single chip. The CMX8341 is designed for license-free digital PMR (dPMR) radios and implements a half-duplex dPMR air interface together with physical, data link and control layers, an embedded low bit-rate vocoder that requires no licence or royalties, and a soft-decision 4FSK modem. Its high level of functional integration, small size and low power consumption enable the design of compact, economical radios with extended battery life.
Solid State Supplies - Ultra-bright ultra-violet LED emitter with 30 W/cm2 radiant flux density
Solid State Supplies has introduced a 24-die, 400nm wavelength, ultra-violet LED emitter with industry-leading radiant flux of 30 W/cm2. Manufactured by LEDEngin and rated at 90 Watts, the LZP-00UA00 comes in a 12.0mm x 12.0mm x 6.7mm surface mount ceramic package with integrated glass lens. The package features exceptionally low thermal resistance of 0.6°C/W, ensuring effective heat dissipation and long service life.
Solid State Supplies appoints Ian Siddall as applications group manager
Solid State Supplies has appointed Ian Siddall as applications group manager to extend its technical support capabilities following a year of exceptionally strong growth. Siddall joins the distributor from Vitesse Semiconductor where he was a European field applications engineer. He will initially take responsibility for the CML and Digi franchises but also play a wider product marketing role in identifying future products and technologies to meet the requirements of Solid State's customers. Siddall has a BSc in Electronic Engineering and is Chartered Engineer.
Solid State Supplies - Baseband processors enable lowest power digital public mobile radios (PMR) and simplify dual-mode design.
Solid State Supplies is now stocking CMX7131 and CMX7141 baseband processors for public mobile radio (PMR) applications. The devices, which are designed for minimal power consumption, extend battery life in hand-held radios and can be used to create dual-mode transceivers for digital (dPMR) and analogue communications.
Solid State Supplies adds Gore franchise for EMI shielding
Solid State Supplies has signed a franchise agreement with specialist materials company, W.L. Gore & Associates, to distribute its EMI shielding products in the UK. The product range includes adhesive-backed EMI gaskets for shielding at frequencies up to 40 GHz, lightweight multi-cavity board-level shielding for mobile communications devices, and grounding pads in a variety of electrically conductive materials. The products are compatible with both through-hole and surface mount electronic assemblies and, in some instances, can be retro-fitted to existing products.
Solid State Supplies announced low power audio and data processor for PMR systems
The CMX148 PMR audio and data processor from CML Microsystems is now available exclusively in the UK from Solid State Supplies. The low power half-duplex audio, signalling and data processing IC provides maximum support to systems where the sub-audio signalling is managed within the microcontroller. The device features flexible power saving modes and its comprehensive audio processing facilities include complete audio-band processing, filtering, companding, pre or de-emphasis and frequency inversion scrambling.
Solid State Supplies announces high efficiency penta-band antennas for reliable wireless M2M connections
Three new series of high efficiency antennas for M2M applications from leading antenna supplier Pulse are now available from Solid State Supplies. These latest products to be added to Pulse's range include the W1900 series of stubby antennas, the W1920 series of blade antennas and the W3538 series of standalone PCB antennas for internal use. All the antennas offer high efficiency, small form factor, penta-band operation for M2M access to global cellular neworks in applications such as smart metering, monitoring, security, data logging and data collection.
Solid State Supplies promotes John Macmichael to Managing Director
Solid State Supplies has named John Macmichael Managing Director. Previously Commercial Director of the company, Macmichael has more than 30 years' experience in the electronics industry, having worked in engineering, sales and distribution in both the UK and the US. Macmichael was previously Commercial Director with Solid State Supplies. Former Managing Director Gary Marsh becomes Chief Executive Officer and will now focus on the corporate development of the group.
Satellite modem from Solid State Supplies provides unlimited global coverage for M2M
Solid State Supplies now offers Digi's m10 satellite modem, providing worldwide satellite data transmit and receive capabilities for a wide variety of asset-tracking and industrial remote communication applications. Operating on the ORBCOMM low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite network, it is designed to enable Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication with virtually unlimited global coverage and no blockage.
Solid State Supplies' highly integrated 3-phase motor control modules help reduce external component count
Available from Solid State Supplies, Sanken's highly integrated inverter power modules for motor control help reduce external components. The SCM1110MF inverter power module (IPM) consists of all of the necessary power elements needed to configure the main circuit of an inverter as a high-side drive power supply: six IGBTs, three pre-drive ICs and six flyback diodes, as well as a bootstrap circuit (three bootstrap diodes and three boot resistors). This enables the main circuit of the inverter to be configured with fewer external components than traditional designs.
Compact GSM modem with airtime and antenna package from Solid State Supplies enables quick and easy testing for M2M designs
Now available from Solid State Supplies is the Enfora GSM1308 SA-G+ compact standalone IP modem with full GSM/GPRS/EDGE voice and data features. The SA-G+ is a certified quad-band integrated platform that enables simple integration through a serial or USB connection. For a limited time, the GSM108 SA-G+ is shipping from Solid State Supplies with a trial SIM card from Wireless Logic, allowing users to test their applications without the need to find a GSM data service provider. The trial SIM lasts for 30 days. Wireless Logic is a specialist provider of machine-to-machine (M2M) fixed IP, GSM and GPRS solutions that provides full mobile data solutions across all major networks. Also available from Solid State Supplies is the matching quad band antenna from Pulse.
Solid State Supplies claims thinnest active GPS antennas on the market
Solid State Supplies has announced the W4000 series of GPS active antennas from Pulse. These oval-shaped antennas offer high performance and versatility in installation and are the thinnest on the market with a profile of only 5.45 mm. Designed for in-vehicle mounting, each antenna can be positioned on the dashboard or window without concerns about orientation.
Solid State Supplies adds low power microcontroller line Energy Micro to its linecard
Solid State Supplies has signed a distribution agreement with Energy Micro, supplier of the world's lowest power microcontrollers. Solid State Supplies will distribute Energy Micro's EFM32 microcontrollers in the UK from September 1st. The EFM32 is the first 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 product that addresses the low power mixed-signal microcontroller market and is ideal for ultra-low power and battery operated applications.
WiFi module from Solid State Supplies offers design flexibility in tiny form factor
Solid State Supplies offers the RCM5600W WiFi networking module from Rabbit. The module is part of Rabbit's MiniCore series of ultra-compact, low profile networking modules and is optimised for real-time control, communications and networking applications such as energy management and intelligent building automation. It offers designers the flexibility to easily place wireless network connectivity anywhere on their design.
Internal antennas offer 2dBi peak gain with omnidirectional radiation pattern for M2M applications
Available now from Solid State Supplies are two internal PCB antennas from Pulse which represent an easy way to achieve 2dBi gains with omnidirectional radiation patterns for 360° coverage, in a very compact size. The antennas are designed with machine to machine (M2M) communications in mind and the range includes both ISM2.4GHz and GSM models.
Solid State Supplies offers Allegro's high efficiency LED driver in pre-production quantities
Allegro's A6210 high efficiency 3A, 2MHz step-down LED driver is now available in pre-production quantities from Solid State Supplies. The device is available in custom quantities on 7 and 13in mini-reels with a minimum order quantity (MOQ) of 500, increasing in 50 piece increments to meet customers' requirements.
High performance embedded ARM9 core modules from Solid State Supplies
Digi's latest range of high performance, low power 32-bit ARM9 core processor modules is now available from Solid State Supplies. The Connect Core 9M2443 (with integrated Ethernet capability) and Connect Core Wi9M2443 (with integrated WiFi capability) are low-power alternatives to using a PC or embedded SBC in networked devices, medical devices, electronic point of sale terminals, energy management devices, building access control and other industrial applications.
High bandwidth Hall effect current sensor range from Solid State Supplies features industry leading noise performance and ultra-low power loss
Allegro MicroSystems' next generation, high bandwidth, low power loss current sensor range, the ACS758 family, is now available from Solid State Supplies. The high current devices incorporate Allegro's proprietary amplifier and filter designs to enable industry-leading noise performance (down to 3mV (typ) for 10nF on VIOUT pin to GND). This Hall-effect-based current sensor family also features increased bandwidth of 120kHz and low internal resistance of 100µΩ, leading to ultra-low power loss.
Synchronous buck power supply provides fast transient response
Featuring integrated 10A power MOSFETs, a bootstrap switch, and a programmable LDO in a space saving MLPQ-5x5mm 32-pin package, the new SC417 stand-alone synchronous buck power supply from Solid State Supplies uses pseudo-fixed frequency adaptive on-time operation to provide fast transient response.
Transformer range from SSS covers 0.08 to 16VA with low noise
A new range of laminated transformers have been added to the growing range of power management components from Solid State Supplies. Covering 0.08 to 16VA and with low audible noise owing to their potted construction, the Pulse / ERA 50-60Hz encapsulated mains transformer range includes mini-line EE20, print-line EI30 - EI54, low profile UI30 - Ui39, mountable EI42 - EI64, compact power supplies and ignition transformers.
Embedded RF modules designed for European use from Solid State Supplies
Ideal for applications requiring maximum range performance in a wireless solution, the new XBee-PRO 868 embedded RF modules from Solid State Supplies are designed for the European 868MHz frequency band. Using an easy to configure point-to-multipoint networking protocol with RF 'line of sight' range beyond 40 kilometers, the XBee-PRO 868 is capable of 500 mW of EIRP and a -112 dBm receive sensitivity. In fact, Digi claim the XBee-PRO 868 is the most powerful XBee product ever offered despite its low power 3.0 to 3.6v operation.
Low cost networking modules from Solid State Supplies
A new range of ultra compact, low profile, low-cost networking modules from Rabbit is now available from Solid State Supplies. Available in pin-compatible wired and Wi-Fi versions, the MiniCore series is optimized for real-time control, communications and networking applications such as energy management and intelligent building automation.
CAT5 demo and development kit from Solid State Supplies
A demo and development kit from Solid State Supplies includes a transmission and a receiver circuit which enables the successful transmission of video signals over long distances of CAT5 cable.
Ultra rugged DC/DC Converters
The need for oil exploration and mining companies to develop and make their own DC/DC converters capable of operating in highly aggressive environments in order to power the electronics in wire lines and logging tools, is no longer required due to the development of a new family of DC/DC converters which are now available from Solid State Supplies.
3.3V TVS from Solid State Supplies
Providing telecom/datacom system designers with the industry's smallest 3.3V working voltage protection device rated for 100A GR-1089 intra-building lightning surge, the new TClamp 3302N, a 3.3V, low-capacitance TVS device from Solid State Supplies delivers superior electrical performance, yet uses almost five times less board space than competitive devices
Embedded Radio Module adds dual band for WiFi
Quatech's Airborne Performance embedded radio module from Solid State Supplies is designed for reliable, high performance WiFi networking. Adding dual band radio technology and enterprise-class security, the Performance 802.11 with its flexible small form factor, CompactFlash, SDIO and Bluetooth Coexistence interfaces, enables designers to integrate the latest WiFi technology using a solution designed specifically for M2M, medical and telematic applications.
Energy harvesting modules from Solid State Supplies
Designed for low power intermittent duty and long storage time applications, the new EH300/EH301 series Epad based energy harvesting modules from Solid State Supplies can collect energy from many types of secondary or waste by-product environmental sources, such as thermal, mechanical, chemical, solar, biological and human body sources to power conventional 3.3V and 5.0V electrical circuits and systems.
Low power LED arrays produce plent of light
Providing a range of high powered InGaN blue LEDs producing brilliant white light that can be used in general lighting applications, amusement and gaming equipment, and for backlighting TFT displays, the new multi chip white LED modules from Solid State Supplies combines 8 LEDs in 2 separate channels.
LEDs use 50 1m/W yet return 25lm
A new series of RGB multi chip LEDs that provide a range of high-powered ALGaInP red, and InGaN green and blue LEDs that can be used in general lighting applications, vending machines, amusement and gaming equipment, and for backlighting TFT displays, is now available from Solid State Supplies.
450 page book will help embedded designers
While stocks last, a new book containing almost 450 pages of essential information for engineers involved in embedded design, is available free from Solid State Supplies.
UHF transceiver increases battery life in wireless applications
Claiming the industry's lowest receiver (RX) current consumption (<3mA), which significantly increases battery life in wireless applications, the new SX1211 UHF transceiver from Solid State Supplies is optimised for designs in the unlicensed industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) frequency bands (868-870 MHz and 902-928 MHz).
High output current wide band amplifier supports peak upstream power levels for full rate ADSL applications
Combining a -3dB bandwidth of 510MHz with an output current of +/- 200mA at 9.4Vpp, the Comlinear CLC2000 high output current wideband dual amplifier from Solid State Supplies is capable of supporting the peak upstream power levels for upstream full-rate ADSL applications.
Solid State Supplies adds Rabbit Semiconductor
Already an established distributor of Digi International products, Solid State Supplies has now added Rabbit Semiconductor, a Digi company, to its growing range of connectivity and communications solutions.
Solid State Supplies appointed by Cadeka
A wide range of new high speed analogue products to suit both current and future growth applications are now available from Solid State Supplies who have been appointed by Colorado based Cadeka as their UK representatives. Cadeka is a supplier of high-performance amplifiers, ADC and DAC data converters, hybrid amplifiers, high speed comparators and quality replacement products. The company also offers direct, pin compatible replacements for several obsolete and EOL products from manufacturers such as Signal Processing Technologies (SPT), Comlinear Corporation, KOTA Microcircuits, Fairchild Semiconductor, and Raytheon.
LED Driver for large video displays
The first in a new family of devices designed for use with large LED video displays, the new CAT4016 from Solid State Supplies is a 16-channel, constant-current sink LED driver designed for billboard, marquee, instrument and other larger, general-purpose LED displays for both indoor and outdoor applications.
Simple answer to multi protocol comms
Designed to enable fast, flexible and easy interfacing of new or existing devices with other protocols. ProtoNode from Solid State Supplies uses the extensive FieldServer driver library to support virtual nodes which allows multiple OEM controllers to connect to a single ProtoNode and be seen as separate controllers on the various field networks.
More board room with SSS buck power converter
Demands for increased power requirements in a limited space, especially in datacom and server designs, have been addressed by the new SC4612 28-volt synchronous buck power converter from Solid State Supplies to enable system designers to increase port density while reducing board size.
Solid State Supplies Appointed by Mathstar
Solid State Supplies have added field reprogrammable ICs, which process logic functions at a clock rate of up to 1GHz, to their specialist component portfolio, following their appointment as the UK representative for US based manufacturer MathStar.
NEW DIRECT DRIVE CCFL CONTROLLER FROM SOLID STATE SUPPLIES
New, versatile, dimming circuitry in the LX1691 direct drive CCFL controller from Solid State Supplies, can accept both analogue and digital control inputs and provides six different dimming modes which control both the lamp current amplitude and duty cycle either simultaneously or separately.
High efficiency offline LED driver
The 8V to 400V input operating voltage of the new MXHV9910 high efficiency offline LED driver from Solid State Supplies gives the device the versatility to handle a very wide range of high brightness LED applications.
SOLID STATE SUPPLIES CUT LEAD TIMES WITH MILITARY STOCKPILE
While many "stock items" disappear from warehouse shelves, Solid State Supplies are increasing their stock of the more popular International Rectifier ruggedized hybrid DC-DC converters previously built by M-3 and Advanced Analog.
Solid State Supplies gets Catalyst Semis
Solid State Supplies have been appointed as a distributor for Santa Clara based manufacturer Catalyst Semiconductor. Catalyst produces a variety of analog, programmable and mixed-signal devices. Solid State's reputation for being a design based distributor was a major factor in their selection of a company that would be able to introduce their latest offerings into the UK. Among the new products are digital potentiometers, charge pumps, LED drivers, linear regulators, voltage supervisors and I/O expanders.
Versatile Sensor Interface
Responding to a wide range of inputs such as a pressure sensor, a GMR, AMR, magnetic, chemical sensor, thermistor or a mix of several of these, the SX8722 sensor interface available from Solid State Supplies will acquire data from Wheatstone bridges or single ended sensors.
Metal bladed fans beat tough environments
Designed for harsh, rugged environments, the new Orion 120mm AC fan with metal blades from Solid State Supplies is an economical cooling solution ideally suited to military, chemical, process control and industrial applications.
Comms Design Made Easier Through Solid State Supplies Deal
Solid State Supplies continues its growth programme with the announcement that the company has been appointed the UK and Ireland franchised distributor for FieldServer and its family of Industrial Communications Protocol modules.
50mm square blower moves a lot of air
Designed to keep the air moving in a confined space, the new ODB5009 blower from Solid State Supplies is only 50mm square and 9mm deep yet moves three cubic feet of air per minute. Designed to provide directional airflow, the device is ideally suited to spot cooling applications.
NEW A3901 DUAL FULL-BRIDGE LOW-VOLTAGE MOTOR DRIVER FROM SOLID STATE SUPPLIES IS THE PORTABLE SOLUTION
Providing the flexibility of operating brush DC or stepper motors and complying market demands for smaller package sizes, low-voltage operation and low sleep-mode current, the new A3901 dual full bridge motor driver from Solid State Supplies is ideal for the portable market.
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