Power
Don't run out of juice! Top tips to stay connected
Does your phone often struggle to survive day-to-day use? Constant tweeting draining your battery? Not enough charge to send a picture of a dachshund to your best friend?
Power from the phase
HDPQ SP models are contained in an IP65 (weather/hardened) enclosure. Power from the phase has now been added to the Dranetz Technologies IP65 rated Dranetz HDPQ SP power monitoring instruments. The Dranetz HDPQ Visa SP, Guide SP, Xplorer SP, and Xplorer 400 SP instruments are intended for use in harsh, outdoor and remote environments, or for applications where a LCD display is undesirable.
Panel mount power supply designed for household applications
Delta Electronics has extended its the PMH series of panel mount power supply with 24V 91.2W output certified to NEC Class 2. The PMH-24V100WCNS accepts universal input from 85VAC to 264VAC in a full corrosion resistant aluminium body. Power will not de-rate across the entire input voltage range, providing full power even if the input voltage drops below the nominal voltage.
Major step forward for smart homes, IoT and mobile devices
The developer of WattUp, a wire-free, power-at-a-distance charging technology, Energous Corporation has announced Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certification of its first-gen WattUp Mid Field transmitter, which sends focused, RF-based power to devices at a distance. As the first FCC certification for power-at-a-distance wireless charging under Part 18 of the FCC’s rules, this development represents a new era of wireless charg...
Fuelling the distribution transformer market in the Middle East
A new report from 6Wresearch titled Middle East Power & Distribution Transformer Market (2017-2023) provides an in-depth analysis with 229 figures and 18 tables covered in more than 390 pages. The report estimates and forecast the overall Middle East power & distribution transformer market by revenues, volume, types, power rating, cooling system such as dry type and liquid type, applications such as power utilities and indu...
UPS system showcased at customer demonstration facility
AMETEK Powervar's Security Plus UPS system has been approved for use with SCIEX mass spectrometer instruments. As part of a Global Resellers agreement, AMETEK Powervar’s Security Plus Series is being showcased at the SCIEX Customer Demonstration Facility in Framingham, MA. The partnership solidifies a long-standing relationship between AMETEK Powervar and SCIEX.
Simplify your design with DC/DC power module
Available in a 10x10mm QFN package, the SIMPLE SWITCHER LMZ36002 is what the company claims to be the industry's smallest 60V DC/DC power module IC.
Embedded solid state drives for industrial applications
Now sampling its eMMC 5.1 NANDrive embedded solid state drive (SSD) product family, Greenliant Systems has improved the performance, enhanced the features and added a wide range of capacities (8, 16, 32, 64 and 128GB.) Particularly useful for automotive, industrial, medical, security, military and networking applications, the new GLS85VM NANDrive devices support the JEDEC eMMC 5.1 standard and operate at full industrial temperatures between ...
High-density battery powers surveillance systems
With its new Lithium Thionyl Chloride M1 battery, Ultralife is helping military device manufacturers develop longer-lasting products. The battery, which is the military battery specialist’s highest density offering to date, is lightweight and can be used in remote sensing and surveillance applications. Ultralife has developed three variations of the M1 battery, ranging in size and weight from 3.3-10kg.
To route or to plane PC boards?
Power distribution on a PC board can come in a number of forms. Duane Benson, the Chief Technology Champion at Screaming Circuits, a prototype PCB assembly electronic manufacturing company in Oregon explains more on the different types of power distribution.