Power
Keeping your systems cool when things get hot
Most people can remember a time when they've walked into a room and seen one person dressed for the Arctic while the person next to them looks like they're in the Bahamas. Although disagreements over heating like these have led to fights in some offices, for most businesses poor power quality in HVAC systems can do more damage financially. Steve Hughes, Managing Director of REO UK, explains how to keep your HVAC running cool when things...
Power supply dedicated to marine applications
European power supply company, Powerbox, has announced the launch of its second generation of power supplies dedicated for marine applications and demanding industrial systems. Responding to a demand from marine equipment manufacturers to simplify logistics and to reduce energy consumption, the PT578 integrates programmed digital protection, built-in redundancy and paralleling circuitry. Based on latest technologies, the 500W PT578 has ...
Board reduces development time in evaluating eGaN
Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) has announced the EPC9086 half-bridge development board with a 30V eGaN and Peregrine Semiconductor's gate driver.
15 and 20W converters for medical type BF applications
Providing 15 and 20W of single/dual output power in the industry standard 1x2" footprint, MINMAX has announced its MKW015M and MKW020M families of IEC/EN/ES 60601-1 type BF approved medical DC/DC converters.
DC/DC converter offers 6kV isolation voltage
Individual power supplies company, MTM Power, has announced a range of standard industrial converters in a DIL 24 case with an output power of 5-6W and an isolation voltage of 6.0kV. Besides their compact design the PMD5UD-6kV converters are characterised by a 4:1 ultra-wide input range.
Meet the smallest power adapter that can be used for everything
This is a mobile era, when everything is becoming thinner, lighter and more portable. But not our adapters. Why are we overloading ourselves with chunky brick power charger, and bringing multiple adapters for different devices?
SMD coupled power choke is magnetically shielded
Manufacturer of electronic and electromechanical components for the electronics industry, Würth Elektronik, has announced the WE-DPC HV (Double Power Choke High Voltage), a magnetically shielded, SMD coupled power choke with two identical windings and a high isolation voltage of 1.5kV.
Power GaN market expected to be worth $450m by 2022
According to Dr. Ana Villamor, Technology & Market Analyst at Yole Développement (Yole): "The GaN market promises an imminent growth. 2015 and 2016 have been undoubtedly exciting years for the GaN power business. we project the explosion of the market with 84% CAGR between 2017 and 2022. The market value will so reach $450m at the end of the period.” What make the power GaN technology so promising?
Bringing extreme Hollywood film making to life
With advanced, high-voltage Gold Drum servo drives, perfected with Elmo's Application Studio motion design software, the Mega Trax robotic camera dolly is able to capture extreme live-action footage. Elmo Motion Control an innovative motion solutions company designed to make smart machines smarter, has announced that the revolutionary Mega Trax MX 500 semi-autonomous, high-speed, robotic dolly system uses its Gold Drum HV servo drives and th...
How to check power consumption of embedded designs accurately
Manufacturer, STMicroelectronics has developed a power shield that allows developers to check the power consumption of their embedded designs accurately, using the same hardware chosen by EEMBC as the new reference platform for the IoTConnect and ULPMark (Energy Monitor V2.0) benchmarking frameworks.