Automotive

Designed for the passenger railway market in the EMEA region, the RailTuff BE43802 cable has been launched by Belden. The Cat 7 Ethernet data cable has a transmission performance of 10 Gbps, allowing the integration of multiple on board applications; effectively making cable installations future proof.

Withstanding the high shock and vibration typically found in railway applications, Optima Stantron has designed and successfully tested cabinets to meet both North American (AREMA) and European (CENELEC) railway standards. Optima Stantron designed the welded and riveted frame by modifying the standard M1 cabinet frame design.

AEC-Q200 qualified laboratory sample kits have been announced by Vishay, for the company's high-stability thin film chip resistors. Aiding engineers in prototyping and speeding time to market, the TNPW0402 e3 (LTW0402 e3 96/4) and TNPW0603 e3 (LTW0603 e3 96/4) kits provide roughly 100 of the most popular resistance values in the TNPW0402 e3 and TNPW0603 e3 packages.

Suitable for supplying points, signal lamps and electronic monitoring of the rail net, MTM Power has introduced the HVC series 250W DC/DC converters for railway applications. The devices are available with an input range of 420-1100V dc (375-1125V dc for less than 2 seconds), isolation up to 8 kV ac and the standard output voltage of 24V dc.

Rochester Electronics is officially licensed by Intel to continue manufacturing the 80C196KC 16-bit microcontroller. The powerful 80C196KC is a high performance member of the MCS 96 microcontroller family, which utilises the CHMOS III process that provides a high performance processor along with low power consumption.

Expanding the company's industry leading SENCITY Rail antenna family, HUBER+SUHNER has introduced two MIMO antennas. The antennas are suited for systems integrators and rolling stock manufacturers keen to incorporate high-speed data hungry applications including on-board internet, fast mobile communications and communication based train control.

  Available in both X7R and NP0 (C0G) options, the High Voltage Multilayer Ceramic (MLC) Chip Capacitor series from AVX has been expanded. The capacitor series now offers voltages of 600-5000V and capacitance values of 1.5pF-0.82µF in case sizes covering 0805-3640.

Combining current handling up to 98.8A with exceptionally low DC resistance down to 0.45mΩ, the XAL1010 series of high-temperature, shielded power inductors have been announced by Coilcraft. Available with thirteen inductance values from 0.22-15µH, the series is offered in a rugged, molded cube-shaped package measuring just 10.0x11.3x10.0mm.

Suitable for high voltage automotive electronics in both standard & hybrid electric vehicles, the X7R High Voltage Automotive MLCCs have been introduced by AVX. The AEC-Q200 qualified capacitors are rated for 630-3000V, capacitance values of 100pF-0.15µF and are available in 1206-2220 chip sizes.

Designed for use in SEPIC DC/DC converters, the Vishay Dale IHCL devices mark the first in a series of composite-coupled inductors from Vishay. Built on Vishay's IHLP technology, the device have been optimised for SEPIC converter circuits in automotive LED lighting.