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maintenance Authorised Yuasa battery distributor Gresham Power Electronics has available two series of high-relability VRLA batteries (valve-regulated lead-acid) from Yuasa’s wide industrial product range. VRLA batteries are more commonly known as sealed maintenance free lead-acid rechargeable batteries which, due to their construction, may be mounted in any orientation and do not require constant maintenance.

  A concentration of technological innovations and solutions in the power electronics industry will be on show at Fortronic Power 2018, the 15th edition of the event, organised by Assodel (Electronic Districts Association - Italy), and taking place in the city of Modena.

Powersolve just announced a 12 to 24V input, DC/DC car adaptor series which provides 60W. The eight models in the series provide output voltages from 12 to 24VDC. The Powersolve VDN60 is supplied as standard with a 1.8m cable terminated with a 2.5 x 5.5 x 11mm barrel connector although the company can supply other output connectors on request.

Iron-based redox flow battery developer, ESS has announced a contract to design and install a combined energy warehouse flow battery storage and solar energy system in Brazil. According to Energy Storage Report, the $1.3m project will be funded in part by a grant from the US Trade and Development Agency through Pacto Geração Distribuída, a subsidiary of the renewable energy plant developer Pacto Energia, with the goal to prove the value of energy shifting using the ESS Energy Warehouse with solar PV.

  Torex Semiconductor has launched the XCL225/XCL226 series of 18V coil-integrated, step-down 'micro DC/DC' converters. The converters contribute to space-saving on the board and a shorter development time because a circuit can be configured by simply adding two external ceramic capacitors.

In this video, Texas Instruments consider the single cell charger systems input considerations and limitations topology options and the pros and cons of power path architecture.

It has been announced by Toshiba Memory Europe (TME), that its RC100 Series of NVMe M.2 solid state drives (SSDs) is now available. First introduced at CES 2018, the new RC100 Series is geared towards the retail do-it-yourself market and features a powerful yet cost-effective design to make NVMe storage accessible to more users than before.

Torex Semiconductor has launched the XC6135 series and XC6136 series, two voltage detector products which have ultra-low quiescent current and detect voltages making them among the lowest in the world. The quiescent current is roughly 1/10 of conventional products (44nA for the XC6135 series, and 88nA for the XC6136 series), allowing them to extend the operating time of devices with small batteries such as IoT devices, wearable devices, and smart meters.

It has been announced that the programmable EZ-PD CCG5 two-port USB-C controller with Power Delivery (PD) from Cypress Semiconductor, has now been qualified by Intel for use in Thunderbolt 3 host and peripheral designs. Thunderbolt 3 over USB-C enables data transfers at speeds up to 40Gbps via a compact port with the ability to transmit multiple protocols and provide fast device charging.

It has been announced that the programmable EZ-PD CCG4 two-port USB-C controller with Power Delivery (PD) from Cypress Semiconductor, has been qualified by AMD for use with its 'Raven Ridge' processors for notebook and desktop PCs. The controller delivers USB and DisplayPort connectivity and fast charging to AMD’s 'Raven Ridge' reference designs, simplifying integration of plug-and-play USB-C for PC makers and accelerating time-to-market.