Power

TRACO POWER announces the release of their TFI Series of surge filters designed to clamp momentary over-voltage transients up to 385 VDC (20 ms) to protect the DC/DC Converter from being damaged. Input transients defined by EN 50155 (up to 154 VDC) are covered by the wide input range of dedicated railway converters. 

With the RAC03-K, RECOM has introduced one of the smallest three watt solutions on the market. This versatile converter can be used in a wide range of applications due to complete certifications for ITE and household standards. In a compact 1in² footprint, these modules deliver an output power of three watts from -40 to 60°C and two watts up to 80°C. 

Availability of the LCM600 AC-DC power supplies from Artesyn has been announced by Components Bureau. The 2U high power distributed power front end AC-DC power supplies consist of five models, offering outputs of 12V, 15V, 24V, 36V and 48V, together with an optional 5V standby output.

Dialog Semiconductor has introduced a new power management product family of four new sub-PMICs that offer transient response and in-circuit digital programmability, in a smaller form factor than current market solutions. The new product family of Buck converters, which consists of the DA9217, DA9220, DA9121 and the DA9122, represents Dialog’s first sub-PMIC family with a 4MHz switching frequency that reduces inductor size and height to allow use of smaller external components.

Distrelec has added the new drop-in replacement GMOV hybrid protection component from Bourns, leading global manufacturer of electrical components, to the web shop. Promising to solve the lifespan, safety and reliability issues of metal oxide varistors (MOVs), the new GMOV component is a highly reliable overvoltage protection replacement solution.

Analog Devices has announced a simple power solution that maximises efficiency and minimises electromagnetic (EM) emissions of motion systems as customers migrate to higher density automation. The ADuM4122, an isolated, dual-drive strength output driver that uses iCoupler technology, empowers designers to harness the benefits of higher efficiency power switch technologies.

Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV), powered by hydrogen, beat battery-powered cars in several dimensions. Fueled up in only a few minutes, they have a longer range and still feature all performance benefits of the electric powertrain. But the technology is still young and has to master some challenges. From a composites’ point of view, the significant amount of fibres needed for the hydrogen storage vessel, is a particular one.

Energy Storage will grow from 6GWh installed today to over 635GWh cumulatively by 2030. Annual additions will go from 6GWh in 2019 to 101GWh by 2030, according to a report out this week from Rethink Technology Research’s Rethink Energy service. Throughout this period of dramatic growth the Asia Pacific region, led by China will dominate installations with 273 GWh out of 635 GWh, or some 43% of all energy storage capacity while the rest of Asia adds around 155 MWh or 24.5%.

Green Hills Software demonstrated the multicore interference mitigation capabilities of the INTEGRITY-178 Time-Variant Unified Multi-Processing (tuMP) RTOS on Armv8-A processor cores at the Defence & Security Equipment International (DESI) conference and exhibition in London.

Assystem, the world’s third largest nuclear engineering firm with UK headquarters in Blackburn, Lancashire has become an official partner in the Northern Powerhouse Partner Programme. The announcement, which coincides with the inaugural Northern Powerhouse summit, which took place in Rotherham on Friday 13th September, means that Assystem will join many high-profile businesses in promoting the strategic and economic value of the north with continued investment in the region and a particular focus on education and skills development, enterprise and innovation.