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Third edition of power supply technical guide now available
XP Power today announced the third edition of their 144-page technical guide for power supply specifiers. Spanning all the major aspects of power supply integration, the guide has several new sections covering topics such as the characteristics of battery power sources, high peak load capability, powering LEDs and high voltage safety testing. Where appropriate, approvals and standards information has been updated to the most current legislation. ...
Ecopac Power introduces the new Mean Well HRP-100 series, a 100-watt miniature high reliability AC/DC enclosed power supply.
The HRP-100 series along with the existing range of products HRP-75, HRPG-150, HRPG-300 and HRPG-600, allows Ecopac Power to offer the full range of Mean Well 75 watt to 600 watt miniature enclosed power supplies all with PFC function and energy-saving functions.
Cypress's Programmable Powerline Communication Solution Selected as Editor's Choice Product by Industrial Embedded Systems
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) today announced that its programmable Powerline Communication (PLC) solution for data communication over existing power lines was selected as an Editor’s Choice product by Industrial Embedded Systems magazine in the 2010 Resource Guide issue. Leveraging the programmable analog and digital resources of Cypress’s PSoC® programmable system-on-a-chip architecture, the new PLC solution integrates multiple ...
austriamicrosystems announced low power consumption Class G and Class H Stereo Headphone Amplifiers
austriamicrosystems, has announced the AS3560 and AS3561 Stereo Headphone Amplifiers for mobile phones, portable navigation devices, music / media players and any media device that uses headphones. These new 30 mW headphone amplifiers continuously adjust the supply rails in response to the input signal, thus drastically minimizing power consumption as compared to traditional Class AB amplifiers.
PowerFlex 840 W dual power supply adds flexible interfaces
The new CPX400DP is the latest in the CPX series of PowerFlex regulated power-supply units from TTi, and is the first to incorporate digital remote control interfaces.
IR Introduces Online IGBT Selection Tool to Optimize Power Management Design
International Rectifier has introduced a new online Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) selection tool that enables design optimization in a wide range of applications including motor drives, uninterruptable power supplies (UPS), solar inverters, and welding.
NOVEL SENSORS AID TIDAL TURBINE DEVELOPMENT
Non-contact torque sensors from Sensor Technology are playing a key role in the development of commercial-scale in-stream tidal turbines produced by Irish company, OpenHydro. The company is using these novel sensors, which are based on surface acoustic wave (SAW) technology, to accurately measure rotational speed and frictional forces in a simulator for the turbine bearings, thereby allowing it to optimise the performance and reliability of its i...
Battery-monitoring IC reduces BMS cost by 80% in hybrid and electric vehicles
Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) introduces the MAX11068, a high-voltage, 12-cell, battery-monitoring IC for hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles, and any system that stacks long series strings of batteries. This highly integrated solution employs a proprietary SMBus(TM)-laddered communication bus that allows multiple MAX11068s to be daisy chained together without expensive isolators. This approach reduces battery-management system (BMS) co...
100V Isolated Flyback DC/DC Controller Simplifies Design & Eliminates Optocoupler
Linear Technology announced the LT3748, a high input voltage isolated flyback DC/DC controller that significantly simplifies the design of an isolated DC/DC converter. No opto-isolator, third winding or signal transformer is required for feedback since the output voltage is sensed from the primary-side flyback signal. The LT3748 operates over a 5V to 100V input voltage range and drives an external N-channel power MOSFET, making it well suited for...
Renesas Electronics Introduces Seven New Power MOSFET Products with 8-Pin HSON Package for More Compact Automotive Electronic Units
Renesas introduced seven new power metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistor (MOSFET) products equipped in HSON packages for use in automotive electronics control units for applications including direct injection engine management and electric pump motor control.