Honeywell Sensing and Control (S&C) launched a wide range of industrial sensors and switches at Electronica 2012. This includes Honeywell HumidIcon™ sensors...
Electrovaya Inc. today announced the launch of its lithium-ion energy storage system for home usage. The battery stores power from the grid or from solar panels and stores it for later household use. For consumers subject to time-of-use charges, the EnergyBlock can be used to store off-peak power to be used later during peak times, […]
Alpha Technologies Ltd. has announced its next generation Cordex HP LPS36, a compact, modular dc-dc up-converter system designed for powering distributed communication networks using ±190Vdc (RFT-V circuit) over an existing copper network. It features modular, high efficiency, quad output converter modules along with an intelligent controller. In addition, the company launched the Alpha SR-12190, a […]
Microchip Technology Inc., has announced a new family of power-conversion controllers and its first-ever family of power MOSFET devices. This new Pulse...
As part of its participation at Electronica 2012, ON Semiconductor continues to advance power management in high performance industrial integrated circuit solutions....
Akros Silicon Inc. has secured additional financing to supplement capital previously raised in 2012, bringing the total to $11M. In addition to Technology Partners, which led the most recent round of financing, Akros obtained financial support from existing investors: USVP, Levensohn Venture Partners and SPM Capital. The infusion of capital will be used for further […]
On the first-day of Electronica 2012, Power Integrations Inc. announced its latest family of LED driver ICs, Vicor Corp. added 14 new devices to its PI33XX Picor Cool-Power® ZVS buck regulator offering, Fairchild Semiconductor expanded its offering of SiC power devices and Emerson Network Power launched two new digitally-controlled ac-dc power supplies. Power Integrations introduced […]
The EMerge Alliance announced the completion of the EMerge Alliance Data/Telecom Center Standard. The new standard creates an integrated, open platform for power, infrastructure, peripheral device and control applications to facilitate the hybrid use of AC and DC power within data centers and telecommunications central offices. This change in power distribution architecture involves making a […]
Exide Technologies and Maxwell Technologies, Inc. have formed a strategic alliance to work together in the development and marketing of advanced, integrated, battery-ultracapacitor energy storage solutions to be used in a wide array of transportation and industrial applications. Principal elements of the strategic alliance include: Joint identification and evaluation of market opportunities for integrated products; […]
Toshiba America Electronic Component Inc. (TAEC) announced its Li-ion battery monitor chipset for automotive applications. The chipset includes the claimed industry first...
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. has broaden its optoelectronics portfolio with the introduction of a new isolated photovoltaic MOSFET driver in the compact SOP-4 surface-mount package. The new VOM1271 features integrated turn-off circuitry, eliminating the need for external turn-off components and a secondary-side power supply. The new MOSFET driver greatly reduces implementation cost and PCB space usage […]
Renesas Electronics Corporation has expanded its lineup of the RX63T Group of microcontrollers (MCUs). The new RX63T MCUs have higher pin counts...
Penguin Computing has announced the immediate availability of PowerInsight, a new product for monitoring server and desktop power consumption. PowerInsight was designed by Penguin Computing in close cooperation with Sandia National Laboratories. It is a compact device that measures power consumption for all subsystem components within a server. The product includes an ARM based server, […]
Exar Corporation has signed a distribution agreement with Setron, a central European components distributor. Setron will use their technical expertise and applications focus to expand the customer base for Exar’s power management, mixed signal, and connectivity solutions in this key market. “We always strive to focus on the customer and their application,” said Sven Streiff, […]
Infineon Technologies AG releases the next generation of thin wafer IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) by introducing TRENCHSTOP™ 5. It features significantly...