Intersil Corp. announced the ISL9222A, a battery charger innovation designed to detect auxiliary and external power connections in mobile devices. The ISL9222A...
Power Air Corp. announced an OEM-ready, primary zinc air cell ("ZCell") specifically designed and suitable for integration into mobile electronic devices by OEM partners. "Power Air is very pleased that we have succeeded in developing a unique power source for mobile electronic devices that outperforms current battery products in terms of cost, safety, form factor […]
WildCharge Inc. announced the availability of its WildCharge Skins for the BlackBerry Pearl and Curve smartphones in the United States. The WildCharge...
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) introduced three new smart battery management integrated circuits that are said to improve measurement and protection of multi-cell,...
Summit Microelectronics has introduced its third-generation programmable battery charger integrated circuit (IC) for single-cell Li-Ion and Li-polymer powered systems. The company claims that the SMB339 integrates the largest feature set in the industry, including compatibility with all relevant industry standards: USB 2.0 Specification, USB on-the-go supplement, USB battery charging specification 1.0, IEEE1725 Standard, Chinese USB […]
Linear Technology announced the LTC6802, a highly integrated multicell battery monitoring IC capable of measuring up to 12 individual battery cells. The...
Freeplay Energy introduced the FreeCharge 12V Kit – described as a convenient solution to charging any electrical device in the outdoors such as an mp3 player, Blackberry, GPS, and a digital camera. The FreeCharge comes complete with a USB car charger and USB cable. The FreeCharge converts 74% of energy generated through the hand crank […]
M2E Power, Inc., a renewable energy design and development company, announced that it is moving forward with the development of an external...
C&D Technologies, Inc. announced the release of the new C&D TRUE FRONT ACCESS™ advanced Valve Regulated Lead Acid (VRLA) batteries for telecommunication...
Oncore Power Systems announced that it has developed a 6-Bay Charger specifically for Apple MacBook and iBook computers that recharges up to six batteries. Oncore is also introducing a power upgrade kit that includes the 6-Bay Charger and six replacement batteries, specifically intended to give new life to older classroom computers. Oncore claims that a […]
Microchip Technology Inc. announced the MCP73871 charge-management controller – a Li-Ion/Li-Polymer charger with an intelligent charge management feature that enables simultaneous ac-dc...
Electric Transportation Engineering Corp. (eTec), a wholly owned subsidiary of ECOtality, Inc. announced that it has received Underwriter’s Laboratories Inc. (UL) approval for its new line of Minit-Charger SC battery fast-charge systems and will begin shipping these chargers on August 1, 2008. Utilizing Minit-Charger’s patented advanced algorithm technology, the SC Charger is described as a […]
Powerstax plc, announced a new model in their range of Flexistax power supplies. Designed as a 1U solution, this new 275W ruggedized...
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) introduced a 3-MHz, switch-mode battery charge management integrated circuit (IC) for portable electronics that can be charged from...
Maxim Integrated Products introduced the DS2731 integrated power-management IC (PMIC) for DDR cache-memory backup. This PMIC integrates a single-cell Li+ charger, power-steering system to control switchover between system power and battery power, and a 2MHz synchronous buck regulator that "regulates" the DDR memory supply. The device’s level of integration is said to eliminate over 15 […]