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Power Components
Allegro Micro Introduces Hall-Effect Latches with Increased Protection for High Voltage Transients
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. has added several new devices to their existing line of Hall-effect latches. The A1225, A1227 and A1229 devices are said to be extremely temperature-stable and stress resistant sensor ICs especially suited for operation over extended temperature ranges to 150°C. The intent of these latches is to provide a more robust product offering […]
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Energy Efficiency
Underwriters Laboratories Publishes Paper on High-Tech Safety Standard IEC 62368-1
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) released a white paper on the new industry standard for audio/video, information technology and communication technology equipment, IEC 62368-1. UL is using the paper to educate manufacturers about what it describes as the standard’s groundbreaking testing methods that accommodate the convergence of technology, where products have become interconnected and interchangeable; those originally […]
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1.7KComponentsChroma Systems Announces Availability of Electrical Safety Test Instruments
Chroma Systems Solutions announced that their full line of electrical safety testing equipment and systems are now available directly from Chroma in...
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Power Components
Midtronics Acquires Lynai Data; BatteryNet and FacilityWare Products
Midtronics Inc. has acquired the assets of Lynai Data Inc. (LDI) and its BatteryNet® and FacilityWare® data management and reporting automation products. Midtronics states that the acquisition of LDI will provide it with the resources and capabilities to expand both product offerings, adding value for Data Center, Telecommunications, Power Utility and UPS system users. "Bringing […]
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Power Components
Crane Aerospace Introduces New Line of EMI Filters
Power Solutions of Crane Aerospace & Electronics, a business unit of Crane Co., has announced the release of EMI Filters, FMCE-0328, FMCE-0528, FMCE-0828 and FMCE-1528. The new FMCE filters are designed to work with Crane’s Interpoint brand 28V input, 1.5 to 120W dc-dc converters and are backward compatible and fully interoperable with Interpoint brand FMH, […]
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Energy Efficiency
Google and Microchip Partner to Enable Easy Development of Google PowerMeter Designs for Smart Energy Monitoring
Microchip Technology Inc. announced the result of its strategic partnership with Google PowerMeter – the first Reference Implementation of the Google PowerMeter API for embedded developers. According to the company, designers now have a quick and easy way to enter the global energy-conservation market, by creating products for the measurement and monitoring of energy usage […]
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Energy Efficiency
ZigBee Alliance Expands Participation In European Standards
The ZigBee® Alliance announced its intention to expand its participation in the European Union’s various standardization efforts. The Alliance will focus on the European Union’s Smart Grid programs and on meeting the needs of the EU implementation of ZigBee Smart Energy in the Home Area Network (HAN). To accomplish these objectives, and support a thriving […]
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Energy Efficiency
Digi-Key Partners with Transim Technology & NXP to Launch New Design Simulation Tool
Digi-Key Corp., in partnership with Transim Technology and NXP Semiconductors, announced the launch of the NXP SimPort Design Center incorporated with Digi-Key’s e-commerce platform. This design simulation tool provides engineers with the capability to create custom reference designs and immediately verify and test their designs online using Transim’s proprietary WebSIM® technology. Once the designs are […]
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1.3KBatteries and Portable PowerTI Introduces Switch-Mode Standalone Battery Charge Controllers For 5 to 28V Applications
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) introduced three new switch-mode standalone battery charger ICs for lithium-based battery-powered applications with a 5 to 28V input....
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Components
Bourns Announces Circuit Protection Solution for Generator Low- Voltage Control Interfaces
Bourns, Inc. announced a circuit protection solution for low-voltage control lines on generator interfaces. This advanced solution is presented in a new application note from Bourns that details how the company’s circuit protection devices provide a fast response time to protect exposed low-voltage generator terminals of the generator. This universal circuit protection solution is also […]
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1.0KBatteries and Portable PowerLinear I2C Battery Gas Gauges for Single Li-Ion Cells Offer 1% Accuracy
Linear Technology Corp. introduced the LTC2941/LTC2942 battery gas gauges with an I²C interface for 2.7 to 5.5V systems. Unlike most coulomb counters...
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Power Quality Protection
CHiL Semi Announces Efficiency Breakthrough for Computing Voltage Regulator Solutions for CPU, GPU, & DDR applications
CHiL Semiconductor Corp. announced what it describes as a breakthrough in high efficiency computing voltage regulator (VR) solutions for CPU, GPU, and DDR applications. Now configured to optimize efficiency from the lowest idle state to the highest operating state of today’s high performance server, graphics and desktop solutions, CHiL’s next generation true-digital power algorithms have […]
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1.2KComponentsNational Semi Introduces First PMBus System Power Management & Protection IC
National Semiconductor Corp. announced what it says is the industry’s first system monitoring, protection and control integrated circuit (IC) with on-chip power...
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Communications Power
NIST Issues Expanded Draft of Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy For Public Review and Comment
The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued the second draft of its Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy and Requirements, which now identifies more than 120 interfaces that will link diverse devices, systems and organizations engaged in two-way flows of electricity and information and classifies these connections according to the level of […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Maxim Automotive Protection Devices Use Back-to-Back pFETs to Provide Overvoltage & Reverse-Battery Protection
Maxim Integrated Products introduced its MAX16914/MAX16915 overvoltage-protection controllers for automotive and industrial systems that must tolerate high-voltage transient and fault conditions. These devices employ a unique architecture that senses the input and output voltages of two back-to-back p-channel MOSFETs to provide overvoltage protection with ideal-diode characteristics. When forward biased, the two pFETs have a voltage […]
