An Announcement and Call for Papers has been issued for the Fourth-Annual Green Building Power Forum (GBPF ’12) to be held January...
The popularity of mass-produced electric or hybrid cars is recent, but the idea behind using electricity as a power source for cars is more than 100 years old. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will explore the history of the electric car from the early 20th century to the present in a new display […]
Microsemi Corp. unveiled a new LED driver designed specifically for North American street light installations. The efficient LXMG221D-0700040-D2F™ LED driver eliminates bulky step-down transformers typically used in street light fixtures in these markets, providing a single-step conversion from 347 or 480Vac down to less than 57Vdc as typically required by LED fixtures. This allows manufacturers […]
AgileSwitch, LLC announced that it has received funding from Ben Franklin Technology Partners (BFTP) of Southeastern Pennsylvania for design, development and testing of Advanced Power Conversion Assemblies (APCA) modules to be delivered to potential customers who are manufacturers of solar inverters, wind turbines, smart grid and other providers of renewable energy products. The company says […]
Communications, metrology, security and power are the four primary considerations when designing next-generation smart meters. Those topics discussed by authors from Allegro...
With the LUC04, dilitronics states that it offers a highly innovative driver module for controlling LEDs. The integration module has been specially designed to be fitted inside the lighting fixture. With the controLED technology developed by dilitronics it enables individual and energy-efficient control of up to four LED channels, and lamps with a total power […]
The extended plenary session at this week’s second-annual Smart Grid Electronics Forum in San Jose, featured speakers from Fairchild Semiconductor, TDI Power,...
Emerson Process Management announced the "Smart Energy Initiative," a global program designed to combine what it describes as its unmatched industrial energy expertise with advanced energy management technologies to enable customers to leverage more renewable fuels, lower energy costs, and reduce emissions. Emerson is focused on an estimated $2 billion market that is poised for […]
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) introduced its next generation of power management integrated circuits (ICs) for energy harvesting. The boost charger for nano (ultra-low) power energy harvesting manages the microwatts to milliwatts of power generated from a number of sources, such as solar, thermoelectric, electromagnetic and vibration, and stores the extracted energy in various storage elements, […]
Linear Technology Corp. introduced the LTC4313 and LTC4315 high noise margin buffers that provide capacitance buffering and bus extension capabilities to I²C/SMBus/PMBus systems. As the number of devices on an IÂC bus expands, additive capacitances can critically lengthen rise times. The LTC4313 and LTC4315 alleviate this problem by segmenting the bus and offer the additional […]
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. broadened its optoelectronics portfolio with the introduction of what it says is the industry’s first CAT IV, high-voltage isolation optocouplers available in surface-mount packages. Certified by the international safety regulatory agency VDE, the CNY64ST and CNY65ST series products offer long creepage distances and a high isolation test voltage to protect workers and […]
Dow Kokam unveiled its state-of-the-art global research and development (R&D) center located in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. The world-class R&D center will enhance Dow Kokam’s ability to provide customers with energy storage solutions for transportation, stationary and defense applications and is designed to bring new materials and what the company describes as breakthrough innovation to market […]
Tigo Energy announced that Trina Solar, Hanwha Solar and Upsolar are now offering smart panel technology featuring integrated Tigo Energy® Maximizer™ technology for PV solar installations. By incorporating the Tigo Energy Maximizer Solution into their respective products, the three leading PV solar manufacturers have developed smart panels that increase energy production up to 20 percent […]
Maxim Integrated Products introduced the MAX17497, a one-chip solution for all the power requirements on the communications and metrology boards in smart meters. A high level of integration which the company says eases design, adds flexibility, increases accuracy, improves reliability, and lowers the total solution cost and footprint. This single power regulator is ideal for […]
Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, unveiled its exclusive Marquee...