Equipment design involving strain gauges, transducer interfaces and current monitoring for technologies such as medical equipment, automotive instrumentation and industrial control often requires a precision ...
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Linear Technology’s new LTC3630 is a 65 V input-capable synchronous buck converter which delivers up to 500 mA of continuous output current from a 16-lead, thermally enhanced 3 x 5 mm DFN or MSOP package. ...
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Recently premiered by Texas Instruments is a complete motor control evaluation kit for spinning brushless DC (BLDC) and permanent magnet synchronous (PMSM) motors. The DRV8312-C2-KIT spins motors out ...
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Vishay introduced four new engineering design kits for its AEC-Q200-qualified D/CRCW e3 thick film chip resistors. Designed to help engineers select the perfect resistor for their application, the kits ...
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Linear Technology’s new LTC4359 is a high-voltage ideal diode controller that offers a simple low-loss replacement to Schottky diodes, along with key features targeted for automotive, avionics as well ...
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Analog Devices has introduced an analog, 3-axis, high-G MEMS accelerometer. The ADXL377 measures acceleration of high-impact events resulting from shock and vibration, within the full-scale range of ±200 ...
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NXP Semiconductors introduced new development platforms for DALI and DMX512 wired lighting control systems based on the low-cost, low-power 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0 processor. The new evaluation systems ...
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Atmel announced a new RF transceiver for battery-operated wireless applications. The AT86RF233 is optimised for industrial and consumer products that comply with ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4, IPv6 over low-power ...
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Harwin has expanded its EZ-BoardWare range of PCB hardware products with nine new EZ-Spring contacts. Also known as spring fingers or grounding contacts, they are designed for easy assembly onto PCBs, ...
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C&K Components has developed a miniature pushbutton switch, designated the FP series, with a totally sealed construction that utilises an O-ring between the actuator and bushing, which prevents contamination. ...
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Texas Instruments launched the ULP Advisor software code analysis tool, teaching developers how to create energy-efficient, low-power applications with MSP430 microcontrollers. Created by MSP430 experts, ...
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The first part of this article was published in the 30 May issue of Dataweek.       Conduction losses When comparing 600 V rated devices, IGBT conduction losses typically are less than an equivalent die ...
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