Industrial

April 2023

ROHM Introduces Ultra-Low-Profile, 12W Rated Metal Plate Shunt Resistor

ROHM Introduces Ultra-Low-Profile, 12W Rated Metal Plate Shunt Resistor

ROHM Semiconductor announced the industry’s thinnest (H: 0.03-inch) 12W rated metal plate shunt resistor (PSR350), optimized for high-power applications in the automotive and industrial equipment markets. ROHM will also expand the PSR lineup to include a 0.2mΩ (PSR100) model, along with a 15W ty

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04/28/2023

Ruggedized 300W Buck-Boost Non-Isolated DC-DC Converters Have Wide Range Input and Outputs

Ruggedized 300W Buck-Boost Non-Isolated DC-DC Converters Have Wide Range Input and Outputs

Ruggedized 300W Buck-Boost Non-Isolated DC-DC Converters Have Wide Range Input and Outputs

TDK Corporation announces the introduction of the 300W rated TDK-Lambda RGC series of ruggedised non-isolated DC-DC converters. With an input voltage of 9 to 53V, these buck-boost converters deliver output voltages that can be adjustable from 9.6 to 48V or 5 to 28V with output currents of up to 12.5A. The se

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04/28/2023

1200 V Half-Bridge Driver IC Family with Active Miller Clamp for Optimized Ruggedness in High Power Systems

1200 V Half-Bridge Driver IC Family with Active Miller Clamp for Optimized Ruggedness in High Power Systems

1200 V Half-Bridge Driver IC Family with Active Miller Clamp for Optimized Ruggedness in High Power Systems

Following the introduction of the EiceDRIVER 6ED223xS12T 1200 V Silicon-on-Isolator (SOI) 3-phase gate driver family, Infineon Technologies AG is now expanding its portfolio with the EiceDRIVER 2ED132xS12x family. The half-bridge configuration of the driver IC family complements the existing 1200 V SOI series, of

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04/27/2023

Nexperia Introduces the Best-in-Class Portfolio of I2C GPIO Expanders

Nexperia Introduces the Best-in-Class Portfolio of I2C GPIO Expanders

Nexperia Introduces the Best-in-Class Portfolio of I2C GPIO Expanders

Nexperia introduced a new portfolio of 16-channel I2C general-purpose input-output (GPIO) expanders designed to increase flexibility and reuse in electronic systems. The portfolio provides an elegant solution when additional I/Os are needed while keeping the interconnections to a minimum. Enabling design eng

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04/27/2023

Emerson Launches IIoT-Ready Power Supply Solution

Emerson Launches IIoT-Ready Power Supply Solution

Emerson Launches IIoT-Ready Power Supply Solution

SolaHD, an Emerson brand, has launched a next generation power solution that brings network connectivity to its SDN-D high-performance DC power supply, enabling it to serve as an IIoT-ready device providing condition monitoring, asset tracking, and quick troubleshooting in addition to serving as a power converter. Connecting the new Sol

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04/26/2023

Arrow Electronics Adds Precision and Power Resistors from Isabellenhütte

Arrow Electronics Adds Precision and Power Resistors from Isabellenhütte

Arrow Electronics Adds Precision and Power Resistors from Isabellenhütte

Arrow Electronics has signed a distribution agreement with Isabellenhütte, a specialist developer and manufacturer of products based on electrical resistance and thermoelectric properties. Arrow will supply Isabellenhütte’s resistor line of products throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and th

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04/26/2023

D3 Launches Next-Generation Cameras for Autonomous and Industrial Applications

D3 Launches Next-Generation Cameras for Autonomous and Industrial Applications

D3 Launches Next-Generation Cameras for Autonomous and Industrial Applications

D3 is pleased to introduce its next generation of rugged camera modules developed to meet the requirements of multi-camera autonomous and industrial embedded vision applications: The DesignCore® Velocity Series and DesignCore® Discovery Series. D3's new off-the-shelf cameras ha

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04/25/2023

Navitas Agreement with Mouser Electronics Covers Complete Portfolio of Wide Band-Gap Semiconductors

Navitas Agreement with Mouser Electronics Covers Complete Portfolio of Wide Band-Gap Semiconductors

Navitas Agreement with Mouser Electronics Covers Complete Portfolio of Wide Band-Gap Semiconductors

Navitas Semiconductor has signed an agreement with Mouser Electronics, the authorized global distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components. The new, worldwide agreement will see Mouser stock Navitas GanFast™ and GeneSiC™ wide band-gap (WBG) semiconductor technologies. GaNFast p

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04/25/2023

New Photo Microsensor Extends Transmissive Photo IC Portfolio with 3mm Slot Width

Offering detection for both position and rotation, the new Omron EE-SX4430 3mm PMS enables miniaturisation for a wide range of functions and applications.

New Photo Microsensor Extends Transmissive Photo IC Portfolio with 3mm Slot Width

Omron Electronic Components Europe has extended its SMD photo IC portfolio with the introduction of an ultra-compact 3mm slot variant. The EE-SX4330 photo microsensor ensures stable PCB mounting with an optimised 3mm terminal design. Available in tape reel or tape-out packaging, the new photo microsensor provides

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04/25/2023

Flexible Isolated-Buck IC for Protected Power Conversion and Gate Driving in IGBTs, SiC, and GaN Transistors

Flexible Isolated-Buck IC for Protected Power Conversion and Gate Driving in IGBTs, SiC, and GaN Transistors

Flexible Isolated-Buck IC for Protected Power Conversion and Gate Driving in IGBTs, SiC, and GaN Transistors

The STMicroelectronics L6983i 10W isolated buck (iso-buck) converter ensures high efficiency and a compact footprint, with advantages including low quiescent current and 3.5V-38V input-voltage range. The L6983i is suitable for applications that require an isolated DC-DC converter. It implements an iso-bu

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04/24/2023

Times Microwave Systems Announces TF-047 Micro-Coaxial Cable

Times Microwave Systems Announces TF-047 Micro-Coaxial Cable

Times Microwave Systems Announces TF-047 Micro-Coaxial Cable

Times Microwave Systems introduces its new TF-047 micro-coaxial cable, offering high performance and reliability in a compact footprint. TF-047 leverages a versatile SwaP-C solution with extensive connector capability for high-density and high-frequency applications including medical device, in

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04/17/2023

Bel Fuse Introduces New Line of Fast-acting Fuses for Hazardous Environments

Bel Fuse Introduces New Line of Fast-acting Fuses for Hazardous Environments

Bel Fuse Introduces New Line of Fast-acting Fuses for Hazardous Environments

Bel Fuse Inc announced the release of their Type 0AMA series of 3x8.4mm Fast-acting Fuses. These competitively priced fuses are designed for barrier circuits in intrinsic safety applications relating to hazardous locations, particularly medical and industrial environments. With the introduction of this series, Be

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04/13/2023

eInfochips Launches Reference Development Platform Based on NXP Semiconductors i.MX 93 Applications Processor

eInfochips Launches Reference Development Platform Based on NXP Semiconductors i.MX 93 Applications Processor

eInfochips Launches Reference Development Platform Based on NXP Semiconductors i.MX 93 Applications Processor

eInfochips announced the launch of a Reference Development Platform (RDP) based on NXP® Semiconductors’ i.MX 93 applications processors. “As an early access partner for the NXP i.MX 93 platform, eInfochips is proud to offer our clients a cutting-edge reference development platform.

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04/12/2023

Omron Sealed Ultra Sub Miniature Basic Switches offer Multi-Angle Operation Without a Lever

The new Omron sub miniature switches deliver the smallest comparable solution in the industry and offering multi-angle operation in an IP67-rated sliding-contact package.

Omron Sealed Ultra Sub Miniature Basic Switches offer Multi-Angle Operation Without a Lever

Omron Electronic Components Europe has extended its sealed basic switch portfolio, with devices delivering the smallest comparable solution in the industry and offering multi-angle operation in an IP67-rated sliding-contact package. The new ultra-small 8.3 x 7.0 x 5.3mm D2EW sealed switches provide flexible

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04/12/2023

Kaman Highlights the DIT-5200L Noncontact Differential Impedance Transducer

Kaman Highlights the DIT-5200L Noncontact Differential Impedance Transducer

Kaman Highlights the DIT-5200L Noncontact Differential Impedance Transducer

The Measuring Division of Kaman Precision Products, Inc., highlights the DIT-5200L noncontact differential impedance transducer, which offers true differential for common mode rejection at an economical price. Capable of subnanometer resolution with high sensitivity (up to 10v/mil, 39 mV/μm) and outstanding linearity (up

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04/10/2023

sureCore Pushes the SRAM Voltage Envelope to Below 0.5V for the First Time

sureCore pushes the SRAM voltage envelope to below 0.5V for the first time

sureCore Pushes the SRAM Voltage Envelope to Below 0.5V for the First Time

In the drive to reduce a device’s power consumption, one of the principal techniques deployed is to run it at a low voltage. Cutting the supply voltage to logic can deliver dramatic power savings, however one of the major challenges developers face is that the embedded SRAM cannot be operated at this reduced vo

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04/04/2023

CDE Introduces Standard Supercapacitor Modules

CDE Introduces Standard Supercapacitor Modules

CDE Introduces Standard Supercapacitor Modules

A new line of standard supercapacitor modules has been announced by Cornell Dubilier (CDE). The DSM Series responds to the need for supercapacitor storage capabilities at higher voltages than what single components can provide. The new modules are offered in packs with 3, 6, or 10 cells in series for 9V

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04/03/2023

3.6 V Input, Dual Output µModule Buck Regulator Produces 2 A per Channel in a 3 mm × 4 mm Footprint

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Figure 1. The small profile of the LTM4691 can be seen when placed next to a thin coin and a 1210-sized ceramic capacitor

3.6 V Input, Dual Output µModule Buck Regulator Produces 2 A per Channel in a 3 mm × 4 mm Footprint

Brian Lin, Applications Engineer, Analog Devices

The LTM4691 is a high efficiency, dual output step-down µModule buck regulator capable of 2A continuous output current for each channel from input voltages between 2.25 V and 3.6 V. This switch-mode power supply comes in a tiny 3 mm × 4 mm × 1.18 mm LGA package. This small footprint comprises the switching co

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04/01/2023

Using Automotive-Grade Components for Your Industrial Applications

Kevin Parmenter, Director, Applications Engineering. TSC, America

Using Automotive-Grade Components for Your Industrial Applications

Kevin Parmenter, Director, Applications Engineering. TSC, America

The “Industrial Market” as defined by today’s electronics industry encompasses many applications that don’t fit into other categories. These applications have some similar characteristics; the main one being the need for high reliability. Basically, much of the equipment in the industrial market is in

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04/01/2023

DC-DC Converters for NewSpace Applications

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Figure 1: FPATM vs. traditional, intermediate architecture

DC-DC Converters for NewSpace Applications

Salah Ben Doua, Vicor

Smaller satellites harvest less energy and with operators increasingly using faster and more on-board processing, as much of the possible power budget should be available for the payload. Traditional power-distribution architectures comprising an isolated DC-DC to step-down the external bus input, followed by

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04/01/2023

Simple and Rapid Development of Brushless Motors

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Figure 1: The Clicker 4 evaluation board for TMPM4K

Simple and Rapid Development of Brushless Motors

Radoslav Valchev, Chief Engineer at Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH

Electrical motors in general are becoming more prevalent and have advanced significantly, especially regarding magnetics and design. This, along with size reduction and technology advances, have resulted in enhanced efficiency, faster speeds, reduced audible noise, and improved dynamic response. Especially the contr

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04/01/2023

Power is Vital to Long-Term Space Exploration

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Figure 1: Solid State Lighting to grow vegetables in indoor farming (source PRBX / asharkyu-Shutterstock)

Power is Vital to Long-Term Space Exploration

Patrick Le Fèvre, PRBX, Chief Marketing and Communication Officer

Visiting the moon, Mars and who knows where next, is far from being an easy job as sustaining life in such hostile environments is much more than just ‘a challenge’. How would we feed the space explorers when they are so far from Earth? In the case of Mars, it would take 210 days for a re-supply rocket to

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04/01/2023

Effective Protection Techniques for Industrial Communications

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Figure 1: The graph shows AC voltage on a RS-485 line caused by a nearby AC power line

Effective Protection Techniques for Industrial Communications

Lee Bourns, Director of Marketing, Bourns Protection Division

Industrial control communications that use a variety of data bus and control line protocols are susceptible to damaging transients from ESD, load switching, coupled AC energy and induced surges from nearby lightning strikes that can impede the monitoring of sensors and switches as well as the control of industrial mo

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04/01/2023

The Final Frontier

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

The Final Frontier

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

There have already been a lot of big stories in the industry already and we are barely a quarter of the way through the year. For example, the purchase of GaN Systems by Infineon, or the British volt saga are both bigger than news we get for some entire years. With power technology being in such demand for EV

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04/01/2023

Springing into a Stronger Market and a Successful APEC

Springing into a Stronger Market and a Successful APEC

Springing into a Stronger Market and a Successful APEC

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

As we turn the page on 1Q 2023, the industrial market stands at a crossroads. We’re now more than three years removed from the height of the pandemic, when the entire globe – with some exceptions – shut down. Our own industry was collectively deemed an essential business, so we’ve mostly dodged th

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Date:

04/01/2023

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