Wearables & Nanopower

October 2018

Modular EV/HEV Battery Test System uses Regenerative Technology

Intepro Systems announces its advanced benchtop/rack mount Procyon Battery Test System for engineering design and production testing of high-performance electro mobility battery packs. The Procyon Battery Test System utilises Intepro’s innovative bi-directional charge/discharge regenerative power stage that ret

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Date:

10/31/2018

Precision A/D Converters Simplify PLC Development

Leveraging ADI’s iPassives integrated precision passives technology, the AD4111 and AD4112 A/D converters integrate precision matched current sense resistors and resistor dividers. The high degree of channel-to-channel matching simplifies calibration requirements, and with support for up to eight single-ended vol

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Date:

10/31/2018

Murata develops world’s smallest 32.768 kHz MEMS resonator

Demand is growing for compact electronic components that consume less electrical power for use in digital devices for IoT and wearable applications where small size and long operating times are essential to market success. As many modern devices rely on accurate timing, there is an increasing need for low powe

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Date:

10/31/2018

HARTING provides online library information for ECAD users

HARTING has been selected as the first producer to support a common interface between the CAx data providers CADENAS and Zuken E³.series. Fast and reliable access to component libraries is essential for smooth production processes and meeting time-to-market targets. Zuken and CADENAS have announced a partnership to st

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Date:

10/30/2018

Wide Voltage Range and Small Footprint DC-DC uSLIC modules

Now engineers designing into applications in factory automation, medical, communications and consumer markets can tap into four new micro-system-level IC (“uSLIC™”) modules from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM). The MAXM17552, MAXM15064, MAXM17900 and MAXM17903 step-down DC-DC power modules join

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Date:

10/30/2018

PSDcast - A Wireless Charger That Works up to 80 Feet Away

In this episode of the PSDcast, we're following up on the PowerSpot power-over-distance wireless transmitter, which just recently shipped. The Powerspot sends RF energy over the 915-Megahertz ISM band, and it can charge devices up to 80 feet away ...

Date:

10/12/2018

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Celebrating Innovation in Healthcare

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

I don’t have to tell you that healthcare is wildly controversial in this country. Per capita national health expenditures run about $10,348 (2016), with total national health expenditures of $3.3 trillion, 18% of the nation’s GDP. You may have noticed that healthcare decided an election or two. Luckily, most of t

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Date:

10/04/2018

Kevin Parmenter FAE Director North America, Taiwan Semiconductor

Medical – Healthcare and Wellness

Kevin Parmenter FAE Director North America, Taiwan Semiconductor

The medical industry is a 10 trillion-dollar market globally while one of the largest markets, the USA is ranked by the World Health Organization at 37th in the world for quality of medical care out of 191-member states. While per capita, we in the USA are #1 in spending per capita in international dollars. No

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Date:

10/03/2018

Technology and the Future of Healthcare

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

As usual, autumn means conference season. And this year conference season will be dominated by electronica as it is every second year. All of the famed German organisational stereotypes will be tested to their limits, with the conference expanding to 16 halls. For me personally, that means even more walking be

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Date:

10/02/2018