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June 2015
TE Connectivity and Andretti Technologies team up to advance autosports and EVs
TE Connectivity (TE), a leader in connectivity, announced that it has been named a lead partner to Andretti Technologies, the technology incubation and advanced engineering business of Andretti Autosport. TE is the leader in connectivity and sensor solutions to the autosport industry, providing products that pe
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06/29/2015
Smart steering wheel spots drowsy or incapacitated drivers

Smart Steering Wheel

Smart steering wheel spots drowsy or incapacitated drivers
Krippner Inc., in cooperation with Guttersberg Consulting, announced that their innovative SensoFoil sensing technology now can measure sensitivity in addition to position. By using enhanced SensoFoil to measure pressure, car and vehicle manufacturers can add an extra level of safety to their steering wheels. Du
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06/24/2015
Mouser-sponsored Rebellion Racing captures top awards at 24 Le Mans

Rebellion Racing for wins the Number 1 and 2 spots in the prestigious Privateer LMP1 Class

Mouser-sponsored Rebellion Racing captures top awards at 24 Le Mans
Mouser Electronics, an authorized distributor with the latest semiconductors and electronic components, congratulates Rebellion Racing for winning the Number 1 and 2 spots in the prestigious Privateer LMP1 Class at this month’s legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Driving the Mouser-sponsored Rebellion R-One #13
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06/24/2015
RS Components now stocking KEMET HV C0G FT-CAP high-voltage ceramic capacitors

KEMET HV C0G FT-CAP capacitors

RS Components now stocking KEMET HV C0G FT-CAP high-voltage ceramic capacitors
RS Components, the trading brand of Electrocomponents, has extended its support for high-voltage design by adding the latest KEMET HV C0G FT-CAP ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) from 500V to 2500V, in a range of popular capacitance values from 30pF to 3.3nF. KEMET’s strong but pliable FT-CAP Flexible Termination te
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06/19/2015
Rutronik tapped as worldwide distributor for Melexis

Gianluigi Morello of Melexis & Rutronik’s Martin Grimmer confirm distribution deal

Rutronik tapped as worldwide distributor for Melexis
Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente and Melexis have signed a global distribution agreement covering Melexis’ entire product portfolio of sensors, sensor interface ICs, driver ICs and communication ICs. Melexis offers an extensive array of highly integrated semiconductors that help the automotive industry to pr
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06/19/2015
AVX unveils web-based interactive capacitor-simulation tool

AVX interactive SpiTAN IV software

AVX unveils web-based interactive capacitor-simulation tool
AVX, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, has introduced a new web-based simulation tool for its tantalum, polymer, and niobium oxide capacitors. Featuring data mined from the libraries of AVX’s previous PSpice Models and S-Parameters S2P software, which, now redundant, ha
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06/19/2015
Microturbine-based tech empowers range extenders for electric vehicles

Fulcrum gas turbine on-board range extender

Microturbine-based tech empowers range extenders for electric vehicles
Over eight million hybrid cars will be made in 2025, each with a range extender, the additional power source that distinguishes them from pure electric cars. Add to that significant money spent on the same devices in buses, military vehicles, boats and so on and a major new market emerges. Whereas today's ra
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06/18/2015
Cree's next-gen 900V SiC MOSFET now at Mouser

Cree C3M SiC power MOSFET

Cree's next-gen 900V SiC MOSFET now at Mouser
Mouser Electronics, an authorized distributor with the latest semiconductors and electronic components, is stocking the C3M family of silicon carbide power MOSFETs from Cree. The latest breakthrough in silicon carbide (SiC) power device technology and the industry's first SiC 900V MOSFET platform, the C3M Power MOS
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06/17/2015
Mouser-sponsored Formula-E driver Nelson Piquet Jr. leads electric pack

Piquet is now ranked No. 1 among the Formula-E series drivers

Mouser-sponsored Formula-E driver Nelson Piquet Jr. leads electric pack
Mouser Electronics, an authorized distributor with the latest semiconductors and electronic components, gave their support to Nelson Piquet Jr. in the recent Formula-E electric car race in Moscow. Piquet is now ranked No. 1 among the Formula-E series drivers after his outstanding performance for the Mouser-Sponsored Te
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06/12/2015
Growing Chinese automotive sector offers huge opportunities

Between 2005 and 2013 the global automotive industry grew by near 30%

Growing Chinese automotive sector offers huge opportunities
Between 2005 and 2013 the global automotive industry grew by near 30%. During this same period, the Chinese automotive industry grew by 282%. These impressive figures form the backbone of a seminar on opportunities for the global electronics and electrical manufacturing communities by Dr. William Cai at the fo
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06/10/2015
Ohio State wins year one of North American EcoCAR 3 Competition

EcoCAR 3 challenges students nationwide to design, build and optimize eco-friendly powertrains

Ohio State wins year one of North American EcoCAR 3 Competition
The U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM) announced The Ohio State University as the overall winning team for Year One of the EcoCAR 3 competition, a four-year collegiate engineering program that gives students the chance to design, build, and demonstrate cutting-edge, eco-friendly automotive te
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06/08/2015
Panasonic’s low ESR, high temp polymer caps suit long-life industrial apps

HX series SP Caps

Panasonic’s low ESR, high temp polymer caps suit long-life industrial apps
Panasonic Automotive & Industrial Systems has introduced new low ESR, high temperature speciality conductive polymer aluminium capacitors that feature low ESR and wide temperature range, ensuring that the devices are suitable for demanding applications. Part of the SP Caps range, new HX series devices have an
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06/05/2015
Vishay Intertechnology releases power metal strip resistor in 0612 package

Power Metal Strip resistor with a wide side terminal construction

Vishay Intertechnology releases power metal strip resistor in 0612 package
Vishay Intertechnology launched a surface-mount Power Metal Strip resistor with a wide side terminal construction that yields a high 1 W power rating in the compact 0612 case size. The new WSL0612 combines its high power-to-footprint-size ratio with extremely low resistance values down to 0.001 Ω and stable re
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06/05/2015
Acal BF signs channel partner agreement in Europe with SynQor
Acal BFi, a leader in advanced technology solutions, has signed a channel partner agreement in Europe with SynQor to include UK, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg and Italy. SynQor is a world-leader in high-efficiency, high-reliability power conversion solutions, designing, en
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06/03/2015
PowerGenix's Nickel-Zinc battery passes critical testing For 12V automotive Use

8Ah cell optimized for low voltage automotive systems

PowerGenix's Nickel-Zinc battery passes critical testing For 12V automotive Use
PowerGenix, a leading supplier of high performance, automotive Nickel-Zinc (NiZn) batteries, announced it has completed a comprehensive product evaluation test plan with Institute of Automotive Mechatronics GmbH (IAM), a part of the Institute of Automotive Technologies Dresden (IAD), at the Technische Universität Dr
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06/03/2015
Juniper Research predicts connected cars to represent 20% of the global market by 2019
Leading hi-tech analysts at Juniper Research are forecasting that the telematics sector will continue to outperform all other M2M markets over the next five years, in revenue terms, with one in five passenger vehicles connected globally by 2019. Smartphone-based models have become the key disruptor for M2M,
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06/02/2015
Keysight's current-voltage analyzers tout best-in-class performance, support for cutting-edge apps

Precision Current-Voltage Analyzer Series

Keysight's current-voltage analyzers tout best-in-class performance, support for cutting-edge apps
Keysight Technologies introduced a full line-up of current-voltage (I-V) analyzers for characterizing a wide range of nanomaterials and electronic devices. Referred to collectively as the Precision Current-Voltage Analyzer Series, the analyzers deliver best-in-class accuracy and performance, powerful analysis fe
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06/02/2015
Saft's military-grade lithium-ion Xcelion 6TTM is a drop-in replacement for lead-acid batteries

Xcelion 6TTM battery

Saft's military-grade lithium-ion Xcelion 6TTM is a drop-in replacement for lead-acid batteries
Saft, a leading designer and manufacturer of advanced technology batteries for industry, announced the release of its Xcelion 6TTM battery for powering military vehicles. The Xcelion 6TTM is a lithium-ion (Li-ion) drop-in replacement of lead- acid batteries that provides equivalent power of two (2) lead-acid ba
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06/01/2015
Innovation and learning at the 25th Annual Junior Solar Sprint and Lithium Ion Battery car competitions

Kira and Teegan Cordova won the award for best-designed car in the battery division.

Innovation and learning at the 25th Annual Junior Solar Sprint and Lithium Ion Battery car competitions
Teegan and Kira Cordova love the original Star Trek TV series. That much is obvious. The eighth-grade twins from Ken Caryl Middle School in Littleton are wearing the uniform tunics from the 1960s show—Teegan's in red and Kira's in blue. The model electric car they're racing in the 25th Annual Junior Solar Sprin
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06/01/2015
MIRA and Itaipu partnership to develop next-gen Lithium battery
MIRA, a leading engineering, research and test consultancy with capabilities in electrical and hybrid systems, has announced a collaborative agreement with Fundação Parque Tecnológico Itaipu (FPTI) to develop a new center of excellence for energy storage in Brazil. As the first project of the agreement, research and de
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06/01/2015
MicroPower Direct's IGD1208W hybrid driver specifically targets N-channel IGBT modules

IGD1208W hybrid circuit

MicroPower Direct's IGD1208W hybrid driver specifically targets N-channel IGBT modules
Now available from MicroPower Direct, the IGD1208W is a hybrid integrated circuit specifically designed to drive N-channel IGBT modules. It provides the I/O isolation, high speed, drive voltage stability and fault protection required to control most MOS gated power devices. They are offered at very low cost. The IGD1208W c
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06/01/2015
Freescale's expanded i.MX series of processors for a rapidly-evolving IoT tout efficiency, size, and security
Freescale Semiconductor introduced three additions to its highly successful i.MX 6 series of applications processors, providing compelling new options for the product line’s high-performance and value tiers. With these additions, the i.MX 6 series now delivers even higher levels of security, performance, power ma
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06/01/2015
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