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    Authorized Distributor Mouser Electronics Offers Wide Portfolio of Semiconductors and Electronic Components from onsemi

    Authorized Distributor Mouser Electronics Offers Wide Portfolio of Semiconductors and Electronic Components from onsemi

    Authorized Distributor Mouser Electronics Offers Wide Portfolio of Semiconductors and Electronic Components from onsemi
    ­Mouser Electronics, Inc., the global distributor with the newest electronic components and industrial automation products, is stocking the newest authorized products and solutions from onsemi. With over 22,000 authorized parts available to order, including over 17,000 in-stock and ready to ship, Mouser's wide sel
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    Date:
    10/29/2025
    A Bidirectional Power Solution for 48V Bus Conversions

    Frederik Dostal, Subject Matter Expert for Power Management, Analog Devices

    A Bidirectional Power Solution for 48V Bus Conversions
    Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

    ­  The 48V intermediate bus is rapidly growing in popularity. The automotive market is moving quickly towards adopting it, data centres use it widely, the industrial market has it as standard and it is also extensively used in automated testing. 48V is seen as the optimal voltage level to sit between
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    Date:
    10/24/2025
    KJ Power Generator and Volvo Penta Partner on 540 kWh BESS

    KJ Power Generator and Volvo Penta alliance

    KJ Power Generator and Volvo Penta Partner on 540 kWh BESS
    ­KJ Power Generator and Volvo Penta have announced a strategic alliance to develop a 540 kilowatt-hour Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), combining the strengths of generator expertise and advanced battery technology on a single, scalable platform. Unveiled at KJ Power’s facility, the colla
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    Date:
    10/24/2025
    iDEAL Semiconductor Achieves Automotive Qualification for SuperQ Technology, Launches iS20M028S1CQ MOSFET

    iDEAL Semiconductor Achieves Automotive Qualification for SuperQ Technology, Launches iS20M028S1CQ MOSFET

    iDEAL Semiconductor Achieves Automotive Qualification for SuperQ Technology, Launches iS20M028S1CQ MOSFET
    ­iDEAL Semiconductor today announced that its SuperQ™ technology has achieved AEC-Q101 automotive qualification, marking a significant expansion into high-reliability markets. iDEAL’s first automotive-qualified product to enter mass production, the iS20M028S1CQ, is a 200 V MOSFET with 25 mΩ RDSon and
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    Date:
    10/23/2025
    Melexis Rewrites the Rules of Automotive LED Design with a Code-Free LIN LED Driver

    Melexis Rewrites the Rules of Automotive LED Design with a Code-Free LIN LED Driver

    Melexis Rewrites the Rules of Automotive LED Design with a Code-Free LIN LED Driver
    ­Melexis unveils the MLX80124, a highly configurable, code-free LIN LED driver. With its pre-defined, proven functionality and an intuitive graphical user interface, it is designed to radically simplify the development of dynamic RGB-LED automotive ambient lighting applications for engineers of all backgrounds.   In automotiv
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    Date:
    10/23/2025
    New Tools Streamline Power System Design Process

    ADI Power Studio is a family of products with advanced modelling, component recommendations and efficiency analysis with simulation.

    New Tools Streamline Power System Design Process
    In addition, ADI is introducing early versions of two new web-based tools with a modernised user experience under the Power Studio umbrella: ADI Power Studio Planner and ADI Power Studio Designer. These new tools, together with the full ADI Power Studio portfolio, including LTspice, SIMPLIS, LTpowerCAD, LTpowe
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    Date:
    10/22/2025
    CoolSiC MOSFETs 1400 V G2 in TO-247PLUS-4 Reflow Package Enhance Power Density in High-Power Applications

    The CoolSiC™ MOSFETs 1400 V G2 in the TO-247PLUS-4 Reflow package are suitable for applications where high power density is crucial, such as CAVs, electric vehicle charging and battery energy storage systems.

    CoolSiC MOSFETs 1400 V G2 in TO-247PLUS-4 Reflow Package Enhance Power Density in High-Power Applications
    ­High-power applications such as electric vehicle charging, battery energy storage systems, and commercial, construction and agricultural vehicles (CAVs) are driving the demand for higher system-level power density and efficiency to meet increasing performance expectations. At the same time, these requirements in
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    Date:
    10/17/2025
    New AEC-Q200 Compliant, Automotive Grade 4-Terminal Type Shunt Resistors Now Available from Bourns

    Bourns® CSS4C-1216 Series 4-Terminal Shunt Resistors

    New AEC-Q200 Compliant, Automotive Grade 4-Terminal Type Shunt Resistors Now Available from Bourns
    ­Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components for power, protection, and sensing solutions, today announced its CSS4C-1216 Series 4-terminal current sense resistors. The automotive-grade, AEC-Q200 compliant Bourns® CSS4C-1216 Series meets precise current measurement re
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    Date:
    10/16/2025
    Expanded EV Charging Access

    Jason Lomberg, North America Editor, PSD

    Expanded EV Charging Access
    Jason Lomberg, North America Editor, PSD

    ­Ars Technica had a rather…unique take on expanded access to electric vehicles, and while I don’t quite agree with the article’s conclusions, it got me thinking about the future of EVs and their wider dissemination. Will charging access hamper the growth of EVs beyond the ubiquitous “early adopters”
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    Date:
    10/01/2025
    Unlocking the Full Potential of Virtual Prototyping

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    Figure 1: Virtual prototypes and virtual testing accelerate the development process and time to market at a lower cost versus transitional approaches (courtesy of ESI Group)

    Unlocking the Full Potential of Virtual Prototyping
    Arturo Vargas Mercado, Operating Manager, Emulators and Field Test, Keysight Technologies

    ­In roughly 80 years of computer simulation, we’ve seen its benefits span across industries and domains. From modeling gravitational waves to designing a circuit board, the intent remains unchanged: to represent the physical world as accurately as possible. In the last several years, multi-domain integrati
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    Date:
    10/01/2025
    Playing it Safe

    Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

    Playing it Safe
    Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

    ­Welcome to the October edition of Power Systems Design Europe.  The first article in the Special Report was submitted by Bytesnap Design. In the piece, Dunstan Power tells us how designs for ATEX environments have moved from passive monitoring to active control. ATEX environments are places that have a high risk of of e
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    Date:
    10/01/2025
    Talkin’ Batteries and EVs in the Motor City

    Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

    Talkin’ Batteries and EVs in the Motor City
    Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

    ­Happy Fall and welcome to the October issue! Oh, is my unmitigated glee at no longer melting like an ice cream cone in an oven that obvious? You can keep your long days at the beach and baking in the hot sun – I’m all about Halloween, Thanksgiving, and weather that doesn’t feel like I’m wearing five
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    Date:
    10/01/2025
    Archive

    Bourns Expands SSA-2 Series Analog Current Sensors with AEC-Q Compliant Assembly Option

    Mar 30,2026

    TDK Extends X2 Portfolio with Compact 350 V (AC) Capacitors for Industrial and Automotive

    Feb 26,2026

    PIC32CM PL10 MCUs Expand Microchip's Arm Cortex-M0+ Portfolio

    Jan 30,2026

    Future-Proof Automotive High-Voltage-to-SELV Conversion

    Dec 30,2025
    Greg Green, Director of Automotive Marketing, Vicor

     

     

     

     

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