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Glassman announces new, highest power unit: GX Series 25kW to 200kW Regulated High Voltage DC Power Supplies boast fast response with low ripple and noise

Glassman Europe has announced a new range of programmable, DC regulated power supplies, the GX Series, its most powerful to date. The GX Series is a highly-specified family of 25kW to 200kW fast response, air insulated power supplies, boasting tight regulation combined with low ripple and noise.

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TDN Series: 1-5 Watt DC/DC converters in most compact cubical package

New Traco Power - DC/DC Converter Series

These fully regulated

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Powerbox reveals its high reliability power solution for subsea applications

Powerbox, one of Europe’s largest power supply companies and a leading force for four decades in optimizing power solutions for demanding applications, has announced a new technology platform to power industrial applications requiring high reliability and resilience in extreme environments. Designed to power

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KEMET Enhances its Hi-Rel COTS KO-CAP® Polymer Electrolytic Device Offering with Extended Life Test Option

KEMET, a leading supplier of electronic components, has introduced the industry’s first COTS grade polymer electrolytic capacitor with a 1,000-hour life test option. The new option, also known as the “Biased Humidity Test,” provides capacitors qualified at 85 degrees Celsius with 85% relative humidity

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TMR angle sensor TAD2141 with digital output

Angle sensors:TMR angle sensor with digital output

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Angle Sensor Offers a Guaranteed Accuracy of Â�0.2Â°

Angle Sensor Offers a Guaranteed Accuracy of ±0.2°

World's highest accuracy of angle error* of just ±0.05° Guaranteed accuracy of angle error** of ±0.2°over lifetime to meet the performance requirements for automotive applications Low calibration

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The Main Causes of Power Supply Failure â€

The CoolX 600 Series fanless power supply offers very high input and surge-withstand built in.

The Main Causes of Power Supply Failure – And How to Avoid It

Kevin Parmenter, Excelsys Technologies, Vice President Applications Engineering, N. America

Power supplies are the underpinning of any electronic system. This article presents the five main reasons power supplies fail. It also describes the necessary precautions design engineers should take to avoid systems failures. The article is based on data spanning all markets and

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Performance Inverters used in Railway Applications

Tailor made solutions in capacitor markets

Giorgio Cambiaghi - ICAR Export Area Manager

More and more customers in different markets require customized solutions for power electronic capacitors. Last generation of high performance inverters used in Railway, (See Figure 1) Renewable Energy, Heavy Industry applications, to name a few, need more and more customized capacitors to satisfy their

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An FPGA-based motor control system (Source: Altera)

Controlling high-speed motors with an FPGA

B P Jeppesen and A Crosland, Altera

The increasing use of electric motors spinning at up to 100,000 rpm, in applications ranging from electric turbochargers to surgical instruments, is creating new challenges in the design of control circuits. The IGBT switches used in many power converters cannot switch quickly or efficiently enough

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LEM ATO split core current transformers

Smart Building energy disaggregation Submeter with LEM Split-core CT (ATO)

Submetering equipment allows real-time in-house metering

Industrial companies, factories, multi-tenant commercial and residential building owners install submetering equipment for the purpose of real-time in-house metering. This allows for accurate allocation of costs, calculation of internal billing and enables the implementation of new energy efficiency

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Thermistor Delivers Current to 6.0 A and Energy Ratings to 40 J

CARSON CITY, Nev. — June 7, 2017 —Ametherm today announced a new circuit protection thermistor that offers the industry's smallest diameter for a UL-approved device with a maximum continuous current rating of 6.0 A and energy rating of 40 J. Previously, designers had to rely on

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Ally Winning joins Power Systems Design (PSD) as European Editor

It is with great pleasure that we are announcing the appointment of Ally Winning as European Editor, PSD.

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