Motor Drives, Robotics & Controls
April 2016
787-28xx Series next-generation DC/DC Converter
WAGO's 787-28xx Series next-generation DC/DC Converters pack a host of enhanced features and multiple approvals into a slim 6 mm profile. 787-28xx converters are ideal when only one power supply will be installed in the control cabinet and an additional voltage supply is required.
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Date:
04/29/2016
GaN Systems’ transistors reduce the size of EGTRONICS’ 48V, 12 kW inverter 5X versus silicon
The stream of smaller, lighter, lower cost, and highly efficient commercial power systems entering the market continues. Computer travel adaptors, AC/DC power supplies for datacenters, battery chargers for solar, DC/DC converters, energy storage systems, and traction inverters for automobiles are among the dozens of a
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Date:
04/28/2016
The TB9150FNG measures just 10.4mm x 12.5mm x 2.0mm
Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced an opto-isolated IGBT gate pre-driver IC with enhanced protection functions for the in-vehicle inverters of electric and hybrid vehicles. Sample shipments of the TB9150FNG started in April, with mass production scheduled for 2018.
Inverter control is used to drive
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04/28/2016
AWS Electronics Group, a leading specialist electronics manufacturing services provider, has added a new high-voltage production capability to its plant in Newcastle Under Lyme. The company has dedicated 1000 ft² of manufacturing space purely for work that requires up to 50kV; high currents of up to 180A can al
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04/28/2016
J-Link firmware offers compatibility with all major tool chains
SEGGER has now introduced J-Link firmware for the embedded ST-LINK on STM32 Nucleo, STM32 Discovery and other microcontroller unit (MCU) evaluation boards from STMicroelectronics. This brings the proven reliability and industry-leading performance of SEGGER’s highly popular J-Link debug technology to these it
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Date:
04/28/2016
John J. Boucher
C&K Components, a leading global manufacturer of electromechanical switches, smart card readers, and high-reliability connectors, has announced the appointment of John J. Boucher as chief executive officer.
John Boucher brings more than 30 years of diversified experience with leading global companies within th
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04/28/2016
Motor manufacturers are in a race to switch to more energy-efficient technologies to help countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as part of a global strategy to combat climate change. While many motor makers look to substitute more iron or copper in their induction motor product lines, or switch to other mo
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04/26/2016
Dietmar Harting, Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, Philip Harting (from left to right)
The opening of the world's largest industrial trade show today saw US President Barack Obama visit the company’s stand together with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with the Harting family greeting the two heads of state. The United States is this year's partner country of the Hannover Messe.
President Obama was a
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04/26/2016
TC78S122FNG bipolar 2-channel stepping motor driver
Toshiba Electronics has launched a bipolar, 2-channel stepping motor driver rated for a high voltage of 40V and currents of up to 2.0A. The TC78S122FNG will help designers to save space, reduce power consumption, lower heat dissipation and minimise vibration and acoustic noise in high-speed motion control designs. Ta
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04/26/2016
Miniature 6W Railway DC/DC Converters
MicroPower Direct announced the MR0611S series of single-output 6W converters packaged in a compact 1 x 1 inch case. They are designed to provide the ultra wide input range, robust filtering, rugged packaging and high reliability required for railway/transit applications.
Four standard models operate from wide
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Date:
04/26/2016
KOA Speer Electronics has added the SLW1, a 1.5 Watt, 2512 size chip to its line of molded current sensing resistors. The SLW1 features resistance values ranging from 3 mΩ up to 100 mΩ in several tolerances as low as 0.5% with a wide operating temperature range of -55°C to +180°C.
The chips special electrode
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Date:
04/25/2016
It is safety-critical to understand how thermal ageing takes place, as a failure in the insulation may lead to fire, injury, or electric shock.
Safety test provider Underwriters Laboratories (UL) is launching a shorter 50-day electrical insulation system test program for electric motors at the forthcoming CWIEME Berlin exhibition. This service responds to global demand from manufacturers for help getting products to market quicker without compromising on
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04/22/2016
SLR1050 Series High Current Shielded Power Inductors
Coilcraft's new SLR Family of high current, shielded power inductors is offered with current ratings up to 100 Amps and inductance values from 85 to 370 nH, making it suitable for high frequency applications such as multi-phase VRM/VRD/EVRD regulators, Intel IMVP compatible systems, and GPUs/video graphic cards. The in
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Date:
04/21/2016
Photocoupler for high speed communication
Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has launched two new photocouplers for high speed communication (5 Mbps) applications. The TLP2310 and TLP2710 have a 54% reduced power consumption of 6,78mW, compared to 14,8mW of a conventional product, like the TLP2355. Both have been certified to UL1577 and EN60747-5-5 standards, ma
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Date:
04/20/2016
M3H microcontrollers
Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced a range of new microcontrollers (MCUs) based on the ARM Cortex-M3 core. The M3H microcontrollers are the first product group from the new TXZ Family and are the first Toshiba MCUs to be fabricated with an embedded flash memory process based on the 65nm logic process. Pr
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Date:
04/18/2016
Transformers can often provide an inexpensive solution for a variety of applications. The purpose of the transformer is to isolate the secondary side of the circuit from the primary power source, transfer power efficiently from the electrical source to the target load and protect users from hazards like electric sh
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Date:
04/17/2016
LED technology has developed over recent years, and is now the obvious choice for many applications from energy-efficiency architectural lighting to outdoor displays. These applications tend to vary considerably, each requiring a different number, type, color and configuration of the LEDs, which means that driver ci
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Date:
04/17/2016
It is no longer contentious to say that the future of land, water and air vehicles is to be more and more electric. The detail of how this is being achieved is rich and varied and it revolves around the electric motor and its variants far more than the more-discussed battery. By definition, an electric vehicle is
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04/15/2016
Power Quality Line Card
A new four-page, full color Power Quality Line Card provides a comprehensive overview of Schaffner Active and Passive Harmonic Filters, Sine Wave Filters, dV/dT Filters, Line Reactors and more. These products ensure the efficient and reliable operation of power distribution systems by shaping electrical power. Act
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04/15/2016
An effective method for filtering high-frequency power supply noise and cleanly sharing similar voltage supply rails (i.e. analog and digital rails for mixed-signal ICs) while preserving high-frequency isolation between the shared rails is the use of ferrite beads. A ferrite bead is a passive device that fi
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Date:
04/15/2016
left to right: Marko Krause, Head of Project Purchasing Electronics Brose Group; Peter Bien, Member of the Management Lumberg Connect GmbH; Attila Dalkılıç, Vice President Purchasing Electronics/Drives Brose Group; Ulrich Schmidt, Managing Director Lumberg Group; Christian Forner, Head of Global Sales Lumberg; Bernd Reiff, Plant Manager Cloppenburg Lumberg Connect
What had been announced as a regular meeting turned into a genuine surprise at Factory 2 of the Lumberg Group in Cloppenburg: Attila Dalkılıç, Vice President Purchasing Electronics/Drives and Marko Krause, Head of Project Purchasing Electronics of the Brose Group in Coburg handed the Key Supplier Award 2016 for
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Date:
04/14/2016
DC motor controllers of the PLX and XLV families
DC drives manufacturer Sprint Electric presents its recently extended ranges of DC motor controllers. The comprehensive offering of products incorporates the latest digital DC drive technology. All DC Drive products and their ancillary items are available from stock. The product lines include a wide range of DC
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Date:
04/14/2016
In the third part of this series, we’ll see how Dr. Fred Lee’s analysis of current-mode control resulted in a high modulator gain, and also look at the consequences of this gain on current-loop predictions.
Current-Mode Control Circuit
Figure 1 shows a buck converter with peak current-mode control. T
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Date:
04/13/2016
Powerbox, one of Europe’s largest power supply companies and a leader in optimizing power solutions for demanding applications, announced they acquired the assets of former Power Technics in Etten-Leur, the Netherlands. The assets includes products IPs, laboratory equipment, warehouse etc. This acquisition wi
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04/12/2016
Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation (TMEIC) announced it is part of the largest-ever U.S. delegation to Hannover Messe, the world's foremost trade fair for industrial technology, taking place April 25-29, in Hannover, Germany. TMEIC will exhibit in the USA Pavilion in Hall 13.
For the fi
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Date:
04/12/2016
Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente has launched a new range of selected products and solutions under Rutronik POWER. It comprises a broad portfolio of power semiconductors, passive components and electromechanical components for industrial, household appliance and automotive applications.
A preferred program o
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Date:
04/12/2016
The Venturi VM200-FE-01 will be fitted with ROHM-manufactured SiC technology
ROHM Semiconductor will be exhibiting at Hannover Messe 2016, which will be held in Hannover, Germany, from 25 April (Mon.) to 29 April (Fri.). For its first exhibit at the trade fair, ROHM will go in with a theme of ‘Endless Possibilities’ – through which the company plans to introduce key devices to co
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Date:
04/12/2016
REDline Power Box
A novel approach to enabling power distribution, signal transmission, and function management in commercial vehicles, the REDline Power Box family is the name of the new system solution from Wuerth Elektronik ICS. With this series, the leading development partner and supplier of circuit-board-based central electrical sy
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Date:
04/11/2016
ROHM Semiconductor Presents Its New Power Management Key Products
At PCIM in Nuremberg from May 10-12, 2016, ROHM Semiconductor will showcase its latest power product novelties for high-speed switching and high power performance, at the same time meeting the need for greater energy savings and higher efficiency (Hall 9 - Booth 316). Advanced power devices make a huge impact on
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Date:
04/11/2016
Custom-wound power components from EGSTON
Diamond Power Components, a newly-formed specialist distributor of power components, announces the availability of custom wound power components from EGSTON System Electronics Eggenburg GmbH. Based in Austria EGSTON is high quality manufacturer of a wide range of inductive component parts with manufacturing fa
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Date:
04/11/2016
Molex, a leading global manufacturer of electronic solutions, announced today the acquisition of Interconnect Systems (ISI), which specializes in the design and manufacture of high density silicon packaging with advanced interconnect technologies.
According to Tim Ruff, senior vice president, Molex, the acqui
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Date:
04/08/2016
Transformer energy performance standards being introduced all around the world are spurring transformer manufacturers, as well as their electrical steel, cable and coil winding equipment suppliers, to rethink materials, designs and manufacturing methods in a bid to balance performance with cost.
In 2010 the
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Date:
04/08/2016
Clearly presented AC and DC losses per inductor
RED EXPERT from Wuerth Elektronik enables eiSos developers to simulate the company's power inductors. The losses determined with RED EXPERT are based on current and voltage waveforms typical in applications. Besides the core and winding losses, they also include the losses arising from the specific geometries of
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Date:
04/07/2016
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $35 million in funding, subject to congressional appropriations, to assist small- and medium-sized U.S. manufacturers with increasing their energy efficiency, productivity, sustainability and competitiveness and to help address the shortage of engineering pr
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Date:
04/07/2016
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