Medical, Healthcare & Wellness

    May 2016
    TDK's encapsulated medical supplies have Class II input

    KMS-A series pcb mount power supplies

    TDK announced the introduction of the KMS-A series of single output, medically-certified 15W - 60W encapsulated power supplies. With a Class II input, the products require no earth ground connection, making them ideal for use in a range of medical, dental and home healthcare. They are also suitable for broadcast, te
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    05/31/2016
    Vincotech climbs to a €15,000 Euro donation at PCIM Europe 2016

    Vincotech made a donation of € 15.000 to child welfare organization Plan International Deutschland at PCIM 2016

    Vincotech, a supplier of module-based solutions for power electronics, arranged a charity boulder activity at the PCIM Europe show supporting Plan International Deutschland. Vincotech’s committed partners and its employees both tried to make as many ascents to the top of the 3-meter high boulder wall installed at
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    05/23/2016
    Allegro launches quad DMOS full bridge PWM motor driver IC

    A5988 Quad DMOS full-bridge driver IC

    Allegro MicroSystems announced a new quad DMOS full-bridge driver IC capable of driving up to two stepper motors or four DC motors. Each full-bridge output is rated up to 1.6 A and 40 V. The A5988 includes fixed off-time pulse-width modulation (PWM) current regulators, along with 2- bit nonlinear DACs (digital-to-analog co
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    05/23/2016
    Stockwell Elastomerics' reinforced conductive silicone rubber gaskets now have new materials

    Stockwell Elastomerics announced the availability of new materials SNE-556-R and SNE-540-R, nickel-graphite filled silicone rubber with fabric reinforcement

    Stockwell Elastomerics announced the availability of new materials SNE-556-R and SNE-540-R, nickel-graphite filled silicone rubber with fabric reinforcement that can be die cut or water jet cut into EMI shielding gaskets with narrow cross sections. SNE-556-R is a 65 durometer conductive silicone used for EMI a
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    05/09/2016
    Now more than ever, the blooming of the Internet of Things (IoT) has been putting emphasis on the longevity of battery life. Every IoT node demands a battery to operate. A household of two people can have anywhere from 20 to 60 batteries in use at any time, and consumers can’t be burdened with the need to ch
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    05/07/2016
    Isolated power supply systems are prevalent in server systems, industrial applications, and telecommunication and networking equipment. In this bandwidth-hungry age of the Internet of Things (IoT), a growing number of these systems need to be efficiently powered, driving up the need for power-efficient, cost-effective so
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    05/07/2016
    Part 1 of this article provided an overview of TT Electronics’ AEC Q200 qualified and certified transformers, which are optimized for use with a gate drive optocoupler to improve and simplify the design of isolated power supplies. This introduction looked at the theory of operation and how this impacts on ke
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    05/07/2016
    Overvoltages and the associated high surge currents can damage, or even destroy electrical and electronic devices. Reliable overvoltage protection is therefore essential. On the basis of a new ceramic material, TDK has now developed a high-surge series of multilayer varistors that combine compact dimensions wi
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    05/07/2016
    Electronics distributor Newark element14, together with components manufacturer Eaton, is launching a custom design service for electrical rocker switches. The new Custom Switches program offers the ability to create tailor-made Eaton NGR and SVR Rocker Switches in a variety of colors with custom logos and imaging.
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    05/06/2016
    Wuerth's REDline Power Boxes offer custom configuration in a standard housing

    Wuerth's REDline Power Boxes offer custom configuration in a standard housing

    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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    05/04/2016
    Conductive adhesives to enable low-temperature electronics

    Rachel Gordon, IDTechEx

    Materials are needed to replace the estimated 50,000 metric tons of tin-lead solder currently used each year, but there are no "drop-in" replacements for eutectic tin-lead solder. $1.2 billion of electrically conductive adhesives (ECAs) are already selling each year, and they are becoming increasingly co
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    05/04/2016
    Being a Sci-Fi geek, I am a fan of the late 1950’s Hollywood “cheesy” low budget Ed Wood movies typical of this genre. One of my favorite films is “Plan 9 from Outer Space,” in which aliens come to Earth to stop humanity from building a doomsday weapon that could destroy the entire universe. However, th
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    Date:
    05/04/2016
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