Military, Aerospace & Hi-Rel

May 2023

Littelfuse Launches New LTKAK2-L Series High Power TVS Diodes in Surface Mount Package

Littelfuse, Inc. announced the release of its latest product, the LTKAK2-L Series High Power TVS Diodes. This surface mount solution addresses the market demand for automated PCB assembly process-compatible TVS diodes with a high surge rating. By using one LTKAK2-L in place of either four or eight 15KPA or

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Date:

05/30/2023

APEC 2024

APEC 2024 Announces Call for Technical Program Paper Digest Submissions

APEC 2024, to be held in Long Beach, California, from February 25-29, 2024, continues the long-standing tradition of addressing issues of immediate and long-term interest to the practicing power electronics engineer. APEC is now accepting paper digest submissions for the Technical Program. Since APEC 2024 wil

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Date:

05/29/2023

WiBotic’s co-founder and CEO Ben Waters

PSDcast – Recharging Drones that are Permanently Deployed

WiBotic, which deals in charging and power optimization solutions for aerospace and industrial robots, has released an autonomous charging platform with integrated wireless data offload & transfer capabilities. On the line to discuss the PowerPad Pro is WiBotic’s co-founder and CEO Ben Waters.

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05/18/2023

NOS-T is a digital testbed that enables space organizations - commercial, government, or private - to share satellite data. Networked satellites can generate clearer images to better monitor and track Earth-bound events, such as landslides and wildfires.

When it Comes to Satellite Data, Sometimes More is More

STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

There are roughly 7,000 satellites whizzing around the Earth, scanning our planet’s surface and generating hundreds of terabytes of data every day. These satellites are operated by many different governments and commercial entities and the data they produce are scattered across different stakeholders wi

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05/15/2023

Safe isolation and Low Power consumption in High Voltage Digital Control Applications

Jiaxin Tian, Senior Staff Product Application Engineer; Dr. Narayanaswamy Swaminathan, Staff Product Definition Engineer; and Dr. Diogo Varajao, Head of Technical Marketing of Isolation ICs, all at Infineon Technologies

Introduction Effective galvanic isolation is crucial in high-voltage applications to prevent unwanted leakage currents from flowing between two parts of a system with different ground potentials (GPD) [1]. As depicted in Figure 1 (left), the DC return current from the input to the output can cause a potentia

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05/14/2023

TRACO POWER’s new TRI 1 and TRI 1SM

1 watt DC/DC converters with 480 VAC isolation voltage

The core characteristic of the TRI 1(SM) series is a sophisticated reinforced isolation system which is able to withstand high test voltages (8000 VDC for 1s and 3000 VAC for 60s) and working voltages (480 VACrms). Efficiencies up to 84% allow safe operation from –40°C to +85°C without derating.

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05/10/2023

New eBook from Mouser Electronics and Texas Instruments Offers Guide to Navigate the Future of Urban Air Mobility

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorised global distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, has launched a new eBook in collaboration with Texas Instruments, to explore the latest challenges facing the next-generation of air transportation and to discuss the best ways for designers to

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Date:

05/10/2023

Smallest and Lightest Mixed Layout Gecko-MT Connectors from Harwin Available Through Powell Electronics

Harwin’s range of Gecko-MT 1.25mm pitch mixed layout connectors is in stock at Powell Electronics, the supplier of connectors and more for high-rel applications including defence, aerospace and industrial. Gecko-MT connectors are the smallest and lightest mixed-layout connectors currently available fo

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Date:

05/04/2023