Notable & Newsworthy

February 2018
The World’s Highest Current Rated GaN Power Transistor
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada – GaN Systems made public the 120 A, 650 V GaN E-HEMT, extending its leadership with the industry’s most powerful line of high performance GaN transistors. Power levels continue to rise creating the need for higher operating current. The numerous advantages of GaN can be applied to m
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02/28/2018
Solar-to-Hydrogen Conversion: Nanostructuring Increases Efficiency of Metal-Free Photocatalysts by Factor 11

PCN nanolayers under sunlight can split water.

One of the major challenges of the energy transition is to supply energy even when the sun is not shining. Hydrogen production by splitting water with the help of sunlight could offer a solution. Hydrogen is a good energy storage medium and can be used in many ways. However, water does not simply split by itself. Ca
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02/28/2018
42V Quad Output, Triple Monolithic Synchronous Buck Converter & Boost Controller Operates from 3V to 42V Inputs
NORWOOD, MA - Analog Devices announces the Power by Linear LT8603, a 42V input capable, high efficiency quad output monolithic switching regulator. Its flexible design combines a boost controller with two high voltage 2.5A and 1.5A synchronous step-down channels and a lower voltage 1.8A synchronous step-down ch
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02/27/2018
DURHAM, N.C. — Cree, Inc. announces that it signed a strategic long-term agreement to produce and supply its Wolfspeed silicon carbide (SiC) wafers to Infineon Technologies AG. The agreement governs Cree’s supply of advanced 150 mm SiC wafers to Infineon, which will broaden Infineon’s product offering
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02/27/2018
Rugged 2U Rackmount Storage Server Suitable for a Wide Range of Computationally-Intense Applications
San Diego, CA – Designed and built in the USA, Chassis Plans’ new M2UDA-20 revision-controlled, military-grade storage server system can be used for many rugged, computationally-intense military and/or industrial applications, while using limited rack space. It meets and/or exceeds MIL-STD-810K and 901D for
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02/27/2018
High-Performance Buck Converter Evaluation Board Enables Higher Switching Speeds
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada – GaN Systems announced the availability of its 5MHz buck converter evaluation board (GS61008P-EVBHF) using GaN Systems’ 100V E-Mode GaN transistor and pSemi’s PE29101 integrated high-speed driver. The outputs of the pSemi driver can provide switching transition speeds in the sub na
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02/27/2018
Microcontroller Families Feature Core Independent Peripherals and Intelligent Analog
CHANDLER, Ariz. — Whether it’s used as an initial introduction into embedded development, the main controller of a connected application or as an attach component to offload tasks from a larger system, the role of the 8-bit microcontroller (MCU) continues to expand. While inherently simple to understand an
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02/27/2018
Cartoon Coyote's Fall Inspires Development of new Properties of Silicon
The essence of the technology - where an object takes a moment to respond to the energy placed upon it - is a staple of cartoons such as Roadrunner, where characters run off cliffs and spend a moment in mid-air before falling. Scientists hope that their discovery, detailed in a study published by Nature Ph
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02/27/2018
Army Researchers are After Cost-Effective Safer, Lighter Batteries

Joint modeling and experimental work by the US Army Research Laboratory and the Georgia Institute of Technology is focused on the development of batteries that improve the safety and energy density of ones currently found on the battlefield, and is featured on the cover of the prestigious Advanced Energy Materials journal.

Scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Georgia Institute of Technology are focused on the development of batteries that improve the safety and energy density of ones currently found on the battlefield. The joint modeling and experimental work reports on the progress towards the discovery of novel
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02/27/2018
60W Din Rail DC/DC Converter Allows for Fast and Convenient Installations
MEAN WELL is proud to announce the DIN rail mount DDR family to complement the previously released enclosed type, PCB open frame type, board mount type, and encapsulated module type DC-DC converters. The first DDR family members to meet the market are the 15W~60W series, and we have plans for the DDR family to
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02/27/2018
Industry's Smallest 36-V, 1-A DC/DC Step-Down Power Module Shrinks Board Space by up to 58 percent
DALLAS – Texas Instruments (TI)  introduced two new 4-V to 36-V power modules that measure just 3.0 mm by 3.8 mm and require only two external components for operation. The 0.5-A LMZM23600 and 1-A LMZM23601 DC/DC step-down converters achieve up to 92 percent efficiency, which minimizes energy loss, and fea
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02/26/2018
Exotic State of Matter: An Atom Full of Atoms

The electron (blue) orbits the nucleus (red) -- and its orbit encloses many other atoms of the Bose-Einstein-condensate (green).

What is inside an atom, between the nucleus and the electron? Usually there is nothing, but why could there not be other particles too? If the electron orbits the nucleus at a great distance, there is plenty of space in between for other atoms. A "giant atom" can be created, filled with ordinary atoms. Al
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02/26/2018
DOE Grants $10.6 Million to Produce More Biodiesel, Biojet Fuel

University of Illinois research project Renewable Oil Generated with Ultra-productive Energycane (ROGUE) will transform energycane and Miscanthus (pictured) into sustainable sources of biodiesel and biojet fuel with support from the US Department of Energy.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded the University of Illinois a $10.6 million, five-year grant to transform two of the most productive crops in America into sustainable sources of biodiesel and biojet fuel. The new research project Renewable Oil Generated with Ultra-productive Energycane--or ROGUE--kicks of
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02/26/2018
PSDcast - LED Aerial Obstruction Lighting

Mexico City's Torre Latinoamericana.

In this episode of the PSDcast, we're chatting with Dialight about their recent LED upgrade of the Torre Latinoamericana's aerial obstruction lighting system. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Mexico's equivalent, the Directorate General of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC) require obstruction lighting for struc
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02/26/2018
Developing a 'Living Lab' to Study Energy-Efficient Logistics

Rensselaer will receive $2 million -- in collaboration with private sector companies and local transportation agencies -- to foster changes in freight demand patterns to reduce energy use, enhance quality of life, improve economic productivity, incorporate efficient practices into freight logistics, and publish lessons learned.

Troy, N.Y. -- The transportation sector is one of the largest consumers of energy. The energy consumption of the freight sector is growing faster than the overall sector, according to researchers. This is the case of light trucks and medium/heavy trucks that consume 32.1 percent and 22.7 percent of the energy con
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02/23/2018
Basque Researchers Turn Light Upside Down

This is an illustration of waves propagating away from a point-like source. Left: Regular wave propagation. Right: Wave propagation on a hyperbolic metasurface.

Optical waves propagating away from a point source typically exhibit circular (convex) wavefronts. "Like waves on a water surface when a stone is dropped", explains Peining Li, EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow at nanoGUNE and first author of the paper. The reason of this circular propagation is that th
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02/23/2018
Orion Fans Expands AC Motorized Impellers Family & Adds New DC Motorized Impeller Line
DALLAS, TX -- Orion Fans has expanded its AC motorized impeller product offering with 14 new IP55-rated models and has added a new line of 24V and 48V DC motorized impellers with 13 models. The AC motorized impellers provide high airflow for a wide range of harsh and demanding applications. The DC motorized impe
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02/22/2018
Portable Speed & Length Calibration Verification Table Includes run Length of at Least 10,000 m
PROTON PRODUCTS introduces a new service for customers of its InteliSENS SL and SLR non-contact laser Doppler speed and length measurement sensors. PROTON PRODUCTS recognize that many its customers need independent verification and certification of their InteliSENS speed and length sensors. This is to meet e
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02/22/2018
Schottky Diodes Designed to Endure High-Pollution Environments
Wolfspeed, a Cree Company, has expanded its C4D family of 1200V SiC Schottky diodes to introduce three new products in a TO-247-2 type package. The increased spacing between the two leads provides more than twice the creepage and clearance distance compared to standard TO-247-3 and TO-220-2 packages. “Improved creepage
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02/22/2018
60-Page Catalog Features Utility Management, Leak Detection, Submetering, Thermostat Control, and Reporting Solutions for Multi-Family Facilities
Bensalem, PA— H2O Degree announces a new 60-page catalog, “Utility Management Solutions for Multi-Family Facilities,” that simplifies the application and specification process for everyone involved – from building owners and managers to engineers and maintenance staff. Now available for download on the co
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02/22/2018
Qualcomm Incorporated announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., is working with an ecosystem of leading carmakers and automotive suppliers to accelerate the commercial introduction of Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) technology using the Qualcomm 9150 C-V2X chipset solution. C-V2X is a glo
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02/22/2018
Digestive Ability of Ancient Insects Could Boost Biofuel Development

The firebrat and silverfish are close relatives and have the ability to digest cellulose.

A study of the unusual digestive system of an ancient group of insects has provided new insights into future biofuel production. Published in Nature Communications, the research reveals that the ability of some insects to efficiently digest cellulose could be exploited for industrial processes, such as the produc
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02/22/2018
$1.8m From DOE Supports Innovative Waste Heat Recovery System

The turbocompressor is one of the key components to Todd Bandhauer's waste heat recovery system.

Feel the heat radiating off a running car or touch the top of a warm refrigerator. Both are examples of mechanical processes that generate "waste heat." On a small scale, like running household appliances, waste heat might not seem like a big deal. But on a large scale, like running a backup generator
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02/22/2018
World's First Solar Fuels Reactor for Night Passes Test

CONTISOL was tested at Cologne, Germany using simulated 'suns', rather than an actual solar field, and the storage and heat exchanger was also simulated, because the reactor itself is the innovation being tested

International solar thermal energy researchers have successfully tested CONTISOL, a solar reactor that runs on air, able to make any solar fuel like hydrogen and to run day or night - because it uses concentrated solar power (CSP) which can include thermal energy storage. The promise of solar fuels is that w
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02/21/2018
Power Supplies for Railway Applications – On the Rails to 2020

Figure 1. The range of railway applications is very wide

In a study presented at the international rail exhibition, Innotrans 2016 in Berlin, the European Rail Industry summarized the state of the business as representing a market size estimated to reach 185 billion Euro by 2020. Of course, the power supplies share of that amount is marginal compared to heavy rolling st
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02/21/2018
HARTING Technology Group strengthens its commitment in Mexico
The HARTING Technology Group intends to further expand its market position in North and Central America over the coming years. The comments were made by Jon DeSouza, President and CEO of HARTING Americas, in front of a group of journalists in Silao. Since 2016, HARTING has been producing overmolded cables and wiring
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02/21/2018
Multi-die custom LED solutions from LED Engin
For certain optoelectronic applications, such as scientific instrumentation, horticulture and machine imaging, engineers need to look beyond simply sourcing standard off-the-shelf emitters. This is due to the fact that otherwise multiple discrete components will be needed in order to meet the very specific spe
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02/21/2018
ROHM develops sensor IC for high-speed heart rate measurement for determining blood pessure, stress and vascular age
ROHM is offering an optical heart rate sensor for smart bands and watches, which, thanks to its high-speed 1024 Hz sampling, can be used for measuring blood pressure, stress and vascular age. The BH1792GLC is the second pulse wave sensor to be developed by ROHM. It is notable for its high detection accuracy an
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02/21/2018
Advanced monitoring solutions for the energy industry
Elektra Elektronik GmbH & Co. Störcontroller KG (EES) will show the latest trends in switchgear monitoring and fault annunciating at the Middle East Electricity (MEE) in Dubai from 6th – 8th March 2018. The MEE is the biggest trade show for the energy generation and distribution industries in the Middle East.
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02/21/2018
Selecting Components based on Measurement Data
Würth Elektronik eiSos has expanded the capabilities of its REDEXPERT free simulation software by adding more search modules for additional applications. From now on, LEDs, varistors and PFC coils can also be selected in a practice-oriented way on the basis of the measurement data stored in the system. The tool
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02/21/2018
Renesas Electronics Unveils New Renesas Synergy™ Website and Solutions Gallery for IoT Developers
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the newly updated Renesas Synergy™ Platform website and Solutions Gallery that place the power of the Synergy ecosystem – from software to hardware – into the developers’ hands. The site refresh makes it easier for Renesas Synergy users to take advantage of the e
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02/21/2018
Mouser Now Stocking Microchip PIC18 K83 MCUs with CAN and Core Independent Peripherals for Improved Response Time
Mouser Electronics is now stocking PIC18 K83 microcontrollers from Microchip Technology. The new 8-bit microcontrollers combine a Controller Area Network (CAN) bus with an extensive array of Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs) to improve response time to critical system events. The CIPs handle tasks without cod
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02/21/2018
Better sound for smart home applications: Infineon acquires Merus Audio
Infineon Technologies today announced the acquisition of Merus Audio. The Copenhagen-based start-up was founded in 2010 by Hans Hasselby-Andersen and Mikkel Hoyerby. Merus Audio creates energy-efficient integrated audio amplifier solutions. They maximize audio performance and battery playback time for smart home and bat
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02/21/2018
Rohde & Schwarz collaborates with Gemalto to minimize multi-region drive testing for LTE-Advanced wireless modules
Rohde & Schwarz is collaborating with wireless module vendor Gemalto to overcome the problem of extensive real network drive tests in different countries. The solution is to automatically reproduce field-recorded network configurations of Gemalto Cinterion modules on an R&S CMW500 mobile radio tester. Manufa
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02/21/2018
Toshiba releases medium voltage, high current photorelay in small package
Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced the launch of a new photorelay in a small 2.54SOP4 package that is just 2.1mm high with a 2.54mm pitch. Fabricated using the latest U-MOS VIII trench MOSFET process, the new TLP3145 combines an off-state output terminal voltage of 200V with a controllable on-state cu
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02/21/2018
Simplify Industrial-Grade Linux Designs with SAMA5D2 MPU-Based System On Module (SOM)
There is a great deal of design effort and complexity associated with creating an industrial-grade microprocessor (MPU)-based system running a Linux® operating system. Even developers with expertise in the area spend a lot of time on PCB layout to guarantee signal integrity for the high-speed interfaces to DDR m
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02/21/2018
Anritsu Successfully Completes 2nd ETSI NFV Interoperability Plugtests with 100% Success Rate
Anritsu A/S announced today the successful completion of the 2nd NFV Plugtests™ at an event organised by the European Telecommunications Standardisation Institute (ETSI) with the scope of validating and testing Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) interoperability. The event was organized by the ETSI Centre for Testin
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02/21/2018
FCT’s broad product portfolio now in stock at TTI, Inc.
FCT's broad product portfolio including a range of connectors, contacts, hoods, tools and more is available in Europe through TTI, Inc. A Molex company, FCT’s products also encompasses customised solutions meeting individual needs and providing design flexibility. FCT’s product range comprises of steel, brass (non-
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02/21/2018
IVT-F: High-precision measurement technology in Formula E racing series
Isabellenhütte uses the FIA Formula E racing series as an innovation driver for its measurement technology products in order to expose the shunt-based IVT measurement technology to the harshest requirements. The future generations of IVT series products will benefit from the knowledge gained.   As an
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02/21/2018
Computers aid Discovery of new, Inexpensive Material to Make LEDs With High-Color Quality
A team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego has used data mining and computational tools to discover a new phosphor material for white LEDs that is inexpensive and easy to make. Researchers built prototype white LED light bulbs using the new phosphor. The prototypes exhibited better color qu
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02/20/2018
Switch Reduces Costs for Vehicle Access Control
ATLANTA – FEIG Electronics is launching a uniquely cost-effective 2-lane Wiegand Switch for vehicle access control. Existing vehicle access control applications with two lanes require two separate RFID readers, whereas now only one reader, such as the ISC.LRU1002, can handle two lanes. Additional advantages to
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02/20/2018
Electric Eel-Inspired Device Reaches 110 Volts

Electric Eel-Inspired Device Reaches 110 Volts: This photo depicts the printed, high voltage implementation of the artificial electric organ. A 3-D bioprinter was used to deposit arrays of gel precursor droplets onto plastic substrates, which were then cured with a UV light to convert them into solid gels. Alternating high-salinity and low-salinity gels (red and blue gels, respectively) were printed onto one substrate, and alternating cation-selective and anion-selective gels (green and yellow gels, respectively) were printed onto a second substrate. When overlaid, these gels connect to form a conductive pathway of 612 tetrameric gel cells that can be used to generate up to 110 volts.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In an effort to create a power source for future implantable technologies, a team led by Michael Mayer from the University of Fribourg, along with researchers from the University of Michigan and UC San Diego, developed an electric eel-inspired device that produced 110 volts from gels filled wi
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02/19/2018
Unconventional Superconductor may be Used to Create Quantum Computers of the Future

After an intensive period of analyses the research team led by Professor Floriana Lombardi, Chalmers University of Technology, was able to establish that they had probably succeeded in creating a topological superconductor.

With their insensitivity to decoherence what are known as Majorana particles could become stable building blocks of a quantum computer. The problem is that they only occur under very special circumstances. Now researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have succeeded in manufacturing a component that is ab
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02/19/2018
The new Bioenergy Research Center: Building on ten Years of Success
AUSTIN, Texas -- Building on the success of 10 years of investigation into the production of renewable fuels from plants, the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recently embarked on a new mission: to develop sustainable alternatives to transportation fuels an
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02/19/2018
Digi-Key Announces Common Parts Library Update for KiCad EDA Tool
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minnesota, USA –As part of their ongoing effort to offer engineers the best electronic design automation (EDA) tools and design aids, Digi-Key Electronics, a global electronic components distributor, announces the beta release of a library consisting of nearly 1,000 common parts for use by
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02/19/2018
The global LED lighting market is undergoing a drastic change, propelled by the exponential urban expansion expected over the coming years, and the drive towards increased energy efficiency. In fact, the global LED lighting market is expected to surpass $100 Billion by the end of 2024, according to new data fr
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02/19/2018
Smart yet Frugal: Energy-Saving, Next-Generation Lighting

Figure 1. The FL7740 and FL7760 are a complete dimmable solution for modern LED lighting

Lighting is important to us – a fact borne out by an estimate from the US Energy Information Administration that we use the same amount of energy to light our homes (129 Billion kWh – 9% of total consumption) as the total amount we use to wash and dry our clothes, use our computers and cook. However, much of t
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02/19/2018
The Future of MicroLED Displays Using Next-Generation Technologies

Figure 1. Brightness in Daylight

MicroLEDs (micro-light-emitting diodes) are an emerging display technology that, as the name implies, use very small LEDs for pixels. Much the same as any other current display technology, it combines red, green and blue sub-pixels to reproduce a colour. Although there are currently no microLED displays in mass pr
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02/19/2018
Horticulture Lighting Drives Plant Growth

Figure 1. Horticulture Facility

The market for light-emitting diodes (LEDs) has been experiencing continuous growth for several years. The reasons for this include, for instance, the low costs of the LEDs, whose energy efficiency and capabilities, brightness, and color scheme can be adapted individually to the respective requirements. In addition, dr
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02/19/2018
Manufacturers Start to see Logistics as key to Productivity and Customer Satisfaction
One theme that I’ve seen cropping up quite regularly from manufacturers recently is a bigger emphasis on logistics. Logistics may not initially seem a likely way to increase efficiency on the factory floor, but to manufacturers who have pruned and tweaked processes elsewhere, concentrating on logistics may be
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02/19/2018
IoT Platform Brings Industrial-Grade IoT Support to RISC-V Architecture
San Diego, CA — Express Logic, Inc. announced that its industrial-grade X-Ware IoT Platform—powered by the industry-leading ThreadX RTOS—provides turnkey support for Microsemi’s Mi-V RISC-V instruction set architectures (ISAs). RISC-V, a standard, open ISA under the governance of the RISC-V Foundation, of
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02/16/2018
MLCCs Approved to the Defense Logistics Agency's MIL-PRF-32535 Specification
FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. – AVX Corporation is the first — and currently only — company to offer space-level, X7R base metal electrode (BME) MLCCs with “M” and “T” reliability levels approved to the Defense Logistics Agency’s (DLA’s) MIL-PRF-32535 specification. Exhibiting high CV capabilities superior to
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02/16/2018
Energy Labeling Protocols for External Power Supplies Will Keep Getting Tougher and Reaching Further

Figure 1. Authorities worldwide have adopted EPS energy-labeling protocols, and introduced stricter targets with each subsequent revision.

Recent delays in the introduction of mandatory energy-performance standards should not be interpreted as a slackening in the pace of regulatory change. Energy-performance standards for high-tech products can become more effective in helping protect the planet by being more broadly adopted worldwide and by se
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02/16/2018
Single 2MHz Buck-Boost Controller Drives Entire  LED Headlight Cluster, Meets CISPR 25 Class 5 EMI

Figure 1. LT8391A 2MHz 16V, 1.5A automotive buck-boost LED driver passes CISPR 25 Class 5 EMI

Automobile LED headlight clusters combine high and low beams, daytime running lights, and sometimes signal and clearance lights into a single headlight cluster. The components of the cluster can have vastly different driver requirements, including voltage and current requirements, topologies, power levels or un
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02/16/2018
EXLab Express Acquires Data Without Programming
IRVINE, CA - AMETEK VTI Instruments announced the introduction of EXLab Express, a powerful, easy-to-use, plug-and-play data acquisition software package. EXLab Express is a version of VTI's EXLab data acquisition software that allows users of the EX1401 Thermocouple/Voltage Measurement Instrument to acquire data
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02/15/2018
Uniting Diverse Research Areas to Drive Autonomous Cars
Worcester, Mass. – An aerospace engineer and an electrical and computer science engineer at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) are combining their work to find the key to developing self-driving cars that can operate safely and efficiently, even in complex city environments. With a three-year, $425,000
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02/14/2018
More Than a Well-Balanced Breakfast: Scientists use Egg Whites for Clean Energy Production

Hydrogen (H2) evolution systems constructed in cross-linked porous lysozyme crystals by immobilizing Pt nanoparticles as H2-evolution catalysts in immediate proximity to an organic photosensitizer, rose bengal.

Eggs may soon fuel more than people in the morning. Researchers from the Osaka City University in Japan have developed a way to potentially use egg whites as a substrate to produce a carbon-free fuel. They published their results on February 2nd in Applied Catalysis B. "Hydrogen is a promising fuel and energy storage medium b
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02/14/2018
Hydride transfer is an important reaction for chemistry (e.g., fuel cells), as well as biology (e.g., respiratory chain and photosynthesis). Often, one partial reaction involves the transfer of a hydride ion (H(-)). But does this hydride transfer involve one step or several individual steps? In the journal Angewandte Chemie
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02/14/2018
Taking Stock of the Incandescent Light Bulb
So how’s that incandescent ban treating you? Six years in, questions abound regarding the ban’s necessity, its effectiveness, and whether a ban exists in the first place. Back in 2007, President Bush signed the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) which, among other things, set maximum wattage requ
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02/14/2018
Innovations in Lighting and Illumination
Innovation in electronics in lighting has greatly increased the efficiency of the process of converting electrical energy into light.  Energy savings have been increased further by increased knowledge of the effects of light intensity and wavelengths on plants, animals and humans.   Not only has el
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02/14/2018
New DC-DC converter family powers modern railway applications
Vicor has released its next generation of DCMs with a family of wide input range (43 – 154V input) 3623 (36 x 23mm) ChiPs with power levels up to 240W and 93% efficiency, targeted at new rail transportation and infrastructure applications. Modern rail infrastructure requires a wide range of DC-DC converters to po
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02/14/2018
Now at Mouser: STMicroelectronics’s STWLC33 Inductive Power Receiver Delivers 15W Qi and AirFuel Wireless Charging
Mouser Electronic is now stocking the STWLC33 inductive wireless power receiver from STMicroelectronics (ST). One of ST’s Wireless Power Transfer solutions, the STWLC33 is an integrated, multi-mode wireless power-receiver solution optimized for portable high-speed chargeable applications up to 15W. The dual-mode
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02/14/2018
HANNOVER MESSE 2018: HARTING relies on “partnering”
The HARTING Technology Group will once again be showcasing numerous new products and solutions at the HANNOVER MESSE (23 to 27 April 2018). This year, HARTING (Hall 11 / Stand C13) will highlight the importance of Integrated Industry partnerships by way of a few examples. HARTING will emphasis this year's HANNOV
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02/14/2018
LYTSwitch-6 LED Drivers from Power Integrations Feature High Efficiency and Very Low Standby Power
Power Integrations today announced the LYTSwitch™-6 family of safety-isolated LED-driver ICs for smart lighting applications. The new ICs deliver flicker-free output up to 65 W, and feature up to 94% efficiency and as little as 15 mW standby power, with configuration options for two-stage or single-stage PFC suppor
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02/14/2018
Mouser Electronics Signs Global Distribution Agreement with IIoT Solutions Provider Sierra Monitor
Mouser Electronics announces a global distribution agreement with Sierra Monitor Corporation, a provider of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions that connect and protect high-value infrastructure assets. Building automation and management systems rely on the BACnet protocol to manage and control energy costs and
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02/14/2018
Compact Automotive Feedthrough Filter With Highest Capacitance
TDK Corporation has extended its lineup of 3-terminal feedthrough filters for automotive applications. The new YFF18AC0J105M type is available in an IEC 1608 package (EIA 0603) with compact dimensions of just 1.6 mm x 0.8 mm x 0.6 mm and features *the industry’s highest capacitance of 1 µF for a feedthrough fi
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02/13/2018
Cost-Reduction Roadmap Outlines two Pathways to Meet DOE Residential Solar Cost Target for 2030
Leveraging cost-reduction opportunities in the roof replacement or new construction markets for residential photovoltaic (PV) installations could help the United States meet the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) residential solar photovoltaic cost target by 2030, according to
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02/13/2018
Powerful LED-Based Train Headlight Optimized for Energy Savings

A new train headlight design uses two half-circular parabolic, or cup-shaped, aluminized reflectors with high-efficiency LEDs placed in the plane where the two reflectors come together. Combining the strong beams from each reflector generates the light intensity necessary to meet safety guidelines.

WASHINGTON -- Researchers have designed a new LED-based train headlight that uses a tenth of the energy required for headlights using conventional light sources. If operated 8 hours every day, the electricity savings of the new design would reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide by about 152 kilograms pe
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02/13/2018
CORNING, N.Y. - Corning Incorporated announced that its Environmental Technologies business recently received the Cummins' new product development award for providing strong technical support, excellent product performance, and on-time product supply with no delays for its emissions-control solutions. The bie
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02/12/2018
4-Switch Buck-Boost Controller Features Integrated Switching Bias Supply
NORWOOD, MA - Analog Devices announces the Power by Linear LTC3777, a 150V high efficiency (up to 99%) 4-switch synchronous buck-boost DC/DC controller, which operates from input voltages above, below or equal to the regulated output voltage. Its 4.5V to 150V input voltage range operates from a high input voltage sou
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02/12/2018
Rubber Blanket at an Atomic Level

The basic idea of the measurement method: red light hits the surface -- blue light is sent back.

Two-dimensional materials such as graphene, which consist of only one or a few atomic layers, have been a very promising aspect of materials science over recent years. They demonstrate remarkable properties that open up completely new technical possibilities, from sensor technology to solar cells. However, there is
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02/12/2018
Dataforth MAQ20 Module Receives Honorable Mention  in 2018 Engineers’ Choice Awards
Dataforth’s MAQ20-DODC20SK module has been named the Honorable Mention in the Hardware - Data Acquisition category in Control Engineering’s 2018 Engineers’ Choice Awards program. Introduced in February 2017, the high density DODC20SK module has 20 isolated discrete output channels that can switch up to 60VDC
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Date:
02/12/2018
Low-Power Sensor Transmitter Designed for Industrial Automation Applications
San Jose, CA— Create small, low power, and highly accurate designs for industrial automation applications with the MAX12900 ultra-low power, highly integrated 4–20mA sensor transmitter from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. Ideal applications include industrial automation and process control, loop-powered 4–20mA
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Date:
02/12/2018
New Lithium Collection Method Could Boost Global Supply
With continual technological advancements in mobile devices and electric cars, the global demand for lithium has quickly outpaced the rate at which it can be mined or recycled, but a University of Texas at Austin professor and his research team may have a solution. Benny Freeman, professor in the McKetta D
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Date:
02/09/2018
Army-Led Effort Demos new Atomic Effect for Potential Isotopic Battery

The cover image is an artistic impression of the process of nuclear excitation by electron capture. A highly stripped ion, illustrated here as an atomic nucleus with a single orbiting electron, captures an incident electron into a vacant orbit. Under the right conditions, this capture transfers a small amount of energy into the nucleus, which subsequently emits a much larger amount of energy in the form of gamma rays.

ADELPHI, Md. - A multinational research team led by Army scientists successfully induced a controlled release of stored isotopic energy using a physical effect involving atomic electrons that was proposed more than 40 years ago but never before demonstrated experimentally. Scientists said this significant scientifi
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Date:
02/08/2018
KEMET’s new High Voltage C0G Ceramic Capacitors meet wide bandgap semiconductors trend in automotive and commercial applications - now in stock at TTI, Inc.
KEMET has expanded its commercial and automotive grade high voltage C0G Ceramic Capacitors as increasing use of wide band power semiconductors in power electronics applications drives forward new inverter and DC/DC converter designs with far greater power density, voltage, current and frequency. Now available in
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Date:
02/07/2018
Already on the way to the customer the day the order is received
Construction work is progressing briskly on the largest single investment in HARTING’s history, the HARTING "European Distribution Center (EDC)" logistics centre. "The construction companies involved are working meticulously together. At the moment, we‘re a good two weeks ahead of our original s
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Date:
02/07/2018
New power inductors ETQ-P3M for automotive applications from Panasonic feature high heat and vibration resistance
Panasonic Industry Europe is launching new highly reliable power inductors for automotive and other strenuous applications requiring high heat (up to +150°C including self-heating) and vibration resistance (up to 30G). Benefiting from a shielded construction, low profile (only 3mm maximum height), excellent in
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Date:
02/07/2018
Anritsu Delivers Higher Line Productivity and Lower Costs with World’s First Fully Automatic Testing for IEEE802.11ax Devices
Anritsu Corporation has announced the release of three new software packages to expand the measurement standards supported by the Universal Wireless Test Set MT8870A, enabling fast and fully automatic testing in accordance with the IEEE 802.11ax test specifications. The new packages are the WLAN 802.11ax Tx Measur
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Date:
02/07/2018
Short lead-times for custom or configured AC power supplies from Powerstax
Powerstax offers clean, reliable AC Power sources from Behlman Electronics with a range covering 1350VA to 120kVA. In the mid-range are the BL-Series with outputs available from 3000VA through 20kVA. The BL-Series has a wide range of standard options making a custom configured power supply simple to specify and qu
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Date:
02/07/2018
SEGGER breaks ground on new corporate headquarters
SEGGER announced its further expansion. Just last week, SEGGER broke ground on a new 2,200 square meter office in Monheim, Germany, only ten minutes from Düsseldorf. This is only one week after announcing its new location in the heart of Silicon Valley, and one year after completing construction of its new of
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Date:
02/07/2018
Now at Mouser: Amphenol Industrial Amphe-PD Series Connectors Distribute High Currents with Less Heat
Mouser Electronics is now stocking the Amphe-PD series connection system from Amphenol Industrial. Designed to connect wire-to-wire, wire-to-board, and busbar terminations, the Amphe-PD series distributes higher currents with less heat than similar-sized connectors. The Amphenol Industrial Amphe-PD series, available f
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Date:
02/07/2018
Now at Mouser: TDK’s Ultra-Thin PiezoHapt Actuator Provides Fast Haptic Feedback for Wearables and More
Mouser Electronics is now stocking the PiezoHapt ultra-thin actuator from TDK. Expanding TDK’s portfolio of haptic devices, including the PowerHap actuator, the PiezoHapt is one of the world's thinnest haptic components on the market today. With a thickness of only 0.35 mm and a very short response time of ju
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Date:
02/07/2018
Toshiba Electronics Europe has today announced a new USB-based Bluetooth development platform based around their innovative and advanced TC35678 BT 4.2 single-chip Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) controller. The BMSKUSBBT1760A(P) USB board reduces development time and cost as it provides all that is needed to develo
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Date:
02/07/2018
Renesas Electronics Unveils Industry-Leading Fully Encapsulated Dual 30A and Single 33A Digital Power Modules
Renesas Electronics announced two new fully encapsulated digital DC/DC PMBus power modules that deliver the highest power density and efficiency in their class. The dual ISL8274M operates from a 5V or 12V power rail, provides two 30A outputs and up to 95.5% peak efficiency in a compact 18mm x 23mm2 footprint. T
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Date:
02/07/2018
LED Drivers Feature High Efficiency and Very Low Standby Power
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Power Integrations announced the LYTSwitch-6 family of safety-isolated LED-driver ICs for smart lighting applications. The new ICs deliver flicker-free output up to 65 W, and feature up to 94% efficiency and as little as 15 mW standby power, with configuration options for two-stage or single-stage PF
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Date:
02/07/2018
AVX Acquires Innovative Antenna Company, Ethertronics
FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. – AVX Corporation has completed its purchase of Ethertronics Inc., a leading manufacturer of passive and active Isolated Magnetic Dipole (IMD) antenna systems for wireless applications across the mobile phone, Wi-Fi, defense, aerospace, medical, and IoT markets. IMD antennas are extremely effi
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Date:
02/07/2018
Low-Loss Bondply Includes a 6.15 Dielectric Constant
Chandler, Arizona – Rogers Corporation is pleased to introduce RO4460G2, a low loss bondply with a 6.15 dielectric constant (Dk). RO4000 thermoset high performance bonding layers have long been used by circuit designers for multilayer board constructions using Rogers high frequency and high speed digita
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Date:
02/07/2018
Removing fossil fuel subsidies would have only a small effect on CO2 emissions and renewable energy use, new research has shown. The largest emissions savings would be in oil and gas exporting countries, where fewer poor people would be affected, and subsidy removal can be aided by currently low oil prices. Fossil fuel subs
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Date:
02/07/2018
Symmetry Electronics Signs Distribution Agreement With RECOM Power
Hawthorne, CA –  Global semiconductor distributor, Symmetry Electronics, announced the company has signed a franchise agreement with RECOM Power to promote the full line of RECOM power supply modules. RECOM Power’s innovative AC/DC, DC/DC converters, switching regulators, and LED driver modules help customer
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Date:
02/06/2018
SMD Pulse Transformers Designed for Gigabit Ethernet and PoE Applications
TDK Corporation has expanded the ALT4532 series of pulse transformers with new types for Gigabit Ethernet and Power over Ethernet (PoE) applications. The new ALT4532P type is designed for emerging 2.5GBASE-T (2.5 Gbit/s) and 5GBASE-T (5 Gbit/s) LAN applications as well as 1000BASE-T (1 Gbit/s) applications with 600-m
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Date:
02/06/2018
MILPITAS, Calif. — Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments in 2017 increased by 10 percent against 2016 shipments, while worldwide silicon revenues rose by 21 percent over 2016 levels, reported the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its year-end analysis of the silicon wafer industry. Silicon wafer are
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Date:
02/06/2018
Clocking Electrons Racing Faster Than Light in Glass

The table-top laser experiment at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. (a) A high power laser pulse creates mega-ampere electron current pulses. Cherenkov emission in the form of cones is emitted by these electrons traveling faster than light in glass. (b) the time trace of the Cherenkov emission measured in the experiment.

Living life in the fast lane can be tremendously exciting, giving us the 'time of our lives' but how long does it really last? Experiments at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai have answered this question for a bunch of electrons traveling faster than light (fasten your seatbelts!) through a pi
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Date:
02/06/2018
Is Hydrogen the Fuel of the Future?

As the race to find energy sources to replace our dwindling fossil fuel supplies continues apace, hydrogen is likely to play a crucial role in the future.

As the race to find energy sources to replace our dwindling fossil fuel supplies continues apace, hydrogen is likely to play a crucial role in the future. Japan has already announced its intention to become the world's first "hydrogen society" - aiming to open 35 hydrogen fuelling stations by 2020. W
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Date:
02/06/2018
Steering Diode / TVS Arrays Designed for Circuit Protection in Telecommunications, Computing, and Other Equipment
TEMPE, Ariz. – ProTek Devices has added two steering diode / transient voltage suppressor arrays that provide circuit protection for a wide variety of applications such as telecommunications interfaces, computing interfaces, video cards, and more. One of the new devices can also be used to guard against electromagnetic int
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Date:
02/05/2018
Round-the-Clock Power From Smart Bowties

Overlapping metal arms shaped like a bowtie form a 'rectenna' that captures free, renewable infrared energy.

Most sunlight striking the Earth is absorbed by its surfaces, oceans and atmosphere. As a result of this warming, infrared radiation is emitted constantly all around us--estimated to be millions of Gigawatts per second. A KAUST team has now developed a device that can tap into this energy, as well as waste heat fr
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Date:
02/05/2018
Powerbox proudly becomes Participant to the U.N. Global Compact

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From left to right: Martin Sjöstrand – CEO Powerbox ; Patrick Le Fèvre CMCO Powerbox

Powerbox, one of Europe’s largest power supply companies and a leading force for four decades in optimizing power solutions for demanding applications, and actively engaged in the development of sustainable power solutions, has become a ‘participant’ of the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s la
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Date:
02/05/2018
Step-Down DC-DC Regulator Offers 98% Conversion Efficiency
ABSOPULSE Electronics has recently released the BUR 3K-P600, a compact, encapsulated, industrial grade, step-down DC-DC regulator that delivers up to 3000W output power. The unit steps a 600Vdc (400-800Vdc) input down to 300Vdc or similar voltage at very high efficiency. The use of the latest semiconductor technology co
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Date:
02/02/2018
Integrated Power Phototriac With 600 V/μs dv/dt Reduces Costs and Saves Space
MALVERN, Pa. — Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. introduced a new 1 A integrated power phototriac designed to directly drive medium AC loads. Featuring high dv/dt to 600 V/μs, the Vishay Semiconductors VO2223B delivers high robustness and noise isolation for home appliances and industrial equipment. The device anno
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Date:
02/01/2018
Compact Dual 10A or Single 20A μModule Regulator Powers FPGAs, GPUs, ASICs, & System Power
NORWOOD, MA - Analog Devices announces the Power by Linear LTM4646, a dual 10A or single 20A output, step-down µModule point-of-load regulator from 5V or 12V input supply rails. The LTM4646 includes the inductors, MOSFETs, a DC/DC controller and supporting components, and is housed in a 11.25mm x 15mm x 5.01mm BGA
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Date:
02/01/2018
New Method Could Open Path to Hydrogen Economy

WSU researchers have found a way to create large amounts of inexpensive nanofoam catalysts that can facilitate the generation of hydrogen on a large scale by splitting water molecules.

PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University researchers have found a way to more efficiently generate hydrogen from water - an important key to making clean energy more viable. Using inexpensive nickel and iron, the researchers developed a very simple, five-minute method to create large amounts of a high-qu
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Date:
02/01/2018
New Enclosure Line Offers Better Value and Durability Than Unibody Enclosures
Schaumburg, IL – Rittal North America LLC introduces the SE 8 line of stand-alone enclosures. The new SE 8 combines the interior space efficiency of modular designs with a price point that competes with unibody enclosures. SE 8 freestanding enclosures are available in single- or double-door designs. The e
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Date:
02/01/2018
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