Powering Communications
July 2016
generatorNETBOX instruments are available with 2, 4 or 8 fully synchronous channels
The release of a new line of Arbitrary Waveform Generators (AWG's), based on the LXI instrumentation standard, opens the door for engineers and scientists who need to generate electronic signals in automated test and remote applications. Spectrum has released seven new instruments in the generatorNETBOX series to
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07/29/2016
Amphenol SurLok Plus environmentally sealed compression lugs
Amphenol SurLok Plus environmentally sealed compression lug family is now available in Europe from TTI, a leading specialist distributor of electronic components. SurLok Plus is a field-installable, highly-reliable alternative to common compression lugs and is an IP-67 rated version of Amphenol’s successful or
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07/29/2016
Puck.js Bluetooth low-energy beacon
Nordic Semiconductor announced the availability on Kickstarter of a Nordic nRF52832 SoC based Bluetooth low energy (formerly Bluetooth Smart) beacon, named Puck.js, that is said to be so simple to program almost anyone can do it wirelessly from a website using a graphical editor or easy-to-learn JavaScript instead of
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07/28/2016
TE Connectivity FORGE Drawer Connectors
Mouser Electronics is now stocking FORGE drawer modular power connectors from TE Connectivity (TE), a leader in connectivity and sensors. This new tooling platform provides designers of power systems and electrical hardware a wide variety of configurations, providing engineers with more flexibility in design. Wi
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07/28/2016
Infinite RF Holdings, an urgent-needs supplier of engineering-grade radio frequency (RF), microwave and millimeter-wave components and cable assemblies through their Pasternack and Fairview Microwave branded lines, announced the acquisition of L-com, a manufacturer of wired and wireless connectivity solutions wi
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07/28/2016
In less than ten years, you will have the option to let your car drive itself: You’ll tell your car where you want to go and enjoy a safer, less stressful, and more productive journey getting there. It may seem a bit farfetched but a growing consensus suggests that this vision is nearer to realization than on
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07/27/2016
The automotive segment is often misunderstood, quickly being solely associated with cars and related applications. It is however much bigger than that, including a broad range of applications such as buses, trucks, industrial vehicles, mobile machinery and mining equipment, forklifts, cleaning automated machines, as
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07/27/2016
As the use of electronics in automobiles increases steadily in recent years, there is a higher demand to improve fuel efficiency. Wide-ranging development efforts, such as reducing car body weight, improving tire performance, and raising the efficiency of electronic circuits are being made by automobile manufacturers as
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07/27/2016
What is often missed in an automotive power supply when choosing an integrated circuit is not the specification on the data sheet but how the device will operate in the final design. This is because the datasheet covers the integrated circuit performance and can miss how the device will work in a closed loop or
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Date:
07/27/2016
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Martin Dodd, Operations Director; Martin Brabham, Managing Director; Steven Applegate, Sales Director
Stadium Group, a leading supplier of wireless solutions, power supplies and electronics assemblies, has integrated its global power business, comprising the Stadium Power and Stontronics brands.
The single trading entity Stadium Stontronics will give customers access to a wider product range in standard, custom an
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07/26/2016
ZXGD3111N7 active OR-ing MOSFET controller
Targeted at power systems that use redundancy to achieve high reliability in telecom, data center and server applications, the ZXGD3111N7 active OR-ing MOSFET controller from Diodes Incorporated increases performance with a 200V maximum drain voltage. This increase in VDRAIN from the previously announced 40V ZX
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07/26/2016
Power Integrations, a leader in driver technology for high-voltage IGBTs and SiC MOSFETs, announced the appointment of Thomas Simonis as VP of high-power products with responsibility for product management, R&D and marketing. With over 25 years of service in the high-voltage motor-driver and semiconductor in
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07/26/2016
GreenBridge active bridge quad MOSFET FDMQ8205
Fairchild, a leading supplier of high-performance semiconductor solutions, enhanced its industry-leading GreenBridge active bridge quad MOSFET technology with FDMQ8205, the first member of its next-generation GreenBridge series for applications that receive power via Power Over Ethernet (POE), such as security ca
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07/25/2016
Verizon Communications and Yahoo! announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Verizon will acquire Yahoo’s operating business for approximately $4.83 billion in cash, subject to customary closing adjustments.
Yahoo informs, connects and entertains a global audience of more than 1 bi
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07/25/2016
GCT USB Type-C connector
Global Connector Technology (GCT), a leading global supplier of PCB connection solutions, has introduced a range of high-performance USB Type-C connectors that sets new market standards in design flexibility, transfer speed, power and usability.
Designed for mobile and smart devices, the USB Type-C connect
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Date:
07/25/2016
Mix and Match precise AC loss calculator for power inductors
Wuerth Elektronik eiSos makes a broad product spectrum of wireless power charging coils. Now the company provides developers with a tool to simplify selection of the right transmitter and receiver coils. Mix and Match, like the world's most precise AC loss calculator for power inductors, is another offering fro
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07/25/2016
Advanced U2J Class-I ceramic dielectric capacitor
KEMET, a leading supplier of electronic components, introduced its advanced U2J Class-I ceramic dielectric capacitors. This U2J surface mount platform offers more than twice the capacitance available in C0G/NP0. It also provides superior temperature performance over X7R, X8R and X5R, rendering it an ideal capacitor sol
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07/22/2016
Wideband Ultralow Distortion 15dB Gain Block
Linear Technology announced the LTC6433-15, a wideband 15dB gain block amplifier offering outstanding linearity of 47dBm OIP3 (output third order intercept) and 3.22dB noise figure at 150MHz. The amplifier has excellent OP1dB (output 1dB compression point) of 19.2dBm. The LTC6433-15 is uniquely different from ot
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07/21/2016
STMicroelectronics has introduced a high-voltage power converter that allows designers to build an ultra-low-consumption, simple, and cost-effective SMPS (Switched-Mode Power Supply) with a 5V output voltage. Particularly suited for low-power applications in home appliances, building, lighting, and motion control, as
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07/19/2016
Texas Instruments introduced the industry’s fastest 5.7-kVRMS isolated dual-channel gate driver, the first of a new gate driver family in TI’s isolation portfolio. The UCC21520’s flexible, universal compatibility enables its use as an isolated driver in low-side, high-side, high-side/low-side or half-bridge pow
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07/19/2016
Avnet Silica, an Avnet company, offers the full range of products available from Microchip, including the additional solutions for: Automotive, Touch, Memory and Security solutions added to the Microchip portfolio after its acquisition of Atmel.
Atmel products now included within the Microchip collection include t
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07/14/2016
Mouser Electronics celebrated the fifth anniversary of operating in the Czech Republic with the opening of bigger premises, required to support huge growth in the region. Mouser moved into its first office in Brno on March 1st 2011, and the current team based there is responsible for customers from 12 countries: Cz
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Date:
07/14/2016
LoRaWAN long range wireless module
Murata announced the launch of a compact low-cost low power wide area network (LPWAN) wireless module that supports the LoRaWAN long range wireless protocol. This standalone compact module measures just 12.5 x 11.6 x 1.76 mm, is constructed in a metal shielded package and comprises a Semtech SX1276 ultra long ra
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Date:
07/14/2016
Nordic Semiconductor announced the development of a low-power LTE technology for cellular IoT.
Nordic Semiconductor, a leading provider of ultra low power wireless connectivity, announced the development of a low power LTE technology for cellular Internet of Things (IoT). This development leverages Nordic Semiconductor's more than 10 years of leadership in ultra low power (ULP) wireless and its recruitment of
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Date:
07/12/2016
AD9162 converter
Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) today introduced a D/A converter that brings the future of television to today's home viewers, enabling them to enjoy ultra–high-definition (UHD) and 4K television across more channels at unprecedented streaming and download speeds. The new AD9162 D/A converter represents a breakthrough for t
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Date:
07/11/2016
Electronics distributor Newark element14 has added the NECTOR M power connectors from TE Connectivity (TE), a global leader in connectivity and sensors, to its product portfolio. The NECTOR M power system’s “plug and play” design provides the construction industry with a flexible and efficient alternative to
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Date:
07/06/2016
Infineon Technologies is taking an active role in the development of European-level cybersecurity guidelines, now that the European Commission signed the contract for a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) with the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) ASBL. Representing the private sector, ECSO will work di
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Date:
07/06/2016
Hiroshi Ishikawa
IAR Systems announces that the company has appointed Hiroshi Ishikawa as Country Manager for Japan. Kiyofumi Uemura, who has been acting as both APAC Director and Japan Country Manager, will focus on his role as APAC Director as well as a new role as globally responsible for IAR Systems automotive business.
“Our business
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Date:
07/06/2016
AM9468 and AM9469 brushless DC motor drivers
Featuring a bridge-tied-load (BTL) drive architecture to minimize audible switching noise and electromagnetic interference (EMI), the AM9468 and AM9469 brushless DC motor drivers introduced by Diodes Incorporated provide smart driving of cooling fans in notebook and desktop computers, instrumentation and similar eq
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Date:
07/01/2016
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