Product News
July 2014
Analog Devices, a leader in high-performance signal processing technology and leading provider of ICs for medical imaging, introduced a current-to-digital converter module that reduces the cost and complexity of computed tomography (CT) scanner system design. The ADAS1131 is a 256-channel, 24-bit current-to-digital co
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07/30/2014
The LTM8046 2.5W output DC/DC µModule converter with 2kVAC galvanic isolation
Linear Technology introduced the LTM8046, a 2.5W output DC/DC µModule® (micromodule) converter with 2kVAC galvanic isolation (production tested to 3kVDC) in a 9mm x 15mm x 4.92mm ball grid array (BGA) package. A minimum creepage distance of 4.3mm on the package exterior supports operation at a working voltage up
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07/30/2014
Tectrol announced the availability of their TFE-1800-48 1800 watt output power, 48VDC output front end power supply designed in a sub-1U horizontal package for integration into a Tectrol power shelf or other end-user system. The power supply includes secondary isolation from chassis >1500VRMS with output ad
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07/30/2014
DEUTSCH Autosport Heavy Duty 3-Way Connector
TE Connectivity, a leader in connectivity, announced the launch of its DEUTSCH Autosport Heavy Duty (ASHD) 3-Way Connector. This latest connector was designed for the growing hybrid market in motorsports, in which racecars use three-phase motor/generator systems.
“With the wider use of hybrid systems in motorsp
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07/29/2014
Isola announced the availability of a free Impedance and Power-Handling Calculator that predicts the design attributes for microstrips and striplines based on the design’s target impedance and dielectric properties of the company’s RF, microwave and millimeter-wave laminate materials. This new tool supports Is
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07/29/2014
BEI High Torque Density Brushless DC Motor
Electrically powered unmanned aerial vehicles, remotely operated vehicles and autonomous vehicles offer a number of advantages over conventional fossil fuel, including reduced carbon footprint, noise, and emissions. As a result, the number of electric vehicles (EVs) is growing in industries ranging from military an
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07/28/2014
Sprecher+Schuh’s KTU7 series UL Molded Case Circuit Breakers
Sprecher+Schuh’s KTU7 series of UL Molded Case Circuit Breakers are UL489 listed for global applications. The current limiting circuit breaker provides fixed short circuit and overcurrent protection and offers high interrupting ratings for 2- and 3-pole devices from 0.5 to 30A. These circuit breakers are 100% ra
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07/28/2014
The Intepro SemTest automated test system
The Intepro SemTest automated test system is an ideal solution for reliability and extended lifetime testing of Power Semiconductors including IGBT, MOSFET, SCR, Diode and Bipolar parts and modules. This fully integrated solution meets the requirements of JEDEC standards and may be used for product development ch
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Date:
07/28/2014
Motorcycle sport is notorious for complex technology and the highest material requirements
Motorcycle sport is notorious for complex technology and the highest material requirements: rapid pace, extreme load changes in corners, high summer heat, mud, dust, dirt - all this has a significant influence on the machine and especially on its highly sensitive electronics. Together with GCD-PCB-Design in Er
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07/28/2014
Newark element14 announces the addition of Honeywell’s Nanopower Anisotropic Magnetoresistive Sensor ICs to its product line today – the industry’s first of its kind. The new ICs provide the highest level of magnetic sensitivity, as low as 7 Gauss typical, while requiring nanopower up to 360 nA in value.
The Nanopower
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Date:
07/25/2014
Cree has released two high-performance 50V gallium nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) ideal for use in high power broadband amplifier, CW, and pulsed applications. Exhibiting high efficiency, high gain, and wide bandwidth capabilities, in addition to high power density, low parasitics, an
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07/25/2014
Mersen non-fusible compact switch
Mersen Electrical Power launches a global line of premium compact low voltage switchgear, giving it one of the broadest range of switches in the industry, with a full line od accessories to accommodate virtually any application. According to Emmanuelle Delcambre, Product Manager, “this range is global and en
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07/25/2014
XFN PowerPac
Excelsys Technologies, specialists in high efficiency user configurable power supplies, announce the availability of their latest powerPac model in its popular XF series of high reliability, ruggedized COTS modular power supplies. The new model, the XFN, is designed to deliver 1000W at –40°C thus complimenting th
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07/24/2014
Imagination Technologies unveiled their Ensigma Series4 'Whisper' low-power radio
processing unit (RPU) architecture, designed to drive a new generation
of wearables, IoT and other connected devices where ultra-low power
consumption and low cost points are key.
Tomorrow's IoT, wearables and other connected
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Date:
07/24/2014
Dialight Vigilant High Bay
Dialight, an innovation leader in LED lighting technology, announced the launch of its high-output LED Vigilant High Bay offering the first truly, viable replacement for costly and inefficient 1,000W traditional HID high-output fixtures. Delivering 125 lumens per watt at less than half the power consumption of
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Date:
07/23/2014
Weller soldering station
Conrad Business Supplies now carries two soldering station products recently launched by leading electronic production and assembly equipment manufacturer Weller. The WSD 81i (80 W soldering iron) and WSD 81iSE (65 W soldering iron) add to the existing range of more than 350 Weller products already stocked by Co
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07/23/2014
EMA Design Automation, a full-service provider of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) solutions, announced Component Information Portal (CIP) 5.0 – offering a tight integration with Cadence OrCAD Capture CIS and EMA EDABuilder for a complete part search and new part introduction flow including automated symbol cr
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07/23/2014
PCB design solution vendor CadSoft Computer, a Premier Farnell company, launched Version 7 of its award winning EAGLE PCB software. The update to the popular software brings a modern design environment with increased flexibility, enabling users to develop custom schematics using commercial standard software at
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07/22/2014
Exar, a leading supplier of high performance analog mixed-signal components, and video and data management solutions, introduced the XR75100, a 40V-capable switching controller in its line of DC-DC power conversion products. The XR75100 Synchronous Step-Down Controller supports point-of-load (POL) supplies from in
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Date:
07/22/2014
Coilcraft’s POE300F Series flyback transformer
Coilcraft’s POE300F Series flyback transformers are designed to meet IEEE 802.3at-2009 standards for PoE Plus applications up to 30 Watts. Common PoE applications include VoIP telephones, IP cameras with pan tilt and zoom (PTZ), wireless access points, network routers and remote Ethernet switches.
POE300F SeriesPOE
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Date:
07/22/2014
ISL2802x family of digital power monitors
Intersil, a leading provider of innovative power management and precision analog solutions, announced the ISL2802x family of digital power monitors capable of supporting a wide common mode input voltage range of 0V to 60V. The ISL2802x family is comprised of three devices offering a range of capability includin
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07/21/2014
HZA Hybrid Polymer-Aluminum electrolytic capacitors
Cornell Dubilier Electronics announced the release of type HZA Hybrid Polymer-Aluminum electrolytic capacitors. Combining the advantages of each technology, type HZA has the ultra-low ESR characteristics of conductive aluminum polymer capacitors packaged in a V-chip, SMT case with high capacitance and voltage ra
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07/17/2014
Dialog Semiconductor, a provider of highly integrated power management, AC/DC, solid state lighting and short-range wireless technologies, unveilied the first AC/DC rapid charge controller compatible with MediaTek’s new Pump Express™ fast charge protocol. The iW1680 is a single-chip solution that uses Dialog’s inte
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07/17/2014
STMicroelectronics' EFL700A39 EnFilm™ Rechargeable Lithium Batteries
Mouser Electronics is now shipping STMicroelectronics' EFL700A39 EnFilm™ Rechargeable Lithium Batteries. At 25.7x25.7mm, these batteries are about the size of a postage stamp and are almost as thin, with a thickness of only 0.22mm. Nominal battery voltage is 3.9V with a capacity of 0.7mAh. This battery can sup
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07/16/2014
Power management company Eaton has launched an updated version of its online tool that enables users to discover how vulnerable the power grid is to power outages. Eaton’s redesigned Blackout and Power Outage Tracker features a completely new user-friendly interface and now also covers the Republic of Ireland. Us
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Date:
07/16/2014
Agilent Technologies presented the industry’s most accurate test solution for characterizing USB 3.1 receivers. Using the Agilent USB 3.1 receiver test set, design and test engineers in the semiconductor and computer industry can now accurately characterize and verify USB 3.1 receiver ports in ASICs and chipsets.
USB interface
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Date:
07/16/2014
Mid Power SPEC Pak connector
Anderson Power Products is pleased to announce an expansion of the Mid Power SPEC Pak® connector family. The product is now available with a first mate, last break ground contact capable of accepting 6 to 10 awg (13.3 mm² to 5.3 mm²) wire making the Mid Power SPEC Pak suitable for 3 phase, 4 wire configurations up
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Date:
07/15/2014
Pulse high-frequency multilayer ceramic chip inductors
Pulse Electronics, a leading provider of electronic components, has extended its inductor product offerings with a line of high-frequency multilayer ceramic chip inductors. These RF ceramic inductors have low DC resistance, high Q values at higher frequencies, high self-resonant frequency, and high reliability. Th
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Date:
07/15/2014
EPC demonstration wireless power transfer kit.
Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) announced the immediate availability of a complete demonstration wireless power transfer kit. The 40 V (EPC9111) or 100 V (EPC9112) wireless kits have three components:
• Source (or amplifier) board
• Class 3 A4WP compliant source (or transmit) coil
• Cat
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Date:
07/15/2014
Thyristor stack controller from Sprint Electric used in a hot rolling mill
Sprint Electric presents an external thyristor stack controller called the PLXD. Thyristor stack controllers are ideal for controlling DC 6 pulse or 12 pulse, 2 Quadrant or 4 Quadrant thyristor power stacks. A thyristor stack controller is used together with an external thyristor power stack when a modular drive is
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Date:
07/14/2014
The Han Ex range of connectors from HARTING meet all the requirements for the implementation of high-quality connectivity solutions in application areas with explosion protection requirements. This includes applications in mining and the chemical and process automation industries.
The connectors are designed
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Date:
07/14/2014
Littelfuse LSP05 and LSP10 Surge Protection Modules
Mouser Electronics is now shipping the LSP05 and LSP10 Surge Protection Modules from Littelfuse. The LSP05 protection module provides up to 10kA of surge current protection while the LSP10 provides up to 20kA of surge protection. Littelfuse's LSP product series provides surge immunity with multiple protection fea
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Date:
07/14/2014
Newark element14 has announced the launch of the Texas Instruments MSP430 ULP (ultra low power) FRAM LaunchPad, a development platform which combines embedded FRAM (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory) and a holistic ultra low-power system architecture. The new addition to the LaunchPad family, MSP-EXP430FR5969 -
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Date:
07/10/2014
CBS ArcSafe, a leading manufacturer of remote racking and switching solutions for low- and medium-voltage switchgear, introduces its remote switch actuator for the ABB/Sace Tmax T7M low-voltage molded case circuit breakers with current ratings of 1000A and 1200A. The new CBS ArcSafe® RSA-174E actuators are des
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Date:
07/10/2014
Indium recently released RMA-155 Pb-Free Solder Paste. RMA-155 is the best solder paste for customers who are required to use RMA materials, but who need the performance benefits of modern Pb-free solder paste technology.
RMA-155 was designed for balanced performance, making it ideal for high-complexity boards wi
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Date:
07/09/2014
LTC3124 dual-phase, 3MHz, current-mode, synchronous boost DC/DC converter
Linear Technology announced the LTC3124 dual-phase, 3MHz, current-mode, synchronous boost DC/DC converter with output disconnect and inrush current limiting. Dual-phase operation significantly reduces peak inductor and capacitor ripple currents, minimizing component size while delivering lower output ripple ver
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Date:
07/09/2014
Vishay Sprague TANTAMOUNT SMT molded tantalum chip capacitors
Vishay Sprague’s TL3 Series of TANTAMOUNT surface-mount tantalum moulded chip capacitors is available now from TTI, a leading specialist distributor of passive, connector, electromechanical and discrete components. The TL3 Series enables systems designers to extend the battery run-time of portable devices, th
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Date:
07/09/2014
Infineon Technologies complements its portfolio of Reverse Conducting (RC) Soft Switching IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) introducing a 1350V device with a monolithic integrated reverse conduction diode in 20A current class. The 20A RC-H5 devices extend Infineon`s performance leadership of the RC
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07/08/2014
Renesas Electronics Europe, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced two motor control reference platforms designed to drive any 3-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM), also called Brushless AC motors. They enable engineers to reduce or even eliminate the time they would no
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Date:
07/08/2014
Freescale Semiconductor announced the addition of the MMPF0200 device to its PF Series of highly programmable power management ICs (PMICs). Optimized to work seamlessly in systems based on Freescale’s i.MX 6Solo, i.MX 6SoloLite and i.MX 6DualLite applications processors, the exceptional configurability and qu
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Date:
07/08/2014
AEDR-87xx 3-channel reflective optical encoder devices
Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface
components for wireless, wireline, and industrial applications, today
announced a series of 3-channel reflective optical encoder devices,
the AEDR-87xx. The devices are ideal for use in low power miniaturized
motion control systems such as stepper mo
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Date:
07/07/2014
SWIFT TPS544B20 and TPS544C20 converters
Texas Instruments introduced the industry’s first 18-V, 20-A and 30-A synchronous DC/DC buck converters with PMBus interface. The SWIFT TPS544B20 and TPS544C20 converters feature small QFN packages and integrated MOSFETs to drive ASICs in space-constrained and power-dense applications in various markets, including wir
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Date:
07/07/2014
Farsens SHADOW battery-free RFID ambient light detector tag
The SHADOW from Farsens is a battery-free RFID ambient light detector tag. These tags are compatible with commercial EPC C1G2 readers. It features a LPRS N5AC501085 Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) to detect exposure to light or darkness.
The SHADOW has a 96 bits EPC number, a 32 bit TID and a password protected
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Date:
07/07/2014
The HDO8000 is ideal for high-power three-phase power electronics system analysis
Teledyne LeCroy announced the HDO8000 oscilloscope product line with 8 analog input channels, 12-bits of vertical resolution utilizing Teledyne LeCroy’s HD4096 technology, and up to 1 GHz of bandwidth. The HDO8000 oscilloscopes have maximum performance, going further (8 channels), with finer resolution (12-bits) an
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Date:
07/04/2014
The S130 SoftDevice is a Bluetooth v4.1 compliant protocol stack and includes all Bluetooth Smart protocol layers up to and including GATT/GAP
Ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor announced the launch of its most advanced, feature-rich Bluetooth® Smart (formerly known as Bluetooth low energy) protocol stack to date - the S130 SoftDevice - that allows the development of Nordic nRF51 Series SoC-based advanced wearable Bluetooth Smart hu
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Date:
07/03/2014
Analog Devices, a leader in high-performance signal processing technology, introduced their latest family of digital isolator devices optimized for serial peripheral interface (SPI) communications systems. The ADuM315x SPIsolator™ digital isolator family is based on ADI’s award-winning iCoupler® digital is
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Date:
07/03/2014
The SYS-405Q includes USB, dual Ethernet, mini-PCIe and serial ports in a rigid aluminum alloy enclosure
WinSystems, a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged embedded computers, is introducing a fanless quad-core Intel® Atom™ E3845 based industrial computer. The SYS-405Q includes USB, dual Ethernet, mini-PCIe and serial ports housed in a rigid aluminum alloy enclosure. Designed for rugged applications, th
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Date:
07/03/2014
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KOSTAL Solar Electric PIKO Solar App
KOSTAL Solar Electric presented its own app at Intersolar Euorpe 2014 for the first time: Using the PIKO Solar App, customers will soon be able to monitor their systems easily via their smartphone or tablet – naturally free of charge. Here, customers can view important data from your PV system in a graphic di
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Date:
07/02/2014
TMCM-1043-KIT development system
TRINAMIC Motion Control, a leading global developer of motor and motion control technologies, announced immediate availability of the TMCM-1043-KIT development system. Designed for Trinamic’s highly integrated, NEMA 17-compatible TMCM-1043 stepDancer™ stepper motor module, the new development kit offers de
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Date:
07/02/2014
The Teledyne LeCroy WaveSurfer 3000 series of oscilloscopes features the MAUI advanced user interface
Teledyne LeCroy introduced the WaveSurfer 3000 series of oscilloscopes featuring the MAUI advanced user interface. This advanced user interface, previously available only on higher-end oscilloscopes, seamlessly integrates a deep measurement toolset and multi-instrument capabilities into a cutting edge user experience ce
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Date:
07/01/2014
XTR2N family high-temperature MOSFET
X-REL Semiconductor, a specialist in high-reliability and extreme-temperature integrated circuits, has broadened its XTR2N family of high-temperature MOSFETs by introducing two mid-power P-channel and two small-signal P- and N-channel transistors. Intended for high-reliability, extreme temperature and extended li
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Date:
07/01/2014
Omron G5RL U/K latching relays
Omron Electronic Components Europe is addressing lighting control with two energy-saving latching relays featuring the capacity to handle the high inrush currents associated with this application. Omron G5RL U/K latching relays are also ideal for movement control, smart meter, power line switching and PV inverter app
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Date:
07/01/2014
Wuerth Elektronik expands its Wireless Power Coil program
Wuerth Elektronik expands its Wireless Power Coil program with three transmitter coils and one receiver coil.
The new round transmitter coils 760 308 100 110 (A10) and 760 308 100 111 (A11) comply with the Qi standard of the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC).
The ferrite pot core shape has major advantages
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Date:
07/01/2014
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