Test & Measurement

    February 2024
    TTI Europe Acquires Specialist Transportation Cable Assembly Manufacturer and Interconnect Distributor Raffenday Limited

    Geoff Breed, Vice President Marketing TTI, Inc. – Europe

    ­TTI, Inc. – Europe, a leading specialty distributor of Interconnect, Passive, Electromechanical, Sensor, Discrete and Powercomponents, announces the acquisition of Raffenday Ltd. With production and a distribution center in the UK plus facilities in Slovakia, Raffenday’s high-quality, technical
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    Date:
    02/21/2024
    ­Farnell Adds NI LabVIEW+ Suite

    ­Farnell Adds NI LabVIEW+ Suite

      Farnell now stocks NI’s LabVIEW+ Suite, a software bundle comprised of LabVIEW plus, TestStand, DIAdem, and FlexLogger, purpose-built tools for measurement, analysis, and test designed to enable engineers to build better automated test systems, faster.   LabVIEW has been NI’s benchmark so
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    Date:
    02/18/2024
    ­Farnell Adds Murata’s Latest DC-DC Converters

    ­Farnell Adds Murata’s Latest DC-DC Converters

      Murata Power Solutions is known worldwide as the leading manufacturer of DC-DC converters as well as compact, high-efficiency power products designed to address power application requirements of all sizes.   The new products added to the range carried by Farnell include the MGN1 series of DC-DC conv
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    Date:
    02/18/2024
    ­0.635 mm pitch, Slim Body Edge Rate Connectors

    ­Samtec 0.635 mm pitch, Slim Body Edge Rate Connectors

      It also includes a lower-profile 5 mm mated height. ERF6 & ERM6 Series Edge Rate connectors support 56 Gbps PAM4 high-speed, rugged mezzanine applications for industrial, embedded vision, instrumentation and monitoring, drones, and robotics.   ERF6 & ERM6 have two rows of pins while ma
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    Date:
    02/18/2024
    Renesas Electronics Announces Intent to Acquire Altium

    Hidetoshi Shibata, CEO of Renesas

    ­Renesas Electronics Corporation and Altium Limited (“Altium”, ASX: ALU), a global leader in electronics design systems, today announced they have entered into a Scheme Implementation Agreement (“SIA”) for Renesas to acquire Altium by way of a Scheme of Arrangement under Australian law (“Scheme”). Un
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    Date:
    02/15/2024
    SiTime Complete and Differentiated Clock Portfolio Now Available

    Multiple SiTime clocks and oscillators are used throughout the cloud and datacenter.

    ­For datacenter, AI and networking applications to function properly, you’ve got to get the timing right. That can be a challenge as data proliferates and workloads continue to increase. For example, in the datacenter, data travels through switches, active cables and SmartNIC cards to se
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    Date:
    02/14/2024
    ­IP67 – even when unmated

    Protective caps for binder's 670- and 770-series cable connectors reliably protect the components against any ingress of dust and liquids when unmated.

      The requirements of protection degree IP67 are thereby met. binder, a leading supplier of industrial circular connectors, is adding protective caps for the cable connectors to its NCC (Not Connected Closed) 670- and 770-series portfolio. Their task is to prevent the ingress of particles and humidity
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    Date:
    02/12/2024
    ­Innovative Double-Sided Cooling DFN 5x6 Package

    Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has announced the AONA66916, a 100V MOSFET packaged in a top and bottom side cooling DFN 5 x 6 package.

      Delivering a state-of-the-art package that keeps its semiconductor products cooler, AOS is taking a huge step in enabling engineers to develop more efficient designs in telecommunications and industrial applications that must frequently operate in harsh conditions.   Typically, when using
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    Date:
    02/12/2024
    ­SOT-223-3 600V MOSFETs Contribute to Smaller Designs

    ROHM has added a lineup of compact 600V Super Junction MOSFETs – the R6004END4 / R6003KND4 / R6006KND4 / R6002JND4 / R6003JND4.

      These devices are ideal for small lighting power supplies, pumps, and motors. In recent years, power supplies for lighting and motors for pumps are required to be smaller as devices become more sophisticated – spurring the demand for compact MOSFETs that are essential for switching operation.  
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    Date:
    02/12/2024
    Vector Introduces New Configurable Test System for Charging Communication Tests

    Vector Introduces New Configurable Test System for Charging Communication Tests

    ­Vector's vCTS, short for Vector Charging Test System, is a modular test system for charging communications tests. vCTS offers both manufacturers and suppliers of electric vehicles and charging stations comprehensive conformity and interoperability tests to validate charging communication. The new product is
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    Date:
    02/12/2024
      Previously, to achieve a 5kV stand-off rating, a larger, non-SIP (Single-in-Line-Package) relay was required. Four of the new 104 5D parts can fit the same PCB area that one larger style occupied, even with sufficient clearance space between adjacent parts. Commented Kevin Mallett, Technical Spec
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    Date:
    02/08/2024
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