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    June 2016
    Microchip launches lowest-power PIC32 Family

    Microchip PIC32MM

    Microchip Technology, a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog, and Flash-IP solutions, announced the company’s lowest power and most cost-effective family of 32-bit PIC32 microcontrollers (MCUs). The Microchip PIC32MM family bridges the gap between the company’s popular PIC24F XLP and PI
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    06/30/2016
    TDK's Class II encapsulated power supplies operate in high ambient temperatures

    KWS-A series of single output 5W to 25W encapsulated power supplies

    TDK announced the introduction of the KWS-A series of single output 5W to 25W encapsulated power supplies capable of operating in ambient temperatures of up to 85ºC. With a Class II input, the products require no earth ground connection, making them suitable for use in a range of process control, broadcast, te
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    06/30/2016
    TDK expands TDK-Lambda i6A series of step-down non-isolated DC-DC converters

    TDK-Lambda i6A series DC-DC converter

    TDK announced the introduction of two further models to the TDK-Lambda i6A series of step-down, non-isolated DC-DC converters. The i6A4W is capable of supplying currents of up to 20A, and the i6AN allows the creation of negative voltages delivering currents up to 8A. Both can be used in conjunction with the pr
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    06/23/2016
    Wuerth Elektronik eiSos expands its portfolio of compact SMD power inductors

    WE-PMMI SMD power inductor product series

    Wuerth Elektronik eiSos supplements its portfolio of compact SMD power inductors with two new series: WE-PMMI and WE-PMCI. The two new power inductors are used, for example, in highly efficient DC/DC switching controllers with a low space requirement. The WE-PMMI (Power Molded Multilayer Inductor) series is
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    06/23/2016
    MG Chemicals' protective range of conductive epoxies, adhesives, and coatings are now at RS Components

    protective materials from MG Chemicals

    RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents, a leading distributor for engineers, has introduced of a range of protective coatings from MG Chemicals that are designed specifically for electronics prototyping and production. This initial introduction includes some of the electronics industry’s mo
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    06/22/2016
    PSDcast - Subra Chandramouli of Lattice Semi on mobile device image & display integration

    Subra Chandramouli of Lattice Semiconductor

    In this PSDcast Subra Chandramouli, Director of Marketing, Mobile and Consumer Division at Lattice Semiconductor, talks to Alix Paultre of Power Systems Design about integrating the various complex systems involved in a modern mobile device. The company recently announced the industry-first CrossLink programmable br
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    06/21/2016
    Analog Devices simplifies wireless system design with RadioVerse ecosystem

    AD9371 RF wideband transceiver

    Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) today unveiled the RadioVerse™ technology and design ecosystem, which provides customers with integrated transceiver technologies, a robust design environment, and market-specific technical expertise to move their radio designs from concept to creation quickly. The new ecosystem’s tr
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    06/21/2016
    BeagleBone Green Wireless now shipping from Mouser

    Seeed Studio BeagleBone Green Wireless

    Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the BeagleBone Green Wireless, a Linux-based development board from BeagleBoard.org and Seeed Studio. The BeagleBone Green Wireless is the first board in the BeagleBone community to feature a wireless connection, boasting both 2.4GHz Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth® 4.1
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    06/21/2016
    Analog Devices announced an optical sensor for gesture recognition, which improves sensing accuracy and reliability over existing solutions by measuring a subject’s position, proximity, and gestures from a single sensor. Competitive solutions requiring multiple sensors are often inaccurate, as the sensors
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    06/21/2016
    Mouser Electronics, the distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, will showcase some of the newest sensor technologies from its manufacturer partners at the Sensors Expo and Conference 2016, June 22–23 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. The Sensors conferenc
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    06/17/2016
    CEVA, a leading licensor of signal processing IP for smarter, connected devices, congratulates the Bluetooth SIG on its announcement of Bluetooth 5, the latest evolution of its highly successfully low power wireless IoT standard. This eagerly awaited standard incorporates a number of advanced features that will si
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    06/17/2016
    Rutronik now carries 650V fast body diode MOSFETs from Vishay

    Vishay fast body diode n-channel power MOSFETs

    With the new 650V EF series, distributor Rutronik presents Vishay’s expanded portfolio of fast body diode n-channel power MOSFETs. It includes the Vishay Siliconix SiHx21N65EF, SiHx28N65EF, and SiHG33N65EF, providing additional voltage headroom for industrial, telecom, and renewable energy applications.
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    06/15/2016
    Molex launches Temp-Flex multicore hybrid cable

    Temp-Flex Multicore Cable

    Molex has introduced Temp-Flex Multicore Cable, a customisable, multi-conductor hybrid cable. The cable uses Temp-Flex and Molex core competencies to combine fine wire, coax, twinax, triax, twisted pair, tubing and strength members in a single high-flex cable solution. A multifunction design combined with high-performance co
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    06/15/2016
    Exar, a leading supplier of analog mixed-signal products serving the industrial, high-end consumer and infrastructure markets, will showcase its innovative Force Sensing Technology at Sensors Expo and Conference 2016, June 22-23 in San Jose, California. This technology allows Exar to offer complete sensor module so
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    06/15/2016
    Renesas' RZ/T1 motion control solution simplifies industrial drives and robotics systems development

    Renesas’ RZ/T1 motion control solution kit

    Renesas Electronics, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of a new reference solution focused on high-performance, real-time motion control applications equipped with the Renesas RZ/T1 microprocessor (MPU). Renesas’ RZ/T1 motion control solution kit delivers a co
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    06/15/2016
    Hoffmann + Krippner unveils wire-free polymer strain gage printed onto a PCB

    P-DMS Wire-free Polymer Strain Gage

    Hoffmann + Krippner announced that their new P-DMS Polymer Strain Gage is now shipping. This compact and cost-effective solution for measuring pressure is based on Hoffmann + Krippner’s industry leading and patented sensor paste technology printed onto a PCB board. Extremely sensitive to slight pressures, a s
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    06/14/2016
    Harsh environments are a reality for many electrical systems used in motor control or solenoid control applications.  The electronics that control motors and solenoids are by necessity in close proximity to the high currents and voltages used to create the physical movement required by the end application.  In addition
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    06/13/2016
    It should come as no surprise to anyone that the continuing adoption of Digital Power System Management (DPSM) within the communications and computer industries continues to be driven, in large part, to the high current levels demanded by the sub-20nm ASICs and/or FPGAs that are at the core of their system architecture. By
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    06/13/2016
    Working in the industry, we live very close to the developments that are advancing our technology and the systems based upon them. We see nascent science turn into rough prototypes and then into finished products on a regular basis. We are familiar, even if not comfortable, with the rapid pace of progress and ho
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    06/13/2016
    Space-saving and highly-reliable aluminum electrolytic capacitors from Panasonic now at TTI

    FKS capacitors

    Now available in Europe through TTI, a leading specialist distributor of electronic components, is a new series of miniaturized, cost-effective, aluminium electrolytic capacitors from Panasonic that not only save space, but also increase system reliability. The FKS series devices feature an increase in capacitance of
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    06/13/2016
    MinMax claims smallest 8W encapsulated DC/DC converter in tiny DIP-16 package

    MDW08 series of 8W Isolated / Regulated DC-DC Converters

    MINMAX announced their new MDW08 series of 8W Isolated / Regulated DC-DC Converters, coming in a small 16-pin DIP package measuring only 0.94 x 0.54 x 0.31” for where space is critical. The MDW08 family of high-density dc-dc converters consists of 21 models offering 9-18 / 18-36 / 36-75 VDC Input Ranges with singl
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    06/13/2016
    There have been several comparisons of eGaN FETs with silicon MOSFETs in a variety of applications, including hard-switched, soft-switched, and high-frequency power conversion. These studies have shown that eGaN FETs have large efficiency and power density advantages over silicon MOSFETs. Here we’ll focus on
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    06/13/2016
    Mouser launches timing technology site

    Timing Technology site

    Mouser Electronics launched its new Timing Technology site, designed to give engineers easy-to-access information on the latest technical advances in timers, counters, and clocks. As part of Mouser's growing selection of Applications & Technologies sites, the Timing Technology site provides a wealth of resource mat
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    Date:
    06/13/2016
    Integration or optimization…which comes first?

    Larry Spaziani, GaN Systems

    At APEC 2016 it became abundantly clear to the industry that GaN transistors are here, they're now, and they're proliferating. GaN Systems, EPC, Transphorm, Panasonic, Infineon, Texas Instruments, and other manufacturers and developers all displayed GaN products in varying readiness, from existing only on P
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    06/11/2016
    In this article we’ll show how a third way of defining average current leads to an infinite gain of the modulator gain for current-mode systems. Another simple derivation produces a fourth expression for the modulator gain, thus completing the set of gains to be found in the literature. Different Current-Mode Modu
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    06/11/2016
    Power Integrations' LYTSwitch-1 LED driver ICs reduce complexity in lighting systems

    LYTSwitch-1 single-stage, non-isolated, buck topology LED driver IC

    Power Integrations, a leader in high-efficiency, high-reliability LED driver ICs, a announced its LYTSwitch-1 single-stage, non-isolated, buck topology LED driver IC family. Featuring a very compact footprint, the IC enables the design of LED bulbs and tubes with high constant-current accuracy while using a mi
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    06/09/2016
    Alpha and Omega Semiconductor, a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of power semiconductors and power ICs, released the AOZ226X, second generation of high efficiency, easy-to-use synchronous EZBuck regulators featuring a proprietary Constant On-Time (COT) control architecture that enables sm
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    06/09/2016
    TI claims industry’s highest power density 12-V, 10-A, 10-MHz DC/DC converter

    The TPS54A20 SWIFT synchronous DC/DC converter

    Texas Instruments introduced the industry’s first 12-V, 10-A, 10-MHz series-capacitor buck converter that achieves more than 50 A/cm3 in current density, four times higher than current 12V power management component or solution available. The novel topology of the TPS54A20 SWIFT synchronous DC/DC converter enabl
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    Date:
    06/08/2016
    Toshiba's single-chip load switch ICs reduce system power consumption

    Toshiba’s load switch ICs

    Toshiba Electronics has launched three single-chip load switch ICs, the TCK106AF, TCK107AF and TCK108AF. Integrating high performance chips in an industry-standard SOT-25 package, Toshiba’s new ICs combine on-resistance ratings down to just 63mΩ and low typical quiescent currents of 110nA with low loss, low st
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    Date:
    06/02/2016
    Cut-2-Size backlighting kit from Lumitex is ideal for prototype devices

    Cut-2-Size Backlighting Kit

    Lumitex, a leader in thin, engineered lighting solutions, announced the availability of its first-ever, innovative Cut-2-Size Backlighting Kit. Created for design engineers who need quick prototype backlighting for membrane switches, keypads, overlays, LCDs or other graphics displays, the Cut-2-Size Backlighting Ki
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    Date:
    06/02/2016
    Linear's latest synchronous step-down regulator operates to 175°C

    The LT8610AX 3.5A, 42V input capable synchronous step-down switching regulator

    Linear Technology announced the LT8610AX, a 3.5A, 42V input capable synchronous step-down switching regulator, which operates in ambient temperatures up to 175°C. Synchronous rectification delivers efficiency as high as 95% while Burst Mode operation keeps quiescent current under 3.5µA in no-load standby conditions. It
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    Date:
    06/02/2016
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