Dc-dc converter takes up to 60V in and makes down to 0.8V, at 10A

Vishay has announced buck converters running from 4.5-60V and supplying, depending on version, between 2 and 10A. Inside the family are a pair of n-channel trench mosfets and a controller, all in a 5x5mm MLP55-27L package. The devices are: SiC464 (2A), SiC463 (4A), SiC462 (6A), and SiC461 (10A). Adjustable output voltage is 0.95xVin down to ...

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Kionix tri-axis accelerometers offer large g-ranges

Kionix, part of the Rohm group, has introduced a family of medium-g, tri-axis analogue accelerometers. Two versions are available, the KX220-1071/2 accelerometers which provide +/-20g and +/-40g ranges respectively. Maximum supported bandwidths range from 4.5kHz to 8kHz. Both sensors have built-in self-test functions, consume only 0.25mA at 3.3V and are delivered in 10-pin 3mm x ...

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Fujitsu to build 37Petaflops supercomputer

Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has giiven Fujitsu an order to build a 37 petaflops supercomputer costing $44.3 million, reports the Nikkei It will be Japan’s fastest supercomputer 3x faster than the K computer at Riken which is Japan’s current fastest machine. The 37 petaflops computer will be installed at the ...

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Loon and Musk to revive Puerto Rico

Google’s Loon project has been granted a temporary licence by the US FCC to set up ballon-based communications in Puerto Rico and Tesla’s Elon Musk has discussed with the Governor the possibility of restoring power supplies by installing solar power infrastructure. After a chat with Musk, Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló said: “I told him ...

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Defending Made-In-The-USA Claims

We’ve all heard the adage that the three most important things in real estate are location, location, location. When it comes to product labeling and advertising, particularly “made-in-the-USA” claims, the three most important considerations are substantiation, substantiation, substantiation.