350W ac-dc PSUs for industry and healthcare

XP Power today announced the launch of series of rugged 350W AC-DC chassis-mount PSUs, intended for industrial, technology and healthcare applications. SMP350 supplies have a built-in cooling fan, screw terminal connections, low (class-B) EMI emissions, and come in a 92 x 178 x 43mm enclosure – equating to 13W/in3. The series has a 85 to 264Vac ...

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Finalists selected for PA Consulting’s Pi programming competition

Finalists for PA Consulting Group’s annual Raspberry Pi programming competition have been selected. The nine teams of school children will be presenting their inventions to nine expert judges on Tuesday, 17 April at the IET in London. PA’s annual competition aims to inspire the innovators of the future and challenges school children and college students ...

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Comment: Accelerating datacentre ICs could boost economy

Xilinx may be experiencing a seven-year ‘itch’ that could reinvigorate the global mojo. The programmable logic market, and its leader Xilinx, have had no growth these past seven years. However, two months after taking over, the new CEO of Xilinx has a plan to get growth going again. Not growth for the programmable logic market, ...

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200kHz current sensor aims at motor control

Allegro MicroSystems has announced a family of current sensor ICs for AC or DC current sensing with 200kHz bandwidth and 2.5µs response time – “the fastest response time of an IC ever offered in the custom CB package,” said the firm. “The response time enables over-current fault detection in safety-critical applications,” claimed the firm. Accuracy is ...

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Renesas MCU Has 28nm Flash

Renesas is sampling an automotive MCU using 28nm flash memory. The RH850/E2x Series MCU incorporates up to six 400 megahertz (MHz) CPU cores, which deliver 9600 MIPS with a a built-in flash memory of up to 16MB. The RH850/E2x includes enhanced sensor interfaces necessary for precise automotive control functions. Demand for built-in large capacity flash memory ...

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UK made: IP68 waterproof connector and cable assembly

Cliff Electronics has announced a waterproof cable assembly with a non-reversible 2 pole plug with a current rating of 5A. Manufactured by Cliff in Surrey using an in-house three shot injection moulding process, Cliffcon 68 is an IP68 screw down ferrule connector supplied with 5m of cable terminated with tinned bare ends for connection to ...

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