LTC step-down DC/DC controller drives all n-channel MOSfet power stages

The Power by Linear  LTC7810 is a high voltage non-isolated dual output synchronous step-down DC/DC controller that drives all N-channel MOSFET power stages. Its 4.5V to 140V (150V abs max) input voltage range is designed to operate from a high input voltage or from an input that has high voltage surges, eliminating the need for ...

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Toshiba TVS diodes protect USB power lines

Toshiba has announced a new series of TVS diodes that protect USB power lines and power supply connectors used in mobile devices. Toshiba’s DF2SxxP2 series protects the power lines of smartphones and tablets by suppressing malfunctions and damage from ESD, noise from induced lightning that enters via the power cord and signal cable, and transient voltage ...

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Alternative UV-Curing Adhesives

Every action in life involves a trade-off: The gaining of one benefit at the expense of another, to best meet the needs of the situation at hand. When the situation involves high-volume bonding, sealing or gasketing, manufacturers rely on UV-cure adhesives because they allow on-demand and quick curing (1 to 5 seconds after light exposure).

Qualcomm postpones AGM and shareholder vote on composition of board for 30 days.

Qualcomm, which was due to hold a vote of its shareholders tomorrow on whether to elect six Broadcom-nominated directors which would give Broadcom a majority on the Qualcomm board, has postponed  the vote for 30 days. Qualcomm says the move is at the request of CFIUS which has been lobbied by politicians to look at the deal. ...

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Embedded World: Supermicro’s Skylake-D, IoT edge PCs and 20 NVMe SSDs in 1U

Supermicro was showing several new products amongst its existing range of servers and edge PCs at Embedded World in Nuremberg. Based on Intel’s Xeon D-2146NT 8 core 16 thread processor is the SYS-5019D-FN8TP rackmount server that, into a 1U high chassis, squeezes two 2.5in or four 2.5in drivesand up to 512Gbyte of ECC LRDIMM memory ...

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Embedded World 2018: In picture form…

Embedded World 2018 is over now, but check out these images captured from the show floor in Nuremberg. And don’t forget – for all our show coverage, simply view: www.electronicsweekly.com/tag/embedded-world/ And for all the video interviews captured at the show – from Elatec, Rohde & Schwarz, Arrow Electronics, SensiEDGE, Lattice Semiconductor, Analog Devices, Harwin and Broadcom ...

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Cypress adds Arm secure firmware to PSoC6

Cypress Semiconductor has implemented Arm’s Platform Security Architecture (PSA) Trusted Firmware-M reference example on Cypress’ PSoC 6 MCUs. “PSA is a set of threat models, security analyses, hardware and firmware architecture specifications, and an open source firmware reference implementation,” said Arm. “It provides a recipe, based on industry best practice, that allows security to be ...

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EU puts 20 year span on 5G spectrum licences

The European Parliament, the EU Council and the European Commission have agreed to set a 20 year time span on the awarding of 5G spectrum licences. The industry had lobbied for 25 years. The agreement frees up the process for getting 5G spectrum auctions underway. It is hoped they will be complete by 2020. EU ...

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D-Day for Qualcomm

The fate of Qualcomm will be decided on Tuesday. Shareholders will vote on whether to give Broadcom nominees a majority on the Qualcomm board. If they do, then Qualcomm gets taken over by Broadcom. For wireless technology, the loss of its pioneer would be a tragedy. For Qualcomm’s licensees, the result could be a mixed ...

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