Belgian fabless chip firm Melexis has announced two current sense ICs that share a CMOS core, but implement sensing in widely different ways. MLX91217 is for a conventional Hall set-up – it comes in a slim pin-thru package for integration into conventional Hall-effect measuring rings (see diagram) . Various lead shapes make it compatible with different ...

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