Telonic Instruments to act as UK distributor for power specialist, Delta Elektronika

Independent DC power supply manufacturer, Delta Elektronika, has signed a UK distribution agreement with test instrument and power supply specialist, Telonic Instruments. Delta produces reliable power supplies, with fast reaction times – they are more than 10 times faster to load transients than comparable alternatives available today, claims the company. They also have minimum audible noise ...

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Dengrove adds Recom’s latest railway DC/DC converters

Specialist distributor, Dengrove Electronic Components, has added the latest railway-qualified DC/DC converters from Recom. The RP40Q-RUW and RP60Q-RUW DC/DC converters are designed for a range of rolling-stock applications and high-voltage battery-powered systems, offering a wide input range of 14-160V DC. The single-output 40W and 60W quarter-brick converters accept all commonly used supply voltages, from 24 – 110V DC ...

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PA’s Raspberry Pi schools competition tackles transport

Travel and transport were the themes for PA Consulting’s 2019 Raspberry Pi programming competition, challenging UK school kids to innovate using the Raspberry Pi. It’s an annual competition that highlights the impressive work that younger students can do around their STEM education. For example, among the projects I saw, there were smart gloves to provide ...

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PCIM: Field-oriented brush-less dc motor controller needs no user code

Allegro will be showing a 5.5 to 50V field-oriented three-phase brush-less dc motor controller than needs no user code at PCIM. Called AMT49406, and first announced for Electronica, will be the first member of the company’s low-sound ‘QuietMotion’ family. A field-oriented control (FOC) algorithm is built-in. “The device optimises the motor start-up performance in a stationary ...

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10W relay sits on 4x4mm footprint

Pickering Electronics has introduced a 10W relay that sits on a 4 x 4mm footprint. Standing 12.5mm high, they use reed construction and are called Series 122. The 10W rating comes at 500mA, and maximum contact ratings are 500mA and 200V. There is a single energise-to-make instrumentation-grade sputtered-ruthenium contact, whose initial resistance is 180mΩ, and ...

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Q1 was fourth largest QoQ chip decline in 35 years

The 1Q19/4Q18 IC market decline of 17.6% was the fourth largest since 1984. Figure 1 From Q184 to Q119 there have been 141  quarters  and only seven of them registered a market decline of ≥10%. Each year in which a double-digit quarterly IC market decline occurred, the full-year IC market dropped by at least 9%. Three ...

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700V SiC mosfets, and 700V and 1.2k Schottky diodes

Microchip has added 700V discrete SiC mosfets and both 700V and 1.2kV discrete SiC Schottky diodes, totalling 34 parts, to its portfolio of SiC power modules. “Microchip is one of the few suppliers to provide a range of both silicon and SiC discrete and module solutions,” according to the firm. “The products are suited for ...

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Supermicro expands

Server maker Supermicro has recovered from Last year’s spat with Bloomberg which accused it of putting Chinese spy chips on server boards. Supermicro has just held a groundbreaking ceremony for an $323 million, 800,000sq ft plant in Taiwan. Bloomberg alleged that Chinese apy chips had found their way onto boards used by Supermicro to make ...

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Infineon adds CIPOS Tiny to IPMs

Infineon is adding to its growing family of intelligent power modules (IPMs): CIPOS Tiny. The 3-phase inverter module is the newest generation of IPM to offer the highest power density for variable speed motor drives. By using the latest TRENCHSTOP IGBT6, it is possible to realize maximum efficiency with minimum footprint. Applications profiting from CIPOS ...

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