Automotive LED driver can be boost, buck-boost or sepic

Aiming at powering LEDs in automotive applications, Taiwan Semiconductor has introduced a dc-dc controller chip that can be operated in boost, buck-boost and sepic topologies from rails between 4.5V and 42V. Operation is specified for discontinuous, continuous and boundary conduction modes. Diagram note: the single LED represents a series string of LEDs. Output regulation is based on ...

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Giant Orkney tidal turbine gets blades from Hampshire

Scotland’s Orbital Marine Power is ordering the final major parts for the 2MW O2 floating tidal turbine. The four blades, two for each rotor, will be made by A C Marine & Composites (ACMC) of Gosport in Hampshire. Each of the composite blades is 10m long, giving the machine a swept area of over 600m2, ...

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Panasonic quits chips

After 67 years Matsushita/Panasonic is quitting the chip industry. Between 1985 and 1990 the company was a top ten player. Now it is to be sold to Nuvoton Technology of Taiwan which is 61% owned by Winbond. Nuvoton is paying $250 million for the unit which designs power-management chips and sensors for smartphones, cars and security ...

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Amazon extends smart speaker lead

Amazon reinforced its lead in the smart speaker market with sparkling Q3 sales. Amazon shipped 10.5 million of its Echo smart speakers in Q3 2019, its second highest ever total for a single quarter as the company stretched its lead over its closest rivals. The global market for smart speakers grew 55% year-on-year to 34.9 ...

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Secure IoT beacon

WISeKey of Switzerland, ON Semiconductor and Tatwah claim to have produced the first secure IoT beacon. The beacon embeds the Bluetooth 5 RSL10 SIP from ON Semiconductor. The RSL10 family is supported by an SDK featuring an Eclipse-based IDE, mobile applications and support for FreeRTOS, FOTA and mesh networking. The beacon has tamper-resistant microcontrollers- the VaultIC405 and ...

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Super-caps certified for industrial use

Skeleton has had its SkelCap SCA0300 supercapacitor UL-certified so that they can be used in warehouse robotics and smart factories. “The growth of warehouse and fulfilment centre robotics is creating new opportunities for ultracapacitor-powered solutions in intra-logistics,” according to the firm. “Power quality requirements in manufacturing are driving the demand for ultracapacitor-based UPS [uninterruptable power supply] ...

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5.7% CAGR for wafer market to 2023

The wafer market expects to see CAGR of 5.7% through 2023, when it could be worth $21.3 billion, says BCC Research.. North America’s semiconductor wafers market should grow from $4.5 billion in 2018 to $5.8 billion by 2023 with a CAGR of 5.4% for the period of 2018-2023. EMEA semiconductor wafers market should grow from $4.0 ...

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Farnell adds Beaglebone to expand AI capability

Farnell/element14 is expanding the AI products and resources to help engineers leverage the technology by making available the BeagleBone AI single board computer and online resources. The BeagleBone AI, provides a route to  embedded machine learning. The single board computer facilitates everyday automation for industrial, commercial and home applications and allows developers to have their designs ...

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Infineon adds 50/60mm thyristor/diode modules

Infineon has expanded its product portfolio of thyristor/diode modules. The Prime Block 50 mm modules feature solder bond technology and the 60 mm modules pressure contact technology. They are designed for highest performance when the desired current exceeds 600 A for a 60 mm footprint or 330 A for a 50 mm footprint. This avoids ...

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