TTI Europe moves east ; sets up Romanian office

Component distributor, TTI Europe, has opened a new office in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, as it capitalises on growth in eastern Europe. The company says it has seen an increase in development and design in the region, resulting in increased demand for interconnect, passive and electromechanical components. Martina Drimala (pictured) has been appointed as regional sales director, Eastern ...

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ADI wBMS aims to eliminate wired harness for EVs

ADI has announced a wireless battery management system (wBMS), which enables automotive manufacturers increased flexibility to scale their electric vehicle fleets into volume production across a wide range of vehicle classes. This is the first wireless battery management system available for production electric vehicles, and it will debut on General Motors’ production vehicles powered by Ultium ...

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Vicor signs global agreement with Arrow Electronics

Effective from today, Arrow Electronics has expanded its distribution agreement with power component manufacturer, Vicor, following the signing of a global distribution agreement. An earlier distribution agreement was limited to Europe, Middle East and Africa. Vicor designs and manufactures modular power components and packaging for computing, telecommunications and network infrastructure use, as well as industrial ...

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UK made: DitroniX’ Wren reclining chair controller and SDK

Need to control a reclining chair over Wi-Fi, to add voice control via a smart speaker, or some other IoT interface, for example? Then look no further than a plug-n-play controller called Wren made by Sussex-based DitroniX. It comes in two flavours: a plug-n-play consumer version which connects in-line with the 5pin DIN connectors used in ...

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Kyocera sampling compact connectors for smaller systems

Kyocera is sampling its new 5811 Series Board-to-Board connectors, miniaturized to be about 50% smaller than conventional products and optimized for wearable devices. The 5811 Series connectors feature a 0.35mm-pitch to save space, perform well in high current and are highly durable.  Kyocera’s 5811 Series Board-to-Board connectors’ miniaturized size (1.7 mm width x 3.6 mm ...

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PI adds GaN LED driver

Power Integrations has added to its LYTSwitch-6 family of safety-isolated LED drivers for smart lighting applications – the LYT6078C. This LYTSwitch-6 IC uses Power Integrations’ PowiGaN technology to deliver efficiency and performance benefits, demonstrated by the new design example report (DER-920) the company is also announcing today. The PowiGaN-based LYT6078C IC incorporates a 750 V power switch ...

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Farnell launches 3rd IoT survey

Farnell has launched its third, annual IoT Survey. The survey provides an opportunity for Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial IoT product designers and system engineers to share insights about the market. The survey is open from 15th September to 1st December 2020 with results of the survey to be announced in spring 2021. All ...

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Tiny 30V 4.5A 25mΩ photo-relay is 3.4 x 2.1 x 1.3mm

Toshiba has released three tiny photo-relays in a 3.4 x 2.1 x 1.3mm package called P-SON4. Back-to-back output mosfets means that AC voltage and current switching is possible. “Each have OFF-state output terminal voltage ratings and ON-state current ratings that are comparable to larger SOP-packaged devices,” according to the company. “Their 7.2mm2 (typ.) mounting area is approximately ...

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GaN Systems white paper on Class D amplifiers

GaN Systems has published a  white paper, “GaN in Class-D Audio: Advantages with GaN Systems – a Comparative Look,” which reviews the various GaN and Silicon transistor approaches in Class-D audio amplifier design techniques. The document identifies and compares the most popular GaN-based transistor and Silicon MOSFET solutions for high-performance Class-D amplifier applications, including the ...

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Schaffner re-introduces EMC filter for complex equipment

Schaffner has re-introduced the FN2415 – single-phase EMC filter for control equipment with extended capabilities.  Large and complex machine tools with multiple driving axes and very long motor cables can be subjected to major reliability problems caused by internal coupling of interferences from the drive system to the control wires. This can cause dropouts and ...

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