EPC improves its 100V GaN power transistor offering

Efficient Power Conversion has announced a pair of 100V gallium nitride (GaN) power transistors. EPC2218 3.2mΩmax 60A (231A pulsed) LGA 3.5 x 1.95 EPC2204 6mΩmax 29A (125A pulsed) 2.5 x 1.5mm LGA They have almost 20% lower Rds(on) that the company’s previous generation of GaN devices, it said. With 5V on the gate, EPC2204 has ...

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UK made: Matt and polished ABS enclosures are rugged, and unobtrusive

BCL Enclosures of Harrogate is aiming domestic, commercial and office spaces with a range of “unobtrusive enclosure for situations where aesthetics are important” with two series’ of enclosures: one matt and one polished. Standard colours are black or white, and the company can supply other RAL colours on request. AB Series consists of two-part ABS ...

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Farnell signs ECS

Farnell has signed a distribution agreement with ECS International, the frequency control and power management specialist. The agreement covers  distribution in EMEA. ECS  products will also be available through Avnet Abacus. “With Avnet Abacus on board as a distribution partner in EMEA, and the addition of Farnell, the global support that we’ll bring to our ...

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Autonomous LCD driver blinks icons while MCU core sleeps

Microchip has added an autonomous LCD driver to its list of MCU peripherals, that can change the display while the CPU sleeps to save power. “Most display applications involve a few common animations like periodically alternating between displays and blinking of pixels to indicate operation,” according to the company. “By using the integrated LCD driver ...

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Reyax claims GNSS antenna modules are ‘world’s smallest’

GNSS antenna modules by Reyax are claimed to have smallest dimensions available today. The company’s GPS, Glonass, Galileo and BeiDo modules are now available from Manhattan Skyline. The RYS8830 is a small form factor, low power 1.8V UART/I2C interface GNSS antenna module, built on the high performance Sony CXD5605GF CXD5605AGF GNSS engine. It uses concurrent ...

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Sponsored Content: Grid Infrastructure Design Resources from Texas Instruments

Taking charge of electric vehicles – both in the vehicle and on the grid A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) requires a power electronic system between the power grid and the high-voltage battery pack located inside the vehicle. This electronic system is split into two parts: a charging station, which is also called electric vehicle ...

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Hailo launches AI accelerators

Hailo has launched its M.2 and Mini PCIe high-performance AI acceleration modules for empowering edge devices. Integrating the Hailo-8 processor, the modules can be plugged into a variety of edge devices, transforming multiple sectors with superior AI capabilities including smart cities, smart retail, industry 4.0, smart homes, and beyond. The modules enable customers to integrate high ...

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Smiths adds to Da Vinci test socket series

Smiths Interconnect has extended its DaVinci Test Socket Series for high speed test. Designed for high speed testing of very large IC packages commonly used in gaming consoles, graphics processing and central processing units, the DaVinci series utilizes spring probe technology in a patented insulated material housing resulting in a coaxial structure with a reduced test ...

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Polypropylene film X2 EMI suppression capacitors.

Kemet has announced a series of compact polypropylene film X2 EMI suppression capacitors. The R52 series fulfills the growing need of automotive, industrial, consumer, and energy applications that require a smaller, high-capacitance X2 class solution for suppressing EMI. While the R52 series offers capacitance values up to 22µF, 85/85 THB Class IIB classification, and long-life ...

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ST Cortex MCUs operate at 550HHz

STM32H7 MCUs use the Arm CortexM7 core and operate at 550 MHz. The single-core devices are available with up to 1 Mbyte of Flash. The devices can interact with off-chip storage while ensuring full execution performance and security. Their benchmark performance figures of 2778 CoreMark and 1177 DMIPS are realized whether working from internal or ...

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