650V SiC mosfets in 7pin D2PAK

Infineon has announced 650V silicon carbide mosfets in 7pin D2PAK surface-mount packages, aimed at servers, telecoms. electric vehicle charging  and solar energy. “Trench technology is the basis for superior gate oxide reliability,” according to yhr company. “Together with an improved avalanche and short-circuit robustness this ensures the highest system reliability even in harsh environments.” They ...

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Founder of AFBE-UK boosts EW BrightSparks selection panel

We’re very pleased to announce another addition to the EW BrightSparks judging panel with Dr. Ollie Folayan, the co-founder of AFBE-UK (Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers) and chair of its Scottish arm, agreeing to join us this year. The organisation promotes higher achievement in education and engineering, particularly among people from the black ...

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NXP and Hitachi collaborate on SIC power stage for vehicle traction inverters

NXP and Hitachi have co-designed a gate driver evaluation board for Hitachi’s 1.2kV RoadPak SiC mosfet half-bridges. The half-bridges are ~75 x 70mm and come in 580, 780 and 980A versions which are liquid-cooled – one side having a pin-fin array (just visible right) which has to be sealed into a water-glycol filled cooling manifold. Junction ...

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Digi-Key to host Private LoRaWAN for IoT webinar

Digi-Key Electronics, along with Machinechat and Seeed Studio, will host a webinar on Private LoRaWAN projects, dubbed ‘How to build and deploy a private LoRaWAN IoT project within days’. Taking place on Thursday 31 March 31, at 11 a.m. (CST) it will be presented by Daryl Miller, head of solutions engineering for Machinechat. You can ...

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EiceDRIVERs upgraded

Infineon is sampling a new EiceDRIVER 2EDN product family. The  2EDN family is now able to drive the power switch device performance in applications such as servers, telecom, DC-DC converters, industrial SMPS, EV charging stations, motor control, low-speed light electric vehicles, power tools, LED lighting, and solar energy systems. The  family comprises robust dual-channel low-side ...

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MathWorks updates MATLAB and Simulink

MathWorks has released 2022a of the MATLAB and Simulink product families. Release 2022a (R2022a) offers hundreds of new and updated features and functions in MATLAB and Simulink along with five new products and 11 major updates. New capabilities in MATLAB include new apps and App Designer functions, graphics enhancements, and the ability to customize Live Editor tasks. Simulink updates enable users ...

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