Vishay has created a series of high ripple current aluminium electrolytic capacitors for solar power converters. “Designed for solar applications, Solar 193 PUR-SI power capacitors offer rated voltage of 500V and useful life of 6,000 hours at a maximum operating temperature of 105°C,” according to New Yorker Electronics, which is stocking the parts. Rated ripple ...
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Researcher at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have found a way to get more light out of LED die using nano-scale metal particles. This has nothing to do with making the particles into phosphors. Instead, is is a way of preventing light bouncing back into into a conventional LED die from the die-encapsulant boundary ...
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The University of Arkansas is claiming a first – an electrically-pumped germanium-tin laser grown monolithically on silicon. Electrical pumping is a big deal – many proof-of-concept semiconductor lasers, including an earlier version of this device, have to have their operating energy delivered optically through other lasers. However, the laser still requires cryogenic cooling to function. ...
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Smiths Interconnect has released a series of high frequency surface mount chip PCB line terminations. Called CTX SMT, and based on thin-film construction, the devices work across dc-67GHz and handle up to 1W of power. VSWR is typically 1.25:1, and 1.50:1 max in a 50Ω system, and 10x pulses can be handled (1µs at 1% ...
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Wurth added high saturation current versions to the 1206 surface-mount shielded energy storage chokes in its WE-PD family. Identified by ‘1260P’ (with the ‘P’ indicating a performance parts within the PD family) the parts use a different core material. “Thanks to its MnZn core, the storage choke offers the highest ferrite-based saturation current and is ...
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Measuring the density of a random lump of soil sample is not as easy as you might think, according to New Mexico State University. Weighing it is simple – use a set of scales. But turning this weight into density requires the volume of a formless lump to be measured – you might need to ...
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TrumPower has upgraded its TW150 series of dual, triple, and quad output ac-dc switching power supplies to comply with the new IEC 62368-1 hazard-based, performance-oriented standards, which will be replacing the current IEC 60950-1 safety standards in December. The power supply is available in three standard dual output models, three triples and seven quadruple output ...
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A selection of Toshiba’s motor drivers are to be available ‘Click’ format PCBs after the company tied up with MikroElektronika – yet another sign of how important maker formats have become in professional prototyping, it Raspberry Pi and Arduino are insufficient proof. The plug-and-play style boards support Mikroe’s standard mikroBUS interface. “Mikroe support this range ...
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Mechatronics supplier Electro Mechanical Systems (EMS) is opening a factory in Dorset. Enterprise House is a 40,000 square foot building on an secure two acre site on Holton Heath near Poole Harbour. It is a “welcome improvement from the previous facility where the evolution of the business resulted in the company working from multiple units”, ...
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Electronics design and software engineering consultancy Ignys has celebrated its third birthday by moving into new premises on the Nottingham Science Park. East Midlands entrepreneur Richard Fletcher set up Ignys in 2017. “After 20 years in the electronics sector, he knew that products often suffered due to electronic flaws in their design,” according to the ...
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