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Competition: Win one of three ADI evaluation boards, featuring the LTC3310S

Last chance to enter: ADI is giving Electronics Weekly readers a chance to win one of three DC2629A evaluation boards as prizes, which are worth $95 each. Enter for a chance to win » ADI’s demonstration circuit DC2629A features the LTC3310S, a 10A, low voltage, synchronous step-down Silent Switcher 2 operating as a 2MHz 3.3V ...

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Elektra Awards 2020 – Last chance to enter

After a year of massive disruption across the world, the Elektra Awards 2020 are going ahead as a free virtual event on March 25th 2021. And this Thursday, 17 December, is the last chance to enter the industry’s most prestigious awards. Despite the challenges of the global pandemic, electronics companies worldwide have been busy creating ...

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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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Sponsored Content: MIL-COTS VITA 62-compatible power supplies for VPX applications

The VMEbus and its variants such as VPX save systems designers time by offering a multi-vendor choice of ready-made COTS CPU and I/O boards for assembling into target applications. However, to optimise this design advantage, the COTS choices must also extend to the systems’ power supplies, writes Vicor. This article looks at how to achieve ...

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Sponsored Content: MIL-COTS VITA 62-compatible power supplies for VPX applications

The VMEbus and its variants such as VPX save systems designers time by offering a multi-vendor choice of ready-made COTS CPU and I/O boards for assembling into target applications. However, to optimise this design advantage, the COTS choices must also extend to the systems’ power supplies, writes Vicor. This article looks at how to achieve ...

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Sponsored Content – Schurter: A touch of magic

We have known and used mechanical switches and push buttons since childhood, writes Schurter. A clear pressure point, a saturated clicking sound when actuated. We are used to this. But there are other ways, almost magical: A gentle touch is enough for capacitive switches. Have the mechanical ones had their day? Image: High quality capacitive ...

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Webinar: Electronics coatings and getting the precision you need

We are pleased to announce that Electronics Weekly will be hosting a webinar by Hitachi about electronics coatings and how you get the accuracy and precision you need at a sub-micron level. Entitled ‘The latest in XRF coatings analysis equipment for micro-scale semiconductor packaging’, it runs on Tuesday 6th October, at 14:00 GMT. It’s free ...

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Webinar: Electronics coatings and getting the precision you need

We are pleased to announce that Electronics Weekly will be hosting a webinar by Hitachi about electronics coatings and how you get the accuracy and precision you need at a sub-micron level. Entitled ‘The latest in XRF coatings analysis equipment for micro-scale semiconductor packaging’, it runs on Tuesday 6th October, at 14:00 GMT. It’s free ...

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Sponsored Content: With Grade 0, temperatures above 125°C are no sweat

Engineers can simplify high-temperature automotive designs while helping improve signal isolation and in-vehicle network performance with TI’s new Grade 0 devices. They are qualified to the Grade 0 ambient operating temperature specification of the AEC-Q100 standard. The ISO7741E-Q1 features an industry-leading 1.5-kVRMS working voltage and supports temperatures up to the Grade 0 maximum of 150°C. ...

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Sponsored Content: Improving reliability and performance of RF ICs with advanced EDA technology

Radio frequency (RF) integrated circuits (ICs) are at the heart of a wide variety of today’s applications and services, including wireless local area networks (LANs), cellular communications, global positioning systems (GPS), automotive electronics, and Internet of Things (IoT), writes Neel Natekar of Mentor, a Siemens Business. Introduction With recent advancements in process technology, such as ...

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