A precious metal recovery company has launched a lithium ion battery recycling service in Sheffield, claiming it to be the UK’s first. “When it comes to recycling the batteries, we know most UK companies export their end-of-life units to Europe and other parts of the world for recycling and material recovery and as a result ...
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Sungrow has upped the output power of its 1.5kV solar string inverter to 352kW, ~40% more than its previous generation, making is the world’s most powerful at 1500kV, according to Infineon. Why is Infineon talking about other company’s products? Because it is supplying the silicon carbide mosfet modules used inside. “We are pleased to continue our ...
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STMicroelectronics has put an isolated gate driver for silicon carbide mosfets into a 5 x 4mm narrow-body SO-8 package. Despite the narrow package, the STGAP2SiCSN is rated for 4.8kVpeak isolation and a voltage rail up to 1,700V. Junction to ambient thermal resistance is 123°C/W. Drive is 4A sink and source at 25°C at up to 26V – ...
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Rohm has developed a 75W laser diode for lidar in automated guided vehicles, service robots and robot vacuum cleaners. “In recent years, lidar is being increasingly adopted to precisely measure distance and for spatial recognition. For such markets, there is a need to improve the performance of laser diodes to increase detection distance and accuracy,” ...
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Cadence has announced what it claims is “industry’s first comprehensive high-capacity 3D IC platform that integrates 3D design planning, implementation and system analysis in a single unified cockpit.” It is called ‘Integrity 3D-IC’ and is said underpin the company’s third-generation 3D IC solution, providing power, performance and area for individual chiplets through integrated thermal, power ...
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Kontron has used a six-core Rockchip RK3399K processor with graphics to create a SMARC 2.1 single-board computer for non-critical applications such as digital signage, point-of-sale and point-of-information use. Called the SMARC-fA3399 module, it has dual Arm Cortex-A72 cores and a quad-core Cortex-A53. “An integrated Arm Mali-T860MP4 GPU provides high performance 2D and 3D graphics capability. A ...
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Gowin GoBridge is a family of bridging chips that convert a USB interface to different serial and parallel busses. “The GWU2X family enables conversion between USB and four peripheral interfaces: JTAG, SPI, I2C and GPIO; while the GWU2U series is suitable for conversion between USB and UART,” according to distributor Rutronik, which is stocking the ...
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Microchip has announced an automotive voltage reference with 7ppm/°C maximum temperature coefficient. Called MCP1502, it works over -40 to +125°C and is qualified to AEC-Q100 Grade 1. The company is keen to mention the parts lineage: “MCP1502 is based on the already-proven MCP1501 Vref architecture, which has been in the market for more than five years.” ...
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ADL8150 is a low noise self-biased GaAs amplifier that operates from 6 to 14GHz. Made using heterojunction bipolar transistors, phase noise is -172dBc/Hz at 10kHz offset and it typically provides 12dB of signal gain and +30dBm output third-order intercept, according to component distributor Richardson RFPD which has the part and can provide design support for ...
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Renesas has revealed an automotive gateway design. Based around its R-Car S4 SoCs and power management chips, it is aimed at vehicle computers, communication gateways, domain servers and application servers. “As the vehicle architectures evolve, safe connection to cloud services and secure management with in-vehicle control systems are major challenges,” said Renesas automotive general manager ...
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