Fluke has introduced two true-RMS clamp meters with electric field sensing scheme branded FieldSense. They are Fluke 377 and 378. “Technicians are able to simultaneously obtain accurate voltage and current measurements through the clamp jaw by connecting the meter to any electrical ground and clamping around the conductor. Conveniently, the display turns green when a ...
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Battery specialist Varta has tailor-made a lithium-ion cell for hearing aid manufacturer Eargo, for its its smallest and most advanced hearing aid to date, the Eargo 5. The cell (shiny cylinder in photo right) has been shaped to fit the contours of the hearing aid and, charged for four hours, the button cell will deliver ...
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CUI Devices has introduced a vertically-mounted power-only USB Type C connector. “By removing the data transfer pins, these USB Type C receptacles are a more cost-effective solution for designs where charging or power is the sole function,” according to the company. Called UJC-VP-3-SMT-TR, it joins the 60W UJC-HP-3-SMT-TR and 100W UJC-HP-G-SMT-TR horizontal-mount surface mount packages. It is a ...
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Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) and battery start-up Nyobolt have signed a deal to create high power density batteries for automotive power trains. “Niobium-powered lithium-ion battery technology from Nyobolt delivers a step change in power density, cycle life and fast charging capability,” according to Williams. “The technology has ideal attributes for high performance vehicles, such as ...
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U-blox is creating automotive-grade positioning modules that combine data from GNSS (satellite) and internal inertial sources. “The modules are all automotive grade, with the NEO-M9L-01A variant offering an operational temperature range up to 105°C, making it suitable for integration on the roof, behind the windscreen, or inside electronics control units,” according to the company. Inside ...
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Risc-V core design house Andes Technology has certified reference models for its cores with ‘P’ extensions from Imperas. Cores carrying the P designation have SIMD and DSP extensions to the instruction set for data processing and real-time operation. “The RISC-V International P Extension Task Group is in the final stages of submitting the specification to ...
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Based in Norfolk, Die Devices is a unique small component distributor and fabless semiconductor company. All of its products have one thing in common: they are 100% tested bare die, sold in small and medium quantities. “We specialise in supplying die,” company owner and sales director Ben White told Electronics Weekly. “We are a niche ...
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TI is aiming at high-speed factory automation and robotics with an all-real-time branch of its Sitara microcontroller family tree. Called the AM2x series, the MCUs have multiple Arm Cortex-Rx real-time cores and, unlike other Sitara devices, no Cortex-Ax application processors. The first members available will be numbered AM243x (see diagram) and have 800MHz Cortex-R5F cores. ...
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STMicroelectronics has created a 5W dc-dc buck converter IC that produces a regulated non-isolated output plus one or more transformer-coupled isolated outputs. The isolated secondary voltage is governed by the transformer turns ratio – no optocoupler is needed. “Common uses include powering gate drivers for SiC mosfets and IGBTs that require asymmetrical isolated power rails, and ...
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U-blox has introduced a pair of M.2 format Wi-Fi and Bluetooth expansion cards that plug into NXP i.MX processor evaluation kits. The cards are M.2 Type 2230 Key E, and are built around NXP SoCs. M2-JODY-W3 is for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1, and has NXP’s 88Q9098 chipset on-board that supports IEEE 802.11ax and runs concurrent ...
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