Toshiba has introduced DMOS dual H-bride motor driver that can run from 2.5V to 16V while delivering up to 2A. Called TC78H660FNG, its two H-bridges can drive two brushed dc motors or one stepper motor. Driver on-resistance is typically 0.48Ω. “The driver is suitable for a spectrum of potential applications, such as mobile devices running off ...
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ABB is claiming many years of operation from its food safe motors following wash-down testing. “Our food safe motors are already in use at a number of customer plants,” said ABB product manger Tero Helpio. “In order to prove their long-term performance under realistic washdown conditions, we worked with a hygiene laboratory in Västerås, Sweden ...
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Texas Instruments has licensed an Imagination Technologies’ B-Series GPU for TI’s Jacinto automotive processor family. The GPU is the BXS-4-64. “BXS GPUs enable us to introduce automotive processors with higher performance, lower bandwidth and enhanced safety capabilities. IMG’s new multi-core technology also helps us scale our technology for future processor designs,” according to TI director Jim Kennedy. BXS cores ...
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Omron has launched a long-life USB-C type connector aimed at the inspection and testing of smartphones, digital cameras, headphones, notebook computers and games consoles. “USB-C has been growing in popularity for charging and data transfer in portable devices, due to its compact size and strong performance,” said company marketing manager Andries de Bruin. The part ...
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Omron has launched a long-life USB-C type connector aimed at the inspection and testing of smartphones, digital cameras, headphones, notebook computers and games consoles. “USB-C has been growing in popularity for charging and data transfer in portable devices, due to its compact size and strong performance,” said company marketing manager Andries de Bruin. The part ...
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Ampleon has announced a 250W RF power transistor for solid-state cooking and ISM (industrial, scientific and medical) applications in the 2.4 to 2.5GHz frequency band. Called BLP2425M10S250P, it is made on the company’s tenth-generation LDMOS process and operates with 67% drain efficiency. Described as “cost-optimised” by Ampleon, it swaps the traditional ceramic package for plastic to ...
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Sensirion has introduced a sensor for measuring high concentrations of CO2, based on a thermal conductivity technique. Called STC31, it is aimed at ‘controlled atmosphere’ transportation, where CO2, humidity and temperature are monitored and set to preserve the freshness of fruits and vegetables. “Exact conditions depend a lot on the exact commodity, with typically a low ...
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Rohm is aiming at vehicles with three 1 x 1mm footprint AEC-Q101 qualified mosfets. The parts are: RV8C010UN n-chan 20V 1A 1.2Vg RV8L002SN n-chan 60V 250mA 2.5Vg BSS84X p-chan, -60V -250mA -4.5Vg see table below for on-resisance. They are intended for automated driving and automotive electronic control units (ECUs). For automated optical inspection (AOI), the ...
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Advantech is to offer a COM-HPC evaluation kit in the fourth quarter of 2020, with a server pin-out equipped with Intel Xeon D processor. COM-HPC is a computer-on-module standard for high-performance computing (HPC). The standard enlarges COM board size, so that size D (160 x 160mm) and E (160 x 200mm) can support four to eight ...
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Berkshire-based Sondrel has tape-out of its largest chip design for a customer – with a 500mm2 footprint, over 30 billion transistors, 40 million flip-flops, and 23 thousand pads for I/O, power and ground. Up to 200 engineers were working on it simultaneously at times, according to the company. “This initially started out as a design for ...
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