Automotive

Designed for use in high temperature, high power, automotive applications, TT Electronics has announced a range of SMT power inductors. The HA72T-06 series inductors meet the growing automotive market’s demand for certified, high power inductors for high efficiency DC/DC converter deployment using high switching frequencies up to 3Mhz as well for as EMI and low pass DC ripple filters in high temperature environments.

Engineers have received £1.5 million in funding for a new battery energy storage project that could mean more efficient and cheaper trains. The TransEnergy project led by the University of Sheffield, will work with National Rail to investigate how battery storage could be used to power our railways. As train companies try to increase the frequency of trains on existing railway infrastructure, electricity supply is under greater pressure to ...

Morgan Advanced Materials has delivered a type of bearing for electric water pump applications in cars which reduces component count, while optimising performance and engine efficiency. Within the automotive sector, there has been a notable shift from traditional, belt-driven coolant pumps to electrical equivalents, on the basis that these reduce demand on the belt drive, offering a substantial improvement in performance and greater overall effic...

Govia Thameslink Railway has placed an order with Perpetuum to supply wireless sensor systems for four additional Class 170 units joining the existing Class 171 fleet.

MEMSIC has announced the availability of a whitepaper that spotlights and explains the various types of sensors and sensing technologies found in a typical drone product. The whitepaper’s infographic pinpoints the locations of the various sensors typically found in a drone and the whitepaper explains what they do.

A range of pre-assembled, off-the-shelf, USB battery chargers for multiple in-vehicle locations from Molex, are now available throughout Europe through TTI. The parts deliver 5V and 1.5A, are compliant with battery charging (BC) 1.2 standards and help save tooling and engineering costs.

NetModule has presented the NB3711, a router especially designed for communication functions in railway traffic. As its well-established predecessor NB3710, the NB3711 Railway Router provides 5 robust M12 connectors and is certified according to railway standard EN50155 TX (-40 to +70°C) and fire safety standard CEN TS 45545.

Power Sources Unlimited offers a broad range of 8 to 200W DC/DC converters for the railway/transportation industry that are designed to perform at the highest levels under the most extreme harsh and hazardous environments to our TRACO Power portfolio.

IBASE Technology has announced the SE-602-N designed as an outdoor and in-vehicle digital signage system with a wide range DC power input of 7 to 36V. Based on 5th Generation Intel Core processors, the SE-602-N is built to withstand continuous vibration and wide operating temperature range of -40 to 75°C that makes it suitable for outdoor and automotive signage applications.

The HVI 3KR-3U4 series of high input voltage, railway quality DC/DC converters deliver up to 3kW output power. The units accept 750VDC input (525V to 975Vdc range), the traction voltage required for mass transit vehicles and mining locomotives. Output voltages include 24, 36, 48V or 110VDC. The series is designed to meet EN50155 for electronic equipment used on railway rolling stock.