Automotive

Expanding the company's line of power shunt resistors, KOA Speer Electronics has introduced the PSI and PSE series to address higher current applications. The 3W (PSI) and 5W (PSE) power ratings enable these resistors to offer a smooth current flow making them suitable for large current detecting.

A family of high performance DC/DC converter modules, the ERM family, has been launched by Artesyn Embedded Technologies. The devices meet the power demands and safety standard requirements of railway rolling stock applications.

The PATT precision automotive thin film chip resistor, from Vishay Intertechnology, is now available in the 0805 case size. Featuring high-temperature operation to +155°C with 100% power dissipation, derated linearly to 0 mW at +250°C, the company claims the device provides a nearly 85°C extension in operating temperature range over conventional chip resistors.

Designed for the passenger railway market in the EMEA region, the RailTuff BE43802 cable has been launched by Belden. The Cat 7 Ethernet data cable has a transmission performance of 10 Gbps, allowing the integration of multiple on board applications; effectively making cable installations future proof.

Withstanding the high shock and vibration typically found in railway applications, Optima Stantron has designed and successfully tested cabinets to meet both North American (AREMA) and European (CENELEC) railway standards. Optima Stantron designed the welded and riveted frame by modifying the standard M1 cabinet frame design.

AEC-Q200 qualified laboratory sample kits have been announced by Vishay, for the company's high-stability thin film chip resistors. Aiding engineers in prototyping and speeding time to market, the TNPW0402 e3 (LTW0402 e3 96/4) and TNPW0603 e3 (LTW0603 e3 96/4) kits provide roughly 100 of the most popular resistance values in the TNPW0402 e3 and TNPW0603 e3 packages.

Suitable for supplying points, signal lamps and electronic monitoring of the rail net, MTM Power has introduced the HVC series 250W DC/DC converters for railway applications. The devices are available with an input range of 420-1100V dc (375-1125V dc for less than 2 seconds), isolation up to 8 kV ac and the standard output voltage of 24V dc.

Rochester Electronics is officially licensed by Intel to continue manufacturing the 80C196KC 16-bit microcontroller. The powerful 80C196KC is a high performance member of the MCS 96 microcontroller family, which utilises the CHMOS III process that provides a high performance processor along with low power consumption.

Expanding the company's industry leading SENCITY Rail antenna family, HUBER+SUHNER has introduced two MIMO antennas. The antennas are suited for systems integrators and rolling stock manufacturers keen to incorporate high-speed data hungry applications including on-board internet, fast mobile communications and communication based train control.

  Available in both X7R and NP0 (C0G) options, the High Voltage Multilayer Ceramic (MLC) Chip Capacitor series from AVX has been expanded. The capacitor series now offers voltages of 600-5000V and capacitance values of 1.5pF-0.82µF in case sizes covering 0805-3640.