Products
500mA Standalone Li-Ion Battery Charger in 3mm x 3mm DFN package
Linear Technology has introduced the LTC4080, a multi-function IC featuring a standalone linear battery charger and a highly-efficient synchronous buck converter. The USB-compatible battery charger can charge a single-cell Li-Ion battery up to 500mA without overheating the device or surrounding components. The 300mA buck converter features selectable mode operation and synchronous rectification to achieve efficiencies up to 96%.
Environmentally Sealed Power Modules
TDI is introducing a complete series of environmentally sealed power modules (ESPM). The first modules to be released are the efficient and ruggedized 1000 and 2700W units. These modules are designed to withstand and operate reliably in harsh environments and critical applications. The ESPM series is also electrically hardened to survive severe AC input transients.
Dynaload Expands Communication Options with Ethernet
Transistor Devices' Dynaload Division has announced the addition of Ethernet communication capabilities to its popular RBL, MCL and WCL series of programmable electronic loads.
1000W, 1U Power Module
Transistor Devices (TDI) has introduced its Signature 1000W, 1U Power Module providing -54VDC for Rectifier applications and +48VDC for Front End architectures. The modules are designed for use in 300mm or mid-plane cabinets by featuring a chassis depth of just 10.63in. They fit three-across in the matching 19in , 1RU power shelf and share up to 3000W per shelf.
Enhanced Platform Introduced for Software Defined Radio from Green Hills
Green Hills Software has announced that its mature, industry-leading Platform for Software Defined Radio (SDR) has been significantly enhanced through a broad range of technology integrations and partnerships, resulting in substantial new customer adoption. The Green Hills Platform for SDR continues to deliver support for the broadest range of SDR designs that require options for platform scalability, waveform development and debug, and integrat...
Versatile inverter/charger for battery backup applications
New from Lincoln-based VxI Power is the Studer Compact series of inverter/chargers, which combine the functions of a sine-wave inverter, a battery charger and an automatic transfer system to manage the available power. Designed to provide reliable and silent operation, the inverter/charger connects to an AC mains supply or generator and a 12V, 24V or 48V battery.
Intersil's narrow VDC battery charger controller extends battery life in notebook computers
Designed to meet NVDC-I requirements for better efficiency and longer battery life, Intersil’s ISL6257 is a narrow VDC (voltage direct current) charger controller for Li-Ion/Li-Ion polymer batteries in notebook computers. The device is the only NVDC-I charger on the market that is optimised for this application, allowing customers to run laptops at much lower battery voltages, providing better efficiency, longer battery life and improved therm...
3600W Power Module from TDI
Transistor Devices has added a 3600W power module to its Mercury series of AC to DC rectifiers / front ends. This unit employs state of the art components, topology and design techniques to achieve high efficiency and high reliability. It is ideally suited for a wide variety of outdoor and indoor Telco, Wireless/cellular and Industrial applications. Features include 220VAC input, hot bus pluggability, RoHS compliance and 93% efficiency (typical...
Digital Displays TFT offer High Brightness and Widescreen
Digital Displays introduces the OSD043TN14, a 4.3 inch diagonal, 16:9 aspect ratio a-Si TFT display. This is a normally white, transmissive display with white LED backlight. It is also available with optional integrated 4-wire resistive touchscreen.
Clare launches bespoke custom electrical test design service
Clare Instruments, part of the Seaward Group, has recently upgraded its bespoke custom electrical test design service for manufacturers of electrical and electronic products. Clare has developed a broad range of fully programmable electrical safety and functional test instruments that can be adapted and integrated for use in bespoke test systems, using proprietry software such as LabView.