Products

STMicroelectronics has announced a new motor control development kit, built around the recently-announced 32-bit STR750 microcontroller, which enables the rapid development of high-performance vector-control applications, using both Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSM) and 3-phase AC Induction Motors, for cost-sensitive appliance, industrial and HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) markets.

Power-One has introduced the Aurora PVI-6000 Series of photovoltaic and wind inverters. These grid-tie products utilize two high-speed, independent MPPT (Max Power Point Tracking) channels to optimize energy harvesting in installations with multiple PV arrays oriented in different directions. The amount of available energy is also increased through the use of transformerless designs that provide up to 97% (96.5% C.E.C) conversion efficiencies.

Raychem Circuit Protection, a business unit of Tyco Electronics, has announced the introduction of its PolySwitch LVR series of resettable circuit protection devices. PolySwitch LVR devices help protect electric motors and transformers used in commercial and home appliances from failures caused by mechanical overloads, overheating, stall, lost neutral and other potentially damaging conditions.

To address the growing need to pro-actively reduce power consumption in embedded systems, Tensilica has announced the Xenergy estimator, an energy estimator for both Xtensa configurable processor and Diamond Standard processor users. By using the Xenergy tool to optimize for energy early in the SOC (System On Chip) design cycle, designers can cut processor and local memory energy requirements by up to half by making intelligent design trade-off...

With an operating range of 3V to 40V, the ZXCT1081 current monitor from Zetex Semiconductors provides a very simple high voltage current measurement solution for automotive, industrial and power supply applications.

Bringing higher power to its PKJ 4000 series of DC/DC converters, Ericsson Power Modules’ PKJ 4316 API is rated at 350W. The fully featured converter offers designers high quality and a cost-effective solution for demanding radio frequency power amplifier (RFPA) applications.

Semtech has announced the SC2447, said to be the industry’s first DC-DC step-down (buck) controller for DrMOS power devices. The SC2447 is a 1MHz synchronous PWM buck controller designed to drive DrMOS power devices in compact, high-efficiency DC-DC power converters for telecom, datacom, switches, routers, and other high-end applications. The dual-channel SC2447 can produce two independent outputs of up to 30A each or a single high-current out...

Powersolve announces a range of Class ll (no earth) desk-top power supplies for applications requiring high isolation and are ideal for powering LCD monitors, notebooks, printers and modems. They are housed in a compact 103 x 45 x 36mm enclosure with a 2.5 x 5.5 x 9.5 barrel output connector as standard.

TEKO has launched its ‘TEKAM’ range of aluminium instrument cases. These enclosures have been designed for fast installation of the electronics. The all aluminium design allows good levels of EMC protection to be implemented. Typical applications will include hand-held test and measurement devices and Radio control equipment, plus wall mounted monitoring systems, security devices and building control equipment.

Zarlink Semiconductor has today introduced the industry’s first fully integrated EOE cable product for interconnecting enterprise data centers and high-performance computer clusters. While standard copper cable assemblies strain to meet new speed and link length demands in data centres, Zarlink’s ZLynx fiber optic cables with integrated electrical terminations provide installers and operators with unbeatable advantages in terms of reach, wei...