Products

Power Integrations has announced that all members of its LinkSwitch TN, -LP and -XT families of ICs are now available in SO-8 packaging, enabling emerging applications such as LED lightbulbs and miniature chargers.

Power Integrations has introduced a reference design kit (RDK-131) for ultra-small power supplies that helps designers deliver energy-efficient LED alternatives to incandescent lights. The kit helps designers produce a power circuit that fits inside the LED lightbulb socket, and also ensure that their incandescent-replacement LED lightbulbs will pass EMC requirements for conducted and radiated electrical noise.

New from Foremost Electronics is a range of short-travel haptic switches which, having the option of an integral LED, are ideally suited to a broad spectrum of switched control applications, such as in an automotive steering wheel which typifies its current use.

The new Dynaload RBL6000 Series, available exclusively in the UK from TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments), is an electronic load with a power level of 6 kW, making it ideal for use in the fuel-cell, power-supply and energy-storage markets that demand testing at higher power levels.

Groundbreaking patented technology and intelligent design have allowed passives specialist AVX to develop a number of exciting new electronic component devices in 2006 such as FLEXISAFE Ultra Safe capacitors for high protection against mechanical cracking issues; 2-terminal Land Grid Array capacitors that offer Equivalent Series Inductance similar to 8-terminal IDCs; and CoreCap capacitors that deliver Equivalent Series Resistance down to 3mΩ a...

Hypertac has announced a new shielded version of its modular HyperMod connector to meet the emerging needs for high-speed signal interconnections in railway applications, such as the communication networks made available to passengers within coaches. Its shielding effectiveness meets the exacting EMC requirements of railway environments.

Vicor Corporation announces the addition of nine mid-power Mini DC-DC converters to the 24Vdc input family: a 100W model at 3.3Vout, 150W models at 5, 12, 15, 24, 28, 36, and 48Vout. A 200W model at a new standard 36V output has also been added. The modules — which incorporate Vicor’s patented low-noise Zero-Current and Zero-Voltage Switching (ZCS/ZVS) — can be used as a cost-effective option in a variety of applications, including industri...

Recently added to Tyco Electronics’ CGS range of power resistors, new aluminium housed THS series power resistors are based on the high performance HS series devices, featuring same basic performance levels but at lower costs.

Demanding applications such as traffic signalling or outdoor displays require outstanding performance and long term reliability. Forge Europa have recently updated their extensive range to incorporate the latest developments in semiconductor materials. Typical intensities exceed 15 000 mcd and products are binned for colour to comply with national standards such as the traffic signal specification EN12368.

LEM has introduced the LA 306-S, a panel-mounted current transducer for the measurement of currents up to 400 ARMS (@ +70°C) or 300 ARMS (@ +85°C). The unit offers the high performance of a closed-loop current transducer at a very competitive price.