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Comment
News
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Distribution Blog
End of Life
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Electronic Specifier Survey
Cables & Connecting
Comms, Computing & Control
Power
Actives
Passives
Test & Measurement
Design
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Sensors
Automotive
Wireless
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Comment
Wearable technology is
almost here – What’s next?
Now that early adopters are beginning to
purchase the first devices which can be classified
as “wearable”, it is only a matter of time before
the marketplace is flooded with items of
clothing, jewellery and watches that will help us
communicate, navigate and so on. Only the other
Sunday, the glossy supplement in a leading UK
paper featured a pair of shoes that know where they
are going – even if the wearer doesn’t!! It seems
they use Google Maps for directions and then
vibrate the left or right shoe to tell the wearer where
to go..so to speak.
Most wearable technology offerings are pretty
unattractive which is no surprise since they come
from manufacturers known more for their technology
leadership than fashion design. Maybe this will begin
to change with the seemingly imminent arrival of the
Apple iWatch, which those in the know reckon will
be later this year. After all, mobile phones weren’t
so smart or good looking before the iPhone came
along in 2007.
And it will be easy for all the big fashion brands to
climb aboard the wearable technology bandwagon
since all the necessary technology-type innovation
has been done, so incorporating that into their
products should be pretty straightforward. And
not only fashion. Sports equipment giant Nike
has already worked on joint ventures with Apple
and rumours are spreading that a so-called
iBand with a serious fitness focus is on the cards.
Exciting stuff!!! However, losing these wearable
gadgets will still have the same effect as losing
a tablet or smartphone – inconvenience at best.
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Embedded?
It is fanciful to suggest that embedded technology will
be the next big thing after wearables? By embedded
we don’t mean technology embedded in things, but
technology embedded in people.
Will people go for elective, optional surgery to place the
latest must-have device inside their body? We readily
accept replacement bits to keep us mobile as well as
implants to keep us alive, but how about devices to
help us communicate and control things? It could bring
a whole new meaning to “Intel Inside”
We are open to suggestions for possible uses for such
implanted devices and we guess some development
needs to be done to make these tiny items powerful
enough and long lasting.
Being “chipped” will not be for everyone and the
comparisons with pet chipping will inevitably bring a
negative reaction. We did read somewhere ages ago
of a call for baby’s to be chipped to constantly monitor
their health and location. The embedded device would
then be removed when the child reaches 16 or 18.
Perhaps they will take the place of a SIM card,
contactless payment card, passport, door key, car key
– the list of potential applications could be pretty huge
and it will be interesting to see how people adapt to
being an integral part of the Internet of Things!!.
Without doubt, there will already be many companies
working to develop these embedded devices. If
or when they become available, we would like to
see them come with an off switch – for a variety of
reasons!!
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News
It’s official: Agilent
becomes Keysight
Technologies
And now it is official. Keysight
Technologies has begun
operations today after it was
announced that the electronic
measurement business of
Agilent Technologies has
begun operating under the
Keysight name. It will remain
a wholly owned subsidiary
of Agilent Technologies until
early November when the
separation is expected to
be completed and Keysight
begins trading on the New
York Stock Exchange under
the symbol KEYS.
It is another new journey for
what was the Hewlet-Packard
test and measurement
business before that
business was rebranded
Agilent Technologies in
1999. Keysight will carry
on the baton in industry
segments of communications;
aerospace and defense; and
industrial, computers, and
semiconductors. Keysight’s
separation from Agilent was
announced in September
2013. “As we launch our new
company, we are mindful
of our rich heritage as part
of Agilent and prior to that,
Hewlett-Packard,” said Ron
Nersesian, Keysight president
and CEO.
Read more...
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Neuromorphic computing a
potential reality with atomic switch
The mammalian brain
continues to reign supreme
in completing tasks based
on both memory and
environmental clues, even
though computers have
revolutionized information
processing. This contrast in
performance stems from the
radically divergent physical
structures and operating
mechanisms of neuronal
networks and digital circuits.
Read more...
Where there’s manufacturing,
there’s a way
Recent years have been some
of the most economically
challenging since the industrial
revolution; in the last five
years the British economy
contracted by 7% and so
as we enter a new financial
year many companies
will be breathing a sigh of
relief. By Jonathan Wilkins,
Marketing Manager, European
Automation.
Read more...
Report finds analog unit
shipments grew 15% in 2013
In its mid-year update to the
2014 McClean Report, IC
Insights have highlighted that
between 2013 and 2018,
analog unit shipments are
forecast to grow at an average
annual rate of 8.9%. This is
faster than the 7.2% forecast
for the total IC market and
faster than all other major IC
product categories.
The mid-year update also
showed how analog unit
shipments grew 15% in 2013
to become the first IC product
category to ship more than 100
billion units in a calendar year
period.
Read more...
News
ARM technology licensed by Atmel
For devices requiring image,
video and display capabilities,
Atmel has licensed processor
and security IP from ARM.
Atmel plans to integrate
the Cortex-A7 processor,
Mali-V500 video accelerator,
Mali-DP500 display processor
and TrustZone technology
into silicon for wearable
devices and automated
factory tasks which are reliant
on image processing, such as
identifying faulty products.
The energy efficiency
and small die area ARM
Mali-V500 and Mali-DP500
enable full HD 1080p 60fps
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resolution capabilities on a
single core suited for costconscious applications.
The video accelerator
and display processor
also feature support ARM
TrustZone technology for
hardware-backed content
security. The Mali-DP500
display processor enables
Atmel SoCs to deliver UI
functionality such as multilayer composition, scaling
and post-processing with
support from ARM’s Frame
Buffer Compression (AFBC)
protocol.
Read more...
Dialog
Semiconductors
donates £80,000
to UTC Swindon
Dialog Semiconductors
has donated £40,000 to
UTC Swindon for specialist
equipment, as well as an
additional £40,000 for the
first academic year, it has
been announced. Opening in
September 2014 and catering
for 600 students aged 14-19,
the college will provide courses
for young people who aspire
to a career in engineering.
Read more...
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News
NürnbergMesse celebrate
success on 40th anniversary
On it’s 40th anniversary,
NürnbergMesse celebrates
continued success. In 2013,
the company’s revenue was
€193m, the highest in it’s
history. The company have
continued this success into
2014, with event formats
developing more positively
than the average for the sector
and the global orientation
gaining more importance. The
reasons for the most recent
success of NürnbergMesse
are varied – but one thing in
particular becomes clear: The
trust placed in NürnbergMesse
by some 27,000 exhibitors
and 1.13m visitors in 2013 is
reflected in 174 trade fairs,
congresses, public events
and company events.
Read more...
In-vehicle apps will be
mainstream by 2018
According to a report published
by Juniper Research, the use
of in-vehicle apps is expected
to reach 269m by 2018, a
fivefold increase on last year’s
figure. The report, ‘Connected
Cars: Consumer & Commerical
Telematics and Infotainment
2014-2018’, suggests that
this growth will be due to invehicle apps becoming more
mainstream. In-vehicle apps
will become more mainstream,
the report argues, because
of the introduction of apps
such as Apple’s CarPlay and
the integration of such apps
in vehicles as standard, with
MirrorLink being used by
OEMs, content providers and
automotive entertainment
specialists.
Poor school
careers advice
deters future
engineers
According to a new poll by
the Institution of Mechanical
Engineers, UK pupils are
receiving poor careers
advice from teachers who
lack understanding of
business and industry. The
survey reveals 42% of the
2,030 people polled believe
careers guidance in UK
secondary schools is poor,
26% adequate and just 10%
good. The results come as the
Institution launches a Teacher
Industrial Partners’ Scheme
(TIPS), which will see Science,
Technology, Engineering
and Maths (STEM) teachers
being offered two-week work
placements within industry
to help them better explain
the highly diverse career
opportunities to their students.
Read more...
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Peregrine and RFMD settle outstanding litigation
Peregrine Semiconductor
and RF Micro Devices have
jointly announced that the
companies have settled all
their outstanding claims. While
specific financial terms of the
agreement remain confidential,
the two companies have
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entered into patent cross
licenses and have agreed to
dismiss all related litigation.
Jim Cable, CEO, Peregrine
Semiconductor, commented:
“We are pleased that we
have reached agreement
with RF Micro Devices and
resolved all of our outstanding
litigation under terms that
recognise Peregrine’s unique
role in the invention and
commercialisation of RF SOI
technology.
Read more...
Connecting Global Competence
Welcome to Planet e.
The entire universe of electronics at a single location!
Tickets & Registration
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26th International Trade Fair for
Electronic Components, Systems
and Applications
Messe München
November 11–14, 2014
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Distribution
Daily posts on the world of electronic parts distribution
in EMEA by electronics industry veteran Mick Elliott
mick.elliott@electronicspecifier.com
UK Deal Unites Foremost, NKK
Foremost Electronics has
been appointed as a UK
distributor for NKK’s specialist
switch products. Alan Cook,
Managing Director of Foremost
Electronics comments, “We
are very pleased to become a
distributor for NKK. With our
long experience of supplying
specialist and value-added
eMech products to the UK
market, their latest range
of products for the audio,
broadcast and complex HMI
applications will be a great
fit with our existing product
portfolio and customer base.”
NKK have a wide and growing
range of specialist switches for
high quality audio equipment
and “audiophiles” and a
number of recently introduced
OLED SmartSwitches and
innovative illuminated push
button switches for complex
HMI applications.
Read more...
Digi-Key Marches
On In Europe
Digi-Key
President
and Chief
Executive
Officer Mark
Larson is
looking
relaxed and
happy in his usual London hotel
haunt. Not entirely surprising
as he is in Europe, and more
specifically the UK, a region
and area fuelling phenomenal
growth for the Thief River Fallsbased distributor.
“Europe is a shining star for
us,” he observes. That’s almost
an understatement when
you look at the numbers. In
Europe sales will be up 26.4
per cent in 2014 at £178.5m
or 222.6m Euros. Germany,
the manufacturing engine of
Europe is purring along nicely.
Read more...
Farnell element14 Inks Swissbit Pact
Farnell element14 has signed a
direct agreement with Swissbit,
a supplier of industrial DRAM
modules and Flash storage
products. The world-wide
agreement covers EMEA, North
America, APAC and Japan
regions. Swissbit products
are particularly targeted
at the industrial computer
markets including Embedded
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Computing, Automation,
Measurement, Communication,
Network, Military, Aerospace,
Transportation, Casino Gaming
and Medical Equipment. Mike
Buffham, Global Head of
Product & Pricing at Premier
Farnell, said: “This new direct
agreement with Swissbit is
exciting because it expands
our award-winning technology
solutions product offering
around industrial DRAM
modules and Flash storage
products. We have listened to
our customers, and delivering
an extensively stocked Swissbit
range of products enhances
our global Semiconductor line
card.
Read more...
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Re-introducing Intel’s
MQ80C196KB CHMOS
Microcontroller
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Re-introducing Altera’s
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Re-introducing AMD’s
AM27C512 CMOS EPROM
The Intel
MCS-96
Family of
microcontrollers is
most commonly used in embedded
systems for motor control, modem, printer
and pattern recognition applications. The
68-pin microcontroller from Rochester is
pin-for-pin compatible, uses a true superset
of the M8096 instructions and is offered
in a variety of packages, speeds and
temperature ranges.
The complex
EP1810 erasable
programmable
logic devices
(EPLDs).
The EP1810
devices offer
LSI density, TTLequivalent speed,
and low power consumption.
EP1810 devices have 48 macrocells,
16 dedicated input pins, and 48 I/O pins.
EP1810 devices are divided into four
quadrants, with each containing 12
macrocells. Macrocells can be individually
programmed as D, T, JK or SR flipflops, or
combinatorial operation. Available in a 68pin ceramic PGA package or a 68-pin J-lead
package, the EP1810.
The AM27C512 product family is a 512-Kb,
UV erasable PROM, organized as 64K
words by 8 bits and operates from a single
5V supply. Created for high speed and low
power, the 27C512 is available in windowed
ceramic DIP packages as well as one-time
programmable PDIP and PLCC package.
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End of Life
End of Life does not mean End of Mission
As technology advancements
continue to accelerate, shorter
semiconductor life cycles are
more commonplace. Today,
the average semiconductor
life cycle is three to five years.
This includes device prototype,
introduction, design-in,
production, low-volume, and
end-of-life phases. Once a
semiconductor manufacturer
decides to discontinue a product,
an EOL notice is issued, giving
customers a last-time buy date
(usually within 6 to 12 months).
After that date, customers need
to find an alternative supply of
their critical devices.
An EOL event poses significant
challenges to customers
as they find ways to source
devices for ongoing production,
maintenance, and repair. Many
OEMs either do not forecast a
last-time buy correctly, or cannot
afford a sufficient last-time buy
and the associated handling and
storage costs. These OEMs are
left with few options as reliable
supplies of the discontinued
component from authorized
distributors diminish over time,
eventually becoming obsolete.
Note that the term “obsolete” is
not the same as EOL but refers
to component availability in the
Authorized channel.
One solution is to work
with authorized continuing
semiconductor manufacturers
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By: George Karalias, Director of Marketing &
Communications at Rochester Electronics
that can re-create the device and
provide continuing manufacturing
services.
redesign the system, or engage
with an authorized continuing
manufacturer.
Scenario
Unauthorized Sources
Recently, a reputable aerospace
and electronics manufacturer
experienced an EOL event for
a critical semiconductor device
that quickly turned into an
obsolescence scenario. The
company needed to outfit more
than 150 military aircraft with a
critical semiconductor device
— an ASIC (application-specific
integrated circuit) in a current
loop scheme that decodes
internal aircraft safety operations.
Vital to the performance of the
aircraft, the semiconductor
device could not be found
for procurement through any
of the original manufacturer’s
authorized channels. As a result,
the OEM was left with few
options; purchase the device
from an unauthorized source,
Purchasing devices from an
unauthorized source comes
with many risks. Unauthorized
distributors cannot guarantee
authenticity, quality, traceability,
reliability, or continuous availability
of parts. Additionally, there is
no easy way to be sure that the
devices been properly stored
and handled so that quality and
reliability have been preserved.
Counterfeiting is still a growing
problem throughout the electronics
industry. As counterfeiters
become more sophisticated,
more companies are receiving
re-marked devices with falsified
part numbers and company logos,
empty devices with no die, falsified
RoHS compliance paperwork,
and cloned semiconductors that
appear to pass visual inspection
standards.
End of Life
The use of counterfeit and
substandard devices has farreaching negative consequences,
not the least of which is a negative
reflection on reputable component
manufacturers and distributors. In
addition, they cause purchasing
dilemmas for component
buyers and production delays
for equipment manufacturers.
If the defective parts make
it into the field, end users
experience equipment failures.
For mission-critical applications
such as military, medical, and
aerospace, faulty equipment
can result in loss of life. These
failures damage the credibility of
the equipment manufacturer. In
worst-case scenarios, counterfeit
components can cause legitimate
manufacturers to be driven out of
business.
Re-design Challenges
The aerospace and electronics
manufacturer desperately
wanted to avoid a re-design.
They knew the project could
cost millions of dollars from
drawing board to requalification,
and they knew it would be
difficult to get funding. In
addition, a re-design would
interrupt production for an
extended period of time. It
was also determined that if
they were to re-design the
system using next generation
semiconductors, the new
semiconductor devices would
likely reach EOL prior to the
military aircrafts life cycle – thus
creating another EOL and
obsolescence scenario.
Solution
After carefully considering the
options and the potential impact
on its reputation, engineering
resources and costs,
procurement costs and timeto-market, the aerospace and
electronics manufacturer chose
to partner with an authorized
continuing manufacturer to solve
its obsolescence issue.
Utilizing an expansive
inventory of wafer and die,
the continuing semiconductor
manufacturer re-created the
critical devices, matching the
performance characteristics
and specifications of the
original devices. The continuing
manufacturer was able to recreate the semiconductor
devices based on a source
control drawing (SCD);
documents, graphs and
electronic data from the original
manufacturer; and two original
device samples.
entire systems or risk purchasing
counterfeit/substandard devices.
A re-design of an integrated
circuit system can potentially
cost millions, in addition to a
lengthy re-qualification and retesting process, which would
mean innumerable lost hours
of development time that could
be better spent on creating new
products.
Continuing semiconductor
manufacturers deliver a
convenient, reliable, and
long-term option that saves
companies from the issues
intrinsic to pursuing gray market
or counterfeit product options.
A re-engineered semiconductor
is ultimately a fraction of the
cost of a re-design, and given
the government regulations
in place to ensure continuing
semiconductor manufacturer
integrity, provides the
best continual
procurement
solution.
Semiconductor re-creation
reduces the impact of EOL
scenarios. Without the ability
of continuing semiconductor
manufacturers to re-engineer
critical components, companies
would be forced to redesign
George Karalias is the Director of Marketing
and Communications for Rochester Electronics
and has worked with the company for ten
years. His experience in the high tech and
computer industries started in 1983 when
he graduated from Boston College.
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Survey
ElectronicSpecifier Research Shows Importance of
Quality and Support for Board-Level Products
ElectronicSpecifier recently
conducted research amongst
embedded engineers about
board-level embedded
products. The project,
conducted by Napier
Partnership Limited and
sponsored by Mouser, found
that support and quality were
some of the most important
factors that determined which
embedded board products were
selected.
Embedded engineers use a
wide range of boards, although
the most common requirement
is for processor/computing,
which represented over half the
sample. Data acquisition, RF
and communications were the
next subsystems that were most
commonly implemented using a
third party board.
Over the last three years, there
has been a significant increase
in the number of off-theshelf boards that are used in
embedded
systems (see
Figure 1). Of
the engineers
surveyed,
18% said that
the number of
off-the-shelf
boards in
their systems
had increased
“a lot”, 34% said the number
had increased “a little”, and only
4% said that the number of offthe-shelf boards had decreased.
The increase in the use of offthe-shelf boards means that
a quarter of the embedded
systems engineers now state
that a large proportion of their
systems are boards designed
and manufactured by other
companies. Whilst most of the
engineers surveyed use 3rd
party boards in production
systems, 25% use them in
prototyping and switch to their
own boards for production
systems.
These trends
indicate that
time-tomarket is an
important
factor for
engineers,
and when
asked, the
engineers
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rated it as the second biggest
challenge they faced after
overall system cost (Figure 2).
The pressure on engineering
resources was also seen
when the engineers were
asked how board vendors
could help them (Figure 3):
62% wanted more reference
designs, whilst 55% asked for
improved development tools,
51% wanted vendors to write
more application notes and
44% asked them to improve the
quality of their documentation.
In fact documentation was the
second most important factor
in determining which board the
engineers selected: 86% said it
was important or very important
when selecting a vendor. Quality
of documentation ranked just
below overall product quality,
but ahead of metrics such as
price and support. Unlike other
products, engineers are very
open to choosing boards from
new suppliers; only 19% said
that it was important that the
Survey
boards came from approved
vendors.
System reliability was ranked
next in the list of design
challenges, which meant
that size (30%) and power
consumption (27%) were
not seen as particularly
critical problems. This is a
little surprising, particularly
considering the amount of
energy board vendors are
putting in to lowering the power
drawn by embedded boards.
The research has shown that
engineers look well beyond the
product itself when selecting a
board for their system. Perhaps
it should not be surprising that
ease-of-use, documentation
and support are important after all the decision to buy
boards rather than design and
build them in-house is frequently
driven by resource and time
constraints. The risks, however,
of choosing a product with poor
documentation and support was
summed up by one respondent
who said, “I
like to know
what I am
doing with
the board
so I do not
look stupid
in front of my
co-workers.”
Whilst it is
concerning
that the documentation and
support for some products
clearly still falls short of what
engineers require, it’s also a
great opportunity for boardlevel product suppliers, both
manufacturers and distributors,
who can help engineers and
ensure they look smart in front
of their colleagues.
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Cables & Connecting
IP68 connectors
with a first mate,
last break ground
contact
Expanding the Mid Power
SPEC Pak connector family,
Anderson Power Products has
announced that the connector
is available with a first mate,
last break ground contact
capable of accepting 6-10awg
(13.3-5.3mm²) wire. This
makes the Mid Power SPEC
Pak suitable for 3 phase, 4
wire configurations up to 600V
AC and 80A.
Wire-to-wire/board connectors
are compact and cost-effective
Waterproof wire-to-wire and
wire-to-board connectors,
claimed to be compact and
cost-effective, have been
introduced by JST. The JWPS
series have a seal ring that
protects from moisture, dirt,
scratches and cracks by
sealing at the mating side in
the header or tab housing,
making them suitable for
extreme moisuture and
submersion applications. This
seal is made from rubber,
while the tab contact is made
from a copper alloy, making
the connectors both compact
and cost-effective. With a
double spring construction
and a ‘sqeeze to release’
locking system, the contact
system provides contact
force, preventing accidential
unmating. This locking system
is also internal to the housing,
preventing contact back out
and damage through handling
external locking lances.
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SSMA connector performs in high
vibration environments
Exceeding the IP67 industry
standard, these connectors
are environmentally sealed to
IP68. This rugged, compact
connector is UV, chemical
and flame resistant. Highly
adaptable, the Mid Power
SPEC Pak family enables
users to customise the
connector to meet unique
design requirements. They can
be configured with up to four
colour coded, 6-10awg power
or ground contacts.
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An SSMA connector, claimed
to perform in high vibration
environments, has been
developed by Aviel for a military
aerospace manufacturer.
The manufacturer required a
connector with termination
onto a 0.085” semi-rigid cable,
chassis mounting, a SSMA
interface and
an operating
frequency
of up to
26Ghz. A
standard
chassis
mount
SSMA connector meets these
requirements, but does not
perform in a high vibration
environment. Aviel’s connector
has a floating body and pin
that allow both axial and radial
movement while maintaining
an operating frequency of up
to 26Ghz. To ensure that it
performs in a high vibration
environment, the company
have designed the
connector so that the pin
movement is independent
of the body.
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Cables & Connecting
Cable gland range offered with
expert specification advise
A mainstream and specialist
range of cable gland
solutions are now available
from Hylec-APL. This range
has been made available
in response to how cable
gland design has become
increasingly varied, as
manufacturers begin to
realise that they need to offer
their customers a distinct
advantage in order to hold on
to their market share.
With this variation it can be
hard to find the cable gland,
which is why the range from
Hylec-APL offers end-users
and OEMs the flexibility to
choose the perfect solution
for their application. With low
price, simple installation and
IP68 protection, a standard
dome top gland may seem
like a fairly straight forward
product to specify.
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THE GOLD STANDARD
Connector system
delivers 40Gbps
for telecomms
Offering high density
performance with datarates up to 40Gbps, Molex
has revealed that its Impel
backplane connector system
is available for use with the
company’s Backplane Pin
Map Configurator.
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Comms
SMARC form
factor COM
targets IoT
devices
An SMARC form factor
computer-on-module, which
has been certified by Intel for
Intel Gateway Solutions for
the IoT, has been introduced
by ADLINK Technology.
Used with ADLINK’s SEMA
Cloud, the LEC-BT can be
used to develop IoT devices.
The module uses a single,
dual, or quad core Intel Atom
processor E3800 series
system-on-chip of 1.32.2GHz and has soldered
memory of up to 4Gb
DDR3L at 1066/1333MHz,
including ECC. The LECBT is 82x80mm in size and
has onboard eMMC flash
and ECC memory support.
With SMARC, the module
operates from 5-10W,
enabling smaller quieter
and cleaner systems. The
module, which operates from
-40 to +85ºC, is suitable for
industrial automation.
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Panel PC offers a slim design
& flexible architecture
Offering a slim design and
flexible architecture for fast
system deployment, the
GOT3177T-834 panel PC has
been released by Axiomtek.
Powered by an Intel Bay
Trail-D Celeron processor, the
17”, fanless PC is equipped
with a 5:4 aspect ratio flush.
The panel PC features a wide
operating temperature range
of -10 to +50°C, making
it suitable for use in harsh
environments. Adding to this
suitability is the PC’s IP65 front
bezel waterproof enclosure.
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Modules offer flexible expansion
interfaces & ECC memory
Incorporating 4th Gen Intel
Core processors, a line of
COM Express products has
been released by DFI with the
intention of targeting intelligent
system development. Included
in DFI’s product roll-out
was the HM961, HM960
and HM920, all of which
are designed on the Mobile
Intel QM87 and Intel HM86
chipsets.
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Datasheet...
3U networking platform delivers
high-density processing
Featuring up to 12 hotpluggable blades powered
by Intel Xeon E3 12xx series
processors, WIN Enterprises’
latest 3U networking
platform delivers high-density
processing. Supplied as
standard with two 10GbE SFP
ports, two GbE SFP ports and
two GbE RJ45 ports, the PL80540 can also accommodate
expansion modules for an
additional six 10GbE SFP ports
and sixteen GbE copper/fibre
LAN ports.
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Comms
Host connector series performs
at 32Gbps per channel
To meet the demand for
a faster form factor signal
transmission interface,
Yamaichi Electronics has
introduced a series of 32Gbps
host connectors. The CN120038 series Quad Small Formfactor Pluggable plus (eQSFP+)
host connector and its cage
accessories are 100% footprint
compatible with existing 10
and 25Gbps QSFP standards.
The host connector series is
also compatible with many
InfiniBand and Ethernet QSFP
modules on the market. These
include 40 and 100Gb Ethernet
modules and QDR/FDR/EDR
InfiniBand.
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Mini module is
both cost and
energy efficient
A mini module, claimed to be
both cost and energy efficient
and thus suitable for industrial
control automation, medical
equipment, gaming machine,
telecomms, POS, kiosk and
transportation applications,
has been released by DFI.
The BT9A3 is powered by the
Intel Atom processor E3800
SoC product family, which
is primarily
Platforms have low-cost shelf
manager and universal AC power
System platforms which
are standard, high versatile
configurations designed
to meet a wide range of
development needs, have been
released by VadaTech.
The first two chassis in
the Express Development
Platforms series, the EXP100
and EXP200, feature six AMC
slots and two AMC slots
respectively in 1U enclosure
height. Both versions have
an integrated low-cost shelf
manager and universal AC
power.
The two-slot is a basic
low-cost design with one
Intel-based processor AMC
(VadaTech’s AMC720). The
routing across the backplane
is point-to-point, allowing
any fabric to be utilised
(10 or 40GbE, SRIO, PCIe,
Aurora, etc). The result is a
compact, versatile, and lowcost development platform
for MicroTCA/AMC based
requirements. The six-slot
Exp200 provides more optional
modules with a 6Gbps SATA
storage AMC and a 16core Cavium-based packet
processor. The six-slot chassis
has PCIe Gen 2 across the fat
pipes (ports 4-7) and an option
for 10GbE on ports 8-11.
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aimed at 24 hour
operating intelligent systems.
These SoCs range from single
core, dual core and quad
core. The onboard graphics
features one DDI (HDMI/DVI/
DP) and one dual channel
LVDS display interfaces that
support high resolution.
Moreover, the advanced Intel
HD Graphics integrated in
processor brings enhanced
stereoscopic 3D capabilities,
immersive web browsing and
spectacular HD playback; as
well as makes this embedded
module particularly suitable for
graphics-intensive devices.
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Power
AC power supply
boasts 4kW
variable frequency
The PCR4000M, a 4kW
variable frequency AC power
supply, has been made
available by Kikusui’s UK
Distributor Telonic Instruments.
The power supply expands
Kikusui’s exisiting PCR500M,
PCR1000M, PCR2000M and
PCR4000M variable frequency
(40-500Hz) AC power
supplies.
The PCR4000M features
AC, DC and AC+DC output,
memory function, current limit
and selectable start phase.
Users are able to measure
not only voltage, current and
power of the AC and DC
output, but also apparent
power, reactive power, power
factor, crest factor and current
peak hold. Equipped with an
RS-232C interface, the device
comes complete with control/
logging software as standard.
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AC/DC power supplies combine
high power with small footprint
A series of AC/DC power
supplies, designed to provide
up to 300W from a compact
127 x 81mm footprint,
has been announced by
Powersolve. The JB301/
JB301D Series is available
in four mechanical options,
including U channel and
enclosed, to suit the widest
range of applications.
The JB301/JB301D Series
operates from a 90-264VAC
input voltage range, with power
factor correction to EN610003-2 class D.
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Datasheet...
Programmable power design
tool updated with Arduino
The latest version of
the company’s intuitive
programmable power design
tool, PowerArchitect 5.1 has
been released by Exar. This
updated version now supports
the XRP7720 and XRP7725
programmable power ICs,
the XRP9710 and XRP9711
power modules and the
latest universal PMICs and
development boards.
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Synchronous buck converters
feature 96% efficiency
Featuring efficiencies of up to
96%, Texas Instruments has
introduced the TPS65261 and
TPS65262 integrated triple-
output synchronous step-down
switching regulators. The next
generation DC/DC converters
are suited for applications
such as digital television, settop boxes, home gateway
and access point networks,
wireless routers, point-of-sale
machines and surveillance
equipment.
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Power
DC/DC converters offer wide input
voltage range of 24-110V
DC/DC converters offering a
wide input voltage range and
high efficiency, have been
released by MTM Power. The
PCMDS150WK-IP65 150W
converters are available with
a wide input range for battery
voltages of 24, 36, 48, 60, 72,
80, 96 and 110V according
to EN 50 155. This is enabled
by the push-pull topology
used while developing these
converters.
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Switching ICs meet US DoE EPS
efficiency regulations
A series of switching ICs
suitable for mobile devices
which are subject to 30mW
no-load limitations, has been
Power supply
provides output
of 1800W over
180-264VAC
released by Power Integrations.
The LinkSwitch-3 series
delivers primary-side regulation
for chargers and adapters up
to 10W, making them suitable
for smartphones and tablets
which are subject to upcoming
mandatory US DoE EPS
efficiency regulations and EU
CoC Tier 2 guidelines.
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The TFE-1800-48, an 1800W,
48VDC front end power
supply designed in a sub-1U
horizontal package, has been
introduced by Tectrol Europe.
Along with secondary isolation
from 1500VRMS and output
adjustable to 54VDC for PoE
requirements, the power
supply features universal AC
input and active PFC and I2C
interfaces for advanced status
and control functions.
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DC/DC converters target harsh industrial environments
Operating over a wide
temperature range from -60
to +125°C, the TEC-100 and
TEC-200 series isolated DC/
DC converters are designed
for industrial applications and
harsh environment conditions.
Introduced by Schaefer, the
converters provide 100 and
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200W of continuous power at
high efficiencies of up to 93%.
Featuring both 2:1 and 4:1
wide input ranges of 9-18,
9-36, 18-36, 18-75 and 3675VDC, the TEC-100 and
TEC-200 series are comprised
of five single output models
offering output voltages in the
range of 5-28VDC.
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Power
1kW power
supply suits harsh
environment
electronics
Expanding the company’s
XF series high reliability,
ruggedised COTS modular
power supplies, Excelsys
Technologies has announced
the 1000W XFN powerPac
model. The power supplies
are designed for application
such as harsh environment
electronics, including industrial
and MIL/COT’s.
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Output on phase angle
AC/DC power supplies offer
efficiencies up to 92%
Expanding the company’s N
series AC/DC power supplies,
Powerstax has announced the
504W NM0501 and 1008W
NM1001. Both of these power
supplies feature 90-264VAC
inputs and power efficiency
levels of up to 92%, enclosed
in ultra-low profile 1U format
packages. Powerstax have
stated that the N series
products are based on a
proprietary design which lowers
energy consumption and
improves thermal performance,
with minimal forced air cooling
required. This enables reduced
AC loads, lower power
system operational costs and
increased reliability. The ultralow profile 1U package allows
the NM0501 and NM1001
to be easily implemented
into designs using industry
standard 1U chassis, freeing
up additional space.
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Power
Power supplies offer built-in
solar array simulator
Three DC power
supplies, the PVS10005,
PVS60085, and
PVS60085MR, have been
introduced by B&K Precision.
Delivering output power of
up to 5.1kW, the PVS Series
boasts excellent regulation,
low noise, and fast transient
response times. Offering a
built-in solar array simulator
(SAS) function to generate
photovoltaic I-V curves, the
Switching
regulator for
Thunderbolt
applications
power supplies provide high
power density in a compact
2U form factor making them
suited to high voltage testing
up to 1000 V, motor inverter
testing, and solar array testing
applications.
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AC/DC power supplies offer
89% efficiency at up to 70°C
AC/DC power supplies which
are suitable for use within
harsh environments, have been
released by Power Sources
Unlimited. The TXM series of
AC/DC power supplies, which
are available from 15W-320W,
operate at up to 70°C and
have a working efficiency of
up to 89%. Featuring a lowprofile metal case with a screw
terminal connection, the series
can be used with a variety of
equipment.
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250W AC/DC PSUs target
industrial and medical applications
Suitable for industrial and
medical applications, XP
Power has announced a 250W
model in the GCS series of
high efficiency single output
AC-DC power supplies. They
GCS250 is supplied in the an
industry standard 127x76.2mm
(3x5”) open frame package, an
enclosed covered version and
top or end-mounted fan cover
options.
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Texas Instruments has
introduced what the
company claims is the
first fully integrated power
solution for bus-powered
Thunderbolt applications.
The TPS65980 DC/
DC switching regulator
integrates all power
management functions
required for a Thunderbolt
bus-powered device,
reducing the total BOM cost
by 50% and solution size by
40% compared to discrete
solutions.
Ti has also claimed that
the TPS65980 is the only
solution recommended and
approved for Thunderbolt
bus-powered solutions,
significantly reducing design
time. The DC/DC switching
regulator supplies up to 3.5A
of output current, enabling
bus-powered endpoint
devices to deliver up to 10W
at over 90% efficiency.
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Convection-cooled
Medical Power
with Ultra High Efficiency
Convection-cooled
25 W
ECS25
2” x 3”
ECS65
ECP60
45 W
ECS45
60 W
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80 W
2” x 4”
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ECP225
Forced-cooled
150 W
CCB200
200 W
3” x 5”
CCB250
250 W
CCM250
XP Power provides a wide range of
medically approved power supplies
with convection-cooled ratings for all
healthcare power solutions.
4” x 6”
Actives
Microcontroller
suited for lowpower RF
applications
Featuring improved read zone
and battery performance for
ultra-low power applications,
Texas Instruments has
announced the RF430F5978
microcontroller. This highly
integrated RF solution is suited
for low-power RF applications,
such as wireless sensor
networks, data-loggers,
active transponders, remote
monitoring systems, container
tracking, access control and
asset control/management
systems. The RF430F5978
features a 3D low-frequency
(LF) wake-up and transponder
interface (which can function
even without a battery
supply), an integrated
1GHz RF transceiver and
programmable MSP430 core.
An integrated 128-bit AES
security encryption/decryption
coprocessor adds advanced
security for data protection,
product authentication and
secure access control.
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Low jitter clocks are the industry’s
most frequency-flexible
Comprising high-performance
clock generators and highly
integrated multi-PLL jitter
attenuators, Silicon Labs
has announced the nextgeneration Si534x ‘clock-treeon-a-chip’ portfolio. They are
claimed to be the industry’s
most frequency-flexible clock
solutions offering industryleading jitter performance
for high-speed networking,
communications and data
centre equipment in internet
infrastructure.
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Rochester re-introduces
Freescale MC68000 32-bit MPUs
Authorised to continue
manufacturing Motorola/
Freescale’s MC68000 family
of 32-bit microprocessors,
Rochester Electronics offers
the MC68020/MC68EC020,
MC68030/MC68EC030,
and MC68040/
MC68EC040/MC68LC040
devices in a variety of
packages and frequencies
to meet commercial
through military application
requirements.
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IMAGIS uses Cortus’ APS1 processor
core for touchscreen designs
Cortus and IMAGIS have
announced that they are
working together to develop
touchscreen designs based on
Cortus’ APS1 processor core.
This 32-bit processor core has
been designed to replace the
8-bit microcontroller core, with
Cortus claiming it saves silicon
area and reduces code size,
making it more cost effective.
The APS1, which has 64kB
of program and data memory,
features Ethernet 10/100
MAC, USB 2.0 and USB 2.0
OTG interfaces. The processor
core provides licensees with a
scalable choice in embedded
computational performance
and silicon area to meet a
wide variety of application
needs.
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Actives
Crystal series offers 43% improvement in total tolerance
A series of crystal units for use
in a broad range of consumer
and industrial applications
has been released by Murata.
Based on the company’s
XRCGB-F family, the XRCGBF-P crystal units have an
improved frequency tolerance
of ±20 ppm (at +25°C) and an
(-30 to + 85°C). Compared
to previous crystal units that
had a combined tolerance
of ±70 ppm, these ±40 ppm
units represent close to a
43% improvement in total
tolerance.
improved frequency shift by
temperature of ±20 ppm max.
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FPGAs deliver highest performance in the smallest package
The newest member
of the ECP5 family,
Lattice Semiconductor
has announced that the
LFE5UM-85 delivers the
highest performance in
the family in the same
packages as smaller
devices. This enables
engineers to design
prototypes with the
best performance for
convenience and flexibility,
then optimise for cost in a
lower density device when
they go to production.
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Actives
PCIe clock
buffers reduce
size and power
consumption
Expanding the company’s
PCIe timing portfolio,
Integrated Device Technology
has introduced what it claims
to be the industry’s first 1.5V
PCI Express (PCIe) buffer
family. Operating from the
same supply voltage as
modern SoCs and FPGAs,
the 9DBU buffers allow
designers to use the same
power rail. This reduces
system complexity, physical
size, and power consumption.
Offered in 2-9 output
configurations to address
PCIe applications, the 9DBU
family operates from a 1.5V
supply. This results in the
industry’s lowest power
consumption for PCIe timing
devices, with eight-output
devices using just 40mW. This
reduces cooling requirements
and lowers operating costs.
The buffers support both nonPLL fan out and PLL zerodelay-buffer modes.
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VCO is suitable for radio
and satellite applications
A VCO, suitable for a variety
of applications, has been
introduced by Crystek. The
CVCO55CC-2756-2756,
which is suitable for use in
digital radio equipment, fixed
wireless access, satellite
communications systems
and base stations, operates
at 2756MHz, with a control
voltage range of 0.5-4.5V.
The VCO features a typical
phase noise of -116dBc/Hz
at 10KHz offset and output
power of +4 dBm, and
operates from -40 to +90°C.
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Overclocking DRAM series
features a speed of 3100MHz
An overclocking DRAM
series, which has a speed of
3100MHz and a bandwidth
of 24.8GBps, has been
introduced by ADATA. The
XPG V3 series is based on
the fourth and fifth generation
Intel Core processors, and
latest Z97 platform. The
overclocking DRAM, which
supports
Extreme
Memory
Profile version
1.3, utilises Thermal
Conductive Technology
to reduce the system
temperature.
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Module’s pitch allows mounting
on standard PCB substrate
A current-to-digital converter
module, designed to reduce
the cost and complexity of CT
scanner system design, has
been introduced by Analog
Devices. Available in a 15mm²
BGA package, the ADAS1131
is a 256-channel, 24-bit
current-to-digital converter
whose 0.8mm pitch enables
designers to mount the device
on a standard PCB substrate.
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‘World’s first’ 8Gb DDR3 components
with single chip-select
8Gb DDR3 components
with a single chip-select,
claimed to be the world’s
first, have been introduced
by I’M Intelligent Memory.
The JEDEC specification
JESD79-3 has always
allowed an 8Gb density for
DDR3 memory devices.
While most DRAM
manufacturers are waiting for
a 2 x nm process to fit such
high memory capacity into
a single DRAM IC package,
I’M has manufactured 8Gb
DDR3 components utilising
existing 30nm manufacturing
technologies.
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Hall encoder’s 10-bit angle
detection saves energy
A hall encoder, claimed to save
energy, has been introduced
by iC-Haus. The iC-TW11,
which allows for a 10-bit angle
detection, has a sampling rate
and 10Hz, with an average
current consumption of typically
3μA. In standby mode between
measuring cycles the idle current
cuts back to approximately
100nA. In normal operation the
iC-TW11 supports sampling
rates of 4kHz with an activated
filter and automatic amplifier gain
for 10-bit resolution at maximum
accuracy.
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Clock generators
replace multiple
high performance
crystals
Suited for enterprise
networking and storage
applications requiring jitter
clock synthesis solution and
small form factor, Microsemi
has announced the ZL30250
and ZL30251 flexible clock
generators. The ultra-low jitter
solution (160fs [12kHz-20MHz
integration band]) can replace
multiple high performance
crystals and crystal oscillators.
This lowers bill of material
(BOM) cost and eases design
and testing of timing solutions.
According to Microsemi, the
ZL30250 and ZL30251 clock
generators provide designers
with an industry leading
solution for applications
in wired and wireless
communication equipment,
enterprise switch and routers,
enterprise networks, storage
area networks, along with
industrial automation.
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Passives
SMPS MLCCs target harsh
environment applications up to 200°C
Extending its high temperature
SMX series stacked SMPS
MLCCs, AVX has added 25V
ratings in 3-5 case sizes and
500V ratings in 1-6 case sizes.
Claimed to provide significant
advantages over typical
MIL-qualified MLCCs (rated
to 125°C) and comparable
wet tantalum capacitors, the
capacitors are designed for
use in high temperature, harsh
environment applications up to
200°C.
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Datasheet...
Latching relay offers strong
shock & vibration resistance
The L115F1 Series latching
relay boasts the ability to
withstand heavy contact
load with strong shock
and vibration resistance.
Offering up to 50A and UL/
cUL approved, the CIT Relay
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which they claim are the
smallest electronic components
in the industry. The RASMID
(ROHM Advanced Smart Micro
Device) families include ultracompact chip resistors in
03015 (0.3 × 0.15mm) size as
well as Schottky barrier diodes
in 0402 (0.4 × 0.2mm) size.
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Offering power ratings of 2
and 6W in compact 1206 and
2512 case sizes, the PCAN
series of high-power, surfacemount precision thin film chip
resistors has been announced
by Vishay Intertechnology. The
aluminium nitride substrates
of the resistors have enlarged
backside terminations in
order to reduce the thermal
resistance between the
topside resistor layer and the
solder joint on the end user’s
circuit assembly.
& Switch relay is suited to
energy smart applications.
The 1A, 1B and 1C contact
arrangements have contact
ratings of 30A, 40A and 50A.
Devices feature superior dimensional
acuracy for wearables
Based on innovative proprietary
packaging and manufacturing
technologies, ROHM have
introduced a family of devices
Thin film chip
resistors reduce
thermal resistance
According to Vishay, the
reduced thermal resistance
enables the devices to provide
four times the power handling
capability of commercial
chip resistors. This makes
the devices suited for use in
power supplies for industrial,
telecommunications,
test and measurement,
medical and military and
aerospace equipment and
instrumentation.
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Datasheet...
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Capacitors offer wide
capacitance and voltage
range
Multi-throw switches
feature operating
temperatures to 105°C
Featuring a capacitance
range of 4.7-35µF and
a voltage range of 4001500V, AVX has unveiled the
FRC series medium power
DC-link film capacitors.
The devices are suited for
applications such as DC
filter circuits, solar inverters, industrial inverters,
power converters, UPS systems and motor
drives. The FRC series devices are available
with nine voltages in the 400-1500V range,
capacitance values of 4.7-35µF, tolerances of
±5 and ±10% and lead lengths of 4 and 8mm.
Featuring four snap-in terminals that facilitate
easy mounting to PCBs.
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Datasheet...
Shock-safe SMD
fuseholder features
stabilising posts
Providing
increased stability
during board
assembly and
fuse replacement,
SCHURTER has
announced that
ts FPG7 shocksafe SMD fuseholder is now equipped with
two stabilising posts. The company have
claimed that this is the only shock-safe
SMD fuseholder on the market for 5x20 mm
cartridge fuses.
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The PE42442 and
PE42452, highisolation, multithrow switches
succeeding the
PE42451, have
been introduced
by Peregrine
Semiconductor. These switches feature
enhanced operating temperatures up to 105°C
maximum, logic control of 1.8V, power supply
of 2.3-5.5V, insertion loss, isolation and ESD
protection of 4kV HBM.
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Test & Measurement
LabVIEW 2014
speeds data
acquisition,
analysis
The month of August always
sees National Instruments
usher in the latest version of
its LabView systems design
software. LabVIEW 2014
standardises the way users
interact with hardware through
reuse of the same code
and engineering processes
across systems, which scales
applications for the future.
This saves time and money
as technology advances,
requirements evolve and timeto-market pressure increases.
The software also simplifies
purchasing through the
LabVIEW suites, which offer
relevant, essential LabVIEW
add-ons and complementary
software specific to automated
test, embedded control and
monitoring, and hardware-inthe-loop and real-time test.
In addition, it provides access
to acquisition hardware such
as the rugged and flexible
4-slot CompactDAQ system
and CompactRIO system,
software-designed instruments
such as the PXI Express
8-channel high-resolution
oscilloscope and the softwarebased VirtualBench all-in-one
instrument.
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Software upgrade cuts 4K and
UHDTV1 hardware costs
To eliminate the need for
customers to purchase costly
hardware replacements
in order to shoot, prepare
and deliver 4K/UHDTV1
programming Tektronix has
developed software to enable
its WFM8200 and WFM8300
waveform monitors and
WVR8200 and WVR8300
rasterisers to be upgraded to
support 4K and UHDTV1.
Read more...
Datasheet...
Threaded probe travels
5.6mm, mounts at 4mm
Peak Test Services has
added a new threaded longtravel probe to its range of
spring-contact test probes
for contacting printed-circuit
boards in automatic test
systems. The new P61/G
has a travel length of 5.6 mm
nominal (7 mm maximum), and
is designed for mounting at 4
mm (157 mil) centres. Current
rating is 10 A, and typical
resistance is 25 milliohms.
Read more...
JTAG/Boundary Scan hardware
interface stars at Autotestcon
JTAG Technologies will be
showcasing the new JTAG/
boundary-scan hardware
interface product compatible
with the Virginia Panel (VPC)
mass interconnect system at
Autotestcon 2014 in St. Louis
(Sept 15-18) The JT 2147/
VPC is a signal conditional
module that allows ‘ideal
world’ connections from
JTAG Technologies PXI and
PXIe DataBlasters to the VPC
connection system.
Read more...
Test & Measurement
All-in-one transport tester solves
network problems
The new MT1000A Network
Master Pro from Anritsu is
an all-in-one optical network
field tester that supports the
multiple communications
protocols used in today’s
converged telecom networks.
The tester is portable,
compact and user-friendly
and it is aimed at technicians
who install and maintain
mobile-access, fixed-access,
metro and core transmission
telecoms networks.
Read more...
Datasheet...
Arbitrary/function generators
feature intuitive operation
A range of arbitrary/function
generators that feature isolated
output channels which allows
their use in the development
of floating circuits in power
Power
semiconductor
test platform
meets JEDEC
standard
electronics applications have
been launched by Yokogawa.
The FG400 Series combines
intuitive operation with
comprehensive sweep and
modulation facilities. The
instruments allow the creation
of basic, application specific
and arbitrary waveforms.
Read more...
Datasheet...
An automated test system
that meets the requirements
of JEDEC standards and
may be used for product
development characterisation
has been launched by Intepro.
The system is a solution
for reliability and extended
lifetime testing of power
semiconductors including IGBT,
MOSFET, SCR, diode and
bipolar parts and modules. The
SemTest system is comprised
of a test system, thermal oven
and test software with optional
chiller and cold plates.
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Digital radio test set upgraded
for Motorola radios
Aeroflex has added additional
test and alignment capabilities
for Motorola APX Series
Radios on its 3920B Digital
Radio Test Set. The new test
capabilities focus on Phase II
Transmit and Receive tests.
The Aeroflex Automated
Test and Alignment
procedure provides fully
automated test and alignment
of Motorola APX radios
without the need for user
interaction.
Read more...
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Design
Emulex has
adopted Synopsys’
VIP for the
Ethernet protocol
Synopsys has announced
that Emulex has adopted it’s
Verification IP (VIP) for the
Ethernet 1G/10G/40G/100G
protocol. This is based on
Synopsys’ SystemVerilog
and UVM architecture,
offering ease of use, ease
of integration, performance,
configurability, coverage,
and debug within UVM
environments. The VIP also
supports Synopsys’ Protocol
Analyzer, a protocol-centric
debug environment.
“We adopted Synopsys
verification IP because timeto-market and the ability to
deliver the highest speeds
and newest features to our
customers are critical,” said
Margie Evashenk, Chief
Development Executive,
Emulex.
Read more...
Starter kits speed time-to-market
for IoT devices
Providing various drivers for
rich Internet applications
using HTML5, Toshiba’s
BTZ5000-2MA-A1 and
RBTZ5000-6MA-A1 starter
kits speed the development
of web applications using the
Toshiba TZ5000 Application
Processor Lite (ApP Lite)
series. The kits enable users
to easily introduce embedded
development environments
and speed time-to-market
for IoT, streaming media and
other content-rich consumer
devices.
Read more...
Middleware provides solid
foundation for IoT development
A comprehensive middleware
solution, called X-Ware, has
been released by Express
Logic with the aim of providing
a solid foundation for IoT
development. X-Ware consists
of the company’s ThreadX
RTOS and FileX, NetX, NetX
Duo, USBX, GUIX, GUIX
Studio, and TraceX middleware
offerings. The company claim
that X-Ware provides all that’s
needed for embedded systems
to meet the functional and
usability requirements of IoT
devices.
The components of X-Ware
can operate individually, but
achieve optimum performance
when integrated with the
ThreadX RTOS.
Read more...
Tool targets the acceleration of mainstream PCB design
Three additions to the
Cadence OrCAD product
line has been introduced,
targeting the acceleration of
the mainstream PCB design
process and the boosting of
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productivity and efficiency.
The OrCAD products include
OrCAD Engineering Data
Management (EDM), a
comprehensive collaboration
and management environment
for OrCAD Capture; OrCAD
Library Builder, a rapid
automated part builder; and
OrCAD Documentation Editor.
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Design
HMI software enhances
temperature controller
Human machine interface
software has been released
by CD Automation to
enhance its temperature
controller. With the REVO
HMI, the REVO TC can
monitor up to 30 zones
from a 4.3, 7, or 10”
colour display. The zone
description area can also be
tapped into, giving access to
an advanced parameter and
setup page for each zone.
The REVO HMI can display
four or eight loop pages, which
feature a zone description
that can be edited by the
user, on-off pushbutton, setpoint display and setting,
temperature measured display,
power output value, generic
alarm status, deviation graph
and trend display push button
for each zone.
Read more...
Prototyping tool
speeds time-tomarket
A prototyping tool which
speeds time-to-market,
has been introduced by
Cadence. Protium is an
expansion of the Cadence
Palladium XP II suite. Built
using Xilinx Virtex-7 2000T
FPGAs, the prototyping tool
provides automated memory
compilation, external bulk
memory support, and RTL
name preservation throughout
the flow, which minimises
FPGA bring-up steps.
Read more...
Win a Microchip PICDEM FS-USB Demo
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The PICDEM FS-USB (DM163025-1)
is a demonstration board for the
PIC18F2x/4xK50 family of USB MCUs.
These devices support full-speed
USB communication without the need
for an external crystal, which allows
significant cost savings and reduced
design effort. The demo kit provides all of
the hardware needed to demonstrate and
develop a complete USB communication
solution.
The microcontroller for
the PICDEM FS USB
board DM163025-1 is the
PIC18F45K50, the superset (largest
memory and pin count) device of
the PIC18(L)F2X/45K50 family.
Microchip are also giving away an MPLAB ICD3 In Circuit
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Sensors
Sensors enhance
miniaturisation
with vacuum
measurement
A line of MEMS Pirani Vacuum
Sensors, targeted at HVAC
and industrial applications,
has been introduced by Posifa
Microsystems. Designated the
PVC 1000 family, the sensors
enhance miniaturisation
by employing a vacuum
measurement solution which
is based on the principle
that the thermal conductivity
of gases is proportional to
pressure in the low vacuum
range. The sensors measure
minute changes in resistance
to a heated element, resulting
from heat transfer to the
surrounding gas. The heated
element (measurement
resistor) consists of a platinum
thin-film resistor residing on a
thermal insulating membrane.
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AC current sensor fits
existing solid conductors
Capable of being clamped onto
an existing solid conductor
without having to disconnect
it, the PA3828NL 50/60Hz, di/
dt AC current sensor has been
unveiled by Pulse Electronics.
The clamp-on sensor is
suitable for applications include
metering, industrial motor
control, power monitoring,
circuit protection and current
fault monitoring. For high
precision power measuring
applications at 50/60Hz AC,
the sensor features a linear
current range of 0.1-200A with
1.0% accuracy.
Read more...
Datasheet...
Sensirion integrates IoT
technology and implementation
After integrating a humidity
and temperature sensor within
a smartphone, Sensirion
claims to have become the
first company in the world to
integrate IoT technology and
implementation within a single
source. The company’s primary
focus was not only on the
development and production of
the humidity and temperature
sensor, but also on the
implementation and integration
of the sensor.
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Capacitive touch sensing IP enables HMI
Suitable for home appliances
and healthcare equipment,
such as blood pressure
and blood glucose meters,
Renesas has announced the
development of intellectual
property (IP) that implements
industry-leading capacitive
touch sensing technology.
The company will also be
providing development
tools to ease application
development.
Compared to Renesas’
Sensors
MEMS sensors detect height
differences of only 50cm
The company’s most accurate
ever pressure sensor, the
2SMPB-01-01 absolute
pressure sensor from Omron
Electronic Components can
detect height differences of
as little as 50cm and provide
readings relative to a perfect
vacuum to ±6Pa. The sensor is
suited for measuring altitude,
atmospheric pressure or water
depth in wearable electronics,
activity monitors, industrial and
marine instruments and mobile
phones and cameras.
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Touch screen pyrometer hub for
up to six temperature sensors
A touch screen pyrometer
hub has been launched by
Calex. The PM180 provides
temperature measurement,
configuration, alarm display
and data logging for up to
six non-contact infrared
temperature sensors, and may
be connected to other PM180
units as part of a larger system.
The sensors are connected via
the RS485 Modbus interface,
and the password-protected
touch screen interface of the
PM180 allows full configuration
of each sensor.
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applications
R8C/3xT microcontrollers, the
IP achieves five times greater
high-touch sensitivity.
With high- noise immunity
allowing the technology
to pass strict noise tests,
the IP supports the mutual
capacitance method which is
more reliable and versatile than
the common self-capacitance
method.
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Datasheet...
Magnetic field
sensor ICs based
on proprietary
technology
Ismosys is now sampling
Crocus Technology’s
CTSX Series of magnetic
field sensor ICs. Currently
comprising three device
families, the sensors leverage
the company’s proprietary
Magnetic Logic Unit (MLU)
technology to deliver higher
performance and lower-cost
to a wide variety of sensor
applications.
Advantages over conventional
sensor technologies, says
Crocus, include proprietary
differential programming;
high resolution; high sensitivity
– greater than Hall Effect
sensors; low hysteresis;
excellent linearity; excellent
frequency response;
contactless DC and AC
current sensing capabilities;
low power consumption;
and up to 250ºC operating
temperature. The new
devices are ideal for position,
rotation & speed sensing
applications and are also
aimed at switching and
current sensing applications
– where they can be used
to replace bulky coils and
transformers.
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Automotive
HCMOS oscillators meet
AEC-Q200 requirements
In order to meet the advanced
clocking requirements in
modern vehicle systems, Fox
Electronics has expanded
its XpressO product line
to include three sizes of
automotive-grade, HCMOS
oscillators featuring the same
exceptionally low jitter as
the rest of the series. These
models conform to AEC-Q200
requirements, making
Filters
boast broad
capacitance &
temperature
spectrum
them suited for automotive
applications.
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Logic gates target automotive
& aeronautics applications
Designed for high-reliability,
extreme temperature
and extended lifetime
environments, X-REL
Semiconductor has
announced the XTR54000
multi-function logic gates.
Suitable for automotive,
aeronautics and down-hole
applications, the devices
can be used as a drop in
replacement of standard
54HC and 74HC logic gates
for 2.8-5.5V operation.
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Ceramic disc safety capacitors
target EVs and PHEVs
Providing high reliability for
Class X1 (440V AC) and
Y2 (300V AC) automotive
applications, Vishay announces
the AY2 series of AC-linerated ceramic disc safety
capacitors. These AEC-Q200qualified devices are optimised
for on-board chargers and
battery management in
electric vehicles (EVs) and
plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
(PHEVs), as well as highreliability industrial applications.
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A series of 3-terminal
feedthrough filters, designed
to meet automotive demands
for EMC components
in emerging safety and
infotainment applications,
has been introduced by TDK
Corporation. Available in
case sizes EIA 0603 to EIA
1206, the filters have rated
capacitance values ranging
from 22pF to 1μF and rated
voltages from 10V to 100V.
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Able to withstand
temperatures of up to 125
°C, the components are
rated for high currents up
to 10A making them suited
for a wide range of noise
suppression applications in
automotive electronics. The
broad capacitance and high
reliability of the components
fulfil requirements for EMC
filtering, even in applications
connected directly to the
battery.
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Automotive
Illuminated
pushbutton series
allows for easy
customisation
Available in either snap-in or
threaded bush mounting, the
FP30 series pushbutton has
been launched by APEM.
Large and lightweight, the
pushbutton is available in
a 1.5mm x 2.5mm snap
in version and 1mm x
9mm threaded brushing
version. Fully illuminated, the
pushbutton is offered in many
different actuator and bezel
colors, a smooth gloss finish,
and can be pad printed or
laser etched
with over
100 different
symbols.
Offering
7 different
LED colors
and 12V, 24V, and 48V
resistors, the FP30 series is
available with either silver or
gold plated contacts. The
gold plated contact have been
nominally rated for 200mA
@ 12VDC for over 1 million
electrical operations and at
least 400,000 mechanical
operations.
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Arrays feature gold terminations
for conductive gluing
Featuring gold terminations
for conductive gluing, the
ACAS 0606 ATAU resistor
array has been introduced
by Vishay Intertechnology.
The resistor arrays combines
high-temperature operation
to 155°C with relative
tolerance down to ±0.05%,
as well as relative TCR down
to ±5 ppm/K. The company
claims that the resistor arrays
enable significantly more
accurate performance than
two high-precision discrete
resistors.
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Compiler provides support for
RH850 automotive MCUs
An addition to the TASKING
C compiler for automotive
application development has
been announced, providing
support for the RH850
architecture from Renesas
Electronics. The TASKING
VX-toolset for RH850, from
Altium, is the first compiler
to incorporate support for
the latest MISRA C:2012
guidelines for C programming,
in addition to the MISRA
C:1998 and C:2004 guidelines.
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55V buck controller targets
automotive applications
Claimed to be the most
versatile high voltage buck
solution available, Intersil has
introduced a 55V synchronous
buck controller with 3A
integrated high side and low
side drivers. The ISL78268
provides up to 96% step-down
efficiency for a wide variety
of load currents from under
5 to over 25A to support 12,
24, or 48V high current buck
requirements for automotive
and industrial applications.
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Wireless
Wireless module
is suited for
sub 1GHz WiFi
systems
Designed for use in all
available frequency bands,
power limits and broadcast
standards worldwide, the
eRIC (easyRadio Integrated
Controller) wireless module
from LPRS provides IoT
and other wireless control
or communication system
builders with an SoC fully
integrated wireless controller.
This enables a single device
to be set to the local standard
for legislation in the end user
market.
The most common standards
for ISM frequency bands are
433 and 868MHz for Europe
and 315 and 915MHz for
the USA. Coming into force
in 2016, the 802.11.AH
standard will move away from
the current dependence on
2.4GHz devices. This allows
designers to use longer range
and more reliable sub 1GHz
WiFi systems.
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2W wireless power receiver
optimised for wearables
Supplied in a compact
package suited for small form
factors such as wearable
technology, Integrated Device
Technology has claimed that
the IDTP9026 is the world’s
smallest 2W wireless power
receiver and battery charger.
The device has a solution
size requirement of less than
30mm2, compared to 65mm2
for other available solutions. It
is compliant with the Wireless
Power Consortium’s (WPC-1.1)
standards.
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Recorder captures tunable
IF signals up to 360MHz
A recorder, capable of
capturing a wide band of
signals in real time to disk, has
been introduced by Pentek.
The RTR 2729A, designed for
Talon RF/IF signal recording
and playback systems, is
equipped with a 3.6 GHz
12-bit A/D converter. With
its DDC, the recorder can
capture tunable IF signals with
bandwidths up to 360MHz
continuously, for over four
hours.
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Antennas specifically target
industrial applications
The availability of a
range of antennas from
HUBER+SUHNER has
been announced by Lane
Electronics. Designed
specifically to overcome the
harsh environments found in
industrial applications, the
antennas can be installed
directly on cabinets or access
points, omnidirectional or
directional antennas for
installations mounted away
from the access point,
vehicle antennas and units for
installation on the building wall
or mast.
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Wireless
Industry’s highest power handling
L-band SMT limiter
M/A-COM Technology
Solutions has announced the
introduction of an L-band
limiter which the company
claims features four times
the power handling capability
than the nearest competing
alternative. The 200W CW
(Continuous Wave) power
MADL-011014 is suited for
demanding applications
requiring high peak and CW
power receive protection in Air
Traffic Management and Radar
systems.
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Tag discovers UHF RF fields
without batteries
Introduced by Farsens, the
PHOTON is a UHF RF field
detector passive tag which
uses an LED driven by energy
harvested from an RF field
to indicate strength and
orientation of an RF field. It is
equipped with an LED which
will illuminate brighter when
the RF field is stronger in a
specific point and orientation.
It is suitable for detection at
ranges up to 3m. The battery
free PHOTON tag is designed
to assess the status of ageing
RFID implementations, since
RFID reader and reader
antennas deployed several
years ago may not perform
correctly.
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WiFi and HCI
modules enable
WiFi and Bluetooth
integration
WiFi and HCI
modules,
which
when
combined are
claimed to enable seamless
integration of Bluetooth
and WiFi connectivity for
enterprise and industrial
applications, have been
released by Laird. The the
45 series Enterprise-Grade
WiFi modules and BT830
Series Bluetooth v4.0 UART
HCI modules are suitable
for AIDC devices, medical
devices, barcode scanners
and M2M connectivity. The
45 series WH-SSD45N and
WH-MSD45N 802.11 a/b/
g/n Enterprise-Grade WiFi
modules enable integration of
WiFi connectivity for enterprise
security and roaming.
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Multi-stack radio chips support IEEE 802.15.4 protocol
A series of patented multistack low-power radio chips,
which support Thread’s
IEEE 802.15.4 MAC/PHY
protocol, have been released
by GreenPeak Technologies.
This is an IoT and Smart
Home standardisation effort,
as many other manufacturers
within the industry are
supporting this protocol,
along with a 2.4GHz band,
which the GP71x series also
supports.
These chips also support
Thread’s IPv6 protocol,
which enables chip upgrades
using software rather than
hardware.
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