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Power Supply News
IXYS introduces the PIM-Mini Pulsed Laser Diode Driver Development Kit
IXYS Corporation, a leader in power semiconductors, mixed-signal and digital ICs for power conversion and motion control applications, announced today the introduction of the Development Kit for its PIM-Mini compact and lightweight laser diode driver by its IXYS Colorado division. The PIM-Mini Development Kit greatly simplifies your OEM design process by providing everything you need […]
IXYS introduces new non-volatile digital programmable capacitor
IXYS Integrated Circuits Division, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of IXYS Corporation, announced the availability of the NCD2100, non-volatile digital programmable capacitor. The NCD2100 is a dedicated electronic calibrator for capacitance critical circuits, a typical example of which is capacitive offset trimming of a crystal oscillator. Digitally controlled capacitance trimming information is communicated via a […]
Switching regulator fundamentals – the SEPIC converter
OK, so maybe it’s not the logical follow-on from the buck converter but nevertheless a useful converter and probably a bit more interesting than the boost converter. The SEPIC – Single Ended Primary Inductance Converter – is useful because while a buck converter allows you to step down the voltage and a boost converter allows […]
Coming in September: Sixth Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exhibition to kick off in Pittsburgh
The Sixth Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exhibition (ECCE 2014), “Your Bridge to a Clean and Sustainable Energy Future,” will come to Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept. 14 through 18. The event will include an expo area of about 40 exhibitors. On Tuesday Sept. 16, admission to the exhibits will be free to the public as […]
50W Power Supplies Added to Five Year Warranty RWS-B Series
TDK Corporation announces the introduction of 50W models to the five year warranty TDK-Lambda RWS-B series of AC-DC power supplies, designed to provide solid performance at an economical price. The product line up now has five power levels and compact case sizes, including 100, 150, 300 and 600W. Operating from a universal input of 47-63Hz, […]
Maxwell Technologies Sets a New Standard for Energy, Power and Ruggedness
Maxwell Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of ultracapacitor-based energy storage and power delivery solutions, announced the latest addition to its K2 series of ultracapacitor cells. The new 2.85-volt, 3400-farad ultracapacitor cell increases the range of available specific power and stored energy in the industry-standard 60 mm cylindrical “K2” form factor, and introduces DuraBlue Shock and […]
Create a power supply board layout in minutes
Texas Instruments, today unveiled WEBENCH PCB Export, a new feature in TI’s online WEBENCH Power Designer tool that engineers can use to quickly create a power supply printed circuit board (PCB) layout and export it to industry-leading computer-aided design (CAD) development platforms. A significant challenge in power supply design is creation of the PCB layout. […]
LYTSwitch-2 Isolated LED-Driver ICs from Power Integrations deliver more output power at greater accuracy
Power Integrations, the leader in high-efficiency, high-reliability LED-driver ICs, today announced its LYTSwitch™-2 family of isolated LED drivers. The new IC family, which delivers up to 12 watts of accurately controlled output power, substantially reduces component count, resulting in simpler, smaller, more reliable LED lighting designs. LYTSwitch-2 LED-driver ICs use primary-side control, resulting in cost-effective, […]
MAXPOS 50/5 Positioning Controller
maxon motor launches the MAXPOS 50/5. This compact EtherCAT Slave unveils unprecedented possibilities as far as precision, dynamics, and synchronization are concerned. It also ensures reliability and durability even under harsh conditions. More than 20 years of experience in motion control have been incorporated into this latest technology in positioning controller. By their design, the […]