Newark has broadened its portfolio of passive devices with the addition of the new supercapacitor modules from Eaton, enabling design engineers to optimize equipment footprints, improve efficiency and reduce costs. This supercapacitor line includes highly reliable, high power, ultra-high capacitance energy storage devices that are tailored to work with applications for backup power, pulse power, […]
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Supercap modules provide 51.3 V, target rugged apps
Power management company Eaton today announced its latest release of the XLR-51 supercapacitor module. The latest design extends the XLR module family to 51.3 volts (V) and 188 farads (F) and is ideal for rugged applications with harsh environments such as transportation, marine, grid storage and material handling. The XLR Supercapacitor modules provide efficient energy storage […]
HIgh-current power inductors target automotive apps
Power management company Eaton today launched its automotive-grade HCM1AV2 product line of high current power inductors designed for the transportation market to address increased power conversion and filtering requirements. The HCM1AV2 is tested beyond AEC-Q200 Grade 1 requirements for added reliability and confidence desired by most automotive engineers. The robust molded construction makes HCM1AV2 ideal for high […]
Miniature power inductors handle high currents and high temperatures
Power management company Eaton today announced its next generation of miniature power inductors. The MPI25V2 and MPIA25V2 represents many of Eaton’s latest advancements in power magnetics in a compressed 2.5 mm x 2.0 mm package with 1.0 mm and 1.2 mm heights. MPI25V2 and MPIA25V2 utilizes an advanced molded construction design for high current handling […]
Supercapacitor packs get CE mark
Power management company Eaton today announced that its XLM Supercapacitor product (XLM-62R1137A-R) completed the CE mark self-certification for meeting the European safety requirements. Eaton is the first manufacturer to complete the testing and certification process for a supercapacitor product. Additionally, the company completed the UL testing and certification process for the XLM product and will add the […]
Supercapacitors get CE mark and UL certification
Power management company Eaton says its XLM Supercapacitor product (XLM-62R1137A-R) completed the CE mark self-certification for meeting the European safety requirements. Eaton is the first manufacturer to complete the testing and certification process for a supercapacitor product. Additionally, the company completed the UL testing and certification process for the XLM product and will add the […]
DOE awards $30 million to advance new class of high-performance power converters
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) today announced $30 million in funding for 21 innovative projects as part of the Creating Innovative and Reliable Circuits Using Inventive Topologies and Semiconductors (CIRCUITS) program. CIRCUITS project teams will accelerate the development and deployment of innovative electric power converters that save energy and give the United States a critical […]
Video: Difference between arc-fault detection
and ground-fault interruption
There are circuit breakers, circuit breakers with arc-fault detection built in, and circuit breakers with ground-fault interruption built in. And there are breakers with both these features. In this short video at Eaton Corp.’s Power Systems Experience Center, Center manager Dan Carnovale shows what an arc fault really is and how circuitry detects this event. […]
Video: What can happen without a surge protector
Nasty events can befall electronics in the event of a voltage surge on the ac power lines. We got a dramatic demo of the consequences at Eaton Corp.’s Power Systems Experience Center near Pittsburgh, Pa. In this short video, Center manager Dan Carnovale explains how the zinc-oxide metal-oxide varistors used in most surge protectors work […]
Video: Up close and personal with an energy efficiency scam
We took a trip over to Eaton Corp.’s Power Systems Experience Center near Pittsburgh to see a demonstration of a type of gizmo being promoted as able to boost energy efficiency. These devices generally consist of little more than a capacitor mounted across the ac line. They do impact the power factor of inductive […]
