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Non-contacting rotary position sensors reliably deliver over 10M shaft rotations

TT Electronics has introduced the MagnePot 8150 Series family of high-performance multi-turn non-contacting rotary position sensors. The 8150 Series is designed to operate reliably over a minimum of 10 million shaft rotations with no signal

TT Electronics | Products | 20-01-2016

First automotive integrated buck LED driver with internally-generated PWM dimming

Allegro MicroSystems Europe has announced two new single-IC switching regulators that provide constant-current output to drive high-power LEDs in automotive applications. The devices are the industry’s first to allow LED dimming without the

Allegro | New Technologies | 20-01-2016

Snap-together plastic enclosures for Raspberry Pi B+ and PI 2 computers

OKW has launched Raspberry-Case – a smart new range of snap-together plastic enclosures for Raspberry Pi B+ and PI 2 computers. The enclosures offer a simple and inexpensive standard housing for the increasingly popular mini-format single-

OKW Enclosures | Products | 20-01-2016

New 40A rectifiers use super-barrier trench technology to cut power loss

New from Diodes Incorporated, the SBRTF40U100CT and SBRTF40U100CTFP 40A rectifiers employ proprietary super-barrier trench technology to significantly reduce power loss and lower operating temperature. When used as output rectifiers in powe

Diodes Inc | Products | 20-01-2016

Compact new high-reliability surface-mount SPDT electromechanical switches

Fairview Microwave has introduced a new line of high-reliability SPDT surface mount electromechanical RF switches that cover broadband frequencies from DC to 8GHz. The new RF switches offer exceptional reliability and repeatable performance

Fairview Microwave | Connectors, Switches & EMECH | 20-01-2016

Module makes prototyping with the Raspberry Pi fast and easy

Mouser now stocks the GHI Electronics FEZ ProtoPi which makes prototyping with the Raspberry Pi fast and easy (FEZ). It includes multiple LEDs to indicate the voltage being supplied to the ProtoPi along with a red LED, green LED and a ye

Mouser Electronics | Products | 20-01-2016

New IGBT power modules increase efficiency in TIG welding machines

Designed specifically for TIG welding machines, four new half-bridge and single-switch IGBT power modules have been introduced by Vishay. Built on proprietary Trench PT IGBT technology, the VS-GP100TS60SFPbF, VS-GP250SA60S, VS-GP300TD60S

Vishay | 20-01-2016

Multi-sectional heat sinks provide up to 30% higher performance than liquid cooling

Advanced Thermal Solutions (ATS) has introduced the QuadFLOW fansink, which uses directed airflow in multiple fin fields to cool electronic components up to 30% more effectively than the liquid cooling methods currently deployed in 1 and

ATS | Products | 20-01-2016

Surface-mount Schottky rectifiers for high-speed switching

Offered as commercial-grade devices for high-speed switching applications, Vishay VSKY Series surface-mount Schottky rectifiers are now available from Mouser stock. Designed using single-diode internal construction, the devices measure

Mouser Electronics | Products | 20-01-2016

Compact 1200W benchtop power supply features low output ripple and noise

Gresham Power Electronics has announced availability of the GPS-TPS352 benchtop power supply. Supplied in a convenient and compact desktop case less than 50mm tall, the GPS-TPS352 provides reliable system power up to 1200W (1400W peak) w

Gresham Power | Products | 20-01-2016

High-efficiency monolithic synchronous step-down DC-DC converter

Intersil's ISL8018 synchronous buck regulator is now available from Mouser stock. The high-efficiency monolithic synchronous step-down DC-DC converter can deliver up to 8A continuous output current from a 2.7V to 5.5V input supply. The

Mouser Electronics | Products | 19-01-2016

Thousands of ICs for research and design applications expand portfolio

Farnell element14 has announced the addition of thousands of integrated circuits (ICs), from Maxim Integrated, offering a wide variety of ICs for research and design applications. With expertise in power management ICs, Maxim offers high

Farnell element14 | Products | 19-01-2016

Fully-programmable ultra low-jitter oscillator delivers LVPECL / LVDS / HCSL

This post is sponsored by Texas Instruments. The LMK61E2 from Texas Instruments (TI) is an ultra low-jitter PLLatinum programmable oscillator with a fractional-N frequency synthesizer with integrated VCO that generates commonly used re

Texas Instruments | Products | 19-01-2016

Motor control evaluation kit uses the Infineon XMC1300 32-bit MCU

RS Components now stocks a motor control evaluation kit using the Infineon XMC1300 32-bit microcontroller. The kit includes an MCU board with detachable SEGGER J-Link debug interface and a motor drive board complete with 15W BLDC flat mo

RS Components | Products | 19-01-2016