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New 9kHZ broadband 7-bit DSA offers high monotonicity

Now stocked by RFMW, Peregrine Semiconductor’s PE43711 is a 7-bit digital step attenuator capable of maintaining 0.25dB monotonicity through 4GHz. Operating to 6GHz, the PE43711 offers 0.5dB monotonicity through 5GHz and 1dB monotonicity

RFMW | Products | 02-06-2015

Tiny light-touch switch series measure just 2.6mm x 1.6mm x 0.53mm

Available now from Digi-Key, Panasonic's EVP-BB series light-touch switch is one of the smallest in the world measuring just 2.6mm x 1.6mm x 0.53mm. The EVP-BB series features a laser-welded design that helps to prevent actuator peel-off

Digikey | Products | 01-06-2015

Ceramic capacitor series offers high capacitance parts for storing more energy

Ceramic capacitors have typically offer an extremely low ESR, and the Yageo high CV (HCV) MLCC series in particular offers high capacitance for storing more energy. Available now from TTI in chip sizes range from 0805 to 1812, the high

TTI Europe | Products | 01-06-2015

Integrated magnetic IC for closed-loop current sensing designs

Introduced as the industry’s first magnetic sensing integrated circuit (IC) with a fully-integrated fluxgate sensor and compensation coil driver, along with all the required signal conditioning circuitry - the DRV421 has been unveiled by Te

Texas Instruments | Products | 01-06-2015

High-temperature fans go beyond the norm - operating from -40C to +85C

Sanyo Denki 9GT fan series is now stocked by Mouser. The offers an industry-leading wide temperature range from -40C to +85C making them suitable for many applications which are not suitable for conventional fans. The series can safel

Mouser Electronics | Products | 01-06-2015

Service interface gives simple access to the control system / PC and electronics

Now available from Farnell element14, FrontCom Vario's new compact service interface for switch and control cabinets gives simple access to the control system/PC and electronics. The unit can effectively remove the need for downtime or

Farnell element14 | Products | 01-06-2015

USB 3.0 to FIFO (parallel) interface bridge chip enables higher-speed standard

RS Components now stocks the FTDI's FT600/FT601, a USB 3.0 to FIFO (parallel) interface bridge chip. The device allows developers to upgrade USB 2.0 connections to the new higher-speed standard. Features include remote wake-up capabili

RS Components | Products | 01-06-2015

High-performance rectifier controller and driver for N-channel MOSFET power devices

Mouser now stocks the Texas Instruments (TI) UCC24630 synchronous rectifier controller, a high-performance controller and driver for N-channel MOSFET power devices used for secondary-side synchronous rectification (SR). The combination

Mouser Electronics | Products | 01-06-2015

Power MOSFETs designed to meet improved system efficiency requirements

Designed to meet requirements for improved system efficiency while reducing system costs, Infineon OptiMOS 5 Power MOSFETs are now stocked by Mouser. The devices feature lower RDS(on) and Figure of Merit (RDS(on) x Qg) compared to alte

Mouser Electronics | Products | 01-06-2015

New Ethernet switch family supports increased capacity and port configurations

Microsemi has announced it will be unveiling a new member of its SparX-IV enterprise Ethernet switch product family, the VSC7449 offers significantly higher switching capacity and competitive port configurations. The new SparX-IV enterpris

Micrel Semiconductor | Products | 01-06-2015

Smallest ever medical / portables battery and charger set unveiled

Battery specialist, Accutronics has launched its smallest ever medical battery and charger set. The CC1150 mini credit card battery meets the trend in the medical and instrumentation sectors for the growing use of portable and handheld devi

Accutronics | Power | 01-06-2015

Micro regulator module with precision DC and transient output regulation

A new dual 18A or single 36A µModule (micro module) regulator with high precision output voltage regulation for 28nm and sub-28nm FPGAs, ASICs and microprocessors - the LTM4630-1 has been introduced by Linear Technology. The core voltage of

Linear | Power | 01-06-2015

Cost effective module provides data and power isolation in critical USB environments

Murata has introduced the NMUSB202MC, a competitively-priced surface-mount powered data isolator module that conveniently provides dual port USB data and power isolation from a single upstream port with full power (500mA) available from eac

Murata | Design & Manufacture | 01-06-2015

High-performance blower designed for tough assignments

Now available from Aerco as part of its policy of increasing its portfolio of large, high-power fans and blowers, is a high-performance DC blower manufactured by Delta. The blower targets defence and similar demanding applications. The Delt

Aerco | Subs & Systems | 01-06-2015