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High power varistor series designed to operate at temperatures up to 125C

Littelfuse has introduced its first varistor series designed for high power applications that can operate at ambient temperatures up to 125C with 2500V isolation voltage. The HMOV Varistor Series’ high operating temperature is an advance ma

Littelfuse | Products | 10-11-2016

Compact future Ethernet Interface born from collaboration

As a response to the challenging and increasing demand for global digitalisation, Hirose and Harting have combined their strengths. The result of this joint effort is the ix Industrial – a new miniaturised Ethernet interface for high-speed

Hirose | Products | 10-11-2016

Partnership now using innovative components for transport systems

Forsee Power has announced its partnership with Linear Technology. The partnership will lead to significant improvements in the accuracy of how our batteries are measured, and guarantee optimal operational safety. The companies are

Forsee Power | 10-11-2016

Step recovery diodes with low snap time and low capacitance

SemiGen now offers step recovery diodes (SRDs) to its expanding product line. These SRD’s utilize controlled grown junction epitaxial silicon combined with a silicon dioxide passivation to ensure greater stability and reliability. T

SemiGen | Products | 10-11-2016

Dual nanopower operational amplifier ideal for cost-optimised sensing applications

Texas Instruments TLV8802 dual nanopower operational amplifier is ideal for cost-optimised sensing applications in wireless and low power wired equipment. The amplifier minimises power consumption in equipment. Typical equipment includes CO

Mouser Electronics | Products | 10-11-2016

Low power vehicle-access solution for smart keys and wearables

Microchip has announced a passive entry/passive start (PEPS) solution, claimed to be the industry lowest power solution. The ATA5700 and ATA5702 are primarily intended for use in battery powered applications such as smart keys (i.e. PEPS) a

Microchip Technology | Products | 10-11-2016

Precision nanopower operational amplifiers maximizes battery and sensor life

Texas Instruments has introduced what is claimed to be the industry’s first precision nanopower operational amplifiers (op amps). The LPV811 and LPV812 consume quiescent current as low as 320nA and are part of a family of four new ultra-low

Texas Instruments | Products | 10-11-2016

Space saving board-to-board and board-to-FPC connectors

The Hirose DF37 Series board-to-board / board-to-FPC connectors, available from Farnell element14, come with a mated height of 0.98mm/1.5mm, width of 2.98mm and length of 8.22mm (30 positions). The connectors are one of the smallest in its

Farnell element14 | Products | 10-11-2016

High-power desoldering station has wide selection of nozzle configurations

The American Hakko FR-410 desoldering station, stocked by Digi-Key, is designed to fit the need and bridge the gap in power between the 70W, FM-204, desoldering station and the 300W, FR-400, ultra-heavy-duty desoldering station. The

Digikey | Products | 10-11-2016

Power inductor kit contains large range of SDE high current inductors

Available from RS Components, Bourns SDE power inductor design kit contains a range of SDE high current inductors, shielded and unshielded inductors which have varied inductances and rated currents. These inductors meet the AEC -Q200 stress

RS Components | Products | 10-11-2016

Miniaturized DC-DC converters are single device solutions for IGBT gate drive circuits

Three series of 6W high isolation DC-DC converters have been released by Murata Power Solutions which, in the form of single devices, are able to provide all gate drive power for half, full and three-phase bridge circuits, saving space and

Murata | Products | 10-11-2016

Accelerometer/gyro combo helps reliability and accuracy of automotive safety systems

Analog Devices has introduced the fully integrated ADXC150x series of inertial combo sensors that brings together best-in-class reliability and accuracy with industry leading shock and vibration immunity at a reduced footprint. The integrat

Analog Devices | 10-11-2016

New six-phase bidirectional DC-DC controller for automotive systems

Intersil has announced it is shipping the six-phase bidirectional PWM controller, claimed to be the industry’s first, designed to perform buck and boost power conversions between 12V and 48V automotive buses. A single automotive-grade ISL78

Intersil | Products | 10-11-2016

M12 A-coded connectors designed for outdoor applications

Binder’s new waterproof and rustproof M12 A-coded connector is designed specifically for outdoor use to IP68, IP69k. The connector withstands high-pressure washing and offers high levels of resistance to UV, temperature fluctuations, acid

Binder | Products | 10-11-2016