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2019-09 Power Murata

[Sep 4 2019] Murata Productions has introduced Murata Power Solutions' 600W, DOSA-compatible, 12V output, digital quarter-brick DC-DC converter family. The series is designed for high-reliability applications based on 32-bit ARM processors that support the latest PMBus commands for digital control and telemetry functions. DSQ, DCQ, and DAQ converters support the full "TNV" input range of 36-75V with a typical ...

2019-09 Power Toshiba Memory America, Inc.

[Sep 3 2019] Toshiba Memory Corporation announced that it has started sample shipments of its new automotive JEDEC UFS version 2.1 embedded memory solution using 3D flash memory . These new products are embedded FLASH devices that integrate the company's BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash and controller in a single package. Sequential read and write performance improved by approximately 6% and 33%, respectively, over exist ...

2019-09 Sensors Allegro MicroSystems, LLC

[Sep 2 2019] Allegro MicroSystems announced the addition of two new Hall-effect sensor product families, the APS11450 and APS12450, to its expanding portfolio of system solutions requiring safety features, with the APS11450 being a single-pole switching IC portfolio and the APS12450 being a bipolar latch family. These new products are compatible with existing three-wire Hall-effect switches and latch-on IC pi ...

2019-09 Connectors Molex

[Sep 1 2019] Molex announces the 1.25mm pitch SlimStack floating board-to-board connector that saves space, offers excellent contact reliability relative to other options on the market, and is easy to assemble. It is designed to prevent frictional corrosion. It is an ideal choice for automotive combination switches, and customers in the automotive sector will benefit from the connector's wide floating range a ...

2019-08 Power Texas Instruments

[Aug 31 2019] Texas Instruments announced the TMP411, a remote junction temperature sensor in the +/-1 ° C accuracy range, integrated with local temperature sensors for monitoring thermal diodes in cpus, microprocessors, graphics processing units and FPgas. The device is unique in that it not only provides programmable series resistance cancellation and diode non-ideal correction, but also simplifies and elimi ...

2019-08 Power Renesas Electronics America

[Aug 30 2019] Renesas Electronics Corporation announced that it will launch a security solution based on the RZ/G Linux platform and supporting the IEC62443-4-2 international security standard certification by the end of December 2019 to protect industrial control systems from cyber attacks and effectively reduce the certification time required by users. In today's interconnected world, very strong security me ...

2019-08 Connectors Molex

[Aug 29 2019] Molex announces the 0.40mm SlimStack B8 series board-to-board connector, which has a pitch of 0.4 mm, a height of 0.80 mm and a number of circuits up to 50. The connector provides active protection against damage and contaminants, making it perfect for mobile device applications. The 0.40mm SlimStack B8 series board-to-board connector is equipped with cover pins to protect the housing against bli ...

2019-08 Power Trinamic Motion Control GmbH

[Aug 28 2019] Trinamic Motion Control has introduced a new distribution board using the TMC5160. Superior to all other StepSticks on the market, the TMC5160 SilentStepStick drives motors up to 3A phase current at 35V. "SilentStepSticks revolutionized the 3D printing industry by keeping 3D printers silent," explains Trinamic Marketing Director Jonas P. Proeger. "With the more powerful TMC5160 SilentStepStick, m ...

2019-08 Sensors TDK

[Aug 27 2019] Ultrasonic time-of-flight (ToF) sensors are generally considered the best distance sensors for automotive, industrial, and drone and robotics applications. It has many advantages over optical or infrared sensors. It provides the most accurate distance measurement, is not affected by the size or color of the target object, is not disturbed by ambient noise, and can be used in direct sunlight. Thes ...

2019-08 Power Nexperia

[Aug 26 2019] Nexperia announced the launch of its family of constant current LED drivers, which adds eight new AEC-Q101-compliant devices that drive low - and medium-power leds with currents up to 250mA. The 16V NCR32xx and 40V NCR42xx series are available in two package forms: the space-saving SOT457 (SC-74) and SOT223 (SC-73); The latter offers higher power capacity, up to 1,250mW. The new LED driver has a ...

2019-08 Passive Components Vishay

[Aug 25 2019] Vishay introduces a new line of automotive grade AC line ceramic disk safety capacitors, the AY1 series. The new capacitor is the first of its kind in the industry to be AEC-Q200 certified for Class X1 (760 VAC)/Y1 (500 VAC) applications. Comply with IEC 60384-14.4 standard. Vishay BCcomponents AY1 series devices are suitable for electric (EV), hybrid (HEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (P ...

2019-08 Sensors OmniVision Technologies Inc

[Aug 24 2019] OmniVision Technologies Inc. has released the third generation of image sensor chip OmniPixel3. This novel chip is based on 1.75 micropixel technology, which can provide higher resolution to the sensor, thereby improving the quality of the image.The OmniPixel3 chip is the result of a combination of technologies that increase pixel density and display a maximum of 1.75 micropixels. The chip uses a ...