Toshiba TC78S122FNG bipolar 2-channel stepping motor driver
01 April, 2016 | Supplied by: Toshiba (Australia) Pty LtdThe TC78S122FNG is a bipolar 2-channel stepping motor driver offering a high voltage of 40 V and current of 2 A. The unit has a 2-channel drive function in a two-in-one chip and is capable of running two stepping motors simultaneously.
Powering wearables
31 March, 2016 by Chris Francis* | Supplied by: Mouser ElectronicsThe wearable electronic device market is expected to reach $10bn by 2020. These devices are small and so are the batteries, so the designers need to be careful and creative to ensure the device has a battery life of months or years instead of days or hours.
AVX F98 Series 0603 capacitor
29 March, 2016 | Supplied by: Mouser Electronics (Hong Kong) LtdAVX has extended its F98 Series resin-moulded, undertab termination-style tantalum chip capacitors with the addition of a small, high CV 0603 tantalum capacitor rated at 100 μF/6.3 V.
Infineon ITS42K5D-LD-F PMOS power switch
23 March, 2016 | Supplied by: Infineon Technologies Australia Pty LtdThe ITS42k5D-LD-F is a 2.5Ω dual-channel, high-side PMOS power switch including protection and diagnostic functions. Each channel of the device is able to drive loads up to 250 mA.
Building smaller computer chips with DNA 'origami'
23 March, 2016The key to faster, cheaper computer chips could be inside your brain — literally. Researchers are harnessing DNA and using techniques similar to origami to make nanoscale structures that could shrink component sizes.
AVX FFLI Series film capacitors
23 March, 2016 | Supplied by: Mouser Electronics (Hong Kong) LtdAVX Corporation has released a high-voltage series of dry, medium-power film capacitors for DC filtering applications, such as the DC filtering of high-frequency ripple currents and decoupling DC links in AC/AC and DC/AC motor drive inverters.
Modelithics Vishay VJ HIFREQ Series MLCC modelling
22 March, 2016 | Supplied by: Modelithics, Inc.To help designers simulate circuit performance and reduce time to market, Modelithics is now offering modelling for Vishay Vitramon VJ HIFREQ series high-frequency surface-mount multilayer ceramic chip capacitors (MLCCs) in the 0402 and 0603 case sizes.
Hitex complex drivers for Infineon AURIX microcontrollers
22 March, 2016 | Supplied by: Macro DynamicsHitex has created a set of specialised complex drivers that can be used in addition to Infineon's MC-ISAR low-level drivers based on the AUTOSAR MCAL layer or with any other SW architecture.
Infineon XMC4800 and XMC4300 microcontrollers
21 March, 2016 | Supplied by: Infineon Technologies Australia Pty LtdThe XMC4800 and XMC4300 microcontrollers feature an integrated EtherCAT node on an ARM Cortex-M processor with on-chip flash and analog/mixed signal capabilities.
Renesas G8H Series 8th-generation IGBTs
17 March, 2016 | Supplied by: Braemac Pty LtdRenesas Electronics has announced six products in the 8th-generation G8H Series of insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) that minimise conversion losses in power conditioners for solar power generation systems and reduce inverter applications in uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems.
Using perovskites to make ceramic capacitors safer
17 March, 2016Electronic components manufacturer TDK and Hokkaido University are using perovskites to make ceramic capacitors safer.
Powertec announced as Pulse Electronics' infrastructure antenna distributor
16 March, 2016 | Supplied by: Powertec Wireless Technology Pty LtdPulse Electronics Corporation and Powertec Telecommunications have announced a distribution agreement to promote and deliver infrastructure antennas throughout Australia and New Zealand.
Self-healing electronics made possible by immune-inspired nanomotors
15 March, 2016Self-healing electronics are a step closer after scientists have built self-propelled nanomotors inspired by the human immune system. The researchers say their work could lead to flexible batteries, electrodes, solar cells and other gadgets that heal themselves.
Codan wins $7.9m contract
14 March, 2016 | Supplied by: Codan CommunicationsCodan has won a US$7.9 million contract to supply HF radio equipment to a longstanding military customer.
congatec conga-TR3 COM Express module
14 March, 2016 | Supplied by: Congatec Australia Pty Ltdcongatec has expanded its COM Express portfolio with the AMD G-Series SOC. Compared to modules based on the previous generation of AMD Embedded G-Series SOCs, the conga-TR3 with dual-core AMD GX-217GI processor provides up to 30% more graphics performance and 15% more overall system performance.
