Diodes API9221 lithium-ion/polymer battery charger IC
16 June, 2010 | Supplied by: Arrow Electronics Australia Pty Ltd
For a variety of handheld equipment requiring both USB and AC/DC power adapter charging inputs, Diodes has introduced the API9221 lithium-ion/polymer battery charger IC.
Bid to lower solar cell costs
24 May, 2010
Dow Corning has signed a three-year contract with IMEC to perform joint research on the next generation of crystalline silicon solar cells.
Scientists see lithium-ion battery flaws
20 May, 2010
Scientists at Cambridge have developed a simple, accurate way of ‘seeing’ chemistry in action inside a lithium-ion battery.
Rapid car battery charging may pose grid problems
12 May, 2010
Siemens is hard at work on technologies for integrating electric cars into the public power grid. The development of methods to rapidly recharge cars is just one of the company's contributions to Denmark's Edison project, which is the first to plug a pool of vehicles into the grid.
Energy-scavenging power sensors
03 May, 2010
It can be inconvenient to replace batteries in electronic devices that need to work for a long period of time, either in biomedical monitoring systems worn by a patient or in monitors for machinery or industrial installations in remote or inaccessible situations.
B&K Precision 9150 series single-output, linear-regulated DC power supply
22 April, 2010 | Supplied by: Unispan Instruments Pty Ltd
B&K Precision has introduced the 9150 single-output, linear-regulated DC power supply series with four affordable models providing varying voltage and current levels in the 500 range.
B&K Precision XLN series of DC power supplies
22 April, 2010 | Supplied by: Unispan Instruments Pty Ltd
The B&K Precision XLN series of DC power supplies provides up to 1440 W of power in a 1U, full-rack case for rack mounting in an ATE environment or for benchtop use.
austriamicrosystems AS8510 precision data acquisition front-end IC
22 April, 2010 | Supplied by: Arrow Electronics Australia Pty Ltd
austriamicrosystems has announced the AS8510, a high-precision data acquisition front-end IC for motor vehicle battery current, voltage, temperature sense applications and in general for sensor interface applications where precise measurement of small signals close to ground is required.
Generating power in molecular circuits
22 April, 2010
Material scientists at the Nano/Bio Interface Centre of the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated the transduction of optical radiation to electrical current in a molecular circuit.
Australian company develops first universal battery-charging solution
09 April, 2010
Australian company Digital Works has made a major breakthrough in the global battery charger market by developing two first-to-market products that leverage USB technology to charge different mobile devices from the one unit as well as standard rechargeable batteries.
Solar power all through the night
31 March, 2010
‘Baseload’ solar power, once a distant dream, is now claimed to be a reality. While solar electricity was once limited to when the sun was shining, solar thermal energy can now operate 24 hours a day, even at night, with an ingenious and cheap storage method using molten salt.
Bright outlook for flexible solar cells
15 March, 2010
Monash University researchers are at the forefront of efforts to develop a new generation of solar cells that are lighter, cheaper and able to be embedded in future roofing materials.
Mean Well WDR-120 slim DIN rail power supply series
03 March, 2010 | Supplied by: Soanar Limited
Mean Well has released the WDR-120 slim DIN rail power supply series. It joins the 240 and 480 W version of the same series and features a wide input range of 180~550 VAC which can be used in general power systems with single-phase 240 VAC input or can capture one phase from the 415 VAC three-phase system.
Wave power milestone in Orkney
17 February, 2010
Britain’s first nearshore wave energy converter has moved another step closer to generating clean, green energy.
When was the battery invented?
17 February, 2010 by Isidor Buchmann, Cadex Electronics | Supplied by: Cadex Electronics Inc
One of the most remarkable and novel discoveries in the last 400 years has been electricity. One may ask, “Has electricity been around that long?” The answer is yes, and perhaps much longer, but the practical use of electricity has only been at our disposal since the mid- to late-1800s and, at first, in a limited way.
