The XMPL Polymer Chip Capacitor Series has been expanded to match applications with higher voltage and capacitance requirements. Their excellent capacitance and voltage stability with temperature and frequency make these conductive polymer capacitors ideal for applications where bulk storage and high ripple current filtering are needed. Possessing much lower ESR and a shorter height profile […]
Multi-instrument tester includes eight programmable benchtop instruments for common test procedures
The ABI Multiple Instrument Station MIS4 Test Station is an all-in-one testing tool that combines in a compact case all commonly required test instruments in one compact and programmable hardware module. Controlled by ABI’s sophisticated SYSTEM 8 Ultimate PC software with a simple yet programmable operator interface, the MIS4 combines eight laboratory instruments: a three-channel […]
Solar array simulator for satellites mimics conditions in space
The new MP4300A Series Modular Solar Array Simulator (SAS) emulates the behavior of photovoltaic (PV) segments. The SAS solution simulates all conditions a craft or satellite will encounter in space with high fidelity. Launching solar-powered spacecraft or satellites is incredibly expensive, with little possibility of recovery or repair. These vehicles must have efficient and reliable […]
FMCW LiDAR system offers polarization information
The Eyeonic Vision System is billed as the industry’s most compact and powerful coherent vision system on the market. The new system features the highest resolution, highest precision and longest range while remaining the only FMCW LiDAR solution to offer polarization information. The Eyeonic Vision System integrates the company’s unique photonics technology into the industry’s […]
Front-end modules handle next-generation Wi-Fi 6/6E-enabled devices
The industry’s highest efficiency portfolio of Wi-Fi front-end modules (FEMs) addresses the power, performance and thermal requirements of Wi-Fi 6/6E-enabled devices in next-generation enterprise and Internet of Things (IoT) products. Leveraging Skyworks’ lab-to-fab design process and the advanced signal processing capabilities in Broadcom’s family of Wi-Fi 6/6E solutions, the Skyworks ICE TM (Incredible Current & […]
Set up automatically measures/reports environmental conditions for cable/harness testing
An automation-ready cable and harness test system now has an environmental sensor option incorporating the Dracal PTH200 sensor. Of particular interest to medical and defense applications, this option provides automatic measurement and reporting of environmental test conditions (temperature, relative humidity, pressure) alongside electrical function data for the cable, harness, or backplane under test. This option […]
Elastomer socket for BGA324 packages with 23-W power dissipation
A new socket handles ASE package BGA 324 devices. The sockets use an elastomer technology as a contactor between the IC package and the circuit board. The elastomer can support +50 GHz bandwidth and comes with a protective cover. (The cover is necessary because the elastomers are sensitive to dirt.) The elastomer has a low […]
Elastomer sockets handle BGA1365 chip packages
New sockets handle ball grid array devices with a 1,365 pin count and a 0.65-mm pitch. The socket utilizes a high-performance elastomer contactor and has over 40 GHz bandwidth with a -1 dB insertion loss. The self-inductance is 0.21 nH. Capacitance to ground is 0.15 pF. Current capacity is 4 A/pin. The socket operates over […]
The top ten “green” programming languages
Software with the fastest execution time isn’t necessarily the greenest. There once was an assumption among computer programmers that a faster program is also an energy efficient program. The idea transmuted over to software programming languages—surely a faster language was a greener one, the logic went. That all changed in 2017 thanks to a group […]
Low-cost 30-W dc-dc converter features 4:1 input range
30-W dc-dc converters in the new THL 30WI series come in a standard 1×1-in footprint. This next-generation product greatly improves the “cost/performance” ratio in the 30-W, 1×1-in industry standard product area. Combined with safety approvals to the latest IEC/EN/UL 62368-1 standards, the product is a candidate for mobile equipment, instrumentation, distributed power architectures and industrial […]