One facet of EV ownership: Thinking of your daily commute power consumption as equivalent to the sunlight hitting 20 ft2 of your lawn. Rudye McGlothlin, Silicon Labs Earlier this year I took my first step into the EV future by buying a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) – a Chevrolet Volt. A unique car in […]
V2Clueless – Next generation of connected apps?
Leland teschler Executive Editor If you had been watching the Saturday Night Live TV show in mid-January of 2012, you would have seen a skit called the Headz Up App. It was an ad for a fictional app aimed at people so distracted by texting on their smartphone that they were prone to walking cluelessly […]
New scopes deliver 2-GHz bandwidth, jitter and real-time eye analysis
The UltraVision II oscilloscope portfolio now includes the New MSO8000 Series Digital Oscilloscope. Delivering Bandwidth up to 2 GHz Bandwidth and a new Jitter and Real-Time Eye Analysis package the MSO8000 Series extends RIGOL’s unmatched value proposition into serial data analysis and signal integrity applications. The MSO8000 delivers the same seven instrument-in-one capability as the […]
Toolkit, breakout test fixture help debug automotive Ethernet problems
A new Automotive Ethernet Debug Toolkit + Automotive Ethernet Breakout Test Fixture provides a dedicated debug environment for debugging signal quality communication issues. The setup separates bidirectional traffic and characterizes system performance with 12 eye diagram measurements. The unique and dedicated Automotive Ethernet Debug Toolkit is designed to detect signal quality communication issues between a […]
Hand-held pistol-grip camera gives high-quality radiometric images
The FOTRIC 326 Thermal Imaging Camera is a rugged, durable, accurate, and portable handheld heat investigation device, designed for a wide range of equipment and infrastructure thermal diagnostic tasks. The 326 has a large aperture f1.0 IR lens for taking superior quality radiometric thermal images for professional use. TheFotric 326 has a -20 to +650°C […]
Configurable mixed-signal ICs optimized for automotive use
A Configurable Mixed-Signal IC (CMIC) for the automotive industry, the SLG46620-A, brings Dialog Semiconductor’s GreenPAK platform to the automotive space, providing lower project costs, an accelerated time to market and unified development flows. This CMIC, along with other members of the GreenPAK family, replace dozens of components in automotive applications to optimize flexibility, footprint and […]
Sager Electronics to carry NMP modular power series from MEAN WELL
Sager Electronics, a leading North American distributor of Interconnect, Power and Electromechanical components and provider of value-add solutions, is now stocking MEAN WELL’s 650W/1200W Modular Power NMP Series. NMP series is a 1U low-profile modular and configurable type power supply from MEAN WELL. This series comprises two power wattages for the line-up, 650 W and […]
Full-Rack 1U ac/dc programmable supplies extended with 1.7-kW models
The TDK-Lambda 1U Full-Rack 1.7-kW ac/dc Programmable Power Supply Series provides a choice of ten different models ranging from 10 V-170 A to 600 V-2.8 A well suited for design, test and measurement in the laboratory/R&D environment and address broad market segments including automotive, aerospace, semiconductor, industrial and renewable/alternative energy. Built into a lightweight 1U […]
When you don’t fuse the neutral wire
By the Power Guy, TDK-Lambda AC-DC power supplies for the medical market have long been not only safety certified to the IEC 60601-1 medical standard, but also to the industrial IEC 60950-1/IEC 62368-1 standards. Dual certification reduces the number of individual model numbers that must be produced and stocked; this practice improves production efficiency and […]
Economical radio frequency vector signal generator targets general bench work
The new CXG X-Series Radio Frequency (RF) Vector Signal Generator (CXG) delivers advanced performance, is standards-compliant, and meets the demands of engineers designing IoT and general-purpose devices at a reasonable price. IoT and general-purpose R&D and design validation (DVT) engineers need to keep up with today’s expanding consumer electronics market. They want an economic and […]