Bourns, Inc. announced that it has added three new automotive-grade product series to its high current shielded power inductor line. The new Model SRP7028AA, SRP7050AA, and SRP1038AA series are designed to meet today’s high current density and high-temperature requirements for power management and EMI filtering in DC-DC converters and power supplies in consumer, industrial, and telecom electronics applications. Bourns’ […]
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Non-contact reflective object sensor targets industrial automation applications
TT Electronics announced its new OPB735 series Reflective Object Sensors for the most challenging industrial automation and safety applications. This reflective sensor features hermetically sealed components offering designers a wide operating temperature range of -55°C to 100°C to suit almost any factory setting. Designed to produce extremely low cross-talk or noise signals, this product provides users with reliable and […]
Low-cost, 8-W dc/dc converters optimized for E-mobility apps
The REC8E range of low-cost, 8-W dc/dc converters in a 1×1-in package with three input ranges that span 20-60 Vdc to suit 48-V Li-ion batteries and LV 148 applications. Three input voltage ranges are available: 9-18 V (12-V systems), 18-36 V (24-V systems) and 20-60 V (48-V systems), the latter matching the LV 148 requirements […]
pSLC microSD card stores up to 64 GB
To keep in step with industry development and meet market demands, FORESEE, the technology-based brand of Longsys has officially launched the FORESEE pSLC microSD storage card recently. With highly reliable pSLC storage chips and capacity options ranging from 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, to 128GB, it aims to provide industry customers with diversified mobile storage solutions. […]
Raspberry Pi-powered industrial computer measures just 102.5x129x38 mm
OnLogic is celebrating Pi Day by unveiling their first Raspberry Pi-powered industrial computer. Measuring just 102.5 x 129 x 38 mm, the tiny device made its debut on the OnLogic website on Pi Day (3/14), after first being shared with OnLogic’s community of hardware enthusiasts and device builders who signed up to receive more information in advance of […]
Edge server module for vehicle/mobile systems offers 16 Arm Cortex-A72 cores
MicroSys Electronics announces an expansion to its range of ultra-robust System-on-Modules in the embedded edge server class. Based on the NXP QorIQ Layerscape LX2160A processor, the new miriac MPX‑LX2160A System-on-Module (SoM) is optimized for demanding operating conditions of commercial vehicles and mobile systems. With its 16 Arm Cortex-A72 cores, it provides the technological basis for […]
Chip inductors designed for automotive audio bus apps
Bourns, Inc. announced its new 1210-size automotive-grade common-mode chip inductor series. Bourns’ latest family of common-mode inductors are designed with a ferrite core and are bifilar-wound to deliver a compact size and shielded construction. The Model SRF3225AB and SRF3225TAC common-mode chip inductor series offer low radiation and high impedance over a broad frequency range to suppress Electromagnetic […]
Boost converter, LDO ICs feature supe-low quiescent currents
Designers can now extend battery life and reduce the solution size of consumer, industrial, healthcare, and IoT systems with three new Essential Analog ICs from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. The MAX17227A 2A nano power boost converter, the MAX17291 high voltage, 1A boost converter, and the MAX38911 500mA LDO all provide the lowest quiescent current among competitive solutions to […]
Large-format CMOS image sensor provides 127.68-Mpixel sensing
Sony Corporation announced today the upcoming release of a large format 56.73mm diagonal CMOS image sensor “IMX661” for industrial equipment with a global shutter function and the industry’s highest*1 effective pixel count of 127.68 megapixels.*2 IMX661 CMOS Image Sensor (left: color model, right: black and white model) Image sensor optical size (imaging area) comparison*6, area […]
International performance and safety standards for robots
Robots are being used to implement logistics tasks, industrial processes, personal care, medical procedures, and more. The growing variety of robot designs and the breadth of tasks that robots perform is driving a large number of specific performance and safety standards. This FAQ reviews emerging standards for industrial mobile robots, collaborative robots (also called ‘cobots’), […]