Editor’s note: If you are attending APEC later this month, be sure to attend the Smart Grid Rap Session Tuesday evening at 5. (Information Week) – Utility companies will invest more than $21 billion on cybersecurity over the next five years to protect the world’s electrical grids, according to a new report. With cybersecurity a […]
Power Electronic Tips
Synchronous 2.5 A Step-Down Regulator Comes in a 3 mm x 3 mm QFN
Linear Technology’s LTC3604 high efficiency, 4 MHz synchronous buck regulator incorporates a unique constant frequency/controlled on-time, current mode architecture. It can deliver up to 2.5 A of continuous output current at output voltages as low as 0.6 V from a 3mm x 3 mm QFN or MSOP-16E package. Its current mode operation offers desirable line […]
Frequency Converter Delivers Pure Sine Wave Output Voltage
Absopulse Electronics’ FTT 3K Series modular AC/AC frequency converter system uses microprocessor controlled, high frequency PWM technology to deliver 3-Phase, 3000VA continuous sine-wave output power, from a 3-phase input. Standard versions of the FTT 3K system provide three-phase outputs of 208 V, 380 V or 400 V (L-L) at 50 Hz, 60 Hz or 400 […]
Plextek spins out Telensa street lighting venture
Incubating wireless technology concept capable of significant energy efficiency improvements Cambridge, UK, 20 January 2010: Plextek, the Cambridge-based electronics and communications design consultancy today announced a new spin out venture – Telensa Ltd. – focused on the commercialisation of a new cost effective wireless system for actively controlling, monitoring and metering large populations of outdoor […]
ANADIGICS Power Amplifiers Selected for Novatel Phones
WARREN, NJ–(Marketwire – February 1, 2010) – ANADIGICS, Inc., a leading provider of innovative RF solutions for broadband wireless and wireline communications, today announced that Novatel Wireless has selected its WCDMA/HSPA and EDGE power amplifiers (PAs) for two new wireless HSPA+ Mobile Broadband USB modems. HSPA+ is the next evolution of high-speed packet access (HSPA) […]
Power Entry Module Provides Added Seal Protection
Schurter’s Series 5707 power entry module offers IP 54 protection at the power input, in addition to IP 65 protection to the equipment. The sealed module is appropriate for use in medical equipment exposed to leaks, drips and spills, as well as equipment subject to routine washing. The compact module combines an appliance inlet, fuse […]
Energy Data Available Anywhere, Any Time
Enlarge image NREL’s Debbie Brodt-Giles was a key developer of the Virtual Information Bridge to Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy its sister Open Energy Information. Credit: Pat Corkery Having rapidly established itself as a “go to” site for transportation and other related energy information, the Virtual Information Bridge to Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (VIBE) […]
NREL to Help Scale Up Biofuels Operations
Enlarge image NREL Biomass Partnership Development Team Leader, John Ashworth works with NREL’s industry partners to develop and prove biomass conversion technologies. Due to recent ARRA funding announcements, NREL has five new partners in the biofuels race. Credit: Pat Corkery When it comes to fostering new biofuels technology during a recession, a big barrier can […]
Optical Cable Gets Modular Connection Patent
ROANOKE, Va. (Jan. 19, 2010)—Optical Cable Corporation (OCC) (Nasdaq GM: OCCF), a leading designer and manufacturer of fiber optic and copper data communications network solutions and services, announces the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued patent No. 7,594,829 for a keyed modular connection system and associated adapter cable. This is the second patent […]
Hendrix Completes Stanton Spacer Cable Project
Milford, N.H. – Hendrix Wire & Cable, a premier provider of high quality overhead and underground power distribution products, announces the completion of a project for Clark Energy Cooperative, a non-profit electric utility headquartered in Winchester, Kentucky. Clark Energy needed to add a circuit to an existing Double Circuit bare wire system out of a […]
