AVX has released a series of low-profile battery connectors for devices with pluggable modules that vertically mate with a base unit, designed to prevent end-users damaging the contacts. With a 2mm pitch, the 9155-800 Series is intended for >5,000 mating cycles in consumer, medical, industrial, and harsh environment applications. Contacts are gold-plated beryllium copper (BeCu), and the …

AVX 2mm battery connector resists consumer damage

Cree has created an integrated-driver luminaire that delivers 143 lm/W – helped by its rather cool 5,700K white. The CPY-20L canopy luminaire produces 20,784 lm. The whole CPY Series is also available in 4,000K, and with a choice of flat or prismatic lens for different looks, and light distribution. US Class I, Division II hazardous-location …

Luminaire achieves 143lm/W

Swiss current measuring company LEM has been busy, introducing three ranges of current measuring device at PCIM in Nurnberg: one closed-loop Hall-based, one open-loop Hall-based with digital outputs, and one for inductive for ac use on smart grids. LH current transducers are Hall-based, PCB-mounted, and can measure DC, AC and pulsed currents in three models: …

PCIM: Three current transducers from LEM

This arrives: “Wearable technology has infiltrated society at unprecedented rates and is now moving from humans to our furry little friends. KYON has developed a smart dog collar that uses small sensors embedded in a dog collar to detect pet’s mood, temperature and that’s just the beginning.” “Can I pass over more pictures or videos …

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Linear Technology has created at three-phase ideal rectifier reference design. Using three of its LT4320 ideal diode bridge controllers and six n-channel mosfets, it is demonstrated on the DC2465 evaluation board. Power dissipation drops from roughly 1.2x the output current to 0.04x the output current if the correct mosfets are chosen, and cuts voltage loss to a few …

PCIM: Linear ideal three-phase rectifier cuts losses

Toshiba has announced its next generation of super-junction deep trench semiconductor technology for power mosfets. Based on the DTMOS V process, devices are claimed to operate with lower EMI noise and with reduced on-resistance compared to previous DTMOS IV mosfets. As with DTMOS IV, V is is based on a single epitaxial process involving deep …

PCIM: Toshiba super-junction mosfets cut resistance and noise

Delegates will hear about future water technology landscape.

A transcript for the WaterWorld Weekly Newscast for the week of May 9, 2016.

Comprehensive CIS Solution improves revenue management, customer care processes and self-care services at South Florida Utility.

Plans for a desalination plant in Marin, California, suffered a further
setback this week, with the publication of an official report suggesting
the district has enough water to meet its needs until 2040.