The company and California Water Service have signed a system supply contract valued at $13.2 million.

Local water districts recognized in 80th Annual Louisiana Conference on Water Supply, Sewerage, and Industrial Wastes, Inc.

 

Helix Semiconductors is sampling a two-chip set with a  conversion efficiency of more than 95% when converting AC mains voltage to 5VDC — especially at light load, no load or standby operating conditions. At full loads, the eMpower HS100 enables efficiency greater than 93%. The industry has set a target for power consumed by electronic …

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Hynix is in talks with Japanese investors about a plan to bid for Toshiba’s memory business, reports the Korea Economic Daily. Toshiba is said to value the business at $13 billion. A preliminary bid from Hynix bid is expected sometime today. A number of industry leaders like Micron, TSMC, Western Digital, Foxconn, Kingston and others …

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How to avoid amplifier output driver saturation when using very low bias current amplifiers with high source impedance sensors, write Jon Munson and Kevin Scott When taking sensor measurements, the type of sensor excitation used typically varies greatly. It can be a DC signal, an AC signal, a voltage source, a current source or a …

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Recent advances in polymer-cathode technology and improvements in tightening the tantalum supply-chain are allowing more designers to choose polymer tantalum capacitors as alternatives to traditional solid tantalum capacitors, writes Roger Tall In specifying the ideal capacitor most designers would start with high volumetric efficiency and then consider miniaturised packages and capacitance stability over applied voltage, …

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Fidus Power has introduced a range of single output, open frame AC-DC 40W power supplies. Convection cooled the power supplies, which measure only 76.2 x 38.1 x 23.5mm, have a peak rating of 50W for 60s. The range consists of seven different models from 5 to 48Vdc output. The operating temperature range is 0 – …

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Richardson RFPD is stocking a family of power IGBTs from Vincotechin the new VINco E3 package. VINco E3 features ‘SoLid Cover’ technology in an industry-standard low-profile package. “It enables engineers to design mid-power inverters with higher output current, higher power density and improved reliability for motion control, industrial drives, solar power, UPS and other mid-power …

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One to note if you are a Gadget Master in the North East region – the Maker Faire UK is taking place at the Life Science Centre in Newcastle this weekend.

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Abbey Road Studios, the most famous recording studios in the world and has been witness to countless landmark recordings from The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Radiohead and Ed Sheeran, is under-going a major transformation. It is opening two brand new smaller studios designed to cater for  a new generation of artists, as well as a mix stage for film …

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