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Ultra low-power wearables offer extended battery life of up to 30 hours

Cadence Design Systems has announced that Epson has switched from its previous GPS subsystem to one using the Cadence Tensilica Xtensa processor to extend the battery life of its wrist watch GPS running monitors from 14 hours to up to 30

Epson Imaging Devices | 19-02-2015

liaison could bring the benefits of satellite technology to all

Newbury Electronics is helping Satellite Applications Catapult, an innovation and technology company fostering economic growth through the exploitation of space, to bring the benefits of satellite technology to all businesses and organisati

Newbury Electronics | 19-02-2015

TVS diode arrays protect systems against damaging voltage transients

Now stocked by Mouser, the Littelfuse SP402x TVS diode array is designed to protect electronic devices from high-speed and often damaging voltage transients such as lightning and electrostatic discharge (ESD). The devices feature a hig

Mouser Electronics | Products | 19-02-2015

Fingerprint technology for data centre security - at the cabinet handle

The EMKA BioLock system provides for the first time 'unique fingerprint technology' stored and processed in the handle on the cabinet with an 'Indisputable Audit Trail' to protect valuable data and is compliant with the various data privacy

Emka | New Technologies | 19-02-2015

New 20V n-channel TrenchFET power MOSFET in ultra-compact thermally-enhanced package

Vishay has released a new 20V n-channel TrenchFET power MOSFET in the ultra-compact thermally enhanced PowerPAK SC-70 package. Providing increased power density and reliability for portable electronics, the SiA466EDJ offers the industry'

Vishay | Products | 19-02-2015

New enclosures house iPAD Air tablets for industrial or commercial applications

OKW has added two new iPAD Air front panels to its Interface Terminal multifunction electronic enclosures range – enabling the tablets to be securely mounted to walls or desks, or in a robust handheld enclosure to help prevent damage and th

OKW Enclosures | Products | 19-02-2015

Higher-power DC-DC converters for rail transportation applications

SynQor has added two higher-power DC-DC converters to its RailQor line of products. The new converters triple the usable power in the quarter-brick footprint to 150W. In the half-brick package the power capability is increased to 252W - f

SynQor Europe | Products | 19-02-2015

Digital isolator optimizes isolation of serial peripheral interface transmissions

Mouser is now stocking the Analog Devices ADuM3151 SPIsolator digital isolator. The device optimizes isolation of serial peripheral interface (SPI) transmissions for higher speeds, while provide additional low speed channels for control

Mouser Electronics | Products | 19-02-2015

Surface-mount isolators support up to 80W for infrastructure applications

Available at popular base station frequencies from 728 to 2690MHz, RFCI's new surface-mount isolators are now available from RFMW. The pin-style isolators offer 500W peak forward power handling and 20W - 80W reverse power handling dependin

RFMW | Products | 19-02-2015

Diode arrays protect against ESD and lightning induced surge events

Littlefuse's SP402x TVS diode arrays are available now from Mouser stock. They integrate low capacitance steering diodes with one or two Zener diodes for unidirectional or bidirectional protection, respectively, to protect against ESD an

Mouser Electronics | Products | 18-02-2015

Step-down 30 V DC-DC converters integrate driver transistor

Featuring an internal driver transistor, the Torex XC9251 series 30V step-down DC-DC converter IC is now available from Digi-Key. The internal Nch driver transistor is driven by bootstrap to achieve a stable, high-efficiency power suppl

Digikey | Products | 18-02-2015

High-performance low-skew general-purpose modular clock buffers

Aimed at general-purpose applications such as communications, industrial and consumer products, the Texas Instruments (TI) CDCLVC11xx modular high-performance low-skew clock buffer is now available from RS Components. There are seven d

RS Components | Products | 18-02-2015

Programmable power supplies offer two, three or four channels

Farnell element14 now stocks Hameg’s HMP series of programmable power supplies which are available with two, three or four channels across a total operating performance range of 188W to 384W. Up to 80W or 160W are available per channel

Farnell element14 | Products | 18-02-2015

Wi-Fi development made even easier with Internet-on-a-chip modules

Availability of its new SimpleLink Wi-Fi CC3100 and CC3200 modules for Internet of Things (IoT) applications has been announced by Texas Instruments (TI). The SimpleLink family is a low-power platform to simplify the ability to connect IoT

Texas Instruments | Products | 18-02-2015