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Boosting and Inverting without Inductors: Charge-Pump Power Supplies

Boosting and Inverting without Inductors: Charge-Pump Power Supplies

This article discusses charge-pump DC/DC converters and introduces a design for an inductorless bipolar power-supply circuit.


Maxim Integrated MAX32620FTHR Rapid Development Platform | New Product Brief

Maxim Integrated MAX32620FTHR Rapid Development Platform | New Product Brief

Maxim Integrated’s MAX32620FTHR board is a rapid development platform for battery-powered applications.


TE Connectivity O.C.H. Micro Circular Connectors | Tech Specs

TE Connectivity O.C.H. Micro Circular Connectors | Tech Specs

TE Connectivity’s O.C.H. Micro Circular Connectors meet the mechanical and environmental performance requirements of MIL-STD-810G with typical applications including soldier vest cables, batteries, radios, antennas, and military vehicles.


new products May 11, 2018 by TTI, Inc
KEMET Press-Fit Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors | New Product Brief

KEMET Press-Fit Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors | New Product Brief

KEMET’s Press-Fit Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors eliminate soldering problems and allow for quick exchange during field service while retaining the same vibration capability as soldered snap-in capacitors.


Hardware Evaluation for the Cypress S6AE102A/S6AE103A Eval Kit for Energy Harvesting Applications

Hardware Evaluation for the Cypress S6AE102A/S6AE103A Eval Kit for Energy Harvesting Applications

In this article, we will assess and characterize the hardware of two power management IC development boards from Cypress Semiconductor, designed for energy-harvesting applications.


Teardown Tuesday: Cost-Saving Design Measures in an Android 6 Smartwatch

Teardown Tuesday: Cost-Saving Design Measures in an Android 6 Smartwatch

In this teardown, we rip in to a Bluetooth-enabled smartwatch, which also has a built-in camera, by Style Asia.


News May 08, 2018 by Nick Davis
Harwin Archer Kontrol Board-to-Board Connectors | New Product Brief

Harwin Archer Kontrol Board-to-Board Connectors | New Product Brief

Harwin’s Archer Kontrol series is durable, robust, and compact board-to-board connectors that provide designers flexibility and reliability in industrial, handheld, and transportation systems.


Stanford Researchers Learn More about the Promise of Superconductors with Strontium Titanate

Stanford Researchers Learn More about the Promise of Superconductors with Strontium Titanate

Researchers at Stanford have recently discovered that strontium titanate, a non-metal, has superconductive properties.


News May 07, 2018 by Donald Krambeck
Analog Devices ADM2795E Transceivers | New Product Brief

Analog Devices ADM2795E Transceivers | New Product Brief

Analog Devices' ADM2795E is an isolated RS-485 transceiver with transient protection for use in HVAC, industrial field bus, building automation, and utility network applications.


Teardown Tuesday: Uniden CB Radio

Teardown Tuesday: Uniden CB Radio

In this teardown, we disassemble a CB radio, from Uniden, to see what interesting things we can find.


News May 01, 2018 by Nick Davis
Maxim Integrated MAX20303 Wearable Power Management Solution | Featured Product Spotlight

Maxim Integrated MAX20303 Wearable Power Management Solution | Featured Product Spotlight

Maxim Integrated’s MAX20303 Wearable Power Management Solution is designed to the power management requirements of wearables, extending battery life and minimizing footprint through the integration of multiple micro-quiescent regulators and a haptic driver.


Ohmite Metal Foil Low-Value Power Resistors FC4T Series | Tech Specs

Ohmite Metal Foil Low-Value Power Resistors FC4T Series | Tech Specs

The FC4T series uses a flip chip design that provides more at a lower cost. Resistors are available from 5 to 100 mΩ, with tolerance as low as 0.5%.


new products Apr 26, 2018 by TTI, Inc
Panasonic Grid-EYE Narrow Angle Infrared Array Sensor | New Product Brief

Panasonic Grid-EYE Narrow Angle Infrared Array Sensor | New Product Brief

Panasonic Grid-EYE Narrow Angle Infrared Array Sensors offer a narrower field of view than standard Grid-EYE array sensors.


Teardown Tuesday: Battery Charger

Teardown Tuesday: Battery Charger

In this teardown, we open up a six-pack sequential battery-charging station, from Milwaukee.


News Apr 24, 2018 by Nick Davis
Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 Multi-Protocol SoC | New Product Brief

Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 Multi-Protocol SoC | New Product Brief

Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52840 Multi-Protocol SoC is an ultra-low power, highly flexible SoC for short-range wireless applications, including advanced wearables, IoT devices, advanced remote controls, and gaming controllers.


Vishay Planar SMT TRANSZORB Transient Voltage Suppressors | Tech Specs

Vishay Planar SMT TRANSZORB Transient Voltage Suppressors | Tech Specs

Vishay’s TransZorb TVS SMBJ-D series is designed to protect sensitive devices against transients from secondary lightning strikes and inductive load switching.


new products Apr 19, 2018 by TTI, Inc
Renesas Electronics RX130 Starter Kit | New Product Brief

Renesas Electronics RX130 Starter Kit | New Product Brief

Renesas Electronics’ RX130 Starter Kit is a compact development kit for the RX130 Group of ultra-low power, cost-optimized MCUs for touch-based applications.


T Is for Toggle: Understanding the T Flip-Flop

T Is for Toggle: Understanding the T Flip-Flop

This tech brief provides an overview of a somewhat uncommon member of the flip-flop family.


Teardown Tuesday: Space Heater

Teardown Tuesday: Space Heater

In this teardown, we dissect a rotating space heater that has two modes of operation: silence and turbo.


News Apr 17, 2018 by Nick Davis
NXP Semiconductors i.MX 8M Applications Processors | New Product Brief

NXP Semiconductors i.MX 8M Applications Processors | New Product Brief

NXP i.MX 8M application processors provide multimedia processing for streaming video, streaming audio, voice control, and voice assistant applications.