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Polyn Debuts Power-saving AI Chip for Vibration-monitoring Sensors

Polyn Debuts Power-saving AI Chip for Vibration-monitoring Sensors

A new neuromorphic chip hopes to enable low-power predictive maintenance applications.


News Apr 24, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Can Voltage Be Negative? Understanding Negative Voltage

Can Voltage Be Negative? Understanding Negative Voltage

In addition to explaining the nature of a negative voltage, this article briefly discusses how negative voltages are generated and why they are useful in circuit design.


Women in STEM—A Road Paved With the Firsts of Many Determined Women

Women in STEM—A Road Paved With the Firsts of Many Determined Women

As more women find their way into STEM-related fields, they have these women to thank for helping lay the foundation for future generations.


News Mar 30, 2023 by Kimber Wymore
Infineon BTN9970LV MOTIX™ | Product Sociable

Infineon BTN9970LV MOTIX™ | Product Sociable

Part of the NovalithIC™ family, the BTN99x0LV motor driver IC provides a complete low-ohmic-protected half-bridge in a single package.


M5Stack BALA2Fire Self-Balancing Robot Kit | New Product Brief

M5Stack BALA2Fire Self-Balancing Robot Kit | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


EP Systems: The Power Behind Electric Aviation

EP Systems: The Power Behind Electric Aviation

Michael Armstrong, CTO of Electric Power Systems and recognized leader in electrified aircraft propulsion, discusses the unique challenges and opportunities presented by electric aviation and how future aircraft may look much different than those we rely on today.


Diodes Incorporated DMTH4M70SPGWQ N-Channel Enhancement Mode MOSFET | New Product Brief

Diodes Incorporated DMTH4M70SPGWQ N-Channel Enhancement Mode MOSFET | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


UnitedSiC UJ4C/SC 750V Gen 4 SiC FETs | New Product Brief

UnitedSiC UJ4C/SC 750V Gen 4 SiC FETs | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


H-bridge DC Motor Control Using Complementary PWM, Shoot-through, and Dead-time

H-bridge DC Motor Control Using Complementary PWM, Shoot-through, and Dead-time

Learn about the role of non-overlapping or complementary pulse width modulation (PMW) in DC motor control using an h-bridge circuit, taking into consideration PWM shoot-through and dead-time PWM.


IXYS Gate Drivers for N-Channel MOSFETs & IGBTs | New Product Brief

IXYS Gate Drivers for N-Channel MOSFETs & IGBTs | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


Sensor ICs Suit Up to Play in EVs, RFIDs, and the IoT

Sensor ICs Suit Up to Play in EVs, RFIDs, and the IoT

New sensor innovations have emerged to play in market-specific zones. Among these are IS0-26262 electric vehicle (EV) sensors, RFID sensors, and sensors geared for the Internet of Things (IoT).


Renesas RAA227063 | Digital Datasheet

Renesas RAA227063 | Digital Datasheet

AAC’s Digital Datasheet video series introduces the specs and applications of components—both new and familiar—straight from their datasheets.


MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS (MPS) MP6500A 35V, 2.5A Stepper Motor Driver | New Product Brief

MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS (MPS) MP6500A 35V, 2.5A Stepper Motor Driver | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


TI Lowers the Acoustics with BLDC Motor Drivers Leveraging Two Control Schemes

TI Lowers the Acoustics with BLDC Motor Drivers Leveraging Two Control Schemes

Distracted by the noise caused by the many appliances in your home? TI’s newest BLDC motor drivers claim to quiet appliances by up to 3.3 dBA using trapezoidal and field-oriented control.


News Sep 08, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
GaN Transistors for a Dollar? GaN Overcomes One Major Setback

GaN Transistors for a Dollar? GaN Overcomes One Major Setback

The price of gallium nitride (GaN) transistors has dropped to less than $1.00 USD, becoming a cost-effective option for manufacturers. Could this lower cost finally push silicon from its throne?


Axial-flux Designs Rev Up the Future of Electric Motors

Axial-flux Designs Rev Up the Future of Electric Motors

While electric motors have primarily hinged on radial motor technology over the past 50 years, axial-flux designs are now surging ahead.


Driving Motors in Battery-powered IoT Systems

Driving Motors in Battery-powered IoT Systems

Learn motor driver design techniques to help extend battery life in battery-powered motor systems.


Ousting 1900s-era Tech? Solid-state Circuit Breakers Extract DC from AC without Magnetics

Ousting 1900s-era Tech? Solid-state Circuit Breakers Extract DC from AC without Magnetics

Extracting DC from AC without any magnetics at all? A new solid-state circuit breaker put forth by Amber Solutions in partnership with Infineon Technologies stands to cause some pretty intense waves by displacing the nearly century-old technology upon which our electrical infrastructure is built.


News Jul 06, 2021 by Kate Smith
Learning From the Past: EV High Power Density Trends

Learning From the Past: EV High Power Density Trends

With EVs being a hot topic recently, what trending designs were used in the past could be learned from? Oak Ridge National Laboratory aims to do just that through its benchmarking project.


News May 20, 2021 by Dr. Steve Arar
Introduction to Linear Variable Differential Transformers (LVDTs)

Introduction to Linear Variable Differential Transformers (LVDTs)

Looking for a succinct intro to LVDTs? This article will explain LVDT basics, including structure, circuit, transfer function, linear range, sensitivity, and more.