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Intel 8th Generation Core Processors | Featured Product Spotlight

Intel 8th Generation Core Processors | Featured Product Spotlight

8th generation Intel Core Processors are available with up to 6 cores, a 4.7 GHz max clock frequency, with UHD graphics and support for Intel Optane Memory.


Vishay LTO Series Power Thick Film Resistors | Tech Specs

Vishay LTO Series Power Thick Film Resistors | Tech Specs

Vishay’s LTO 30, LTO 50, and LTO 100 are power resistors for use applications like power conversion, high-speed switching, and RF.


new products Aug 14, 2018 by TTI, Inc
Measure Position and Speed Control of a DC Motor Using an Analog PID Controller

Measure Position and Speed Control of a DC Motor Using an Analog PID Controller

This article shows how to implement an analog PID controller, including adjusting of the angular position of a DC motor shaft, editing the design to control its speed, and tuning PID parameters for reliable performance.


Overvoltage Protection for Harsh Industrial Environments: An Analog Devices RS485/RS422 Transceiver

Overvoltage Protection for Harsh Industrial Environments: An Analog Devices RS485/RS422 Transceiver

LTC2879X is an Analog Devices RS485/RS422 transceiver which offers robust operation in industrial environments up to 175°C.


News Aug 13, 2018 by Dr. Steve Arar
Protect Your Summer Harvest with the Gentleman Maker’s Raspberry Pi and Arduino Dog Corrector

Protect Your Summer Harvest with the Gentleman Maker’s Raspberry Pi and Arduino Dog Corrector

In this episode of the Gentleman Maker, we're using a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino Uno to stave off the onslaught of dogs trying to eat every single plant in our garden.


Projects Aug 09, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
Bourns PQ Series Power Inductors | Tech Specs

Bourns PQ Series Power Inductors | Tech Specs

Bourns PQ Series inductors are built with low winding resistance flat wire and a low loss ferrite core that combine for extremely low DC and AC losses for saturation currents from a few amps to over 100 amps.


new products Aug 09, 2018 by TTI, Inc
Using Low EOFF SiC Cascodes in Soft Switching LLC and PSFB Circuits

Using Low EOFF SiC Cascodes in Soft Switching LLC and PSFB Circuits

This article looks at soft-switch converters such as LLC and PSFB types and the low switching energy loss EOFF.


Perovskite Solar Cells Show Promise as Researchers Mitigate Challenges with Production

Perovskite Solar Cells Show Promise as Researchers Mitigate Challenges with Production

Solar panels have continued to increase in efficiency and are becoming cost-competitive against non-renewable sources of power. While silicon-based solar systems have been the most accessible so far, perovskite-based cells may steal the spotlight in coming years.


News Aug 06, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
Wireless RF Energy Harvesting: RF-to-DC Conversion and a Look at Powercast Hardware

Wireless RF Energy Harvesting: RF-to-DC Conversion and a Look at Powercast Hardware

This article looks at the technology and the sample kits that Powercast provides users who want to learn more about the technology.


Semtech SX1261 Development Kit | New Product Brief

Semtech SX1261 Development Kit | New Product Brief

Semtech SX1261 development kits are based on Semtech’s SX1261 low-power, long-range LoRa transceivers for many IoT applications, including smart cities, building automation, agriculture, and healthcare applications.


TDK TPLC553030 Series Automotive Transponder Coils | Featured Product Spotlight

TDK TPLC553030 Series Automotive Transponder Coils | Featured Product Spotlight

TDK’s TPLC553030 Series Automotive Transponder Coils are small, high sensitivity 125 kHz transponder coils for TPMS and other automotive applications, such as keyless entry and immobilizers.


Introduction to the Two-Cavity Klystron Amplifier

Introduction to the Two-Cavity Klystron Amplifier

Klystron amplifiers are used in a variety of industries, including satellite systems, television broadcasting, radar, particle accelerators, and in the medical field. In this article, we'll learn about the two-cavity klystron's unique build and the concept of electron bunching.


Infineon PROFET+ 2 Protected High-Side Power Switches | New Product Brief

Infineon PROFET+ 2 Protected High-Side Power Switches | New Product Brief

Infineon Technologies PROFET+ 2 Protected High-Side Power Switches enable higher efficiency, more compact designs with extensive integrated protection to drive resistive, inductive, and capacitive loads up to 65 W per channel.


Power Storage for Renewables: The History of Batteries and the Advent of the Virtual Power Station

Power Storage for Renewables: The History of Batteries and the Advent of the Virtual Power Station

With renewable energies on the rise there is a growing need for high capacity energy storage and one possible solution are “virtual power plants”. What is a virtual power plant?


News Jul 30, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
STMicroelectronics USB Type-C & Power Delivery Portfolio | New Product Brief

STMicroelectronics USB Type-C & Power Delivery Portfolio | New Product Brief

STMicroelectronics USB Type-C and Power Delivery Portfolio allow designers to seamlessly integrate all the benefits of USB Type-C for applications such as AC adapters, smart plugs, power hubs, displays, and more.


Skyworks Solutions IoT Front End Modules | New Product Brief

Skyworks Solutions IoT Front End Modules | New Product Brief

Skyworks’ SKY66119 is a 460 MHz transmit/receive front-end module that provides high performance and a simpler design for a variety of applications.


Silicon Labs Si540 & Si545 Ultra Series Crystal Oscillators | Featured Product Spotlight

Silicon Labs Si540 & Si545 Ultra Series Crystal Oscillators | Featured Product Spotlight

Silicon Labs Si540 and Si545 Ultra Series Crystal Oscillators are ultra-low jitter, low phase noise crystal oscillators for any frequency from 200 kHz to 1500 MHz.


PCB Layout Tips and Tricks: Minimizing Decoupling Inductance

PCB Layout Tips and Tricks: Minimizing Decoupling Inductance

This article examines some subtle details associated with the high-frequency performance of decoupling capacitors.


DARPA’s “Olympics-Style” SHRIMP Competition Continues the Robotics Challenge Spirit—with Tiny Robots

DARPA’s “Olympics-Style” SHRIMP Competition Continues the Robotics Challenge Spirit—with Tiny Robots

Following in the footsteps of its DARPA Robotics Challenge, DARPA is planning an "Olympics-style" competition to test the abilities of teeny tiny microrobots.


News Jul 25, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
Choosing the Right Transistor: Understanding Dynamic MOSFET Parameters

Choosing the Right Transistor: Understanding Dynamic MOSFET Parameters

In this article, we’ll discuss MOSFET characteristics related to transient conditions and switch-mode operation.