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Using GMR Technology: A Highly-Sensitive Current Measurement Sensor from Allegro Microsystems

Using GMR Technology: A Highly-Sensitive Current Measurement Sensor from Allegro Microsystems

Allegro Microsystems touts their new fully-integrated and highly-sensitive current sensor.


News Apr 03, 2018 by Nick Davis
Analog Devices LDO Linear Regulators | New Product Brief

Analog Devices LDO Linear Regulators | New Product Brief

Analog Device’s LDO+ family of regulators add monitoring and control functions unavailable in standard LDOs.


Two Programmable Buck Converters and Two Programmable Linear Voltage Regulators in a Single Package

Two Programmable Buck Converters and Two Programmable Linear Voltage Regulators in a Single Package

Texas Instruments recently announced their new dual high-current buck converter and dual linear regulator all in a single IC.


News Mar 30, 2018 by Nick Davis
PLL Frequency Multiplication: Transient Response and Frequency Synthesis

PLL Frequency Multiplication: Transient Response and Frequency Synthesis

Does the addition of a feedback divider affect PLL transient response? We’ll look at this question and other frequency-multiplication topics in this article.


Toshiba TCR15AG LDO Voltage Regulators | New Product Spotlight

Toshiba TCR15AG LDO Voltage Regulators | New Product Spotlight

Toshiba TCR15AG LDO voltage regulators are tiny, efficient, low-noise regulators for Wi-Fi chipsets, cameras, and other noise-sensitive applications requiring tight regulation.


The Gentleman Maker’s Auto-Apologizer: A Clever, Polite Device for the Everyday Brit

The Gentleman Maker’s Auto-Apologizer: A Clever, Polite Device for the Everyday Brit

One of the biggest fears many British people face is forgetting to say sorry. This project is designed to automatically apologize when the user bumps into an object.


Projects Mar 28, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
MIT’s Encryption Chip Reduces Public-Key Encryption Power Consumption by 99.75%

MIT’s Encryption Chip Reduces Public-Key Encryption Power Consumption by 99.75%

Encryption takes energy. MIT's public-key encryption chip reportedly reduces encryption energy consumption by 99.75%.


News Mar 28, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
AC Energy Metering: A Single-Phase Energy-Metering IC with Autocalibration from Analog Devices

AC Energy Metering: A Single-Phase Energy-Metering IC with Autocalibration from Analog Devices

The ADE9153A from Analog Devices is a single-phase energy-metering IC that includes autocalibration.


News Mar 27, 2018 by Nick Davis
Texas Instruments TPS54424 4A Synchronous SWIFT Step-Down Converters | New Product Brief

Texas Instruments TPS54424 4A Synchronous SWIFT Step-Down Converters | New Product Brief

Texas Instruments’ TPS54424 is a 4A synchronous SWIFT Step-Down Converter that is optimized to minimize solution size.


A Simple Method of Driving Low-Current LED Strips: Current Regulators from Diodes Incorporated

A Simple Method of Driving Low-Current LED Strips: Current Regulators from Diodes Incorporated

Diodes Incorporated has released two new constant-current regulators for powering and dimming low-current LED strips.


News Mar 26, 2018 by Nick Davis
Skyworks Solutions Inc. SKY66114 IoT Front-End Modules | New Product Brief

Skyworks Solutions Inc. SKY66114 IoT Front-End Modules | New Product Brief

Skyworks’ SKY66114 is a fully integrated 2.4 GHz front-end module for Bluetooth Low Energy, 802.15.4, and ZigBee, making it easy to implement wireless communications in IoT applications.


Will GaN Take Over Audio, Automotive? GaN Systems Talks Gallium Nitride Applications

Will GaN Take Over Audio, Automotive? GaN Systems Talks Gallium Nitride Applications

Gallium nitride, or GaN, was a hot topic among power companies at APEC 2018. AAC's Karissa Manske had the chance to ask GaN Systems CEO, Jim Witham, about what GaN's capable of and where we'll see it in the future.


News Mar 24, 2018 by Karissa Manske
Average Power Consumption Monitoring: Maxim’s New Four-Channel Power Accumulator

Average Power Consumption Monitoring: Maxim’s New Four-Channel Power Accumulator

Maxim Integrated recently announced an SMBus, four-channel average-power monitoring IC.


News Mar 23, 2018 by Nick Davis
Power Integrations’ InnoSwitch3-Pro Allows In-Field Programmability for Rapid-Charge Designs

Power Integrations’ InnoSwitch3-Pro Allows In-Field Programmability for Rapid-Charge Designs

The key target of the InnoSwitch3-Pro is to support both fast-charging protocols in consumer devices, and non-charging applications requiring either a load-controlled or configurable output.


News Mar 22, 2018 by Karissa Manske
A Triple Output Voltage Controller from Linear Technology: Two Bucks and a Boost

A Triple Output Voltage Controller from Linear Technology: Two Bucks and a Boost

This triple-output DC/DC controller offers two buck converters, each with an output voltage range of 0.8 to 24 V, and a boost converter that can produce up to 60 V.


News Mar 22, 2018 by Nick Davis
Molex High Current Universal Clamp Terminal Blocks | Tech Specs

Molex High Current Universal Clamp Terminal Blocks | Tech Specs

Like oil and water, aluminum and copper don’t mix, but Molex High-Current, Universal Clamp Terminal Blocks let you terminate aluminum and copper wires without worrying about oxidation and high contact resistance.


new products Mar 22, 2018 by TTI, Inc
RECOM RAC05-K Series AC/DC Power Supply Modules | New Product Brief

RECOM RAC05-K Series AC/DC Power Supply Modules | New Product Brief

RECOM’s RAC05-K series are lightweight, fully encapsulated 5 W AC/DC power supply modules.


Designing and Simulating an Optimized Phase-Locked Loop

Designing and Simulating an Optimized Phase-Locked Loop

In this article we’ll explore PLL transient-response optimization using simulations and a design example.


A New Motor Driver for Three-Phase Battery-Operated Motors from STMicroelectronics

A New Motor Driver for Three-Phase Battery-Operated Motors from STMicroelectronics

STMicroelectronics announces a new low-voltage three-phase and “three-sense” motor driver IC.


News Mar 19, 2018 by Nick Davis
More Power at Higher Temperatures: A New Modular Power Solution from Vicor

More Power at Higher Temperatures: A New Modular Power Solution from Vicor

The new ZVS power modules from Vicor offer high efficiencies at high temperatures.


News Mar 15, 2018 by Nick Davis