A slew of high-side and low-side smart switch chips have emerged, offering interesting alternatives for a variety of automotive and industrial use cases.
February 10, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Putting its Ideal Switch technology back into action, Menlo Micro has unveiled what it says is the industry highest power MEMS switch device.
December 01, 2022 by Jeff Child
Renesas recently released a family of transceivers described as having "the industry's highest EFT immunity." How exactly does an engineer test for and mitigate EFT?
October 21, 2021 by Ikimi .O
Using load biasing, the new MOSFET gate driver has turn-on speeds in the order of tens of microseconds. It's also the so-called first of its kind that doesn't require an external power supply.
September 22, 2021 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
While Ethernet switches were once solely associated with IT applications, today they are staples in industries from military to rail communications.
November 25, 2020 by Luke James
Signal switching is vital in test systems, and there are many options to accomplish the task. Here's why reed relay-based switching systems may be your best bet.
July 29, 2020 by Dr. Steve Arar
The BD7J200 has a wide input voltage range and does not require an external MOSFET.
February 03, 2020 by Robert Keim
The new SiLabs units aim at the PLCs, relay drivers, and servo motor controllers employed in industrial automation.
August 30, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
What's a digital ceiling, anyway? Microchip announces new PoE switch for Ethernet building automation design.
May 23, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
A four-switch DC/DC controller that operates from input voltages above, below, or equal to the regulated output voltage.
March 09, 2018 by Nick Davis
A new, smaller, and more versatile DC/DC step-down voltage regulator that's designed for noisier applications such as avionics, factory automation, and industrial robotics.
January 19, 2018 by Nick Davis
In this Teardown Tuesday we are going to take a look at the insides of a gas leakage detector. This device is designed to detect the presence of halogen gases.
September 19, 2017 by Alex Udanis
Industry 4.0 is here now, and Maxim's Pocket IO PLC development platform shows how it can reinvigorate manufacturing operations with tiny sensors and distributed control units.
November 09, 2016 by Majeed Ahmad
Lutron Caseta Wireless offers home automation that includes lights and shades.
October 25, 2016 by Mark Hughes
Typical PLCs are very expensive, but never fear: cheaper versions exist!
December 28, 2015 by Alex Udanis
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