Industry News (2011/09/23)

TI Introduced Three-phase Brushless Motor

Published:2011/9/23 7:32:00 Author:Amy

Texas Instruments has released the first new integrated three-phase brushless motor pre-drivers. The DRV8301 reduces board space as much as 60 percent as compared to the next closest integrated solution. In addition, the device drives sub-10-A to 60-A external FETs, and offers current scalability, desirable thermal performance and effic...   (View)

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Maxon Motor’s 70-Watt Brushless Motor

Published:2011/9/23 7:13:00 Author:Amy

Maxon motor’s 70-W flat brushless motor delivers a max and continuous torque of 130 mNm at an efficiency of up to 85 percent. The new motor in its 45 mm diameter is available with Hall sensors and comes in four windings (24, 30, 36, 48 V). It can be connected with more than 54 different planetary and spur gearheads. For the purposes of motion control, the company offers a wide range of servo controllers and posi...   (View)

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Diodes Introduced Single-Chip Fan Driver

Published:2011/9/23 3:17:00 Author:Amy

Diodes, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products, has introduced the industry’s smallest fully featured single-chip fan driver with high-output drive capability to provide a cost-effective solution for fan and motor drive applications. These devices are developed for driving low-power single-phase brushless DC (BLDC) fans and motors. The AH5795 can offer a...   (View)

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The description of ARM Cortex M4 of ST

Published:2011/9/23 3:12:00 Author:Li xiao na

An ARM Cortex M4 core has been put by STMicroelectronics on its 32-bit microcontroller range. The M4 is used to bring signal–processing to the ST32 controller range. Mass production of the controller has begun now. The single-cycle DSP instructions of the STM32 F4 enter the digital signal controller market. The computational capability and DSP instructions for applications, such as high-end motor control me...   (View)

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Rohde & Schwarz has developed a differential probe

Published:2011/9/23 2:53:00 Author:Phyllis

A differential probe for applications that require high sensitivity, wide dynamic range and minimal load on the DUT’s operating point has been developed by Rohde & Schwarz. High-speed interfaces are used in wireless communications and the electronics industry, in aerospace and defense, and also in medical engineering and differential probes are used to analyze the ground-referenced or differential signals used ...   (View)

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The Characteristics of ZigBee Pro Developed by AND TR and Renesas

Published:2011/9/23 1:58:00 Author:Li xiao na

A complete ZigBee Pro is taken by the AND Technology Research (AND TR) and Renesas, which aims for the smart metering, building automation and home appliance applications. With Renesas’ M16C/6B single chip ZigBee silicon, the AND TR design kits can be tuned to offer optimum RF performance in the most demanding situations and have been tested for interoperability at ZigBee Smart Energy interoperability event...   (View)

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Making use of PCM technology

Published:2011/9/23 1:55:00 Author:Phyllis

Phase-change memory (PCM) technology is regarded as a good candidate for use as programmable artificial synapses in neuromorphic circuitry because of its great energy efficiency, scaling potential, endurance and reliability. Some research papers at the upcoming IEDM will report how PCM technology enables biologically inspire...   (View)

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E-Switch Announced KJD17 Series Pushbutton Switch

Published:2011/9/23 1:41:00 Author:Amy

Recently, E-Switch has released the KJD17 Series pushbutton switch, offering an industrial design and a PVC cap for dust and water protection, equivalent to an IP54 rating. The pushbutton switch has a built-in electromagnet providing automatic safety protection from power outages and restarts. It is rated at 2 hp and 16 A, and is UL list...   (View)

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STMicro Recently Released its iNEMO to Simplify the OEMs Task

Published:2011/9/23 1:25:00 Author:Phyllis

Over the next five years, mergers and acquisitions will be common as the larger player fill in the gaps of their integrated solution for OEMs who must fuse the outputs of multiple MEMS sensors for a wider variety of applications than just tablets and phones. STMicroelectronics NV, described as the leading supplier of MEMS for con...   (View)

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