The pace of innovation has changed. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can no longer take years to introduce new products or update functionality in existing products. If your customers can’t get what they want, when they want it, they’re quick to go elsewhere.
OEMs in nearly every industry are becoming...
Published: Sep 25, 2020
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Infineon's AURIX™ microcontroller family is equipped with many safety features and functionalities. Hitex, an AURIX™ Preferred Design House provides a white paper where you can learn how these powerful...
Published: Nov 25, 2020
When it comes to testing, a lot of effort is spent selecting the “right” testing tool. However, often this effort is expended for a second-class goal. Certainly, you need a tool that works for you, your development environment, your project, and your process. However, what is paramount for good testing is not...
Published: Nov 25, 2020
As lead-free gains momentum, many engineers are striving to set-up a wave solder process that maintains production yields but also offer reliable assemblies. Much has been written on these topics in the past 5 years.
Less confusion does exist today about alloy choices available to replace leaded solders, however many...
Published: Jul 25, 2018
In the case of AC/DC power units, it is not dramatic technology breakthroughs that drive the trend, it is good engineering and the inventiveness to combine the best of a whole range of techniques and technologies that separate a really innovative power supply from an average one.
This article looks at AC/DC power...
Published: Jul 23, 2018
Large- and medium-sized enterprises have been widely deploying 10G Ethernet for several years. Their data center infrastructure has been primarily architected around duplex OM3 and OM4 multimode fiber (MMF), since most of the switch port interfaces are multimode 10GBASE-SR using the SFP+ transceiver form factor.
As...
Published: Jul 17, 2018
There are four options for their DC/DC converters when determining the power needs for their end product. This paper will focus on the discussion of options (1) and (2) and it is intended to aid customers in deciding which of the two best meets their needs. Comparisons of performance, cost and time to market are made...
Published: Jul 23, 2018
Your sump pump is your home’s first line of defense against flooding. Without battery backup during a power outage, your sump pump will stop working and your home will be placed at risk.
For anyone with a little mechanical aptitude, a DIY system consisting of an inverter/charger and one or more batteries...
Published: Jul 25, 2018
To achieve some of the ambitious Key Performance Indicators of 5G enhanced Mobile Broadband, semiconductor devices for 5G infrastructure need to empower reliable multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) functionality at mmWave frequencies with larger channel bandwidths. 5G base stations achieve this spatial multiplexing by employing...
Published: Nov 04, 2019
This white paper discusses the industry’s most commonly used interface standards, RS-232 and RS-485, reviews the functionality and features of a dual protocol transceiver, and discusses multi-protocol application examples, including the industrial PC.
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Published: Jul 17, 2018
Techspray has engineered the PWR-4™ cleaning solvents to be safer replacements for these toxic products. PWR4™ is formulated with trans 1,2-dichloroethylene (trans-DCE) and does not contain nPB, TCE, Perc, MeCl, or any other hazardous air pollutants (HAP). Studies performed by the National Toxicology Program...
Published: Jul 17, 2018
In order to ensure an acceptable level of residual risk has been achieved prior to deploying equipment for active service, it is imperative to implement one final series of steps. This stage is necessary to confirm that all risk reduction measures applied (design and build, technological, and organizational) are working...
Published: Jul 17, 2018
High-voltage power management ICs, such as TI’s LM5000 series of integrated controllers and regulators, can simplify the design of high-voltage power management solutions
This paper presents various application scenarios where high-voltage capability up to 100V is required and explains how high-voltage power...
Published: Jul 23, 2018
Surge protective devices (SPDs) for industrial applications need to meet very strict standards to prevent downtime and increase reliability. One of the key approvals for SPDs is UL 1449, “Standard for Safety for Surge Protective Devices.”
UL 1449, 3rd Edition, became effective Sept. 29, 2009. This short...
Published: Jul 25, 2018