Industrial Electronics

Toshiba has picked a four-pin package for its latest third-generation silicon carbide mosfets. “Devices in the TWxxxZxxxC series are the first Toshiba SiC products to be housed in a TO-247-4L(X) package with a fourth pin,” according to the company. “This allows the provision of a Kelvin connection of the signal source terminal for the gate drive, thereby reducing the parasitic ...

In an effort to create and standardise an open api (application programming interface), multi-domain simulation framework across different industries, Accellera Systems Initiative, has announced a Federated Simulation Standard proposed working group. Its first meeting to “gather input and discuss expectations” will be held in Toulouse, France on 25 and 26 September. Different industries, for example avionics, space, semiconductor, automotive and ...

Moxa has introduced families of Ethernet switches for industrial environments. Spread across EDS-2000 and EDS-4000, they are being stocked in the UK by Impulse Embedded. “The core difference between ranges is their manageability: EDS-4000 switches are managed, which provides a higher level of control, security and optimisation,” according to Impulse, “EDS-2000 switches are unmanaged, which means that these function out-of-the-box, ...

Aaeon has put an Intel Atom x7000E processor into a 115 x 165mm industrial single-board computer capable of running three displays. EPIC-ADN9-A10-0002 has an Atom x7425E paired with a single DDR4 SODIMM slot for up to 16Gbyte of dram and 6Gbit/s SATA for bulk storage – on-board expansion slots include: full-sized mSATA, full-size mPCIe and one M.2 2242 B-key. For displays, ...

Kyocera AVX has announced a range of high-capacity supercapcitor banks with low leakage. “SCM Series supercapacitor modules are rated for operating temperatures from -40°C to +65°C and lifetimes that extend to millions of cycles,” according to the company. “They are also lead-free compatible, RoHS compliant, and compliant with the UL 810A standard for electrochemical capacitors.” Initially there are five versions: ...

Advantech’s industrial-grade isolated RS-232 to RS-422 or RS-485 converter is now available from the company’s e-store. With no change to associated computer hardware or software, the device, called ADAM-4520A, transparently converts RS-232 signals to RS-422 or RS-485. It “allows users to take advantage of RS-422 and RS-485 on systems originally equipped with RS-232”, said Advantach. “It can extend the communication ...

HBK has added an IO-Link interface option to its U9C (tension and compression, right) and C9C (compression only, below left) force sensors. Described as miniature by the company, versions of the devices range across 50N to 50kN forces and are 26mm in diameter, except 46mm for the 50kN types. They are available as just the sensing bridge in its cylindrical ...

German sensor company Sick has announced a pair of colour sensors. “The newly-developed flagship, CSS, leads the way with the ability to distinguish even the slightest nuances in shade,” according to the company. “Its capability to identify subtle differences in surface structures and textures opens up wide-ranging applications in electronics components manufacture.” Variants with eight-pin M12 connectors have four pins ...

Toshiba has announced twelve 650V silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky barrier diode (SBDs) based upon its 3rd generation technology. In this series, called TRSxxx65H, according to the company a new Schottky metal has been employed, and the junction barrier structure has been changed to lower the electric field compared with the 2nd generation to reduce leakage. Versions with nominal maximum continuous ...

HBK has added IO Link digital communication to a range of tension and compression force sensors. U9C sensors (pictured) measure tension and compression, and C9C sensors measure only compression. This article was republished with far more information here The sensors easing digital up-grades by having identical mechanical dimensions and threads to their analogue counterparts. “With a standardised interface to any ...