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Electronica: ASIL D vehicle battery safety monitor and pyrotechnic trigger

Steve Bush — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:35:53 +0000

NXP is aiming at ASIL D safety approval with a vehicle battery junction box controller IC, intended to fire the pyrotechnic disconnect switch during a serious fault, as well as ...

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1MHz 80-800A core-less current sensors in TSSOP and SOIC

Steve Bush — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 11:55:45 +0000

Allegro MicroSystems had introduced 1MHz bandwidth current sensors that can measure hundreds of amps – the first fruit of its acquisition of Crocus Technologies. The technology is tunneling magnetoresistance, and ...

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IC promises UWB radar for smart home automation

Steve Bush — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 13:38:28 +0000

NXP has combined short-range 6 – 8.5GHz UWB radar, secure ranging and angle-of-arrival processing on a single chip. Called SR250, it is for “a world that anticipates and automates, enabling ...

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Automotive CXPI interface has GPIO, ADC and PWMs

Steve Bush — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 11:01:57 +0000

Toshiba is developing an interface IC for the automotive CXPI (clock extension peripheral interface) bus whose hardware logic “can control data communication by CXPI protocol and GPIO, eliminating the need ...

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All-constellation RTK GNSS modules

Steve Bush — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 14:45:29 +0000

Distributor Rutronik has added three surface-mount RTK-enhanced GNSS modules from Unicore to its portfolio. RTK – ‘real time kinematics’ – is a service that increases the accuracy of satellite navigation ...

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12-channel LED driver for signage and displays

Steve Bush — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 16:34:50 +0000

Diodes has introduced a 12-channel constant-current LED driver arranged as four channels of RGB. AL58221 has open-drain outputs that can sink up to 60mA and withstand 24V. Maximum red green ...

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Mains 3A brush-less dc motor driver shrugs off 600V surges

Steve Bush — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 13:29:52 +0000

Toshiba is aiming at air conditioners, air purifiers and pumps with an IGBT-based brush-less dc motor driver, suitable for sine-wave generation, in a ~13 x 33mm through-hole HDIP30 package. TPD4165K, ...

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Automotive ideal diode protects against -65V

Steve Bush — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:47:19 +0000

It seems to be Ideal Diode Week at Electronics Weekly (here and here) as Diodes is also promoting one, this time an ideal diode that can cope with ±65V on ...

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1.5A ideal diode and reverse polarity protection in 2.1 x 1.25mm

Steve Bush — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 10:04:48 +0000

Nexperia has put an ideal diode, including its p-channel mosfet, and reverse polarity protection, in a 2.1 x 1.25 x 0.95mm TSSOP6 package. Called NID5100, it is aimed at industrial ...

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Automotive voltage regulator with reset and watchdog

Steve Bush — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 11:11:53 +0000

Infineon has introduced six automotive linear regulators, protected against 40 or 45V, and supplying 3.3 or 5V at up 500mA, some with enable, watchdog or reset circuits (see the table ...

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