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Ultrasonic Metering in Intensive Care Devices
Description: Piezo technology offers various possibilities to improve them: Using piezo transducers, for example, makes intensive care devices such as infusion systems smarter and facilitates vital patient ...
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What is a Difference between a Gantry System and a Split-Bridge?
Description: Gantry motion systems and split bridge motion systems are often used in industrial production, testing, and additive manufacturing. A gantry usually consists of a base plate (often granite) and two ...
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Protect Your Electronics - and Your Product's Reputation - with Custom Enclosure Gaskets
From: Web Seal Inc.Description: To protect your sensitive electrical and electronic equipment, a high-performing gasket - designed to NEMA /IP standards and customized for your enclosure - is critical. With UL50/508 design and ...
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Four Key Technology Trends Affecting Medical Device and Connector Manufacturers
From: LEMO USA, Inc.Description: Medical device manufacturers depend on innovative connectivity products to keep ahead of changes to the regulatory environment, as well as ongoing demand for low-cost, disposable solutions, reusable ...
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How to Specify High Voltage Connectors
From: LEMO USA, Inc.Description: In this white paper, LEMO engineers and designers specializing in high voltage connectors will work to provide readers with an insider perspective, and take some of the mystery out of high voltage ...
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MACHFORCE D38999 Connector & High Speed Module
From: PIC Wire & CableDescription: High-speed data solutions and components are a growing requirement in the aerospace and defense industry. Modern systems are requiring higher data transfer speeds for mission-critical operations in ...
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Q&A with New England Wire Technologies and the Impact of the Covid-19 on Medical Device Manufacturing
Description: The first in our client Q&A series to understand the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic across various industries and how companies are adjusting to the changing landscape. ...
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The Anatomy of a Ventilator Cable
Description: With recent world events creating unprecedented attention and demand for mechanical ventilators, they have been thrust into the global spotlight as a critical component in the treatment of respiratory ...
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Commercial Ethernet vs Industrial Ethernet
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: What are the similarities and differences of Ethernet cable, and what does it mean for your next factory automation project? Also learn about 3 considerations you should have in mind when designing, ...
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Industrial Ethernet Protocols
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: As the use of ETHERNET is becoming more and more prominent, especially in industrial settings, industrial protocols are becoming normalized terms when looking for products for systems such as ...
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Understanding IIoT Batteries and Power Protection at the Edge
Description: Uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) are evolving to deliver the high continuity needed in the digital age and battery technology is evolving with them. In this Automation.com feature, Bedrock ...
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Best Material for Magnetic Car Signs & How Car Magnets Work
Description: When Considering the Best Material for Magnetic Car Signs, the Thickness of the Magnetic Sheet Used for Magnets on Cars Matters ...
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How to Ship Magnets by Air - Guidelines for Shipping Magnets via Air Transportation
Description: We are often asked about shipping magnets by air, and thought we'd take a minute to write about it. Adams Magnetic Products' general policy is to ship all magnetized products using ground ...
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Magnetic Labeling Systems Improve Warehouse Organization
Description: Whenever you need to add or take away something, it's likely to throw off your entire labeling system. To avoid this difficulty, why not implement a magnetic labeling system? ...
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What's the Best Tool to Use to Cut .030 Thick Magnet Sheets?
Description: We use special equipment which is designed specifically for use with magnetic sheet. Instead, I think you would be better served by using one of two fairly simple methods. ...
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DayCor® Rail - Targeted Analysis of Corona in Overhead Electrical Systems
From: OFIL SystemsDescription: DayCor® Rail is a corona detection driven system dedicated to assist electrical railways management maintain the ongoing safe operation of their mass transportation networks. DayCor® Rail ...
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Thermal Performance of Modular Switching Power Supply
Description: With the fast development of technology, various industries request modular power supply to be miniaturization. Under this trend, the thermal performance of modular power supply becomes the key factor ...
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How to Finally Get the Most Out of Those Smart Home Devices
Description: Are you using smart home devices you own effectively? The answer is probably not. There's a whole world of fun and convenience available. Smart home devices like smart speakers can be used throughout ...
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Ultra-Compact SiC Module Contributes to Realization of EV with No Charging Worries
Description: ROHM, in collaboration with a research group headed by Associate Professor Hiroshi Fujimoto of the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences at the University of Tokyo (hereafter the " University of Tokyo ...
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Combined DC Power Supply Testing
From: Neeltran, Inc.Description: NEELTRAN's unique ability to perform Combined Testing on Rectifier Transformers and hi current DC Rectifier systems offers advantages including reduced risk, lower costs, and time savings to ...
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Gear Reducers 101: Back to the Basics
Description: Gear reducers convert high-speed rotational energy from an input or driving device, such as a motor, to an output or driven device, such as a shaft. These devices reduce the output speed of the motor ...
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Reducing Gearbox Costs in the Aggregate Industry
Description: An understanding of the harsh operating conditions and significant costs of downtime is the first step to reducing gearbox costs in the aggregate industry. Aggregate industry operations include ...
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Regular Maintenance and Wiring Inspection are Crucial for VFD Health and Longevity
Description: A regular maintenance schedule is important to keep a variable frequency drive (VFD) operating efficiently and effectively. ...
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Select Switching Power Supply for Medical Device
Description: Switching power supplies are widely used in medical devices, such as a ventilator, mask machine, PCR nucleic acid detector, body temperature detector, multi-parameter monitor, x ray, CT/PET, blood ...
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Selecting an Appropriate Gear Reducer
Description: The selection of an appropriate gear reducer can be a daunting task for a design engineer because there are a myriad of potential gear reducer designs and products that may appear to satisfy design ...
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Understanding Variable Frequency Drives and Applications
Description: Variable frequency drives (VFDs) are solid-state electronic motor controllers that efficiently meet varying process requirements by adjusting the frequency and voltage of power supplied to an ...
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Equalizers in Dual Voltage Systems: What and Why
From: Waytek, Inc.Description: Battery Equalizer systems are a smarter solution for complex dual voltage systems. Here's what you need to know. ...
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How to Install a Battery Equalizer System
From: Waytek, Inc.Description: Preserve battery life and make a safer 12/24V system with a battery equalizer. Here are step-by-step instructions. ...
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SKY5®-A1007: 0.4 to 5.9 GHz DPDT Low Insertion Loss / High-Isolation Switch
From: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Description: The SKY5A1007 is a state-of-the-art CMOS, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) double-pole, double-throw (DPDT) switch. The switch provides high-linearity performance, low insertion loss, and high isolation. ...
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Case Study: HV Input 3ph Inverter for Demanding Railway HVAC Systems
From: PREMIUM S.A.Description: Rolling stock railway systems are usually fed from secured battery voltage (typically: 24V, 36V, 72V or 110V) or from the AC voltage supplied by a high-power auxiliary converter. However, when it is ...
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Inverter Tips: The Output Voltage Waveform
From: PREMIUM S.A.Description: How does the waveform of a DC/AC inverter affect its performance? We tell you all about it in this white paper, the first of a series of Inverter Tips we are releasing. Inverters that provide AC ...
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New Nano Cap™ Power Supply Technology Significantly Reduces Capacitance
Description: Nano Cap™ power supply technology ensures stable control of power supply circuits in the automotive and industrial fields - even with ultra-small capacitances in the magnitude of nF (Nano: ...
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Vitesco Technologies and ROHM Cooperate on Silicon Carbide Power Solutions
Description: Vitesco Technologies will use SiC components to further increase the efficiency of its power electronics for electric vehicles (EV). Through their higher efficiency SiC semiconductors make better use ...
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Application Note Heat Dissipation VMX
From: Isabellenhutte USADescription: This application note explains the heat dissipation and overall temperature rise of a VMx resistor mounted on a PCB. ...
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Bodo's Power Systems - Reading Between the Lines
From: Isabellenhutte USADescription: When selecting a resistor for your application, there is more to bear in mind than you might think. In order to make a preliminary choice using a product data sheet, developers need certain background ...
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Shunt Current Measuring up to 800A in the Inverter
From: Isabellenhutte USADescription: There is nothing revolutionary about the current sensing principle using a low value resistor and an isolation amplifier. It was used for the first time by the first isolation amplifiers from HP and ...
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Biocompatibility Requirements
Description: Selecting Cable Jacket Material for Biocompatibility: Medical Electronics ...
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Cable Shielding: When? Why?
Description: Do you need a shield? ...
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Fiber Optic Usage Scenarios
Description: Benefits and applications for incorporating fiber into your custom cable ...
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Guide to Protecting Electrical Enclosures
From: VortecDescription: Inside an electrical enclosure, every 18°F rise in temperature reduces the reliability of the electronic components by 50%. As technology advances, electronics get smaller, leading to more electronic ...
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Litz Wire Benefits and Applications
Description: The "WHY" and "WHERE USED" of Litz wire ...
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Simplify Panel Building
From: ABB Inc.Description: In every assembly process, simplicity saves time and money. Two simple technologies that simplify panel building are push-in connections and compact pilot devices. Learn more about how they can help ...
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Traditional Litz Wire Theory
Description: The in's and out's of traditional Litz wire design ...
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Ultra Flexibility = Custom Solutions
Description: The difference between adequate and ideal ...
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Wire Plating Options
Description: Find which plating type is best for your application ...
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Empowering Power for the Digital Age
Description: Traditional industrial power supplies are ill-equipped to meet the demands of the digital age. While they were once an integral component of industrial automation systems and poised to evolve along ...
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Hermetic and High-voltage Connectors for SteriLux's Sterilization System
From: Fischer Connectors, Inc.Description: SteriLux's innovative SterOx System sterilizer uses Fischer Core Series connectors for their hermeticity and suitability for 240-volt applications. The high-performance connectors exactly match the ...
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Piletest Benefits from Fischer Freedom's Rugged, Low-profile and Easy-to-mate Connectivity Solution
From: Fischer Connectors, Inc.Description: Piletest uses the Fischer LP™ 7-pin connector in its state-of-the-art Pile Echo Tester instrument to test pile foundation integrity. With its added value in usability and integration capability, ...
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Designing Slides Into Electronic Enclosures
Description: An Overview of Electronic Enclosure Construction and Components ...
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Focus on Installation Quality of Cable Accessories Improves Reliability
From: Ensto USADescription: More than two-thirds of interruptions in medium voltage cable lines are related to installation of accessories. The growing problem has activated many distribution network operators to undertake or ...
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The Recipe for Reliable Networks
From: Ensto USADescription: There are two absolute musts for a high-quality and reliable grid: building blocks must be both top quality and properly installed. If either one of these elements is lacking, then what grid owners ...
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Combatting the COVID-19
From: LEMO USA, Inc.Description: Connectors to combat the virus ...
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IMC Solutions: A Closer Look at Rotation Detector, Life Detection, DC Voltage Signal Control, and Current Source Signal Control
Description: Adding intelligent motion controls (IMC) to your fan or blower design can maximize your system's performance. There are several types of IMC solutions available to add functionality to your fans and ...
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LEMO Connectors Selected for Notre Dame Firefighting Robot
From: LEMO USA, Inc.Description: LEMO has confirmed that its robust push-pull connectors were selected for incorporation into the Shark Robotics Colossus, an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) designed for firefighting that was deployed ...
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The Difference Between AC Fans & DC Fans
Description: The direct current fans, or DC fans, are powered with a potential of fixed value such as the voltage of a battery. Typical voltage values for DC fans are, 5V, 12V, 24V and 48V. ...
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A Guide to New Slip Resistance Specifications
From: MactacDescription: New standards in floor safety based on traction levels, required versus recommended ...
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Benefits of More Compact Panels
From: ABB Inc.Description: Actions to solve one problem often have other, unexpected consequences. Panel builders opt for digital components primarily to create more-compact panels. But they also discover other unexpected ...
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Don't Get Caught Without Power
From: Neeltran, Inc.Description: Don't Get Caught WITHOUT POWER - Mitigate your risk to production with Power Electronics/Power Conversion solutions such as NEELTRAN's DC Power Supplies. At NEELTRAN, our customers place a high ...
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Cable Recommendations for Common Coolants
From: LAPPDescription: Cable Recommendations for Common Coolants Used in Harsh Environments ...
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How to Measure a Magnets Strength, How a Gaussmeter Works, & How to Optimize Results
Description: You want to order a magnet to work with a sensor or to produce a magnetic field in your device. Magnets are not covered thoroughly in schools, even at the college level. To you, they may be somewhat ...
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Innovative BCU Power Solution for Energy Storage System
Description: As the shift to new energy continues and the need for improving the utilization efficiency of energy grows, the proportion of solar photovoltaic power generation systems in the power grid is gradually ...
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The Basics of Magnetism
Description: To understand what makes a material magnetic, you have to think small. Really small. Like atom small. Atoms are the basic building blocks that come together to form molecules, which come together for ...
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The Care and Feeding of Different Kinds of Magnets
Description: Magnets are like people. Some don't like the heat, some don't like the cold. Some are strong and some damage easily. And some are more dangerous than others. ...
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What is a Ceramic Magnet?
Description: Detailed explanation of ceramic magnets and the process of making them ...
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7 Challenges BEVs/PHEVs/PEVs Must Overcome to Achieve Large Scale Adoption
From: HORIBA Instruments, Inc.Description: ...in order for any of this to happen batteries have some hard issues to address. Below are seven battery-centered challenges the industry is currently discussing. ...
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Aerospace Manufacturer Maximizes Productivity While Maintaining Quality with Electric Screwdrivers
From: Mountz, Inc.Description: Mountz was asked by a long time Aerospace customer who was looking to increase their productivity. In its manufacturing operation, the aerospace company was using light assembly electric torque ...
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Protecting Cables from Oil Damage
From: LAPPDescription: Protecting Cables from Oil Damage ...
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LAPP futureLab Discusses Predictive Maintenance Initiative for Ethernet Industrial Cable
From: LAPPDescription: Replacing parts before they fail to avoid unplanned downtime - that's what predictive maintenance promises. But how to determine the aging of a cable and predict when it will fail? LAPP has developed ...
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New Ways to Reliable Back-up Power for Nuclear Power Plants
Description: "Nuclear power plants (NPP) need reliable emergency backup power in order to maintain a safe condition after external power failure and to meet related regulations. Comparing two real-life projects ...
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Experience a Lower Total Cost of Ownership with an Electric Steam Generator
From: ChromaloxDescription: When looking at fuel costs alone, a common misconception is that gas fired boilers provide the greatest cost savings. But comparison studies often fail to recognize the total cost of ownership. While ...
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Suitable Switching Power Supply for Medical Device
Description: Switching power supplies are widely used in medical devices, such as ventilator, mask machine, PCR nucleic acid detector, body temperature detector, multi-parameter monitor, x ray, CT/PET, blood ...
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How to Protect Overmolded Connectors for Medical Devices
From: Brighton ScienceDescription: Protective coverings are part and parcel of our lives these days. For industries reliant upon electronic components and connectors, protective coverings in the form of polymeric overmolding ...
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How to Select the Right Wire
From: Waytek, Inc.Description: The wiring you select for your applications and maintenance of electrical systems is an integral part to keeping your system operating as designed. There are many types of automotive wire, ...
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ESD Safety - The Basics in Layman's Terms
From: item America, LLCDescription: Electrostatic Discharge damage may be invisible to the naked eye, but it can have very costly consequences. That's why following the basics of ESD safety is an absolute must for many industrial ...
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Cat® Internally Excited (IE) Alternators
Description: What is an Internally Excited (IE) alternator and how does it perform? This paper will provide you with a detailed description of IE and demonstrate how the Cat® SR5 IE performance can be ...
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State-of-the-Art Technology to Obliterate Boundaries in Science and Medicine
Description: Two examples will be introduced to demonstrate the permanent magnet technology and its feasibility in the medical and scientific applications, where in general electromagnets have been used ...
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San-Earth® Technical Review
From: Sankosha U.S.A., Inc.Description: PRACTICAL MEASURES FOR LOWERING RESISTANCE TO GROUNDING ...
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Exporting to the EU
From: InterpowerDescription: Exporting to the European Union (EU) can offer excellent trade opportunities in the global market. In fact, in terms of population, the EU is about 50% bigger than the United States. Consisting of a ...
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Excitation Selections
Description: When specifying a generator, it is often easy to overlook one of the most critical parts, the excitation system. Without the excitation system, you will not be able to produce power, and without the ...
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Ask These 11 Questions Before Selecting a Multi-Conductor Cable
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: When it's time to make an investment that will impact long-term business continuity, uptime, and effectiveness, you want to make sure you get it right. There's little room for error or guesswork. ...
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Piezo Flexure Nanopositioning Stages: Frequently Asked Questions
Description: A piezo nanopositioning stage is defined as a positioning device capable of nanometer or sub-nanometer resolution. ...
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Custom DC Power Supplies for Aluminum Smelters
From: Neeltran, Inc.Description: NEELTRAN makes a big difference by being one of the few transformer/rectifier manufacturers that can adopt a flexible design approach for every industrial power conversion project (designing reliable ...
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Retrofitting DC Power Supplies and Rectifier Transformers
From: Neeltran, Inc.Description: NEELTRAN can help you replace ailing rectifiers and rectifier duty transformers that are placing your production at increased risk, without the headache of working with an engineering company or ...
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Surge Protection Devices for Solar Applications
From: Littelfuse, Inc.Description: Lightning's perfect storm for destruction is on the solar field. Solar panels' large-and often exposed and isolated-location make surge protection critical for it to last its lifespan. ...
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Custom Cable FAQs
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: Answers to the most common questions asked about custom cabling ...
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Why Would I Need a Custom Cable?
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: In today's world, everything is getting smaller, faster, and miniaturized. Not every application is the same, and all cables are not created equal. Every application has its own specific pain points ...
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How to Crimp Wires
From: Waytek, Inc.Description: Crimping is a common method for compressing a terminal to a wire conductor without the use of soldering. When done correctly, a crimp creates a mechanically sound connection that resists corrosion, ...
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Diving Into IoT: Geekcraft Your Own Wi-Fi Switch!
Description: In this article, you will learn how to make Wi-Fi switch that you can use for your IoT project with MicroPython and ESP32. ...
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High Efficiencies at All Load Levels Maximized Operating Times of Battery-Driven Equipment
Description: Securing Sufficient Equipment Operating Time While Allowing For Compact Batteries ...
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Synchronous Rectification Circuit Section: Power Supply IC Selection
Description: As part of a procedure to convert the secondary-side diode rectification circuit of the original circuit to synchronous rectification, in the previous article we selected a MOSFET to replace the ...
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Synchronous Rectification Circuit Section: Selection of Peripheral Circuit Components-C1, R3 at MAX_TON Pin, and VCC Pin
Description: In succession to the preceding article, we explain the selection of peripheral circuit components for the BM1R00147F power supply IC that was previously selected. Here, we focus on C1 and R3 at the ...
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Synchronous Rectification Circuit Section: Selection of Peripheral Circuit Components-D1, R1, R2 at DRAIN Pin
Description: In the previous article, as the start of design of the synchronous rectification section, the power supply IC used in design was determined. In succession to this, the peripheral circuit components of ...
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CASE STUDY: NAI Harnesses & Box Builds Help Control Mining Operations in China
From: NAI Group, LLCDescription: PROBLEM A mining control company could not build harnesses and assemble enclosures internally as well as an outside interconnect supplier with experience in making rugged assemblies for hazardous ...
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Uses for Patch Cords in Data Centers
From: NAI Group, LLCDescription: Patch cords are such a common component in data center set-ups that the significance of their role in data transmission is often overlooked. Not just any patch cord can handle heavy data transmission, ...
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Temperature Rise and Insulation Class Relationship
Description: Many factors go into the selection of a generator which will impact the cost, performance and life of the product. Two such factors which are directly related, and often misunderstood, are the ...
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History of Cleaning for Ideal Electronics Manufacturing with Mike Konrad
From: Brighton ScienceDescription: At IPC APEX 2020 in San Diego we got the chance to sit down and chat with Mike Konrad, from Aqueous Technologies and the Reliability Matters podcast, a show about the reliability of circuit ...
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DC/DC Converter QA151 for ON Semi's Gate Driver Demo Board in High Power Solar Inverters
Description: The demand for renewable energy is on the rise. Renewable energy, depends on sources other than fossil fuels to generate power, does not drain our world of critical resources, and does not adversely ...
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Why Should You Consider a Custom Cable?
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: some of the many advantages you may consider when designing a custom cable. ...
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Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Restriction on the Acquisition of Certain Magnets and Tungsten (DFARS Case 2018-D054)
Description: DoD has adopted as final, with changes, an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for ...
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EEC Terminology Guide
Description: Completely new to the world of permanent magnets? The EEC Terminology Guide defines common terms and concepts. ...