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The Capabilities, Benefits, and Key Applications for StackiCap
Description: From industrial to automotive to aerospace applications, power electronics are demanding higher capacitance in smaller packages. Therefore, to meet both capacitance demands and size requirements, ...
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Understanding the Acoustical Vehicle Alerting System
From: Chief Enterprises LLCDescription: In the realm of vehicle safety, innovation continues to drive advancements aimed at protecting drivers, passengers, and pedestrians alike. One such innovation is the Acoustical Vehicle Alerting System ...
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What are Applications of Soft Magnets and How do Soft Magnets Make them Work?
From: Hangzhou X-mag Inc.Description: The principle behind these applications is the interactive course between the soft magnetic materials and the magnetic fields (which are most usually produced by electrical current, both DC and AC, ...
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Wiring the Waves: Choosing the Right Electrical Connect
From: Chief Enterprises LLCDescription: When it comes to marine applications, electrical systems play a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation and safety of onboard equipment. Within these electrical systems, connectors are crucial for ...
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Different Frequency Voltages with a DC/AC Inverter in Railway
From: PREMIUM S.A.Description: In search of optimizing its railway maintenance operations, our client was facing a technical challenge. In this article, we delve into this project designing a DC/AC Inverter to provide a solution to ...
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Parallelizable DC/AC Inverter Powering a Crane Motor
From: PREMIUM S.A.Description: In today's dynamic industrial landscape, manufacturers constantly face unique challenges in meeting our customers' evolving needs. One such predicament arose when a prominent crane manufacturer was ...
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Railway Battery Charger with IP65 for desert
From: PREMIUM S.A.Description: Demanding climatic environments require much more rigorous custom solutions to offer the customer the same reliability as other stable contexts. A factor such as extreme temperature is a stress factor ...
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The Process of the Custom-made Projects in Power Electronics
From: PREMIUM S.A.Description: In the industry, reliable power supply solutions are critical for safe and efficient operation. Here is where Premium PSU comes in, offering innovation to cover all needs for these markets. ...
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Which Cooling Methods are Used in Power Electronics?
From: PREMIUM S.A.Description: Maintaining optimal temperature levels in a power supply system is a paramount priority for power designers, ensuring unparalleled performance and utmost safety. ...
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3 Positive Economic Trends in the Wire & Cable Industry
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: Check out the positive progress in these 3 economic trends in the wire and cable industry today - inflation, shipping costs, and copper prices. ...
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Fire Alarm Cables in High Demand for New Construction Builds
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: The demand for new construction buildings is higher than ever - requiring a hard look at how cabling installation techs choose the right fire alarm cable. ...
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The Future of EV Charging Infrastructure: Challenges of Deploying at Scale
From: Belden Inc.Description: More electric vehicles (EVs) are hitting the road every month. Currently, there are an estimated 3 million electric cars on U.S. roadways (1% of total traffic), but environmental concerns, improved ...
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How To Optimize Charging for IoT Solar Energy Harvesting Applications
From: PowerFilm, Inc.Description: Creating an efficient energy harvesting system can be difficult, but it's easier with the proper tools. In today's post, we'll discuss energy harvesting and its different components with an emphasis ...
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Resistor Construction: Composition vs Wirewound
From: Ohmite Manufacturing Co.Description: When it comes to selecting the right type of resistor for an electronic application, the choices can feel overwhelming. Wirewound resistors and composition resistors are two common options, each with ...
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How to Choose an Automotive Relay
From: Chief Enterprises LLCDescription: Determine the Voltage: Begin by identifying the voltage requirement for your automotive relay. Common voltages for automotive relays are 12V, 24V, or higher. Check the requirements of the electrical ...
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The Science Behind the Sound: What Makes an Electric Horn Beep?
From: Chief Enterprises LLCDescription: In order to produce sound, electric horns go through a two step cycle hundreds of times per second while the horn is activated. Figure 1, below, is a cross sectional view intended to help with the ...
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ACE Battery: "Shenzhen Specialized, Fined, Peculiar and Innovative SME" and "Innovative SME"
From: ACE BATTERY CO., LTD.Description: Recently, the Service Bureau for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises of Shenzhen Municipality announced the list of "Specialized, Fined, Peculiar, and Innovative" SMEs for 2022. SHENZHEN ACE BATTERY ...
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Why Fiber Optic Cabling
From: S.I. Tech, Inc.Description: S.I. Tech, Inc. lets you use fiber optics within a building, between buildings, and in hostile environments. There are many advantages of using fiber optic cabling over traditional cabling. ...
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Amphenol 2M Series for Tactical Robots
From: PEI-GenesisDescription: Military spending in the United States has recently increased to fund new and improved technologies to deter foreign aggression. The government is now investing in the robotics industry, hiring ...
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ACE Battery Obtains new UL Accreditations and Qualifications, Upgrading Product Quality Management
From: ACE BATTERY CO., LTD.Description: Recently, SHENZHEN ACE BATTERY CO., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as "ACE Battery") was awarded UL2580 product certification for four types of battery packs with specifications of 25.6V/50Ah, ...
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Why Use a PDM? Five Key Reasons to Utilize Power Distribution Modules
From: Chief Enterprises LLCDescription: Power Distribution Modules (PDMs) are widely used in a variety of industries and applications to distribute power to multiple loads from a single power source. PDMs are the ideal solution for ...
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Omnetics Overcomes Challenges for Custom Miniature Connectors
Description: Micro- and nano-miniature connectors are used in several different applications in the medical, defense and aerospace industries, such as cochlear implants, soldier-worn communications, avionics ...
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Choosing the Right Solar Charge Controller: How to Optimize Your System and Increase Efficiency
From: PowerFilm, Inc.Description: A complete solar solution includes a panel, a storage device, a battery, and a charge controller to manage the power generated by the panel and stored in the battery. At its most basic level, a charge ...
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The Application of Slip Ring in Gantry Crane
Description: At present, in many construction sites the soft foundation cannot be completely replaced for various reasons. The gantry track and its foundation are easily deformed in soft foundation. When the ...
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The Benefits of Autoranging vs Conventional DC Power Supplies
Description: How Autoranging Saves Capital Costs and Rack Space (and How True Autoranging Saves Even More!) ...
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UL9540A Provides Safety Escorts to ACE Battery's Energy Storage Systems
From: ACE BATTERY CO., LTD.Description: Recently, SHENZHEN ACE BATTERY CO., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as "ACE Battery") was awarded UL9540 product certification by UL Solution, a global safety science expert. UL 9540A is the most ...
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CENO Slip Ring Used In Amusement Equipment
Description: From children to parents, everyone has a dream of an amusement park in a fairy tale. Why do people like to go to the amusement park? For adults, going to the playground can make the busy body and mind ...
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ACE Battery Achieves Multiple TÜV Certifications and Qualifications, Improving Product Quality Level
From: ACE BATTERY CO., LTD.Description: Recently, SHENZHEN ACE BATTERY CO., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as "ACE BATTERY") has obtained the UL1973 cTÜVus certification for its 51.2V/100Ah battery pack. Additionally, ACE BATTERY has ...
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CENO Capsule Slip Ring Apply To The Central Air Conditioner
Description: This is a capsule slip ring among the latest batch of new products of CENO Electronics, which is a small compact structure slip ring that looks like a cap. The capsule slip ring is equipped with a ...
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Action Principle of Bimetallic Sheet Temperature Switches
Description: The temperature switches is a switch that determines the on-off based on the temperature of the object to be controlled. According to their different action principles, they can be divided into ...
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Custom Electronic Enclosures: How a Few Modifications go a Long Way
From: METCASEDescription: It's now quicker and easier to specify customized aluminum enclosures for your electronics. New technology has made customization cost-effective and viable even for small batches. View examples of our ...
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Specifying the Best Electronic Enclosures for Digitalization
From: OKW Enclosures, Inc.Description: Digitalization is transforming modern factories with enhanced product quality, reduced reworking, greater efficiencies and improved health and safety. Discover the best electronic enclosures for ...
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Which HMI Panel Enclosure is Right for My Industrial Electronics?
From: Rolec Enclosures Inc.Description: Which ROLEC HMI panel enclosure is best for your industrial electronics? Elegant, premium multiPANEL or cost-effective and versatile profiPANEL? At headline level, multiPANEL is best suited to ...
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What Are the Characteristics of LiFePO4 Batteries?
From: ACE BATTERY CO., LTD.Description: A lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) battery is a type of lithium-ion battery that uses lithium iron phosphate as the cathode material. Like other lithium-ion batteries with different cathode materials, ...
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White Paper Series - Part IV: Extreme Materials Robust Performance ROBUST PERFORMANCE FROM CABLE TO CONNECTOR
From: Northwire, Inc.Description: Ensure that critical project requirements are met and that end application goals are achieved by selecting critical wire and cable assemblies that offer superior performance in the toughest ...
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White Paper: Custom Innovation Connector + Cable Oil and Gas Connection Solutions
From: Northwire, Inc.Description: A long-term approach to profitability and overall success can save managers a headache down the road. Choosing a supplier based on subject matter expertise, compliance and certifications, and relevant ...
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Power Electronic Capacitors
Description: Capacitors are suitable for power factor correction of DC support circuits, DC filters, and industrial converters, as well as power supplies with high reliability requirements. Typical applications ...
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Five Things You Should Know Before Buying AC Sources or DC Supplies
Description: When choosing programmable AC sources and DC supplies, look beyond the headline specs, such as power and voltage, before purchasing. Choose a vendor who offers flexibility concerning interface ...
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Four Things You Should Know Before Buying AC Programmable Power Sources
Description: Programmable AC power sources seem like straightforward components that you can integrate into a test system, but make sure not to overlook critical details before issuing a purchase order. ...
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New High-Power Programmable AC Source Boosts Renewable-Energy Test
Description: Renewable energy continues gaining momentum. Of the 2.7% increase in U.S. electricity sales in 2022, nearly all of it came from solar and wind sources, according to the U.S. Energy Information ...
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Preparation Time Eases EOL Transition While Ushering in New Product Lines
Description: The past year, 2022, marked a year of high activity for AMETEK Programmable Power, as our new Asterion AC and Asterion DC lines gained momentum and we launched our Sequoia Series and Tahoe Series of ...
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Programmable AC Sources Add Features to Expand Purchasing Options
Description: Programmable AC sources are evolving as their performance increases, and they add features. If you are in the market for an AC source for the first time in five or ten years, you will notice some ...
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Broadening GaN FET applications with e-mode
From: Nexperia B.V.Description: ower GaN FETs have become increasingly accepted since Nexperia first introduced our 650 V cascode devices at the end of 2019. In fact, according to Straits Research a market valuation of US$ 178.2 ...
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M Series Waterproof Toggle Case Study
From: NKK SwitchesDescription: Port Electric Solutions, Inc. required a toggle switch for a motorboat lighting control panel. This panel allows full control of vessel exterior lighting and contains various electronics which are ...
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Electrical Performance Testing of EV Batteries
Description: The battery is the most important component of an electric vehicle (EV). Electrical performance testing is necessary to ensure that the battery meets its performance specifications for operational ...
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Enabling Aviation's Transition to Net-zero Emissions
Description: How EA Elektro-Automatik supports the future of hydrogen-fueled airplanes with electric propulsion systems ...
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How Programmable DC Power Supplies Work
Description: Let's review how an actual DC programmable power supply works. ...
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Reliable, Scalable, Turnkey Programmable DC Power Supplies for Hydrogen Electrolysis
Description: Increasing demand and falling costs for solar and wind renewable energy, along with advances in electrolysis technology, are spurring growth in the use of hydrogen to power fuel cells for energy ...
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Solutions to the Challenges of High Power ATE System Design
Description: Here we will focus on a critical element in designing a high-power ATE system - the power instruments. ...
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How We Helped GEM Design a Custom Solar Solution for their Low-Speed Electric Vehicles
From: PowerFilm, Inc.Description: The Low-Speed Vehicles (LSVs) market continues to grow as individuals, families, college campuses, theme parks, and resorts opt for more efficient and environmentally conscious ways to get around. ...
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Six Ways to Maintain Electric Vehicle Lithium Battery
From: ACE BATTERY CO., LTD.Description: The mileage of electric vehicles is one of the important criteria for consumers to measure the quality of electric vehicles. As we all know, the lithium battery of electric vehicles plays a decisive ...
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Electric Car Rechargeable Batteries: How Long Do They Last?
From: Utmel Electronic LimitedDescription: According to the most recent estimations, the average lifespan of rechargeable batteries of electric cars and vehicles is between 15 and 20 years before it has to be replaced. However, to provide a ...
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Cable Materials for Medical Device Applications
From: Northwire, Inc.Description: When designing a custom cable solution for a medical device, what considerations are needed? ...
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Connectivity and Electrophysiology
From: Northwire, Inc.Description: Did you know many people with atrial fibrillation are unaware of the condition until a physical examination discovers it? ...
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Important Cable Design Considerations
From: Northwire, Inc.Description: For optimal connectivity remember: Form follows function ...
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Optimize Your Cable for Flexibility and High Flex Life
From: Northwire, Inc.Description: What factors affect or influence flex? What are the best material options to make a cable solution more flexible or maintain a longer flex life? ...
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Retractiles. Coil Cord. Slinkies. Curly Cords.
From: Northwire, Inc.Description: Applications that can benefit from a retractile cord over a common straight cable ...
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Selecting the Best Cable Materials for Extreme Temperatures
From: Northwire, Inc.Description: Discover the best cable material and component selections for demanding applications in extreme temperature conditions. ...
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CENO Slip Ring Apply to the Injection Molding Machine
Description: Injection molding machine also known as injection molding machine or injection machine. It is the thermoplastic or thermosetting plastics using plastic molding mold into plastic products of various ...
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Lithium-ion Battery Advantages and Charging Introduction
From: ACE BATTERY CO., LTD.Description: Widely used as daily necessities, as well as in other fields, Lithium ion batteries have the following advantages: ...
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EMI Filter Application and Test Requirements
From: Ohmite Manufacturing Co.Description: Choosing the right EMI filter for any application requires understanding several aspects of the equipment it will be used in. Will the equipment be subjected to extremes in electromagnetic energy, ...
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Resistor Stability and Calculating Drift
From: Ohmite Manufacturing Co.Description: All resistors share one property: stresses, whether mechanical or thermal, can cause a resistor to change its electrical parameters. Temperature and power dissipation will cause this stress in ...
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The Charge of Powering Up EVs Quickly
From: Ohmite Manufacturing Co.Description: It’s hard to miss the biggest coming revolution in transportation: electric vehicles. Sports cars, sedans, pickup trucks, semis, heavy equipment in agriculture and construction—even ...
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Comparison of Technical Parameters between TP1 Series and TP2 Series
Description: A pair of gold-plated silver nickel contacts with strong oxidation resistance and more stable contact, especially suitable for low-voltage DC circuits. Thermal protector is placed in a constant ...
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How to Power Devices Anywhere with Flexible LightSaver Solar Charging Solutions
From: PowerFilm, Inc.Description: Power, there never seems to be enough to go around. We need it for an increasing number of things. Our smartphones, smartwatches, cameras, headphones, speakers, etc. In a time where seemingly ...
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New Technologies & Materials for Force Induction Engine Systems
Description: As the automotive industry continues to move toward more energy-efficient systems, new innovations such as Thermal Energy Recovery Systems and electrically assisted turbochargers are emerging – ...
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Selection and Precautions of Thermal Protector for Electric Motors
Description: Select a suitable volume of thermal protector based on the power and volume of the motor. For small motors, priority should be given to binding and fixing factors, and smaller thermal protectors ...
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Variable Frequency Drive - Basic Properties, Terminology and Theory
Description: AC DRIVE ADVANTAGES AND AC DRIVE APPLICATIONS ...
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Variable Frequency Drives
Description: Care should be used when applying an inverter in a multiple motor application. ...
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Varistors - How Varistor's Work
Description: Different Types of Varistors ...
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Varistors - Basic Properties, Terminology and Theory
Description: What is a Varistor? ...
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What are Harmonics?
Description: Harmonics do no useful work; they degrade the level of power quality and efficiency in a commercial building or industrial facility. ...
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Full speed ahead to e-mobility
From: SICKDescription: Increasing throughput in battery cell folding for production of electric vehicles. Experts estimate that by 2030 the majority of cars produced will be electrically operated. That is why the production ...
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Electric Bikes (e-bikes)
From: Littelfuse, Inc.Description: Learn more about e-bike market trends, block diagrams, and the benefits of recommended Littelfuse products. ...
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Measurement Method and Error of Product Temperature
Description: Our company controls the temperature of the thermal protector by the method of full inspection and sorting. According to the requirements of GB13232-91 (idt IEC34-11-3) "General Rules for Mounted ...
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ODU WHITE PAPER: THE IEC 60601-1 Maximum Patient and Operator Protection
From: ODU-USA, Inc.Description: The approval procedures for medical electrical equipment and systems have become recently even more complex than they already were prior to the effective release of the latest version of the IEC ...
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Understanding the Performance Aspects of Different Filter Topologies
Description: As humans have pursued ‘faster’, ‘better’ and ‘further’, Radio Frequency (RF) and microwave devices have evolved rapidly to offer higher frequency and power in ...
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How to Design a Bidirectional Buck-Boost Converter for Modern EVs
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: As electrical systems in modern vehicles proliferate, the traditional 12 V electrical system of EVs (Electric Vehicles)/HEVs (Hybrid Electric Vehicles) is creaking under strain. ...
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How to Improve Analog to Digital Converter Accuracy
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: What's important about accuracy, is that it can tell us the types of errors we see in our measurement. ...
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One Step Closer to Solid-State Batteries
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: Solid-state batteries are getting closer to reality, but there are still challenges that need to be solved. ...
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Introduction of the Cylindrical Lithium Ion Battery
From: ACE BATTERY CO., LTD.Description: Cylindrical lithium ion batteries are divided into different systems of lithium iron phosphate, lithium cobalt oxide, lithium manganate, cobalt-manganese hybrid, and ternary materials. The outer shell ...
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7 Common Causes of Premature High-Flex Cable Failure
From: Alpha WireDescription: High-flex cables are designed to cope with lots of stress, tight bend radii, and repeated movement. Unlike traditional cables, they’re intended to withstand extreme flexing in industrial ...
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Battery Energy Storage Systems Capability Guide
From: Littelfuse, Inc.Description: The exponential growth in renewable wind and solar energy generation has triggered a corresponding demand for battery energy storage systems (BESSs). With dropping fossil fuel consumption, new country ...
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Installation Guide of TP1 Thermal Protector in Transformer
Description: When installing the TP1 thermal protector in the transformer, the power of the transformer must be confirmed first. If the transformer power is small and the current is within the range of the thermal ...
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What Are the Advantages of Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery?
From: ACE BATTERY CO., LTD.Description: Lithium iron phosphate batteries, like lithium manganese oxide, lithium cobalt oxide, and ternary lithium batteries, are both branches of lithium ion batteries. Its performance is mainly suitable for ...
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Capacitor Selection for Hi-Rel CLLLC LLC LCC Resonant Converters
From: Evans GroupDescription: An Introduction to a Novel Capacitor Dielectric Material and Construction Method ...
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Challenges Semiconductor Package Size and Pitch Face in Shrinking Consumer Electronics
Description: Tiny computers, smartphones, and small electronic devices that industry leaders and other companies have popularized are forcing the hand of semiconductor package designers to shrink the package to ...
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How To Solar Power Your Golf Car The Easy Way
From: PowerFilm, Inc.Description: Golf cars are a fixture of golf courses allowing players to finish more quickly and course owners to turn over more daily rounds. Increasingly golf cars are also an effective and popular way to get ...
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ACB-3000, 2 Milliseconds Switching When One Line Fails
From: PREMIUM S.A.Description: We have recently carried out tests on the ACB-3000 that prove that the device switches in less than 2 milliseconds from one input to the other in an error situation. ...
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Correct Use of Lithium Batteries
From: ACE BATTERY CO., LTD.Description: Lithium battery is a kind of energy storage conversion device that is more and more widely used. Because of its excellent electrochemical performance, it realizes a small-medium-large market ...
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Feeding an AGV Industrial Robot with a 3ph Inverter
From: PREMIUM S.A.Description: Industrial robots are widely used in industrial automation environments and need to be powered by 3-phase 3x400Vac industrial voltage. This is not a problem when using devices in static locations, ...
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How Important is Power Conversion Efficiency?
From: PREMIUM S.A.Description: The definition of efficiency is "the ratio of the useful work performed by a machine or a process to the total energy expended". When talking about power converters, efficiency is a key parameter, as ...
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Introducing GaN technology in Premium PSU
From: PREMIUM S.A.Description: Designing increasingly perfect energy solutions is our priority. Gallium nitride or GaN technology allows operation at much higher voltages, frequencies and temperatures than conventional silicon. ...
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Inverter TIPS: Soft-Start and V/f Technique
From: PREMIUM S.A.Description: Our RDI team continously works to improve the design and functionality of our devices, so testing processes are part of day-to-day activities. Download and read this new technical article ...
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Power Electronics: Efficiency for a Sustainable World
From: PREMIUM S.A.Description: Global electricity demand has grown by almost a third over the last decade, with the rate of electricity consumption increasing faster than the world's population. ...
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SiC Technology: 15 Years at the Cutting Edge
From: PREMIUM S.A.Description: We share our 15-year experience using SiC technology and what differences it makes compared to other technologies used in the market. ...
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Solutions at all Levels in Power Conversion Electrical Energy - [Infographic]
From: PREMIUM S.A.Description: Premium PSU is present from the beginning to the end, from power generation to the end user, minimizing disruptions to the power grid as can be seen in the infographic below. ...
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The Output Voltage Waveform | Tech Tips
From: PREMIUM S.A.Description: Inverters that provide AC alternating energy have become popular in multiple applications. These offer versatiliy, supply security and efficiency in both, singe and three-phased power supplies. ...
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How Miniaturized Precision Resistors Serve Modern Applications
From: Isabellenhutte USADescription: Isabellenhuette specializes in creating robust resistors that withstand high pulse powers, high continuous currents while maintaining a small surface mount footprint on the PCB. This can ease thermal- ...
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Connectors with Integrated EEPROMS - Whitepaper
From: ODU-USA, Inc.Description: Connector systems with integrated microchips such as EEPROMs (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) offer an easy pairing of devices and connectors, real-time connection status, mating ...