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MORNSUN R4 Series Product User Manual (2021)
Description: One-stop solutions of power supplies. Regulation for moisture sensibility ...
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MORNSUN Wide Input Voltage DC-DC Converter Application Guide (2021)
Description: Selecting a power supply - the first step is to confirm specifications of the power supply and then determine a standard power supply or a customized one according to requested parameters. ...
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All About Power Supply Solutions for PV Solar Tracking Systems
Description: Below, we will explain everything you need to know about solar trackers. We will also review how we at MORNSUN can help you with your solar panel projects. ...
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Know More About the Design of the MORNSUN AC/DC Power Supply LOF550 Series
Description: AC/DC as a primary power supply for the user's entire system is the cornerstone to ensure the stable and efficient operation of the system. With the continuous development and innovation in the power ...
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Specialized Knowledge | How to Select the Output Capacitor and TVS When Designing Power Supply
Description: The power supply is one of the core components in the system, and the stability of output voltage is particularly important. The output capacitor can effectively reduce the output voltage ripple, and ...
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The State of the Global EV Market & EV Charging Stations Power Supply Solutions
Description: In this article, we will examine the status quo of the electric vehicle industry and review how our power supply solutions can help you. ...
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Why You Should Choose the MORNSUN 305RAC AC/DC Converters
Description: Our technical engineers have designed the MORNSUN 305RAC AC/DC Converter Series with your needs in mind. Here below, we will present an overview of the MORNSUN 305RAC product collection and highlight ...
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Custom Cable Case Studies
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: Whether you need an exact specification of a cable or you're combining cables for easier maintenance, custom cables can help meet your specific needs no matter what you're looking for. Here are a few ...
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DC Power Supply Selection Guide
Description: Choosing the right programmable power supply for your test system or application can feel overwhelming if you are not sure of all the considerations involved. This book by EA Elektro-Automatik (EA) ...
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Decoupling Capacitors
Description: Decoupling capacitor is also called uncoupling. The circuit always contained driver and load. If the load capacitance is large, drive circuit should charge and discharge the capacitor to accomplish ...
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How to Select the Appropriate Permanent Magnet Material
Description: There are at least four questions the engineer needs to answer when working on a new magnetic design. 1. What are the magnetic requirements? 2. What are the physical needs of the material? 3. What are ...
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Back to Pathway Basics: Defining Fill, Capacity and Usability
From: Belden Inc.Description: One of the most exciting things about the ICT industry is its pace of change and growth. One of the most challenging things about the ICT industry is its pace of change and growth. (Do you notice a ...
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Protecting Against Surges: Circuitry for DIN Valve Connectors
From: Belden Inc.Description: Just a few months ago, we talked about the intense and growing demands placed on DIN valve connectors in industrial environments. While DIN valve connectors may seem rather insignificant when compared ...
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Why Hasn't Category 7 (and Category 8) Cable Taken Off?
From: Belden Inc.Description: Category 5e, 6 and 6A are Ethernet cable types that the industry knows a lot about; they’re used frequently. But what about Category 7 and 7A—or Category 8? We don’t hear nearly as ...
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Micro and Nano Sensor Interconnections Energize New Applications
Description: Sensors and their capabilities cover a wide range of functions based on the design and type used. Today's sensor menu ranges from thermistors and infrared detectors to shock and vibration monitors and ...
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Guide to Back Probe Connectors
Description: Back probes (also called back pinning) are an alternative method to piercing wire while still avoiding stripping or cutting wire insulation to access the conductor. The back probes needle contact tip ...
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Application Note: Series Connection of Electronic Loads
Description: Series connection of electronic loads requires all involved units to always have equal internal resistance to equally distribute the DC input voltage. That also includes the potential of the DC input ...
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Application Note: Fuel Cell Simulation
Description: The automobile market regarding car models powered by (hydrogen) fuel cells is growing from year to year in the private, bus and transport sector. This application note is supposed to introduce and ...
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Bidirectional Programmable DC Power Supplies Make Battery Testing Easier
Description: In order to keep up with advanced battery technology, manufacturers and users need battery test systems that are flexible and responsive. ...
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Bidirectional Supplies Source and Sink Power
Description: Many test applications require systems that both provide power and consume power. One of the most common applications for this type of functionality is battery testing. ...
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Choosing a Benchtop or Laboratory Power Supply
Description: Choosing the right DC power supply for the lab or your bench is not as easy as it seems. ...
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Efficiently and Easily Test Fuel Cells
Description: Designing and manufacturing quality fuel cells requires characterizing the device and testing device performance ...
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Repurposing and Recycling EV Batteries
Description: As they become more widely used, there is a question of how best to re-use or recycle the lithium-ion batteries that power these vehicles. ...
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Simulate Batteries with the EA Battery Simulator
Description: There are many advantages to simulating batteries when testing battery-powered equipment, battery chargers, or battery-management systems during design and production tests ...
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Some Frequently-Asked Questions About Electronic Loads
Description: Electronic loads are versatile instruments that are used in a wide variety of applications, but their operation is often misunderstood. ...
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Use EA's Arbitrary Function Generator to Output Custom Voltage or Current Waveforms
Description: Many Elektro-Automatik programmable power supplies feature a software-based function generator that can generate typical functions, such as sine, square, and triangle waves, and apply them to either ...
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What is Autoranging?
Description: "Autoranging" is the term used to describe the ability of a programmable DC source to maintain full power output across a wider range of output voltages and currents than traditional DC power supplies ...
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What Power Supply Trends Exist in the Semiconductor Market?
Description: As the semiconductor industry begins to heat up in 2021, at least according to Semiconductor Industry Association’s optimistic forecasts device demand, test engineers are going to need to find ...
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What's the Best AC Input for your DC Power Supply?
Description: The first step in choosing a DC power supply is determining how much output power you will need. ...
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Benefits of Using Thin-Film Solar With A Flexible PC Board
From: PowerFilm, Inc.Description: Integrating solar panels into a printed circuit board can make life a lot easier for product designers. What if the product design you are working on requires a PCB to be flexible? Luckily flexible ...
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Solar Energy Harvesting For IoT Explained
From: PowerFilm, Inc.Description: Batteries are required for nearly every electronic device, it seems. They allow for simple operation and quick deployment. What happens when those batteries die? In this post we discuss the ...
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An Overview at MORNSUN's AC/DC Enclosed SMPS Solutions
Description: Mornsun Switch-mode power supplies (SMPS) can be found in most battery-operated equipment where high efficiency and small sizes are required. AC-DC switched-mode power supplies are omnipresent around ...
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3 Important Data Center Power Considerations
From: Belden Inc.Description: Power keeps your data center infrastructure functioning—but power also impacts how much it costs to do so. The more efficiently you can use power, the lower you can expect your data ...
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3 Types of Procurement: How They Impact Cabling Projects
From: Belden Inc.Description: To help project managers effectively oversee cabling projects, Belden is in the process of creating virtual training and education for this group of professionals. As we pull the content together, ...
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5 Ways Cabling & Connectivity Impact Data Center Sustainability
From: Belden Inc.Description: There are many other factors to consider when thinking about what makes a data center truly sustainable, regardless of when it was designed or built. Some of the decisions you make about cabling and ...
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Data Buses Aren't Going Anywhere Anytime Soon!
From: Belden Inc.Description: If you ask the technology professionals who are focused solely on Industry 4.0 and digital transformation, they may tell you that the data bus is dead. Why would they say this? They’re likely ...
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How We Make Custom Connectivity Solutions
From: Belden Inc.Description: Working with a partner that owns its research, development and manufacturing processes has many advantages: better communication, the ability to react to the market quickly, rapid testing and lower ...
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Additive Manufacturing for Heat Pipes
From: BoydDescription: This paper introduces additive manufactured (AM) heat pipes and other advanced thermal management technologies, previously presented as a Keynote Lecture at the 16th UK Heat Transfer Conference at the ...
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Choosing the Right Type of Cable Shielding
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: You may need help choosing the right type of cable shielding... or you need to figure out what your options actually are. ...
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Industrial Ethernet: Rapid Market Growth Through 2026
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: According to a recently released market report, Industrial Ethernet grew rapidly in 2020 and is expected to continue well into 2026 due to changing automation demands. ...
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Optimizing the Lifetime of High-Flex Cables
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: High-flex cables can often be damaged, or corkscrewed, if components in a cable track system are not installed correctly. Learn how to address cable longevity. ...
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Single Pair Ethernet: The Future of Industrial Communication
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: See why Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) is the Industrial Ethernet Network technology that's surpassing legacy Fieldbus networks and traditional commercial Ethernet. ...
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Understanding Dynamic Load-Bearing Capacity in Cable Chains
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: Understanding dynamic load-bearing capacity in electrical cable assembly for industrial applications is a sought-after goal of many electricians and engineers. ...
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How to Improve the Reliability of High Speed Slip Ring?
Description: Signal Slip Rings Ethernet Slip Rings USB Slip rings Profi-Bus Slip Rings HDMI High Definition Slip Rings Servo-motor Slip rings Thermocouple Slip rings Function Slip Rings High Speed Slip Rings ...
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Enhance Overvoltage Protection with the IEC 62368-1 Standard
From: Littelfuse, Inc.Description: Learn more about the new IEC 62368-1 standard, what tests are included in the standard, and how the standard allows for greater safety and design innovation. ...
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White Paper: New Connector Designs Solves Defense Industry Electronics Evolution
Description: Advanced defense instrumentation and technologies are evolving rapidly to stay ahead of competitive systems around the world. Adaptation of leading discrete components, new hardware and high speed ...
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Micro-D and Nano-D Connectors: Key Interconnects for Military Reliability
Description: Micro-D and Nano-D connectors are becoming a staple of military/ aerospace industry by providing high reliability connector designs used in aircraft and missile control to autonomous weapons in the ...
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Standard Circuit Board Micro-D Connectors Solve Density and Signal Performance Needs for High Speed Digitization
Description: A design solution using Micro-D and or Nano-D connectors provide a SWAP type upgrade to existing board layouts and insures needed real estate between leads to maintain impedance control, or current ...
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Miniature Connector Design for Severe Applications
Description: Electronic equipment in today's defense industry is being driven forward with highly capable advanced technologies. ...
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Evolution of Circular Connectors for Rugged Portability in Today's UAVs
Description: UAV electronics is rapidly expanding to serve new devices mounted onboard airborne autonomous systems. Advanced sensors, tracking devices attitude management have extended our reach, our capability ...
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Flex Versus Wired?
Description: Products often start their life as a put together solution to accomplish the goal in the shortest path possible. Although this path does help to create and build the concept, it may not be the most ...
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Increasing Density in Defense Electronic Systems
Description: Defense development technologies and strategies are locked into an international race for dominance, control and security protection. Effective EW (electronic warfare) systems are dependent upon ...
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Micro and Nano-miniature Connector Experts for Defense and Aerospace Customers
Description: When Engineers set about developing ultra-lightweight electronic systems for defense and aerospace equipment, small connectors always feature heavily in the design process ...
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The Digital Transformation in Centralized Defense Systems on the Battlefield
Description: In support of signal collection and signal routing, Omnetics' NAnoconnector family of products are specifically designed for high-density applications in military and aerospace. ...
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Multispectral Imaging Systems for Space, Military and Commercial Applications
Description: Multiphoton imaging techniques and camera systems are serving industries with immediate definition improvements for a wide range of applications. Advanced devices utilize multi-spectrum cameras able ...
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Fans for Wind: Industrial Solutions for Alternative Energy
From: Rosenberg USADescription: Wind turbines that are used for power generation have numerous applications for cooling fans. Although fans are fundamentally selected on the basis of volumetric air flow, static pressure and size, ...
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Industrial Fans for the Rumble of Railways
From: Rosenberg USADescription: The railway transportation industry has numerous applications for cooling fans. Although fans are fundamentally selected on the basis of volumetric air flow, static pressure and size, numerous other ...
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Application Note for Membrane Switches for Demanding Applications
From: SCHURTER IncDescription: SCHURTER has a long tradition in the development and manufacturing of customized membrane switches for demanding applications. Based on our know-how, we find the optimal solution even for challenging ...
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How to Connect Flexible Solar To a PC Board
From: PowerFilm, Inc.Description: PV cells have the potential to supplement power to a wide range of IoT and battery-powered electronics. These devices are often compact and connecting a PV cell directly to the embedded PCB circuitry ...
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What is a PCR Workstation?
From: AirClean SystemsDescription: What is a PCR workstation? They have so many functions and uses, it can be hard to really understand what makes a PCR workstation and to know whether or not you need one for your application. Once you ...
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White Paper: High Altitude Connectors
From: SCHURTER IncDescription: 2000 metres. This altitude above sea level represents the upper limit for applications of many passive components certified according to IEC. Why this limit? A little excursus into physics, more ...
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White Paper: Preassembled Fuse Holders
From: SCHURTER IncDescription: In the case of mixed assembly of SMT and THT components on a printed circuit board, the questions are raised: two soldering processes? Manual assembly? Is there something more effective? Yes, there ...
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White Paper: Touchless Switch
From: SCHURTER IncDescription: Please, do not touch! Because that doesn't have to be the case at all. A new generation of switches for touchless switching has been developed for exactly this purpose. Switching without touching. ...
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Magnets Speed up Production
Description: Permanent and electro-magnets play a crucial role in many automated and semi-automated manufacturing plants. ...
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Chillers & Sub-Ambient Cooling
From: BoydDescription: This paper addresses current trends in liquid cooled systems and focuses on chiller use and applications. This includes chiller standards and design guidelines for utilizing chillers to increase ...
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Crossover Audio Capacitors
From: Electrocube, Inc.Description: Why is a Speaker Crossover Needed? ...
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Electric Guitar & Bass Tone Capacitors
From: Electrocube, Inc.Description: Electronic components to obtain vintage sound ...
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Polycarbonate Capacitors Are No Longer Available... What Are Our Options?
From: Electrocube, Inc.Description: Polycarbonate capacitors are no longer available - What are your options? ...
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How to Specify Customised Metal Electronic Enclosures
From: METCASEDescription: Electronic enclosures manufactured from folded aluminum have a significant advantage over their plastic and diecast counterparts when it comes to customization - much lower tooling costs. No full ...
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Wind Energy Needs Lightweight Giants
From: Busch Vacuum SolutionsDescription: It looks like you are using an old version of the Microsoft Edge browser. To get the best experience with the Busch website, please update your browser. The huge mill blades of modern wind turbines ...
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Application Note: Current Carrying Capability of Solder and Press-fit Pins
From: Vincotech GmbHDescription: This application note investigates the current carrying capability of a standard solder able pin and a Press-fit pin for Vincotech's power modules. The measurements are carried out on an application ...
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Getting a Cleaner Future
From: Vincotech GmbHDescription: Renewable Energy is the key to a cleaner future and solar energy is leading the way. Designers of solar inverters face a multidimensional challenge to ensure solar power continues to meet the growing ...
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Handling of Power Modules with Phase-Change Material
From: Vincotech GmbHDescription: There are several advantages to using phase-change material (PCM) rather than conventional thermal grease as thermal interface material (TIM) between the power module and heatsink. Vincotech offers ...
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How to Achieve Clean, Streamlined Cable Bays for Matrix Switches
From: Belden Inc.Description: If you've ever been involved with a mid- to large-scale fiber optic video distribution or KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) extension application, you know that managing fiber cable in the back of matrix ...
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How You Inspire Our Cabling & Connectivity Innovations
From: Belden Inc.Description: As we face a future where technology like IoT, 5G and virtual reality are taking data volumes and data rates to new levels, data centers and enterprise networks are facing challenges unlike ever ...
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E-Mobility: Sustainable Battery Recycling with EA Electric Automatic
Description: E-mobility is booming. In 2020, the global fleet of electrically powered vehicles rose to 10.9 million, powered by lithium-ion batteries. However, with increasing operating time, the lithium-ion ...
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Electronic Circuit Breakers Provide Smarter Protection
From: Automationdirect.comDescription: New technologies deliver higher performance and advanced monitoring and control capabilities as compared to traditional fuses and circuit breakers. ...
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Streamlining Production Process Through Magnets
Description: In an article titled "Streamlining Production Process Through Magnets", IMI's Chief Business Development Officer, Dennis O'Leary, discusses the unique challenges chemical processors face when ...
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Introduction of High Speed Slip Ring
Description: Since modern times, with the development of industrial automation and the wide application of conductive slip ring, many manufacturing machinery and equipment have been used, followed by the problem ...
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Solar Energy Harvesting Tools and Flexible PV Cells for IoT Devices
From: PowerFilm, Inc.Description: PowerFilm flexible PV cells and reference designs make implementing energy harvesting into your products more accessible. Our latest cells offer smaller form factors, ideal for the compact electronics ...
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Flying Capacitor Topology for Ultra Efficient Inverter Applications
From: Vincotech GmbHDescription: The Neutral Point Clamped (NPC) inverters are widely used in highly efficient solar, UPS and other power electronics applications. This topology provides advantages in switching losses in a reduced ...
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Constructing a 100mW RF Power Reference
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: This application note describes a basic technique for generating an accurate 100 mW power source. ...
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How Dexmet Lighting Strike Materials Protect Carbon Fiber Wind Blades
Description: MicroGrid® Materials for Wind Applications ...
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How Dexmet Lightning Strike Materials Protect Carbon Fiber Aircraft Surfaces
Description: MicroGrid® Materials for Zone Protection ...
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Protect Your Electronics with Formable EMI Shielding
Description: A deeper dive into the fundamentals of EMI, discuss electromagnetic compatibility and outline your design choices when considering electromagnetic energy and its potential effect on your product, and ...
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Learn More About Terminal Blocks and Specifications
Description: Terminal blocks are modular, insulated blocks that secure two or more wires together. Terminal blocks are used to secure and/or terminate wires and, in their simplest form, consist of several ...
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Types of PCB Terminal Blocks
Description: PCB terminal blocks are modular, insulated devices that mount on printed circuit boards (PCBs) and secure two or more wires together. Terminal blocks are used to secure and/or terminate wires and, in ...
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Electrical Conduit for Food and Beverage Applications
From: Electri-Flex CompanyDescription: Discover the benefits of Food Grade Liquatite and its latest enhancements, including its new food processing blue color, a wide working temperature range, antimicrobial jacketing, and additional wear ...
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What to Consider When Specifying Ethernet Patch Cables
Description: Patch cords are a crucial component in any network, considering there are various ways they can fail and there can be hundreds of them in a given installation. Replacing them is a time-consuming ...
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Sleeveless Inductors Answer Industrial Automation Electronics Design Challenges
Description: Design engineers building electronic controllers and power supplies for industrial face tough design challenges. The end-product typically operates in an environment where heat and vibration are ...
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Voltage Drop: Picking the Right Cable for the Long Run
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: Understand cable voltage drop calculations and how to select the correct cable for your equipment to prevent foreseeable damage from this General Cable article. ...
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Sound Levels for Paxton PX-Series Blowers with NEMA Blowers Measured with & without Polypropylene Enclosures
Description: Paxton PX-series blowers are designed for industrial manufacturing environments. ...
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Characterizing Your Indoor PV Energy Harvesting Environment: 5 Key Factors
From: PowerFilm, Inc.Description: Harvesting indoor light energy is a viable power solution for many wireless sensors, trackers, and low-power devices used in a growing number of Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Indoor ...
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Selecting and Applying DC Link Bus Capacitors for Inverter Applications
From: Cornell DubilierDescription: Abstract, aluminum electrolytic and DC film capacitors are widely used in all types of inverter power systems, from variable-speed drives to welders, UPS systems and inverters for renewable energy. ...
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New Materials Technology and Coiled Cable Meet Tough Demands for Tomorrow's EV Charging
From: Philatron Wire & CableDescription: Electric vehicles (EVs) bring low emission or even emission-free motoring, and sales are on the rise. In turn, that has increased the focus on charging infrastructure; a greater number of EVs will ...
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The Case for Custom Cables
From: Philatron Wire & CableDescription: A variety of standard off the shelf cables is available for equipment manufacturers, but most of these choices are not tailored for advanced, high-tech industrial use. The solution is custom-designed ...
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White Paper: Key Considerations for Selecting an Arc-Flash Relay
From: Littelfuse, Inc.Description: WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN AN ARC-FLASH RELAY ...
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3 Levels of Device Monitoring
From: ABB Inc.Description: More and more panels are incorporating smarter breakers with sensors that can provide alerts and take action when they detect an issue. Panel builders can choose from 3 levels of device monitoring, ...
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3 Things to Consider When Buying Cables for Extreme Temperatures
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: Selecting appropriate heat- and cold-resistant cables is crucial to ensure the longevity and reliable performance of your equipment in extreme temperatures. But what do you need to consider when ...
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4 Steps to Calculate Short Circuit Current Ratings in Industrial Control Panels
From: ABB Inc.Description: Short circuit current ratings (SCCR) are a critical specification when designing industrial control panels. Determining the appropriate SCCR actually requires no calculations. Instead, there is a ...