(26/04/2012)
CAP-XX has developed a super-capacitor which supplies the cranking current to start the engine in stop-start vehicles. It reduces wear on the battery and eliminates the need for larger, more expensive ones, says the company. The p...
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(19/03/2012)
Powersolve has announced two series of lithium batteries designed to replace 9V PP3 batteries in applications that require a long life, stable operating voltage and low self-discharge rate. The G600 series of rechargeable lithium ...
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(06/03/2012)
Able to provide standby emergency power or be integrated as a transducer of un-needed energy in future smart grids, the RiCell Flex fuel cell is from Rittal. Typically, around 10% of plant capacity is reserved for emergency power ...
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(01/03/2012)
Intersil has introduced the ISL3261x series of RS485 and RS422 transmitters and receivers for battery and remote sensing applications. The transmitters and receivers operate from a 1.8V supply voltage and consume less than 150µW. ...
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(01/03/2012)
Suyin has introduced a series 200097MB of four-position, right-angle SMT spring-contact battery connectors, which are available in two versions featuring different heights of 6.55 and 9.2mm. Under high vibration loads, the connect...
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(01/12/2011)
Austriamicrosystems has announced AS3610 and AS3611 step-down DC/DC chargers for charging Li-ion batteries in mobile devices with up to 1.25A output current. The ICs feature internal current measurement, and USB host and OTG (on-t...
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(20/05/2011)
NXP Semiconductors has released logic plastic packages that measure 0.9x1.0x0.35mm with a pitch of 0.3mm. The SOT1115 and SOT1116 packaging design is suitable for portable handheld devices such as smartphones, tablets and SD cards...
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(19/05/2011)
Wago has added two battery modules and one redundancy module to the EPSITRON power supply series. The DIN-rail mount 787-876 battery module has a capacity of 1.2Ah. According to the company, the battery module bridges short power ...
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(17/05/2011)
A battery charger that can automatically detect and charge eight to 15 NiMH or NiCD cells has been introduced by Powersolve. The PSCH30 Smart Charger can identify the number of cells in series and provide the necessary output to f...
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(16/05/2011)
Semtech has launched a regulator in its buck regulator platform that combines two PWM DC/DC regulators in a 2x3x0.6mm package. The SC197 is a 500mA, dual-output, POL regulator that has an overall design solution footprint of 80mm2...
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(19/04/2011)
Mascot has introduced a charger that is suitable for Li-ion batteries. The 2840LI charger features three-stage charging and includes 13 variants for charging batteries from 1 to 14 cells. The charger is suitable for equipment such...
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(14/04/2011)
STMicroelectronics has introduced a package that allows miniaturisation of control modules to meet safety specifications such as IEC 60370 and IEC 60335. The company is using a three-lead surface-mount package, SMBflat, to house s...
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(10/09/2010)
Intersil Corporation has introduced the ISL9220, a battery charger. The device is based on a switched-mode topology, claimed to ensure high operating efficiency and low power dissipation for one-cell and two-cell Li-ion and Li-pol...
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(28/06/2010)
The TLH-2450 coin-size lithium thionyl chloride battery from Tadirian Batteries operates in a wide temperature range of -55 to +125°C for use in medical equipment. The battery has a diameter of 24.5mm, and is 6.2mm high. It is a c...
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(24/06/2010)
Mean Well has expanded its AC/DC charger line by adding the PB-230, a 230W aluminium enclosure battery charger with active PFC function. Along with the existing products PB-120 (120W), PB-300 (300W), PB-360 (360W), PB-600 (600W) a...
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(07/04/2010)
Absopulse Electronics' BCP 1K-27CB series, a rugged battery charger, is designed to assist vehicle warm-up during extreme cold weather. Permanently installed on a vehicle, this charger is activated on days when the ambient tempera...
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(01/02/2010)
• 25 to 150 W open frame• 2 x 3” and 2 x 4” footprints• World-leading power density• Industrial/IT & medical approvals• < 0.5 W no load input power• 3 year warranty...
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(28/01/2010)
Ansmann has launched the ACS110 light-weight switch-mode universal battery-pack charger. The charger is suitable for manufacturers of portable industrial equipment and instrumentation and for all equipment with battery packs. The ...
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(02/12/2009)
The Sentinel III set of components for battery monitoring addresses the needs of OEMs making uninterruptible power supplies and batteries, as well as those of systems integrators, LEM believes. The components create continuous bat...
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(19/11/2009)
CamdenBoss has launched a range of maintenance-free gel VRLA (valve-regulated lead-acid) batteries designed specifically for use in solar-panel and similar applications where intermittent charging routines are the norm. The new BE...
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(29/09/2009)
Sanyo Electric has released the 220W HIT (hetrojunction with intrinsic thin layer) photovoltaic module. It will be available in Europe from next month. The hybrid modules have an amorphous silicon film layer over a crystalline sil...
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(17/09/2009)
Absopulse Electronics' BCH 100 is a compact DC-output UPS system that has a built-in battery-charger section to provide 100W power for the output and for float-charging the external battery. It is designed for industrial and other...
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(08/09/2009)
As electronic devices get smaller and thinner, Energizer believes that its new battery form factor will provide longer run times and enable smaller devices. The company's Zinc Air batteries use the same zinc-air technology as that...
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(26/08/2009)
Linear Technology describes its LT3652 as an innovative, solar-power-directed monolithic buck battery-charger IC for modern battery chemistries. An input-voltage-regulation loop controls the charge current to hold the input voltag...
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