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Infineon's AURIX™ microcontroller family is equipped with many safety features and functionalities. Hitex, an AURIX™ Preferred Design House provides a white paper where you can learn how these powerful...
Published: Nov 25, 2020
Modern power distribution systems often contain multiple power sources integrated within one system. A simple variant may be the common double-ended substation, which can be further complicated by additional emergency or alternate sources. This presents significant complexity to the designer attempting to design a protection...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
It is apparent that many older specifcations for government and military security contacts were based around the misconception that Balanced Magnetic Switches (BMS) or Triple balanced reed switches provide the highest possible security. While it is true that BMS / Triple balanced reed devices do provide “better”...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
Heat Sinks are required to insure the proper operation and long term reliability of Solid State Relays because they provide a means to dissipate the power that is normally developed by the SSR into the surrounding ambient air and maintain a safe operating temperature.
This paper discusses “Why Heat Sinks...
Published: Jul 25, 2018
Many original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and electronic manufacture service (EMS) providers try to manage and maintain a supply chain with minimal excess and obsolete (E/O) inventory. Whether the OEM uses EMS providers for turnkey services or consigns the inventory with them, one or both parties end up dealing with...
Published: Jul 26, 2018
A transition to 400 VDC in power distribution and conversion will help meet greenhouse gas, efficiency, and renewable-energy goals.
The pressure throughout the energy supply chain to deliver electrical power more efficiently is intense and growing. Most dramatically, the European Union’s response to the Copenhagen...
Published: Jul 23, 2018
Most organizations do not consider production test a top priority, but it is a necessity to prevent major quality issues in the products that represent the company brand in the hands of customers.The costs, however, can be significant and are often greatly misunderstood, especially when there’s no...
Published: Feb 19, 2020
Safety, availability, and cost considerations can make performing thorough tests of embedded control devices using the complete system impractical. Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation is a real-time test technique used to test these devices more efficiently. During HIL test, the physical system that interfaces...
Published: Feb 19, 2020
Most engineers think of flat cable as inexpensive wiring that runs between computer peripherals. But not all flat cable is created the same. There is a special category of flat cable that excels in uses where space efficiency isn’t the only consideration. What’s called Extruded Flexx-Sil™ cable is designed...
Published: Jul 18, 2018
This paper presents the modeling results for prediction of thermal performance using synthetic jets ejectors. A synthetic jet is an intense, small-scale turbulent jet synthesized directly from the fluid in which it is embedded. A jet ejector consists of a primary high momentum jet inducing a secondary flow within a channel....
Published: Jul 20, 2018
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is driving investment in new technology and manufacturing methodologies as companies rush to capitalize on a predicted 14 trillion dollar economic gain. A wave of new connected devices is the result, many of which are small endpoint devices running real-time operating systems. These...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
Consumer appetite for high-speed mobile devices and services shows no sign of slowing. Smart phones and tablet computers are flying off retail shelves around the world, promising consumers high-speed data services.
The International Telecommunications Union reports that mobile broadband subscriptions reached 1.2 billion...
Published: Jul 26, 2018
The range of battery-powered devices extends from powerful hand tools for craftsmen, to sensors for room surveillance all the way through life-saving medical aids. The safety of such devices presents quite a challenge.
To ensure the safe operation of standalone devices, SCHURTER offers two SMD fuses with low power...
Published: Jul 25, 2018
Utilizing high quality pressure, load, and torque sensors, and selecting the correct design and installation for the application are critical to ensuring data integrity for the measurement system. To be successful, the following information must be understood: the basic operating parameters of pressure, load, and torque...
Published: Jul 20, 2018