Omron has released such a thing: a manual mains switch with a coil inside that will flip it to the âoffâ position following the application of 5V for 50ms. Unlike a latching relay, the coil cannot set it to the âonâ position. There is also a more elaborate version, dubbed âdelayed-offâ (see below), for situations […]
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Photodiode Preamps In some JFET op amps such as the AD743, the input capacitance is in the order of 18 to 20 pF. In comparison, with an LSK489 dual FET, the input capacitance is in the order of 3 pF, which will be suitable for low noise photodiode applications. In this section we will see
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An innovative architectural approach is required to manage multi-hundred gigabit-per-second levels of system performance with smart processing at full line rate, scaling to terabits and teraflops. The mandate isnât simply to increase the performance of each transistor or system block, or scale the number of blocks in the system, but to fundamentally improve the communication,
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Philips Lumileds a family of high flux density LEDs in wavelengths of 380-430nm. The Luxeon UV LEDs are designed for applications including ultraviolet curing, counterfeit detection, medical, industrial and specialty lighting. âThe UV LED market has been hampered by limited flux density and a lack of design flexibility,â said Kurosh Hashemi, Senior Product Line Manager at Philips Lumileds. âThe company addressed
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Communications, the China-based mobile chip supplier, is targeting the low-end smartphone market which is now seen as the key high-growth smarttphone market. Spreadtrum is using a single core Cortex-A5 CPU to keep design costs low and it is in volume production of its SC7710 chipset. âThe mass market opportunity in smartphones is the entry level smartphone buyer, that is
ARM says it is seeing big success for its Mali graphics processor core in Android smartphones and tablets. The Mali graphics accelerator is a relatively new processor product for the low power CPU developer, but it is fast gaining significant traction in the mobile market. âARM Mali GPUs unit shipments have increased by more than
Three reference designs from Maxim Integrated Products are aimed at design of factory automation systems. Called Carmel, Monterey, and Fremont, these industrial reference designs are fully tested subsystems, complete with schematics, layout files and firmware, and are available for immediate use and customisation. The Carmel (MAXREFDES18#) subsystem, with its high-accuracy, low-noise analogue output high voltages
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SureCore, the UK-based embedded memory process developer, has announced that it has taped out its low power SRAM IP demonstrator chip in STMicroelectronicsâ 28nm Fully Depleted Silicon-on-Insulator (FD-SOI) process. The device will be used to validate the benefits of the start-upâs patented array control and sensing scheme, which is claimed to lowers active power consumption
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Keyboard, display, sensor or other device can be connected by means of Bluetooth modules even without cables. Many times, it´s more practical to have devices interconnected wirelessly. Whether we need a simpler transfer of values from some sensor or a more complicated data communication between two devices, Bluetooth modules will manage it without a long
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In our portfolio can be found quality knobs from company Cliff suitable for a wide range of potentiometers and encoders.  A device with excellent specification, quality components used, âŚ., but a one step is still missing to reach a great overall impression – it is to use a quality and aesthetic control components. Probably
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