‘Current Transducers’
An Electronicstalk guide
Start with the news release Linear introduces H-grade switching regulator from Linear Technology, which we summarised at the time by saying "Linear Technology has announced a H-grade step-down switching regulator for load dump and cold-crank conditions commonly found in automotive applications as well as 24V industrial supplies.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Self-protected MOSFETs for automotive applications from Diodes Incorporated: "Suiting automotive and industrial applications, Diodes Incorporated's new self-protected MOSFETs are suitable for switching inductive loads, such as motors, relays and lamps at low frequencies. ".
In December 2010, we covered the news from Texas Instruments - take a look at Power-management controller for standard MOSFETs which says: "Texas Instruments has introduced a power-management controller and driver for standard and logic-level N-channel MOSFETs used for low-voltage, secondary-side synchronous rectification. ".
Take a look also at the news release from Bear Power Supplies, AC/DC power converters for medical applications, as well as Transducers suited to shock and vibration tests from RDP Electronics, and Compact linear regulator with thermal resistance from Linear Technology.
Latest stories...
Voltage controller with integrated power MOSFET (December 2010)
Linear Technology has introduced the LTC4219 5A Hot Swap controller with sense resistor, for protecting low-power boards from inrush current in many RAID, server, telecom and industrial applications.
High slew-rate option for power supplies (December 2010)
Power supply expert Magna-Power Electronics has released a high slew-rate output option to meet the demands of fast-performance DC applications such as battery charging and photovoltaic emulation.
Rugged wire cable system allows for blind mating (December 2010)
Samtec has released the PowerStrip/15 cable assembly (MPSS series), a robust, discrete power interconnect system suitable for limited-space, harsh-environment and/or high-current applications.
Globtek offers desktop-style power supplies (December 2010)
Globtek has launched the GT-41133 series of desktop-style power supplies with IEC 60320/C6, C8 or C14 inlets.
Driver controller for illumination and signage (December 2010)
Diodes Incorporated has designed the AL8400 linear LED driver controller to tightly regulate a variation of high-brightness LED currents via an external transistor.
LED suitable for TV and LCD monitor backlighting (December 2010)
The Topled Compact 5630 LED from Osram Opto Semiconductors is designed for backlighting applications such as monitors and television screens.
Current mode controllers for military applications (December 2010)
Military-temperature-grade versions of the LTC3803/-3/-5 current mode flyback controllers are available in a six-pin ThinSOT package for industrial, telecom, military and automotive applications.
TPS54618 for DSP- and FPGA-based communications (December 2010)
The TPS54618 provides 95-per-cent efficiency and operating current of 2.95-6V for point-of-load designs used in DSP- and FPGA-based communications, test and medical equipment.
Further reading
- Current transducers monitor automotive batteries
Transducers use open-loop, Hall-effect technology that simplifies both installation and servicing by removing the need to cut the cable carrying the measured current. - Current transducers promise precise measurement
Series offers a choice of primary current measurement ranges from 500 to 2000A and provides an absolute accuracy better than 1% of the nominal current value.
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