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TDK has put an mems piezoelectric ultrasonic time-of-flight distance sensor inside a 3.5 x 3.5mm package along with its signal chain. “ICU-10201 offers the sensitivity required for obstacle avoidance or proximity sensing, which is used frequently in robotics, drones and robot vacuum cleaners,” according to the company. “The sensor provides millimeter-accurate range measurements to targets at distances up to 1.7m, ...

TDK has announced automotive smart motor drivers that can handle 4 x 1A peak current and include an Arm Cortex-M3 processor core. HVC 5222D with 32kbyte of flash and HVC 5422D with 64kbyte can drive brushless dc, brushed dc (2A) and stepper motors. They also have 4kbyte ram, 2kbyte of emulated eeprom and 1kbyte of non-volatile registers, and are “SEooC ...

IAM-20685 is the smallest ASIL-B-compliant monolithic 6-axis MEMS inertial measurement unit in production, according to TDK, and it was developed in compliance with ISO 26262 for automated vehicle parking, for example. It “enables parking-assistance systems to determine the vehicle’s motion and vision systems to enable stabilisation techniques and improve image quality, and for positioning systems to enhance absolute position accuracy,” ...

TDK has introduced six models to its 7.5kW ‘Genesys+’ series of 7.5kW programmable dc power supplies. The new values of 0-30V (250A), 0-60V (125A), 0-80V (94A), 0-200V (37.5A), 0-300V (25A) and 0-1000V (7.5A) slot in between earlier models in the series, introduced in July (see this article for more details). The units need three-phase ac power and there are versions ...

TDK has introduced quarter brick isolated 50W dc-dc converters with a 12:1 input range: 14 to 160Vdc There are also similar 75W converters, this time with a 9-75Vdc (8:1) input range, Quarter brick converters (left hand in image), with smaller 20W parts as well as larger 200W parts in the pipeline (see below).  Called PYQ50, there are three 50W quarter ...

TDK has created two series of capacitors specifically for power factor correction (PFC). Jointly-branded PhaseCap Energy Plus, the series are: B25674C – gas-impregnated, 230 to 690Vac, 5 to 33.1kvar compensation B25675C – biodegradable resin impregnated, 230 to 1,000Vac, up to 60kvar compensation Lifetime is up to 240,000 hours in temperature class -40/D, the terminals are class IP20 touch-proof, and ceramic-based discharge resistors ...

TDK has announced the introduction of three 0 – 200V, 19” wide, rack-mount, programmable DC power supplies. These additions to the firm’s Genesys+ series are available with output power levels of 5kW, 10kW and 15kW. The 200V models are designed for testing solar panels, semiconductor fabrication, battery charging, DC motor control, heaters and process control applications. All models in the ...

TDK has announced a Modbus TCP interface option for the Genesys+ series of programmable DC power supplies. The option is available on all models ranging from the 1U high half rack GH1.5kW to the 3U high full rack GSP15kW. The Modbus TCP protocol is used for transmission of information between electronic devices for the supervision and control of automation equipment. ...

TDK has announced a 4,080W 24V industrial power supply, that operates from three-phase ac mains between 350 and 528Vac. Called TPS4000-24 “the TPS series can operate automatically from 400, 440, and 480Vac nominal delta or Y inputs, without wiring changes or the need for step-down transformers,” according to the firm, which sees the PSU being used to feed equipment in test and measurement, semiconductor ...

Arrow Electronics has expanded its sensor portfolio through an EMEA distribution agreement with Invensense, a TDK company. The Invensense portfolio features MEMS motion sensors, MEMS microphones, and ultrasonic time-of-flight (ToF) range sensor solutions. Invensense offers MEMS analogue and digital microphones with its Smartsound platform for home automation and IoT applications. The company’s Smartsonic platform comprises ToF sensors utilizing an transducer ...