Industrial Electronics

Industrial PC maker Aaeon has updated its UP Squared development board, putting an Intel Pentium J6426 Elkhart Lake processor into its 85 x 90mm footprint. There is also a Celeron N6210 version. As well as being used for product development, the company expects it to be built into products and bought by makers. “Users can take advantage of 1.7x the ...

NSPE-HC from NIC Components is a series of AEC-Q200 automotive-grade surface mount aluminium electrolytic capacitors. In five case sizes from 6.3 x 6.3mm diameter to 12.8 x 10mm diameter, the series covers 56 to 560μF in ratings of 25 and 35Vdc, with operation over -55 to +105°C and a load life rating of 5000 hours at +105°C. “The performance of ...

TDK has introduced 250W 1/16th brick (~36 x 26 x 13mm) non-isolated dc-dc down converters for use in harsh environment. Efficiency is up to 98%, reducing heat dissipation and allowing operation with the case between -40°C to +110°C. Called RGA, they are capable of operating from 9 to 40V, or 9 to 53V. For the 40V input version, the output ...

Cosel has introduced three DIN rail mount ac-dc power supplies for industrial applications, in three power levels: 30W, 60W or 90W. Intended for rack-mount use, all operate over 85 to 264Vac, and ambients of -20 to +70°C with derating caveats depending on local ventilation. The 30W model, WDA30F, is available in four different output voltage variants: 5, 12, 24 or ...

Leonardo is highlighting that it is increasing its early careers population in the UK by 50% over the coming year. The aerospace engineering company – with UK electronics sites including Basildon, Edinburgh, Luton and Southampton – says it is planning to hire an additional 300 apprentices, industrial placements and graduate scheme starters in 2023. This will bring the total number ...

Toshiba has introduced a smart gate drive photo-coupler with automatic recovery from some fault conditions. Capable of driving ±2.5A into an IGBT or mosfet gate, it is called TLP5222, and is a partner to the TLP5212 announced earlier this month, which needs a signal on the primary side to initiate recovery from fault conditions. “TLP5222 continuously monitors the mosfet drain-source ...

Toshiba is claiming better improved on-resistance and gate charge for its third generation of industrial 650V enhancement-mode silicon carbide mosfets. The “third generation SiC process optimises the cell structures used in second-generation devices,” according to the company. “As a result, the product of Rds(on) and Qg, that represents both static and dynamic losses, has improved by about 80%”. In common ...

Binder has announced the new 823-series M12 panel mount connectors with L-coding and dip solder contacts. According to the industrial circular connector specialist, the 823-series products are suitable for hand soldering, wave soldering, and reflow soldering on printed circuit boards (PCBs) in automation applications that are typically subject to installation restrictions. There, they can serve as electromechanical interfaces in the ...

Aaeon has introduced its first autonomous robot controller, with integrated hardware time synchronisation and support for an external nine-axis IMU (inertial measurement unit). Aimed at outdoor autonomous mobile robots and called RBX-I2000, “the largest improvements offered are its speed and positional accuracy,” according to the company. “By moving away from solely software-based time synchronisation, latency is reduced from the standard ...

Advantech has announce ARM-based touch screen panel PCs aimed at machine automation. Available with 7, 10.1 or 15.6inch screen sizes, TPC-100W panel PCs have a quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 that supports Linux Yocto and Android operating systems – details below. The screens have capacitive touch and resolution to suit their size: WSVGA, WXGA or ‘full HD’ respectively. Processing comes from an ...