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Systems integrator, Direct Insight, based in Oxfordshire, UK, has partnered with German SoM and SBC provider, MicroSys Electronics. The partnership covers the UK and Ireland. The minority of embedded designs are in-house, said Direct Insight’s CEO, David Pashley (pictured), often prohibited by NRE costs. The company’s strategy is to advise development teams to upgrade hardware (SoCs, FPGAs) and software, by ...

Power supply company Pulsiv has developed a graphical technique – a nomogram – to determine critical transformer parameters for fly-back converters operating in discontinuous conduction mode. “This intuitive tool can replace more complex equation-based methods, providing a fast and accurate visual process for identifying primary side inductance and minimum duty cycle,” according to the company. How to use it: Find ...

For professional applications, engineering and software development consultancy DMC has joined Arduino’s system integrators partnership programme. Initially, said DMC, the partnership will focus on producing commercial solutions for manufacturing, logistic centres and factories, using Arduino’s Opta PLC (pictured) and Portenta Machine Controller, and the development of embedded products using Portenta and Nicla modules. “For automation and design projects, especially in ...

Navitas is claiming it can deliver 3,200W from a 40 x 73.5 x 185mm (544cm3) data centre power supply, which is 5.9W/cm3 and almost 100W/in3. Called CRPS185, it has a 1U CRPS (common redundant power supply) form-factor. Inside, the architecture starts with an interleaved CCM (continuous conduction mode) PFC (power factor corrector) and continues into a full-bridge LLC (inductor-inductor-capacitor) converter ...

Silanna Semiconductor has released a superjunction mosfet-based reference design for a 65W universal (90 – 264Vac) USB Type-C output mains power power adaptor. Called RD-35, it combines Silanna’s SZ1131 ac-dc active clamp fly-back controller with its SZPL3102A 65W synchronous buck converter and a Hynetek HUSB350 USB PD controller. “This allows a single base charger design to be deployed across a ...

Tata Consultancy Services and Renesas Electronics are to collaborate on radio frequency, digital and mixed-signal design, and software development, in Bengaluru and Hyderabad. “The innovation centre will combine TCS’ expertise in IoT, and knowledge of the manufacturing, telecom and automotive industries, with Renesas’  semiconductor designs and embedded software support,” according to Renesas. “By joining hands and leveraging their strengths, the ...

EPC has created a GaN-based USB PD 3.1 dc-dc evaluation module around one of its integrated power stages and a low-profile (3mm) inductor. Called EPC9177, the converter is intended to meet the demands of multi-port chargers and on-motherboard power conversion from 28 – 48Vin to 12 – 20Vout. The module operates at 720kHz switching frequency and is set to deliver 12V ...

RS has added subscription-based improved access to its DesignSpark CAD tools for mechanical and PCB design. Free access will be retained, through a service called DesignSpark Explorer. “Likely to suit students, makers and designers, DesignSpark Explorer will enable members to retain the same community access and tools and design resources that they enjoy today, completely free,” said RS. These include ...

Filtronic has opened a design centre in Manchester, focused on developing mmWave technology for satellite communications, as well as hired several engineers for its design and its process engineering teams. “Establishing the new centre for satellite communication design has enabled us to expand our physical footprint across three UK locations: Sedgefield, Leeds and now Manchester, and has assisted us in ...

London embedded systems design and test house Bermondsey Electronics has launched what it describes as an “integration verification engine” that automates the operation of networkable instrumentation to exercise a device-under-test (DUT) and verify that its hardware and software are functioning together as intended. Called Believe, and based on JavaScript, it “can also be used for continuous integration and end-of-line quality ...