Electronica

NXP is aiming at electric vehicles traction inverters for up to two motors with its S32K39 microcontrollers. “The MCUs support IGBT as well as SiC and GaN,” according to the company. “It has enough compute power to support six-phase or two three-phase motors controlled by dual 200 kHz control loops, while hosting AI, machine learning or other monitoring applications. It ...

Skyworks is introducing an isolated gate driver reference design that operates with Wolfspeed’s SiC FET power modules. With the growing adoption of SiC for power conversion and inverter applications — fueled by consumer demand for greater range, faster charging and more efficient propulsion for EVs — there is an increasing need for gate drivers that are optimised for SiC FETs. ...

Onsemi has announced that Mercedes-Benz is using its silicon carbide VE-Trac modules in traction inverters within the all-electric Vision Eqxx (pictured). “Onsemi provides assurance of supply for its SiC solutions and the necessary scale to support production,” said Onsemi general manager Simon Keeton. The car, said the chip company, consumes under 10kWh per 100km, has a 100kWh battery and a coefficient ...

Varta has announced the next generation of its CoinPower flagship rechargeable lithium-ion cells range. “Cells of the A5 generation are suitable for TWS headphones and the current trend of gaming TWS Earbuds, wearables and IoT devices,” according to the company. “Customer project discussions are already taking place. The production of the new cells will start at the beginning of 2023.” ...

Fabless power transistor company Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD) is to sign a deal with Neways Electronics of Eindhoven to develop solar power inverters. The collaboration has sprung from the European-funded GaNext project, on which both companies worked. “At Electronica, both on the Neways booth and at CGD’s booth, visitors will be able to see a demo of a 3kW photovoltaic ...

Pickering Interfaces of Clacton-on-sea, the specialist supplier of modular signal switching and simulation products for use in electronic test and verification, will be demonstrating its latest product developments at Electronica. In Hall A3 on Booth 161, Pickering will highlight its latest PXI multi-cell battery simulator module along with its other switch and simulation modules, including fault insertion switching and programmable resistors ...

At Electronica Infineon is launching  the XMC7000 MCU family for advanced industrial applications including industrial drives, EV charging, two-wheel electrical vehicles and robotics. The XMC7000 series offers single and dual core options of 350-MHz 32-bit Arm Cortex-M7 and a 100-MHz 32-bit Arm Cortex-M0+, up to 8 MB of embedded flash and 1 MB of on-chip SRAM. The products operate from ...

At next week’s electronica in Munich (15-18 November) Farnell is hosting a competition in association with  nearBees, an online platform designed to assist beekeepers in Germany in establishing and maintaining local honeybee colonies. Members of the element14 Community can enter the Save the Bees design challenge, using Ardunio’s MKR1310 and Arduino Pro Nicla vision boards to create a project that ...

Texas Instruments has introduced Matter-enabled software development kits for  its Wi-Fi and Thread wireless microcontrollers. “Engineers can use the software and wireless MCUs, such as the CC3235SF and CC2652R7, to create low-power secure battery-powered smart home and industrial automation IoT applications that connect with devices across proprietary ecosystems,” according to the company. Matter is a royalty-free connectivity protocol developed by ...

Flusso has launched an evaluation kit for its forthcoming 3.5 x 3.5mm FLS122 flow sensor. The kit is plug and play, with the sensor on a small PCB that connects to a host PC, and associated software for the PC. The sensor module is configured and calibrated via an I2C cable. FLS122, announced in May, is claimed by Flusso to ...