A new data interface for battery management systems has been designed to provide interference immunity and to support distributed battery systems, writes Jon Munson from Linear Technology. For reliability of battery packs being designed ...
Tags: Hybrid Car, Car Batteries, Auto Parts
Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp says it has commercialized and delivered railcar auxiliary power supply systems that incorporate the world's first silicon carbide (SiC) power modules for use in operating trains. The systems are now ...
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Specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc in Newport Beach, CA, USA and TowerJazz Japan Ltd) and Avago Technologies, a ...
Tags: TowerJazz SiGe Avago, Electrical, Electronics, Semiconductor
LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany (which makes in-situ metrology systems for thin-film processes, focusing on compound semiconductor and photovoltaic applications) says that, in the next few years, the use of patterned sapphire substrates (PSS) ...
Tags: LayTec, Electrical, Electronics
People are now following the slogan - ‘go green’. Environmental hazards and degradation has taken place at incredible rates, which is leading towards the depletion of our atmosphere. For decades we did ...
In the late nineteenth century, architect Louis Sullivan penned the now famous dictum: "Form follows function." It has since become a watchword-or watchphrase-informing all types of industrial design, and leading to ever sleeker forms for ...
Tags: Form follows function, Designers, robot
Most potential homebuyers want their washer and dryer on the main floor of the house, according to a new survey from the National Association of Home Builders. It's convenient, but if the machines are so noisy they drown out your ...
Tags: Matching Washers, Dryers, Floor
The High-Rise Insulation Experts at Thermafiber have developed another solution for the curtain wall industry. The new system (CW-D-1014) was tested with a 24" high spandrel area, the shortest spandrel height in the UL Fire Resistance ...
The past few years have shown dramatic fuel economy improvements in all types of cars in our testing. Rather than exotic technology, such as hybrids and vehicle electrification, most of the improvements have come the old-fashioned way: ...
Tags: Turbos, Car Technology, Auto
Employee safety and comfort are paramount for one of the nation’s largest automobile parts recycling companies – as is the need to keep a lid on costs. That’s why they recently used a Zoneworks® insulated curtain wall ...
Tags: automobile parts recycling, automobile parts, automobile
INVESTORS traded through the political leadership drama in Canberra yesterday with an eye firmly on the federal election in September, encouraged that almost three years of minority government that has contributed to uncertainty on policy ...
Scratch headaches off the list of excuses for avoiding sex. Surprisingly, German researchers recently found that among 800 migraine sufferers, two-thirds of those who had sex during their migraines reported that their headache pain felt ...
Tags: Migraine Headaches, Health, Drugs
Even the best backpack leaf blowers have one crucial flaw. As powerful as they are for clearing leaves or, in early spring, wintertime debris, their very design typically requires a 90-degree bend in the blower tube somewhere between the ...
Tags: Tools, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Leaf Blower
UK - Willow SoundVision, a specialist integrator of audio visual systems and digital media solutions, has recently completed the audio and video installations for The Hippodrome Casino in London's Leicester Square, incorporating over 200 ...
Tags: audio visual systems, digital media solutions, loudspeakers
A genset is the most reliable source of back-up or prime power at an affordable rate. Most industrial, commercial, and residential facilities make use of a fuel-powered generator set that can usually runs on diesel or gasoline. Gensets are ...