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Welcome to the latest edition of focus. During the Autumn we have an exciting series of free Power Seminars in five locations across Europe. These seminars are designed to help engineers understand the environmental legislation relating to the provision of power for their next generation products, ensuring compliance with the most cost effective solutions available. See page 15 for more information.
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DF59 Series, Multifunctional LED Connection System
Hirose announce the new DF59 series connector system. It is primarily dedicated to the LED lighting market but also for other products where small connectors are required.
The multifunctional connector is applicable for wire to board power supply connections and board to board ‘bridge’ connections and a shortening plug version is available. Only one type of receptacle is needed, irrespective of whether the cable plug or board mount plug is used, allowing a reduction in the number of components needed.
DF59 has a pitch of 2.0mm or 4.0mm, dependent on the application and the related requirement such as higher clearance and creepage distances for power supply applications. The connection system can be applied with 3A by using the defined cable gauge with AWG 22 (Ø 1.26mm / UL1061).The voltage is specified with 100V or 230V dependent on the pin size used. DF59 is currently available in 2, 3 or 4 and 6 positions which satisfies a broad range of lighting applications.
The low mated height of 2.5mm and overall small size of 8 x 9mm (3 pos wire to board) is intentionally targeted for bright lighting where many narrowly mounted LED’s are used. The wire to board connector utilises the Hirose ‘swing’ lock which is a user friendly, innovative locking mechanism allowing an increased cable retention force. The cable end of the plug is mated at a slight angle to engage with the special cavities in the receptacle, the other end of the plug is pushed down to complete the mating operation which is confirmed by an audible tactile click. The board to board ‘bridge’ connector is ganged by
a “friction lock” system. This has a floating structure to allow a tolerance of +/-0.5mm, in all 3 triaxial directions allowing greater flexibility during the installation process.
Avnet Abacus signs ‘green technology’ battery deal with Cymbet Corporation
Avnet Abacus have signed a Pan-European distribution agreement with Cymbet Corporation which will see the distributor stock their complete range of rechargeable solid state batteries and evaluation kits. This will include Cymbet’s EnerChip solid state batteries (SSB) and development tools, including the new EnerChip EP energy processor, the universal energy harvesting EVAL-09 kit, and the EnerChip CC solar energy harvesting EVAL-10 kit. Graham McBeth, President of Avnet Abacus commented “this agreement with Cymbet is further evidence of Avnet Abacus bringing innovative, technology leading products to the European market. We are convinced that Cymbet’s products are an ideal addition to our linecard, especially as we feel their solid state batteries will become very important in future ‘green’ electronic designs.”
EnerChip SSBs are used in many industries including industrial control, medical, consumer electronics, appliances, handheld devices, transportation, renewable energy and wireless sensors. Because EnerChip SSBs are packaged in standard dual-flat no- leads (DFN) or quad-flat no-leads (QFN) packages, the batteries are surface mounted and as a result are reflow solder tolerant. The EnerChip CC is a rechargeable solid state battery co-packaged with integrated power management functions that provides a cost effective single chip drop-in solution.
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