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Flexible and durable sensor array from Honeywell for heavy-duty and off-highway applications now in stock at Powell Electronics
Now available through Powell Electronics, the supplier of connectors and more for high-rel applications including defence, aerospace and industrial, is the Transportation Attitude Reference System (TARS) from Honeywell. TARS is a packaged sensor array designed to report vehicle angular rate, acceleration, and attitude data for demanding applications such as heavy duty and off-highway transportation. The TARS-IMU device measures important vehicle characteristics and enhances efficiency and productivity by reporting key data required to automate and monitor movements of vehicle systems and components. With two sensor models for different power levels, the TARS-IMU sensor array accommodates both 5 V and 9 V to 36 V vehicle power systems. The sensor fusion algorithm can be customized for specific vehicle applications via on-board firmware, allowing movement data to be filtered to minimize unwanted noise and vibrations for improved position accuracy. Communication is transmitted using industry standard CAN J1939 connectivity. As a standard, the TARS-IMU component is calibrated on aerospace-grade rate tables at the factory to provide enhanced calibration consistency between units. The operating temperature range is -40°C up to +85°C. The TARS-IMU sensor array comes in a ruggedized PBT thermoplastic housing and is IP67 and IP69K certified for use in the most demanding environments. A metal guard for added protection is also available. For further information please visit:
https://www.powell.com/content/Honeywell-3100017725
Powell Electronics GPS 5 – just a Click away
MIKROE launches new GPS positioning, navigation, and timing add-on board
MikroElektronika (MIKROE), the embedded solutions company that dramatically cuts development time by providing innovative hardware and software products based on proven standards has launched GPS 5 Click - the latest in the company’s ever-growing 1000+ strong line up of compact add-on Click boards™ - that provides users with positioning, navigation, and timing services. This board features the M20050-1, a compact GPS module receiver using the MediaTek MT3333 flash chip, providing a complete GNSS receiver for optimum performance from Antenova. The receiver tracks 3 GNSS constellations concurrently (GPS+Galileo+GLONASS or GPS+Beidou) to considerably enhance location and TTFF (Time-to-first-fix) and has configurable low power modes operating from a 3.3V power supply. In addition to the possibility of using an external antenna, backup power, and various visual indicators, the M20050-1 also has an accurate 0.5ppm TXCO ensuring short TTFF alongside multi-path algorithms, which improves position accuracy in inner-city environments. Comments Nebojsa Matic, CEO at MIKROE: “For just $56, developers can address a broad spectrum of GPS applications where performance, cost, and time to market are prime considerations..” Click boards™ are a modular prototyping add-on board standard invented by MIKROE, which
revolutionizes the way users add new functionalities to development boards. Click boards™ enable design engineers to change peripherals easily, cutting months off development time. To enable hundreds of Click boards™ to be connected to the microcontroller or microprocessor we have invented socket standard - mikroBUS™. This uniform connection interface is allowing you to connect any Click boards™ to a main board instantly. The company releases a new Click boards™ nearly every day at 10am, and many leading microcontroller companies including Microchip, NXP, Infineon, Dialog, STM, Analog Devices, Renesas and Toshiba now include the mikroBUS™ socket on their development boards.
MikroElektronika
www.mikroe.com
Connector specialist Nicomatic SA acquires its Swedish distributor Accurate after a 20-year partnership External growth marks the beginning of a new strategy
Connector specialist Nicomatic SA has acquired its Swedish distributor Accurate after a 20-year partnership. This external growth marks the beginning of a new model, using the Scandinavian company’s existing consultancy expertise and accelerating the development of integrated electronic systems in partnership with a powerful local ecosystem. This merger will not only provide Nicomatic’s clients with solutions, it will also help them with their integration
through a more global approach involving data exploration, jobs transformation, change management and Industry 4.0. This approach, dear to Nicomatic, encourages reindustrialisation, incorporating local manufacturing and research with neighbouring players, as part of an open innovation philosophy. If the strategy is successful in Sweden, it will be reproduced in France and in Nicomatic’s ecosystem worldwide.
On 15 and 16 September, the Nicomatic and Accurate teams met in Stockholm to celebrate the merger and embark upon the first business meetings as a single united company. • Nicomatic (500 employees) is a French family group with 14 subsidiaries worldwide. It is managed by brothers Olivier and Julien Nicollin. It is known for its connectors sold in industry and aerospace sectors across the globe. The company from Haute-Savoie truly draws on its regional ecosystem for research and production.
• Accurate (30 employees), including Accurate Nordic and Accurate Consulting, was founded in 2003 and is run by Per Häglund and Peter Åkesson.
Nicomatic
www.cieonline.co.uk www.nicomatic.com
www.powell.com
Power Integrations Debuts Support for Planar Magnetics in PI Expert Power Supply Design Tool
Software automatically generates a planar transformer design with full electrical specification and build documentation in just five minutes
Power Integrations (NASDAQ: POWI), the leader in high-voltage integrated circuits for energy- efficient power conversion, today launched a new function in PI Expert™, the powerful online design tool that automatically generates optimized power
supply designs based on users’ specifications. PI Expert now features a planar magnetics builder that generates an application-specific planar transformer design — complete with printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturer-ready documentation and Gerber files. The latest version of PI Expert now also includes support for Power Integrations’ entire InnoSwitch™3 flyback switcher IC family. Trevor Hiatt, director of channel marketing at Power Integrations said: “Planar transformers facilitate low-profile flyback power supplies. With our new planar magnetics builder, designers can incorporate a sophisticated low-profile transformer in minutes. No other design tool can do this.” The magnetics designer function in PI Expert provides full planar transformer information including stack specification, vertical and horizontal PCB construction, trace parameters, current density information and layer resistance. The tool automatically incorporates user-specified creepage and clearance distances necessary to meet safety isolation standards. An intuitive GUI provides vertical and horizontal stack construction and a bird’s eye view for all layers. The tool also outputs detailed manufacturing information of the planar solution, enabling users to go directly from design to fabrication.
Power Integrations
www.power.com
Panasonic Industry Europe and Panasonic Electric Works Europe have merged to create stronger business partner for its customers
United product and service portfolios offer many advantages for customers
Panasonic Industry Europe is announcing that Panasonic Industry Europe GmbH (PIEU) and Panasonic Electric Works Europe AG (PEWEU) have successfully merged as of 1st October 2022. Comments Johannes Spatz, President Panasonic Industry Europe: “Historically PEWEU and PIEU have had different roots and successful business models. Now we are bringing the two companies together to create one combined and even more successful, more resilient and more powerful company. The new Panasonic Industry Europe is ready to tackle the future challenges of new workstyle, new business and new market developments.”
The strategic corporate re-organisation will strengthen the position of Pansonic Industry Europe in the
market and will create an even stronger business partner for its customers. All customers will benefit from the combined experience and high-quality capabilities as well as from the unified portfolios of products and services.
With the concluded merger entry into the commercial register, all commercial agreements and similar legal relationships of PEWEU are fully and automatically transferred to PIEU in accordance with the applicable provisions of the German Reorganisation of Companies Act (Umwandlungsgesetz). Therefore, neither an amendment nor a novation of existing agreements is necessary for customers.
Panasonic Industry Europe
http://industry.panasonic.eu
eCADSTAR release 2022 enables efficient creation of IoT enabled PCB designs
Advanced functionality for the organization and reuse of designs, fine- tuning of high-speed circuitry, and modification of densely populated PCB layouts
With Release 2022 of eCADSTAR, Zuken continues to advance the concept of a user-friendly, internet-connected PCB design system for the small and medium business segment. Leveraging eCADSTAR’s internet connected platform and unified user interface for all applications (schematic, constraint, library and layout editors), the eCADSTAR development team’s focus for the new major release was the delivery of advanced functionality as a reaction to requests from the growing user base. Focus for the new major release was the delivery of advanced capabilities for organization and reuse of designs, fine-tuning of high-speed circuitry, and layout and modification of densely populated PCB layouts through semi-automatic functionality.
With an emphasis on organization and reuse of full and partial designs, advanced fine-tuning of high- speed circuitry, and automation-assisted layout and modification of densely populated PCB layouts, eCADSTAR release 2022 continues to be a strong contender for demanding users in the growing market of IoT enabled boards”, says Jeroen Leinders, eCADSTAR Business Manager Europe.
Organizing large circuits
The organization of large circuit diagrams in eCADSTAR’s schematic application has been further simplified by the added support for multi-instanced hierarchy, which makes it possible to group circuit parts (e.g., multi-channels, like amplifiers) that are used several times in a design into hierarchical blocks. These blocks can be replicated in any number of instances. All instances are updated automatically whenever changes are made to a block definition.
eCADSTAR
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