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Power Integrations’ IC Energizes Mission- Critical Functions with Maximum Eciency in Team aCentauri Solar Race Car Power Integrations™ (NASDAQ: POWI), the leader in high-voltage integrated circuits for energy-ecient power conversion, is providing advanced PowiGaN™ gallium-nitride (GaN) technology, expert design support, and nancial sponsorship for Team aCentauri in the 3,000 km Bridgestone World Solar Challenge later this month. Power Integrations’ Mr. Green will follow Team aCentauri and the 37 other entrants across the Australian Outback as they push the boundaries of innovation in eciency, aerodynamics, speed and range for solar-powered cars. “After studying Power Integrations’ extensive list of reference designs, Team aCentauri asked
us to help them design a power converter based on the 750-volt, InnoSwitch™3-EP with PowiGaN technology,” said Trevor Hiatt, director of marketing at Power Integrations. “With our IC and expert design support, the team not only boosted energy eciency to 95.7 percent while the system operates at maximum power, but also improved eciency by more than 50 percent while the system drives light loads – which is most of the time.” The Bridgestone World Solar Challenge begins in Darwin on October 22 and is expected to conclude in Adelaide on October 29.
www.power.com
Wirepas Click joins biggest add-on board collection in the world
MikroElektronika (MIKROE), the embedded solutions company that dramatically cuts development time by providing innovative hardware and software products based on proven standards, today launched its 1500th Click™ board add-on development board. Wirepas Click enables engineers to implement the Wirepas Mesh wireless connectivity stack in their application. This platform provides large scalability, so the technology is ideal for extensive IoT networks. This Click board makes the perfect solution for developing long- life battery-driven IoT networks, supply
chains, asset tracking, smart lighting, smart metering, and more. Explains Nebojsa Matic, CEO of MIKROE: “MIKROE now offers 1500 Click boards - more than any other company in the world. Clicks are available for many functions – sensors, power, motor control, HMI to name just a few. If we consider wireless connectivity alone, designers can choose from 160 solutions.” Wirepas Click is based on the WIRL-PRO2 Thetis-I, a Wirepas Mesh Protocol radio module from Würth Elektronik. The module transmits data securely and reliably in the license-free 2.4 GHz band, which is globally available and features both authentication and encryption mechanisms.
https://www.mikroe.com
Embedded database library for STM32 microcontrollers gains exclusive ‘MadeForSTM32’ label ensuring highest level of integration and quality
Direct Insight, the UK-based technical systems integrator and reseller of system-on- module (SoM) and other embedded systems, has announced the immediate availability of ITTIA’s DB IoT, an embedded database library for STM32 microcontrollers. ITTIA is a leading provider of secure high-performance embedded data management software for microcontrollers and microprocessors. It is also an STMicroelectronics (ST) Authorized Partner, and its ITTIA DB for
the STM32 family provides robust real-time data management and analysis software for ST devices. Now, after completing a careful evaluation process, ST has granted ITTIA its exclusive MadeForSTM32 quality label which is only given to members of the ST Partner Program who want to go one step further in their collaboration, with the overall objective of contributing to the high-quality STM32 ecosystem.
www.directinsight.co.uk
ROLEC aluDOOR Enclosures’ Special Mention In German Innovation Awards
ROLEC’s aluDOOR industrial electronic enclosures have gained a Special Mention in the German Innovation Awards. Judges praised the “high added value for users.”
Robust aluDOOR is a ‘go anywhere’ hinged-lid enclosure that can be mounted on walls, bulkheads, machines and desks – safeguarding electronics in challenging indoor and harsh outdoor environments.
At launch, these premium enclosures were originally rated IP 66, IP 67 and (on request) IP 69K. Since then, aluDOOR has now also gained an IP 68 rating. This means it can be fully immersed in water to an agreed depth greater than the 150 mm to 1,000 mm specified for IP 67 enclosures. In the case of aluDOOR, this depth is 1.2 metres for two hours.
Diecast aluminium aluDOOR’s hinged lid opens 100° to allow easy access to components. The lid can be specified with or without a recess for a membrane keypad. The lid screws and threaded inserts are A2 stainless steel for added protection against corrosion.
ROLEC has made it quick and easy to fit the lid. Its integrated hinge pin is pushed into place then secured with two tamperproof Torx T25 screws with M5 threads. Then the lid is shut and locked down with two more Torx screws. All the fixings are hidden beneath aluminium trims.
Like many other ROLEC enclosures, aluDOOR can be installed ‘lid closed’, protecting the electronics and seal, a continuous foamed-in polyurethane gasket with no join. Inside the housing, there are pillars for PCBs, mounting plates and DIN rails.
Electronics designers can specify aluDOOR in 10 sizes from 120 x 90 x 70 mm to 280 x 170 x 90 mm. The standard colour is anthracite grey (RAL 7016) with matt silver powder- coated lid trims.
Options and accessories include special colours on request, anthracite grey lid trims, a mounting plate, supporting rail, EMC gasket, and an anti-corrosion coating.
ROLEC can supply aluDOOR fully customised. Services include CNC machining, engraving, display windows, powder coating, painting, photo-quality printing of legends, logos and graphics, EMC shielding, and assembly of accessories.
https://www.rolec-enclosures.co.uk www.electronicsworld.co.uk October 2023 39
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