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- Page 1 Vol.21 Jan/Apr 2009 www.arrowne.com/innovation - From Ideas to Solutions The latest news from Arrow and our suppliers Delivering Enhanced Display Technologies...
- Page 2 Arrow Northern Europe’s combined product lines Fischer Elektronik 3M Touch Systems Fraen AAAVID Thermalloy Freescale Semiconductor Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Friwo Advantech Fujitsu Alpha Wire Hamlin Altera Harting Amphenol Harwin Analog Devices Hellermann Anderson Power Products (APP) Hitachi Apem Honeywell (not Finland) Aptina Ichia Technologies Arcolectric...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
The latest news from Arrow and our suppliers Engineering Feature: Delivering Enhanced Display Technologies POWER SUPPLY SOLUTIONS Recom Drivers Speed Power LED Lighting Designs EMECH SOLUTIONS Omron Relays Address New Electrical Design Challenges Tyco Electronics Relays Enable Solar Powered Systems INTERCONNECT SOLUTIONS Tyco Electronics Low Cost Centreline Connectors Mate with Other Brands... -
Page 4: Power Supply Solutions
POWER SUPPLY SOLUTIONS Drivers Speed Power LED Lighting Designs Compact, efficient and fully featured drivers A new series of integrated, high-efficiency and compact power LED drivers from Recom International will significantly simplify the implementation of LED-based lighting applications. The Recom International RCD-24 series of step-down constant current sources has been specifically designed to provide a compact, fully featured and highly efficient solution for driving high-power white LEDs. -
Page 5: Emech Solutions
Relays Address New Electrical Design Challenges Higher temperature and inrush current - improved switching performance New applications for switching relays continue to emerge in industrial and domestic electrical circuits. Omron has responded to this trend with the launch of new devices, including new high temperature relays meeting the latest standards for cookers and heater controls, relays that tolerate high inrush currents and are suitable for low energy... -
Page 6: Tyco Electronics Relays Enable Solar Powered Systems
EMECH SOLUTIONS Relays Enable Solar Powered Systems Safety and remote control functions As environmental concerns and sustainability become more important, interest is growing in solar power generation. Tyco Electronics supplies a number of core components that may be used in PhotoVoltaic (PV) solar modules, both in domestic and commercial installations. -
Page 7: Interconnect Solutions
Low Cost Centreline Connectors Mate with Other Brands Centreline spacing of 4.2mm for compatibility The VAL-U-LOK connector system from Tyco Electronics is a low cost, wire to wire, wire to board connector system with 4.2mm centreline spacing. Available in single row configurations with three to five positions and double row configurations with up to 24 positions, VAL-U- LOK receptacle housings mate with plug housings or PC board headers. -
Page 8: Fci Electronics Connectors Key To Medical System Performance
INTERCONNECT SOLUTIONS Connectors Key to Medical System Performance Wide variety of solutions for imaging, communication, data collection and storage Connectors in today’s medical applications must function at higher speeds, provide higher density, smaller footprint and lower profiles and comply to ever stricter industry standards. FCI provides a range of solutions for imaging, data storage devices, communication systems, image archiving and online manipulation of images in the medical industry. - Page 9 Board to Board Connectors Keep a Low Profile Wide range of space saving options The SlimStack™ Surface Mount Technology (SMT) board- to-board connector system from Molex provides a proven, reliable way to connect PCBs together using slim, low-profile connectors. Molex believes that its SlimStack product family is the industry’s broadest range of micro-SMT stacking connectors.
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Page 10: Samtec High Speed, High Reliability Interconnects
INTERCONNECT SOLUTIONS High Speed, High Reliability Interconnects Wide selection of board to board and cable assemblies Samtec makes one of the widest selections of high speed, high reliability, board to board interconnects. Samtec’s Q-Series ® offers the popular Q-Strip ® single-ended and Q-Pairs®... -
Page 11: Passive Solutions
SMD Aluminium Capacitors for Consumer and Industrial Applications Six series cover many requirements Six new series of SMD aluminium electrolytic capacitors from EPCOS offer options with small case size, extended temperature operation, low ESR values and long operating life. Aluminium electrolytic types are attractively priced alternatives to tantalum types. - Page 12 PASSIVE SOLUTIONS Metal Thin Film Chip Resistors - High Reliability Series Excellent lifetime stability for auto/transport, medical and measurement Panasonic’s ERA 2A, 3A and 6A high reliability type, metal thin film chip resistors are extremely well suited to applications in the automotive, transportation, medical and measurement industries.
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Page 13: Syfer Technology High Voltage, Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors
High Voltage, Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors Downsize with smallest high-voltage MLCCs Some Syfer high voltage multilayer ceramic capacitors now offer double the capacitance thanks to breakthroughs in ceramic materials and manufacturing technology. The ability to reduce package size, or increase capacitance range in the same package size, will prove critical to meet today’s tight design constraints. -
Page 14: Microcontroller Solutions
MICROCONTROLLER SOLUTIONS A Quantum Leap in Low-End Motor Control Integrated motor-control timer, zero-wait Flash and easy system development Low-end motor control applications require increasingly sophisticated control algorithms to squeeze improvements in energy efficiency from the new generation of motors. The SH/Tiny from Renesas is designed to meet these needs, and to bring design advantages when compared to standard digital signal processors. -
Page 15: For Medical Applications
Bluetooth, Processor and Power Solutions for Medical Applications Full range of components STMicroelectronics offers a full range of components for medical applications. These include advanced STM32 processors, Bluetooth modules and power solutions including IGBTs (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors). STMicroelectronics’ STM32 range of 32-bit Flash microcontrollers is based on the ARM Cortex™-M3 core. -
Page 16: Communication Solutions
COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS LIN and CAN Transceivers for Automotive Applications Broad range of data speeds and functionality ON Semiconductor offers a wide variety of LIN and CAN bus transceivers intended for use in automotive applications. The range includes high and low speed options, devices with extremely low power consumption and fault tolerant components with failure detection logic. -
Page 17: Engineering Feature
Delivering Enhanced Display Technologies TFTs and embedded computing platforms for information display and advanced user interfaces Arrow’s broad product offering extends beyond components and encompasses a large number of platform technologies that help designers and system integrators quickly and easily deliver complete system solutions. LCD modules and embedded computing technologies are key elements in Arrow’s platform portfolio. - Page 18 ENGINEERING FEATURE VISUAL SOLUTION Delivering Enhanced Display Technologies (...continued from page 17) With its 1.1GHz to 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, up to 1Gbyte RAM and integral 4Gbyte Flash, the new Kontron nanoETXexpress COM further expands the range of COM types available for embedded applications in mobile systems.
- Page 19 Figure 6: Wide Format Hitachi Display This compact, robust and feature-packed display is suitable for many applications including industrial process control, home automation, marine instrumentation, security and handheld metering systems and data logging devices. A number of integrated features, including an integral timing controller, onboard LED backlight and dimming controller, aid and simplify the design-in process.
- Page 20 ENGINEERING FEATURE VISUAL SOLUTION Delivering Enhanced Display Technologies (...continued from page 19) Figure 8: One of TMD’s Industrial LCD Modules Reduced Environmental Impact The advantage of an LED backlight includes reduced power consumption and the ability to dispense with the high voltage inverters required for CCFL (Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp) backlit displays.
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Page 21: Protection Solutions
Low Capacitance, Single Line ESD Protection Diode in Leadless LLP1006-2L Package And quad diode-protection arrays in ultra-compact LLP1010-5L The VBUS051BD-HD1 from Vishay Semiconductors is an ESD, single line protection diode providing 0.9pF typical and 1.3pF maximum capacitance in the new LLP1006 package; its 0.6mm by 1.0mm footprint and ultra-low profile of 0.38mm saves board space. -
Page 22: Power And Linear Ic Solutions
POWER AND LINEAR IC SOLUTIONS New Device Stops High Voltage Surges Protects sensitive electronics from high voltage transients Even short duration, high voltage power spikes threaten the electronics in automotive and industrial applications although they may only last from a few µs to hundreds of ms. - Page 23 Triple Output, Multiphase, Synchronous Step-Down Controller Highly efficient, switching step-down DC/DC controller has numerous features The LTC3853 is a highly efficient, synchronous step-down switching regulator, DC/DC controller with three outputs and numerous features that include output voltage tracking, Burst Mode ® operation and pulse skipping, which safely powers pre-biased loads.
- Page 24 POWER AND LINEAR IC SOLUTIONS Efficient, Intelligent Solutions for LED Lighting Applications Comprehensive range of solutions meets the evolving requirements of lighting applications LEDs and LED displays suffer varying illumination levels as the power supply voltage changes. This affects displays used in automotive applications, battery operated handheld devices or fixed architectural installations.
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Page 25: High Performance Mosfet For Automotive Systems
High Performance MOSFET for Automotive Systems Advanced HPA TrenchMOS technology improves performance and powers automotive innovation NXP Semiconductors’ High Performance Automotive (HPA) TrenchMOS™ family of MOSFETs has specific features to satisfy the high power requirements of safety and comfort systems and improve system performance throughout the car. -
Page 26: Enable Portable And Handheld Ultrasound
POWER AND LINEAR IC SOLUTIONS Four New Analogue Front-End Devices Enable Portable and Handheld Ultrasound Integrate low noise amplifier, voltage controlled attenuator, programmable gain amplifier and ADC Texas Instruments’ AFE58xx Analogue Front End (AFE) devices integrate multiple high-performance analogue circuits, providing superior image quality for a wide range of ultrasound applications. -
Page 27: And Component Count
Motor Control SoC Improves Efficiency, Cuts Noise and Component Count Single chip, three phase, sine wave drivers Toshiba Electronics Europe has expanded its family of System on Chip (SoC) motor drive solutions with a three phase, sine wave PWM driver. They reduce component count and noise and improve the efficiency of BrushLess DC (BLDC) motor applications. -
Page 28: Analog Devices Digitally Isolated Devices Enhanced
POWER AND LINEAR IC SOLUTIONS Digitally Isolated Devices Enhanced New automotive quality isolators, new gate drivers and transceivers Analog Devices has launched several new members of its digital isolation and iCoupler product families. The new additions include automotive versions of its digital isolation products, the ADuM5230 isolated half-bridge driver, ADuM540x digitally isolated DC/DC converters and a number of isolated transceiver products. - Page 29 Low Power Processors Feature USB OTG and Ethernet Wide range of devices optimised for power and processing requirements Blackfin ADSP-BF52x and ADSP-BF54x processors from Analog Devices are designed for use in performance- demanding portable products that require a wide range of connectivity options.
- Page 30 VISUAL SOLUTIONS Liquid Crystal Displays for Every Occasion and Application Backlit and normal displays in wide range of resolutions Everbouquet’s extensive range of LCDs includes graphic and character displays in small to mid sizes and a range of technologies to suit almost any application. The technology represented in the range includes Chip-On-Glass (COG) and TFT devices, backlit and normal displays and extends to custom versions for unusual and specific design requirements.
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Page 31: Sharp Microelectronics High Power Led Lighting Modules Shed More Light For Less Power
High Power LED Lighting Modules Shed More Light for Less Power Provide up to 540 lumens at up to 80 lumens per Watt A new series of high-power LED modules for lighting purposes provides illumination levels of up to 540lm. With a power consumption of only 6.7W, the new Zenigata series brings LED technology into the category of 60W equivalent lamps. - Page 32 TECHNOLOGY ROUNDUP Sensors for Defence, Aerospace and Automotive Applications Devices from Analog Devices, Infineon and Vishay This review of sensors featured recently in Arrow Innovation highlights two pressure sensors from Infineon, Vishay’s single and dual channel SMT optical sensors and accelerometer and yaw rate sensor technologies from Analog Devices.
- Page 33 Infineon’s KP 126 combines high precision with low cost in miniaturised SMD packaging. An integrated signal-conditioning circuit fabricated in BiCMOS technology performs the sensing function using a surface-micromachined array of capacitive sensors, amplifies the sensor cell output then compensates and linearises the temperature using a third order, polynomial transfer function.
- Page 34 ARROW NEWS Arrow Announces Power Supply Deal and Exclusive Connector Promotion Support for Recom and FCI in Europe FCI’s Basics+ programme is designed to offer outstanding service on industry standard connectors and has long been popular with customers looking for convenient solutions when designing interconnects.
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Page 35: Analog Devices Low Power Processors Feature Usb Otg And Ethernet
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