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Andy reflects on how he recently woke up to tariff policies affecting him and his own engineering R&D and thinks that “short-term pain” will be long-term damage.
ITEN
The PWY0150S supports power-backup/always-on applications, when a steady current is delivered to the system between two charges.
ITEN’s lithium-ion battery advance, which combines the advantages of batteries and supercapacitors, is said to achieve a 200C discharge rate.
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Taiwan Semi’s latest single- and dual-output, automotive-grade devices offer what’s claimed as the industry’s best figure of merit for high-speed-switching in commercial and industrial...
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No matter how high the tech, destructive animals, especially rodents, can cause serious damage. Designers must bear in mind this common scourge and apply good design choices to...
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Sponsored by Texas Instruments: Adoption of 48-V systems will impact everything from components to systems in EV design. The latest advances are helping to ensure the transition...
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Cambridge GaN Devices’s hybrid architecture for power modules combines gallium-nitride and IGBT devices to give EV designers an efficient, affordable solution for drivetrains ...
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The Bluetooth Low Energy 5.3 chip, developed by Renesas, not only cuts power consumption, but it helps lower an EV’s weight by eliminating sensor wires.
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Matter 1.4 aims to increase efficiency and connectivity, thus enhancing interoperability and energy management for smart homes and electric vehicles.
Andy Turudic, AI generated using Google Gemini
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Our oftentimes-automotive editor, reeking of cigarette smoke, reports in on researchers demonstrating NACS-based hydrogen refueling of the Toyota Mirai FCEV at a covert Tesla ...