Power Transfer System Extends Shuttle Mission
Aug 22, 2007
During the most recent shuttle mission, NASA used Space Shuttle Endeavour’s Boeing-built Station-Shuttle Power Transfer System for the first time to extend a shuttle mission. ...
Paul MacCready Retires from Aerovironment
Aug 22, 2007
Dr. Paul MacCready has retired as chairman and director of Aerovironment as a result of a recently diagnosed, serious health issue. ...
Batteries Raise Li-Ion Peak Power to New Heights
Aug 15, 2007
The VLV series from Saft are the highest-power commercially available Li-ion cells in the world. The VLV series exhibits a specific power double that of typical high-power cells that are available for defense applications and hybrid-electric military vehicles. ...
Programmable Function Generator Includes PC Interface
Aug 15, 2007
B&K Precision’s Model 4045 Programmable Synthesized Function Generator can generate sine, square, triangle, and arbitrary waveforms with crystal-controlled sampling rates of up to 20 Hz, 12-bit vertical resolution, and up to 1000 points. ...
Resistivity Tester Probes Antistatic Materials
Aug 15, 2007
The Ohm-Stat RT-1000 from Static Solutions tests the resisitivity, humidity and temperature of all conductive, antistatic and static-dissipative surfaces for electrical resistivity/resistance according to the EOS/ESD CECC, ANSI, ASTM, UL, NFPA, military, and EIA test procedures. ...
Digital POL Drives High-Current Loads
Aug 15, 2007
Power-One’s 60-A ZY8160 is the highest-current digital Point-of-Load module in the Z-One family of products....
Stackable Converter Meets Automotive Requirements
Aug 15, 2007
The D1000 modular power solution from Powerstax offers up to 1000 W of dc power from vehicle or other mobile or static dc power sources. ...
Wind-Generating Capacity Slated for Record Growth
Aug 15, 2007
The U.S. wind energy industry is on track to add well over 3000 MW to the nation’s power generating capacity in 2007, according to the second quarter market report from the American Wind Energy Association....
Alliance Serves Data-Center Power Needs
Aug 15, 2007
Lee Technologies and APC-MGE have formed an alliance designed to serve the growing data-center market. ...
Distributor Expands Power Offerings from Semiconductor Firm
Aug 15, 2007
IXYS has signed a distribution agreement with Mouser Electronics to distribute IXYS’ full portfolio of power MOSFETs, IGBTs, power modules, rectifiers, fast recovery and Schottky diodes, gate drivers, sense and control ICs, and LED drivers....
Electronic Load Suits Renewable Energy Systems
Aug 8, 2007
AMREL/AMERICAN RELIANCE’s 800-W eLoad bench-top electronic load is a programmable power product to address the growing trends in renewable energy systems requiring more advanced and sophisticated test-and-measurement equipment. ...
Off-Line Converter Provides High-Power Density
Aug 8, 2007
Eltek Valere’s 130-Vdc power system brings small size and high efficiency to utility and industrial backup power applications. ...
Power Conversion Company Acquires India-Based Firm
Aug 8, 2007
Red Rocket has purchased the switching power supply business of Celetronix Power India Private Limited, a registered company in Mumbai, India, and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Jabil Circuit....
