Good news for outdoor lighting as Lumileds announces flux increase in LUXEON HL2X high-power LEDs

In the business of manufacturing LED lighting equipment for outdoor applications such as street and tunnel lighting, stadiums and architectural lighting, the optical power budget is the key metric: how…

Western Automation’s RCM series widens the choice of protection products for EV Charging Application available from Future Electronics

The steady rise in the number of electric vehicles (EVs) on the road – battery-electric vehicles took more than a 20% share of the new car market for the first…

Boost high-power switching and cut space with the smallest PCB-mount power relays

The need to achieve high-power switching in minimum board space is vital for electric vehicle (EV) charging, renewable power and industrial automation applications. These two design goals are the basis…

Modular boards make evaluation of STM32MP1 microprocessors quicker and easier than ever

STMicroelectronics’ STM32MP1 series of microprocessors is winning acclaim because of its unusual combination of a competitive price and attractive set of features. It is rare to find a device that…

Thanks to Microchip, the future of the 8-bit MCU looks assured

Quite understandably, problems across the semiconductor supply chain in 2021-22 set off alarm bells in the design laboratories of Europe’s tens of thousands of electronics OEMs. One category of users…

STMicroelectronics protects customers’ designs with longevity program for EMI and ESD protection devices

The use of EMI filters and ESD transient voltage suppression (TVS) devices is a response to the risk that electrical events might impair or even destroy a circuit. There is…