AEM10941 – Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting Power Management IC
E-peas’ photovoltaic energy harvesting IC solution – AEM10941 – is the next generation integrated energy management subsystem that extracts DC power from up to 7 cells solar panels to simultaneously store energy in a rechargeable element and supply the system with two independent...
Continue ReadingBack-up power manager can support two supercapacitors
A complete supercapacitor back-up power management system for 2.9 to 5.5V supply rails is available from Analog Devices. The LTC4041 uses an on-chip bi-directional synchronous converter to provide high efficiency step-down supercapacitor charging. There is also high current, high...
Continue ReadingIntegrated battery charger has optional power point tracking
An integrated, high voltage multi-chemistry synchronous monolithic step-down battery charger and PowerPath manager with onboard telemetry functions and optional maximum power point tracking (MPPT) has been announced by Analog Devices. The Power by Linear LTC4162 is 3.2A, 35VIN/35VOUT...
Continue ReadingBuild Your Own SBC with the Open Source Blueberry Pi
Raspberry Pi undeniable has being the template of most (if not all) single board computer esver since its launch in the year 2012. The Raspberry Pi has since seen a breakthrough in several spaces including the hardware industry, STEM Education, computer science, and it is one of the major...
Continue ReadingAvnet Releases UltraZed-EV Starter Kit
Avnet a leading global technology solutions provider, today released the UltraZed-EV™ Starter Kit, providing designers with the core tools necessary to shape the future of advanced embedded vision design and turn their ideas into reality. By bundling the new UltraZed-EV System...
Continue ReadingSeabird, a High-Performance Action Camera On a Budget With 4K HDR
Action cameras are becoming a buzz in the last few years, and the likes of GoPro have become the face of this emerging market, just like the way the iPhone was the default standard for the smartphone industry, GoPro camera has been the go-to camera for the Action camera industry. Despite...
Continue ReadingHybrid Synchronous Step-Down Controller
The LTC7821, an industry first hybrid step-down synchronous controller that merges a switched capacitor circuit with a synchronous step-down controller, enables up to a 50% reduction in DC/DC converter size compared to traditional solutions. The LTC7821 uses a proprietary architecture...
Continue ReadingLow profile regulator has digital power system management
Available as either a dual 10A or single 20A thin uModule regulator, the LTM4686 has a PMBus interface and is housed in a 16 x 11.9 x 1.82mm LGA package. The Power by Linear regulator’s low height allows the it to be placed on a PC board very close to its load such as an FPGA or...
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