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Littelfuse ITV4030 Battery Protectors Provide Fast Response to Prevent Overcurrents and Overcharging Damage
Designed for consumer electronics applications, including tablets, robotic appliances, and power tools. Littelfuse, Inc., an industrial technology manufacturing company empowering a sustainable, connected, and safer world, announced the new ITV4030, a series of 22 amp, three-terminal,...
Continue ReadingRicoh Electronic Devices Company R5617 Series Battery Protection ICs
Ricoh Electronic Devices Company R5617 Series Battery Protection ICs provide overcharge, over-discharge, and charge/discharge overcurrent protection for one-cell Li-ion and polymer batteries. The R5617 Battery Protection ICs feature an ultra-high overcharge detection of ±10mV,...
Continue ReadingMaxim Integrated 3A Automotive Hi-Speed USB Protectors
Maxim Integrated 3A Automotive Hi-Speed USB Protectors provide high-ESD and short-circuit protection for low-voltage internal USB data and USB power line. The protectors are ideal for use in automotive radio, navigation, connectivity, and USB hub applications. The devices support...
Continue ReadingHigh Side Switch with Input Overvoltage and Overcurrent Protection
The project here is a 48V protected, high side switch designed to switch a 5A output load from input voltages from 8V to 48V. The circuit helps the user to easily ON/OFF the high current and voltage load with over-voltage lockout and over-current protection. The wide input range and low...
Continue ReadingBattery Management Deep Dive On-demand Technical Training
This is a great collection of on-demand training on battery management solutions from Texas Instruments. TI's battery experts have decades of experience. Their battery scientists bring cutting-edge solutions for new battery chemistries & technologies, from charging, gauging,...
Continue ReadingLTC4380 Overvoltage Protection
Thomas Scherer @ elektormagazine.com writes: When it comes to protecting sensitive circuitry from potentially damaging over-voltage spikes and supply surges we usually resort to networks of coils, capacitors, resistors and suppression diodes to iron out the transients. The LTC4380...
Continue ReadingUsbSafe² – Programmable dongle for protecting USB devices from USB hosts and chargers
USB connections can transfer both information and power. UsbSafe² is a device for protecting USB-connected hardware from both excessive voltage, current and unauthorized data access. Unfortunately, the practice of “juice jacking” (accessing data from a device connected to a...
Continue ReadingSingle transistor provides short-circuit protection
Keith Szolusha@ edn.com writes: In certain dc/dc-converter applications, on-chip, cycle-by-cycle current limit may be insufficient protection to prevent a failure during a short circuit. A nonsynchronous boost converter provides a direct path from the input to the short circuit...
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