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Tempo Automation is committed to helping our customers stay on schedule and avoid the pitfalls that lead to trouble. As such, we have compiled The PCB Design Development Checklist , a collection of 24 design and build data best practices from Tempo’s experience...
Published: Jan 11, 2022
A novel approach for providing microprocessor power directly from 48V is proposed. This solution enables high voltage, low current to be distributed throughout a system, minimizing distribution losses, while providing low voltage, high current direct from the 48V input in the most efficient manner possible.
This solution...
Published: Jul 25, 2018
Current fiber optic technology fails to deliver a High Performance Interconnect solution which provides service and manufacturability, high density channel count, low loss optical performance and high reliability.
New broadband service networks, high fiber densities, increasing end - user bandwidth demands and...
Published: Jul 25, 2018
In recent years tin-copper based solders with a variety of elemental additives have emerged which improve the overall properties and performance of tin-copper solders.
This paper is a summary of the experience at a medium sized assembler in achieving the customer driven mandate to go lead-free and the maintenance...
Published: Jul 25, 2018
In the early 90’s, it was suggested that Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) were in the process of becoming extinct and considered to be ‘technological dinosaurs’. The prediction is not entirely wrong, if the announcement made by Sony in 2015 is taken as an example.
Sony Corporation has officially announced...
Published: Jul 26, 2018
Portescap introduces the new 22ECS brushless motor designed specifically for high speed applications. The 22ECS has been optimized to be one of the most advanced and highest performing brushless slotless motors in its class. The 22ECS offers exceptional efficiency and runs up to 30% cooler than similar motors at speeds...
Published: Jul 20, 2018
This white paper describes switch-mode power supplies and traditional circuit breakers, and explains the technology behind a new solid-state technology. It later explains how it solved a long-standing problem affecting the uptime of switchmode power controlled manufacturing equipment.
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Published: Jul 17, 2018
An increase in the demand for energy worldwide has driven the search for alternative primary sources of energy, even to the most remote locations of the globe. Natural gas, one of the leading alternative energy choices for fueling industries today, is considered the cleanest burning fossil fuel with minimal environmental...
Published: Jul 17, 2018
This paper presents a new ESD clamp structure for Transient Voltage Suppressor (TVS) applications that combines the advantages of avalanche diode and bipolar transistor clamps. The device structure consists of a non-snapback avalanche diode triggered vertical NPN transistor. The avalanche diode provides the fast trigger...
Published: Jul 18, 2018
Any engineer involved with portable or handheld products knows that minimizing power consumption is an absolute requirement for today’s designs. But only the veterans understand the subtle yet important details that can stretch a systems’ battery life to the maximum.
In this white paper Lattice Semiconductor...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
As 40 Gb fiber becomes a standard option in data centers, the challenge of connecting 40 Gb switches to existing 10 Gb equipment moves front and center. Adding further complexity, it’s clear that organizations of all sizes also need to be prepared to integrate speeds of 100/120 Gb and beyond. Custom breakout cables...
Published: Jul 18, 2018
Safety, availability, and cost considerations can make performing thorough tests of embedded control devices using the complete system impractical. Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation is a real-time test technique used to test these devices more efficiently. During HIL test, the physical system that interfaces...
Published: Apr 01, 2021
Power system designers can now benefit from flexibility and the ability to customize electrical parameters by using configurable and programmable power supplies as well as fast and low-cost modifications of the electrical and mechanical properties of standard power supplies.
This white paper explains how, through...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
When implementing technical protective measures (also referred to as “safeguards”) from the hierarchy of controls, as discussed in Part 3 of this series (The Risk Reduction Process Utilizing a Hierarchy of Controls), each risk reduction measure will be associated with a safety function or combination of safety...
Published: Jul 17, 2018
