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AEG Power Solutions Solar Inverter for Megawatt Applications Achieves Shining Efficiency
A report jointly issued by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) and Bureau Veritas shows that AEG Power Solutions’ Protect PV.250 solar inverter offers remarkable efficiency. Energy conversion efficiency testing conducted according to European Standard EN 50530 yielded a very high efficiency grade of 98.7%.

TT electronics reveals secret of group companies’ SC21 achievements
TT electronics, the global electronics group supplying the world’s leading defence and aerospace manufacturers, has announced rapid progress by its divisions committed to the aerospace industry’s 21st Century Supply Chains (SC21) improvement programme. The divisions are cooperating internally to accelerate improvements and increase value for customers.

Sharp extends partnership with Avnet Embedded in the UK
Avnet Embedded, an Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) company, today announced that its franchise agreement with Sharp Microelectronics Europe for display products has been extended to cover the UK.

ACTEL’S RTAX-DSP FPGAS ACHIEVE MIL-STD-883 CLASS B QUALIFICATION
Actel today announced that its radiation-tolerant RTAX-DSP FPGAs have completed qualification in accordance with the military and aerospace industry standard MIL-STD-883 Class B specification. This qualification expands Actel’s support of high-speed signal processing applications for space payloads and exemplifies its ongoing innovation and commitment to serve designers of spaceflight systems.

Mouser confirms opening of a new European office in Milan
Mouser Electronics, Inc., known for its rapid introduction of the newest products, is opening its latest European office, in Milan, Italy. This continues Mouser’s roll out plan of sites in Europe, which began with Munich and also now includes the UK, which also services Scandinavia, France and Israel. The local Customer Service centre will open this September

Featured Products

TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments) has launched a lower-cost version of the best-selling TG5011 function/arbitrary/pulse generator.
The new TG2511 has a maximum frequency of 25 MHz for sine and square waves and costs only £795. It offers similar facilities to the more expensive 50 MHz generator, but with proportionately lower maximum frequencies for pulse and arbitrary waveforms.

Gaming Machines Take Haptic Feedback for a Spin
Diversified technology company 3M today announced that its next-generation surface capacitive touch technology has been incorporated in gaming machines built in central Europe for deployment worldwide. Gold Club d.o.o. of Slovenia selected the 3M MicroTouch MCT System for many of their gaming machines, including their 22-inch multi-user electronic roulette tables, to provide a more responsive and immersive user experience. Gold Club has adopted this 3M touch solution for its own-built machines and selected it for externally-manufactured machines throughout its casino operations.

Disposable assemblies are cheaper to replace than sterilise
Now available from Quadrant are two ranges of circular connector cable assemblies that are designed specifically for medical instruments and are so inexpensive that is more cost-effective to discard them than sterilise with comparatively expensive autoclaving processes.

Short-travel probe for battery contact applications
The new P909 Series from Peak Test Services is a short-travel probe for battery contact applications.

TTI, Inc. delivers Copper Flex Assemblies for the Military and Aerospace Industry
TTI, Inc., the global distributor of passive, interconnect, relay & switch and discrete components, is now offering Molex’s range of Copper Flex interconnect products that can be designed and manufactured to meet the challenging demands of the military/aerospace market.

Technical Article

Logic Level Translation – The Current State of Play
More than 40 years after first being introduced, and despite competition from programmable and system-on-chip devices, demand remains for 74-series logic devices. These often provide an efficient and cost-effective solution to challenges such as interfacing to displays, driving signals across boards