Fuel-gauge ICs help prevent battery clones

Fuel-gauge ICs help prevent battery clones

Maxim’s family of ModelGauge m5 standalone fuel gauges provides SHA-256 authentication with a 160-bit secret key to make it h...


Micro-supercapacitor fits inside IoT chips

Micro-supercapacitor fits inside IoT chips

by Jan Buiting @ elektormagazine.com: Zero-power autonomous devices will abound on the IoT of the future, and battery...


LTM8053 – 40VIN, 3.5A/6A Step-Down μModule Regulator

LTM8053 – 40VIN, 3.5A/6A Step-Down μModule Regulator

The LTM8053 is a 40VIN, 3.5A (continuous) step-down μModule regulator.


Eagle Tutorial – How to add a new package to a component

Eagle Tutorial – How to add a new package to a component

Save time by re-using existing packages and symbols .


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42V, 3.5A-out buck regulator operates at 175°C ambient

42V, 3.5A-out buck regulator operates at 175°C ambient

LT8610AX is a 3.5A, 42V input-capable synchronous step-down switching regulator, which operates in ambient temperatures up to...


Battery-pack fuel gauge with SHA-256 authentication prevents pack cloning

Battery-pack fuel gauge with SHA-256 authentication prevents pack cloning

Implementing pack-side battery gauges in portable devices is easier and more secure, Maxim asserts, with its ModelGauge m5...


Energy monitoring using ATM90E26

Energy monitoring using ATM90E26

Tisham Dhar designed an ATM90E26 energy meter breakout board which can be used in single phase power measurements.


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RC snubber calculator spreadsheet

RC snubber calculator spreadsheet

Paulo has developed an Excel-based calculator that eases the design of RC snubbers in power switching applications: In power...


Sensing current on the high side

Sensing current on the high side

Michael Dunn@ edn.com discuss about current sense on the high side of power source.


Low-side I/V sensing IC, with internal power calculation

Low-side I/V sensing IC, with internal power calculation

Maxim Integrated has posted details of the MAX44299, a low-side current, voltage, and power monitoring circuit that provides an...


Current bending yields low-power magnetic memory

Current bending yields low-power magnetic memory

by Harry Baggen @ elektormagazine.com: Magnetic random-access memory (MRAM) is faster, more efficient and more robust than other...


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Power-on Reminder with LED Lamp

Power-on Reminder with LED Lamp

Many a times equipment at workstations remains switched on unnoticed.