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| | Tiny PLC Reference Design Serves Digital Factory Needs
Digital factories require a surprising amount of analog and power technology. Exemplifying that trend, Maxim Integrated Products offers its new programmable logic controller (PLC) reference design called Go-IO. Go-IO embeds 17 configurable I/Os in a space one-half the size of a credit card and enables productivity-enhancing self-diagnostic capabilities in automated factory subsystems. Digital factories can dynamically adjust the manufacturing line on the fly based on new or changing requirements. To fully realize industrial convergence, automated equipment must also possess self-diagnostic and optimization capabilities. Go-IO pushes intelligence closer to the edge, enabling active monitoring and communication of equipment health and status information as well as higher throughput and productivity. The reference design also meets increasingly stringent size and power requirements of PLCs, providing a 10x smaller solution with 50% less power consumption compared to its predecessor, the Pocket IO.
Cutting-Edge Embedded Vision Solutions Are Here
Clarius Mobile Health revolutionized ultrasounds. And Xilinx's technology helped get them there. The company's IoT-connected, portable  ultrasound machine leveraged Xilinx's Zynq programmable System-on-Chip (SoC) solution.
Avnet connected Clarius Mobile Health to Xilinx's technology---some of which wasn't even on the shelves yet.
DC-DC Power Regulator Eases Data Center Cooling Costs
Analog Devices (ADI) has expanded its suite of Power by Linear µModule regulators with the LTM4700 step-down DC/DC power regulator. The device features energy efficient performance that reduces data center infrastructure cooling requirements. Configured as dual 50 A or single 100 A configuration, the power µModule's packaging technology enables an increasing server density and boosts data center throughout and computational power with minimal impact on system size and cooling costs. The LTM4700 µModule's highly integrated, component-on-package design includes on-board memory, data conversion circuitry and digital interface, reducing it to nearly half the size of competing devices, according to ADI. Applications include cloud computing, high-speed computing and optical networking systems, communication infrastructure and PCIe boards, as well as medical, industrial and test and measurement equipment. The LTM4700 operates at 73°C using heatsink packaging technology. That's much cooler compared to modular solutions from competitors which typically run at 90°C, says ADI.
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12:1 Input Quarter-Brick DC-DC Converters Target Railway Systems RECOM has expanded its railway portfolio with two 40 W and 60 W DC/DC converter series in quarter-brick packages with an ultra-wide input voltage range from 14 VDC to 160 VDC. The 12:1 input  voltage range of RECOM's RP40Q-RUW and RP60Q-RUW series covers all input voltages from nominal 24 VDC up to 110 VDC in a single product (including EN50155 transients).
These quarter-brick DC/DC converters are designed for railway rolling stock and high voltage battery applications and offer basic isolation with regulated 5 V, 12 V, 15 V, 24 V or 48 VDC outputs, including sense and trim pins. They have a consistently high efficiency over the entire input voltage range and an operating temperature range from -40°C up to +85°C (+68°C for the RP60Q-RUW) at full load without forced air cooling.
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