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Cree Increases Drive Current for XLamp® MX-6 Lighting-Class PLCC LED; Delivers 160% More Light Output

Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, announces a higher maximum forward drive current for the XLamp® MX-6 LED. The MX-6’s PLCC package is optimized for indoor lighting where enhanced light uniformity and LED-to-LED color consistency is important. At 1 A of current, XLamp MX-6 LEDs provide up to 300 lumens in cool white (6500 K) and 245 lumens in warm white (3000 K).

28 July 2010

Cree Announces Revolutionary New LED Platform

XLamp® XM LEDs are Most Efficient Lighting-Class LEDs in the Industry Cree, a market leader in LED lighting, announces a breakthrough new lighting-class LED platform, the XLamp® XM LED. This new single chip LED delivers record-breaking efficacy of 160 lumens per watt at 350 mA. The LED also delivers 750 lumens at 2 A, which is equivalent to the light output of a 60 W incandescent light bulb at less than 7 watts.

2 July 2010

Bourns Releases High Q Chip Inductor

Bourns® Inductive Components Product Line introduces the new Model CW100505 Series which has the smallest 0402 size in the Bourns® CW wirewound Chip Inductor products family. This chip inductor is wound on a ceramic core which provides extremely stable electrical characteristics over a wide range of temperature and frequency. The Bourns® Model CW100505 chip inductor offers high Q, high self-resonant frequency in an ultra small 1 x 0.55 x 0.5 mm size.

4 June 2012

Bourns Releases Common Mode Chip Inductor Model SRF4532 Series

Bourns® Inductive Components Product Line introduces the new Model SRF4532 Series of bifilar wire-wound, ferrite core, common mode chip inductors. The Model SRF4532 Series offers high impedance over a broad frequency range to suppress unwanted EMI signals. This product is designed for common mode conductive noise filtering on data/signal lines, CAN-bus, telecommunication devices and consumer electronics.

5 November 2012

Bourns Introduces High Voltage GDT Products

Bourns is pleased to announce the release of four new series of High Voltage Gas Discharge Tubes (GDTs). The new GDT series target industrial applications requiring high DC breakdown voltages. The 2-electrode GDT devices are offered with DC breakdown voltages ranging from 800-6000 volts. The new series are offered in miniature surface mount, miniature axial and standard axial leaded packages.

2 July 2012

Bourns Guitar Potentiometer Design Kits Released

In continuing support of the Professional Audio Market, Bourns® Sensors and Controls Product Line is proud to announce the release of three new Guitar Potentiometer Design Kits. Each kit has a variety of popular part numbers from our vast portfolio of guitar potentiometers. The kits are great for guitar designers and suitable for guitar technician service kits as well. The Guitar Potentiometer Design Kits include the following part numbers and quantities: H-1200 Vintage and Premium Guitar Potentiometers  H-1201 Standard Guitar Potentiometers

2 July 2010

Bourns Adds New High-Current GDT Products

Bourns is pleased to announce the release of three new series of High-Current Gas Discharge Tubes (GDTs). The new Bourns® GDTs target industrial and telecommunication applications requiring high current handling capabilities.The 2-electrode GDT devices are offered with DC breakdown voltages ranging from 230-2200 volts and maximum surge current ratings of 25 -100 kA.   

28 August 2012

BeagleBoard.org hobbyists unleash 20 new "cape" plug-in boards, fueling Linux development on BeagleBone, a credit-card-sized com

"Throwing a bone" to designers, makers and hobbyists looking to easily and affordably develop creative, Linux-based electronics, BeagleBoard.org announced the availability of more than 20 new plug-in boards for the widely-adopted BeagleBone Linux computer platform. Creatively calling the plug-in boards "capes" in reference to the cape worn by a beloved cartoon beagle super hero, the active open source BeagleBoard.org community designed the plug-in boards to foster an even wider range of innovations such as robot motor drivers and sensors that measure location and pressure.

28 August 2012

Avago Technologies Unveils Advanced Embedded Optical Engine Technology for High-Speed Interconnect

Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, recently announced that it has developed a new ground breaking embedded optical engine technology that will enable high-speed connectivity in a wide range of electronic computing and consumer applications.

7 June 2010

Avago Technologies Continues Expansion of Next-Generation SFP+ Transceiver Products for 10 Gbps Ethernet Apps

New Short and Long Range SFP+ Optical Transceivers Can Be Operated at 10 Gbps or 1 Gbps within the Same Port

3 May 2010