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Murata has expanded its D1U3CS family of front end AC/DC power supply products to include a 1300W model.

The new device is designed to deliver 1,300W from a 108 to 264VAC universal input. It is hot pluggable, has no minimum load requirement and incorporates low loss integral ORing Field Effect Transistors (FETs) on its main 12V output, for fault tolerant and N+1 redundant applications.

With a power density of 23W per cubic inch, the power supply can achieve a high typical conversion efficiency of 92% at half full load.

The D1U3CS-W-1300F has a primary 12VDC output and an optional auxiliary output of either 3.3 or 5VDC for powering standby circuitry. Active power factor correction is used to minimise input harmonic current distortion and ensure compliance with the IEC61000-3-2 standard, with a power factor of 0.99 typical. It accepts the universally available IEC C14 AC input power connector.

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The CCL400 series of convection cooled, 400W AC/DC power supplies is designed to achieve efficiencies up to 94%.

Because the components within the devices run at lower temperatures, XP Power says increased reliability and service life can be achieved.

Unlike similar products, the CCL400 family can continuously deliver the full 400W output with convection cooling over a temperature range of -40 to 50°C and across almost the entire input voltage range.

Measuring 100.3 x 177.8 x 39.9mm, the devices comply with the standard 1U chassis mount format. An optional enclosing cover is available to order.

The CCL400 range comprises four single output models that provide nominal output voltages of 12, 24, 30 or 48VDC. A user trim function provides output voltage adjustment of +/-3% of stated nominal in order to accommodate load losses.

The series conforms to the ANSI/AAMI ES60601-1 medical 3rd edition safety standard and also complies with the internationally recognised IEC/UL/EN60950-1 safety standard for IT equipment. 

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Diamond Systems has announced the availability of the Vega COM based SBC family.

The high density, conduction cooled modules come with integrated data acquisition and expandable I/O for improved reliability and rugged construction.

Designed in the COM Express Basic form factor (125 x 95mm), the Vega family offers performance scalability with three COM Express processor options: 2.1GHz Intel Core i7-3612QE, 1.7GHz Intel Core i7-3517UE and 1.4GHz Intel Celeron 827E CPU.

Diamond Systems says the use of interchangeable COM Express modules helps extend product lifecycles or keep up with new market needs by making it easy to replace an obsolete CPU or increase processing performance simply by replacing the COM module

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Toshiba has expanded its ApPLite family with the launch of the TZ1021MBG application processor.

Suitable for wearable devices such as activity monitors, smart watches, smart wristbands and smart glasses, the device integrates high resolution A/D converters and can measure weak biomedical signals such as pulse wave and electrocardiogram (ECG).

The processor features an original low power consumption design, allowing use in wearable devices that require long battery runtimes. It also comes with an embedded ARM Cortex-M4F processor and floating point processing unit.

Measuring just 6.7 x 4 x 1mm, the IC is smaller than its predecessor, the TZ1001MBG. The smaller and thinner package is achieved by the inclusion of just the application processor and 8Mbit memory in the IC, to provide a lower cost, more flexible solution. 

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STMicroelectronics has introduced a new generation of processors for car radio and display audio applications.

The Accordo2 offers a fully integrated audio subsystem, including media decoding, audio routing, sound processing, and analogue audio inputs and outputs, as well as an independent secure CAN microcontroller subsystem.

"Until now, car infotainment manufacturers had to use multiple devices to achieve the same result that a single Accordo2 device delivers today," said ST in a statement.

In addition to minimising BOM cost, Accordo2 is said to facilitate faster product development as it comes with a complete turnkey software solution that includes middleware, media players, audio codecs and sound effect processing.

Moreover, the various members of the family offer application scalability to design a basic car radio all the way up to connected car radio and display audio applications.

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Truly the age of dragons

Dragon Age: Inquisition, the hotly anticipated fantasy role-playing game by BioWare, has been poked, prodded, and pushed to its limits – with critics assigning a score to the title after giving it a thorough onceover. We haven’t finished our first run through the gigantic title yet, but just so you know whether it’s...

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 The best way for him to leave an indelible mark on the Japanese giant was to quite literally implant himself into its newest console.

Indeed, as you can see in the image below, this crafty coder has managed to slip his entire name into one line of the PS4's HDD code. The eagle-eyed among you may notice that he has actually committed a slight spelling error. However, we suspect that this was an intentional gaffe, put in place to make sure the code ran properly.