Anglia partners with Sensirion for innovative sensor solutions

Anglia Components has expanded its sensor portfolio with the environmental and flow sensors from Sensirion, manufacturer of digital microsensors and systems. Anglia says the sensors will enhance its customer designs across a range of industrial and new emerging markets, such as Internet of Things sensing applications.

Commenting on the partnership, John Bowman, marketing director, Anglia, said: “We have invested in an inventory profile and evaluation/development kits to assist customers with new designs, all of which are available with no minimum order quantity via Anglia Live. Our engineers have been fully trained on Sensirion’s products and are ready to assist customers with their design-in.”

Sensirion’s environmental sensors measure key environmental parameters, such as ambient humidity and temperature, volatile organic compounds, carbon dioxide and particulate matter. Their digital multi-pixel gas sensors are designed for easy integration into air treatment and monitoring devices. One of the features of Sensirion products is the use of its CMOSens technology, which allows for intelligent system integration of the sensor element, logic, calibration data and digital interface on a single chip.

The sensors can be used in intelligent household appliances, smart homes, medical applications and as well as a meant to help improve air quality. Control of air quality is thought to be crucial in combatting covid and making buildings safe for employees to return to when advised.

Sensirion’s line up of flow sensors can measure a wide range of gases and liquids. The range also includes gas meter modules, differential pressure sensors, mass flow meters for gases as well as support for customer specific solutions.

“We are pleased to announce Anglia as a new distributor. This strong new partnership will allow us to expand our reach in the UK,” said Florian Hirsch, director channel sales, Sensirion.  “Anglia already has an excellent network of customers who can now benefit from our sensor portfolio. We at Sensirion are looking forward to this collaboration.”

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New P-channel mosfets offer withstand voltages of -40V/-60V

From Rohm comes a 24-model line-up of -40V/-60V withstand voltage P-channel mosfets available in single and dual configurations for industrial and consumer applications, such as factory automation, robotics and air conditioning systems.

Mosfets are expected to provide low ON resistance as well as high withstand voltages. There are two types – N-channel and P-channel. Although N-channel types generally feature higher efficiency when used in the high side, a gate voltage higher than the input voltage is needed, complicating circuit configuration. P-channel mosfets can be driven with a gate voltage lower than the input voltage, helping to simplify circuit configuration while reducing design load.

Against this backdrop, Rohm developed low ON resistance -40V/-60V P-channel mosfets compatible with 24V input, using advanced 5th generation refined process. Rohm states that these new products leverage refined process technology to achieve the lowest ON resistance per unit area in their class.

This translates to 62 per cent lower ON resistance versus conventional products for -40V new products and 52 per cent for the -60V new products.
At the same time, quality is improved by optimising the device structure and adopting a new design that mitigates electric field concentration.

As a result, both high reliability and low ON resistance, which are typically in a trade-off relationship, are achieved. These solutions contribute to stable long-term operation in industrial equipment demanding exceptional quality.
Rohm continues to develop a variety of packages for a range of applications, including products optimised for the automotive sector. In addition to these 5th gen P-channel mosfets and by way of strengthening its line-up for 5G base stations and data centre servers, where there is growing demand, the company is developing higher efficiency N-channel mosfets. These products contribute to reducing application design load while increasing higher efficiency and reliability, says Rohm.

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Mouser takes stock of Laird’s Sterling-LWB5+ modules

Ready for distribution at Mouser Electronics is the new Sterling-LWB5+ modules from Laird Connectivity.

The modules deliver wi-fi 5 (802.11ac) and Bluetooth 5.1 communications to next-generation Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as battery-powered medical devices, industrial IoT sensors, rugged handheld devices, and other connectivity solutions.

The Laird Connectivity Sterling-LWB5+ modules are powered by the Infineon CYW4373E solution, supporting reliable and secure performance in industrial IoT settings, says Mouser. Suitable for harsh environments, the Sterling-LWB5+ modules have a solder-down module form factor to minimise the effects of vibration and impacts, as well as an industrial temperature rating of -40 to +85 degrees celsius.

The Sterling LWB5+ range provides for several small-form-factor PCB modules with options for integrated and pre-certified external antennas, as well as a couple of M.2 form factor solutions for increased host integration flexibility for designers’ Linux platforms.

For optimum integration Laird Connectivity has also produced and certified a range of internal and external antennas, along with a reverse polarity SMA cable assembly specifically for Sterling-LWB5+ modules. The antenna range includes the proven internal FlexPifa, Nanoblade and Mini Nanoblade Flex antennas as well as an external dipole antenna.

The modules support the latest WPA3 security standards, and the devices’ integrated power amplifier and low-noise amplifier aid reliable connectivity even in challenging RF environments.

The Sterling-LWB5+ devices are available in multiple antenna options and are certified to FCC, IC, CE, MIC, AS/NZ and Bluetooth SIG certification.

Mouser Electronics is an authorised semiconductor and electronic component distributor focused on new product introductions from its leading manufacturer partners. Serving the global electronic design engineer and buyer community, its website is available in multiple languages and currencies and features more than five million products from over 1,100 manufacturer brands.

Mouser offers 27 support locations worldwide. The distributor ships to more than 630,000 customers in 223 countries and territories.

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Single chip controller integrates infotainment devices

Microchip Technology’s LAN9360 audio endpoint controller, a single chip Ethernet controller with embedded controllers, interconnects vehicles’ infotainment devices including speakers, amplifiers, microphones, navigation systems, radio tuners and smart headrests with Ethernet audio video bridging (AVB).

The LAN9360 bridges audio between Ethernet AVB and Inter-IC Sound, time division multiplexing and pulse density modulation local audio interfaces. It supports audio transmission over Ethernet AVB, including generalised precision time protocol, timestamping, transport protocols and content protection with high-bandwidth digital content protection.

It also supports secure boot and secure remote updates over eEthernet. Unlike other Ethernet bridging networking solutions requiring System-on-Chip, microcontrollers plus third-party software stacks, the LAN9360 endpoint device requires no software integration, which helps designers to configure the device simply and quickly to manufacturers’ individual audio and networking requirements.

This controller has been validated to industry standards for ethernet interoperability for AVB protocols. The device is validated to the IEEE 802.1BA-2011, IEEE 802.1AS, IEEE1722 and IEEE1733 specifications for ethernet networks and is certified to the standards for AVB interoperability and reliability established by the Avnu Alliance consortium.

Microchip’s LAN9360 endpoint device is available for volume orders in a 100-thin profile fine pitch ball package option.

The LAN9360 expands Microchip’s Ethernet product portfolio and total system solution for automotive developers. Other Microchip Ethernet devices for automotive applications include the LAN8770 100BASE-T1 PHY, a single-port physical layer transceiver compliant with the IEEE 802.3bw-2015 specification. The device provides 100 Mbps transmit and receive capability over a single unshielded twisted pair cable.

In addition, the Trust Anchor (TA100), a secure element from Microchip’s portfolio of CryptoAutomotive security ICs for automotive security applications, provides support for code authentication, secure boot and audio content protection with high-bandwidth digital content protection.

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