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>Sunnyvale, Calif. – Three high-speed RS-485/RS-422 transceivers from Maxim Integrated Products, in eight-pin SOT packages, are said to feature true fail-safe and hot-swap circuitry to ensure reliable ...

During the nearly two decades I spent working on automotive electronic control systems like anti-lock brakes and stability control, one of the core design principles was fail-safe operation. Today, as ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY), the embedded solutions leader, today announced it has embedded compute capabilities into its next-generation memory ...

RS485 and RS422 transceivers support a wide variety of data acquisition and control applications. San Francisco ” Like a lot of ICs, interface components have their share of leading-edge glamour ...

Spring-loaded magnetically-coupled device provides a fail-safe solution that could reduce unscheduled downtime due to loss of ultrahigh vacuum A magnetically-coupled actuator avoids the need for ...

Improper assembly of a glider elevator in its rudder, despite a “fail-safe” design of the connection, may have been the cause of Sunday’s fatal crash at the Minden-Tahoe Airport. Pilot Clem Bowman of ...