Sticky power window switches have prompted a recall of 7.4 million Toyota vehicles worldwide.
Toyota Motor is recalling 7.4 million vehicles worldwide, including 2.5 million in the U.S., to fix power window switches that could catch fire.
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In recent months the company recalled 572, 000 Honda Accords for power steering hose issues and 268, 000 CR-Vs for faulty power window switches and 820, 000 Civic and Pilot models for potential low-beam headlamp failures.
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The project aims to provide users with a bevy of end-devices -- automatic door locks, thermostats, humidity sensors, presence sensors, power outlet switches and more -- that connect to a router-like SmartThings hub.
People talk about power plants' switches failing, switches don't look for a date.
This means the transistors - or tiny on-off switches that power its processors - can be shrunk in size.
GaN switches convert power at higher frequencies than traditional components and can be easily embedded in virtually any electrical system from consumer electronics products to computer servers, HVAC equipment, industrial motor drives, and inverters for solar panels and electric vehicles.
One of those firms developed software to monitor power consumption on every device on the network and switches off unused ports to save power.
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The automaker says that the driver door could be corroded by liquids, cause a short circuit and power door locks and window switches could malfunction.
And when the battery charge runs low, the British supercar switches to an alternative power source, a pair of 77-pound micro-turbines that serve as onboard generators.
Draft proposals in recent months would apply the rules to a host of technologies, including Wi-Fi devices, set-top boxes, laptops, printers, telephone handsets and the switches and routers that power corporate networks.
The group recommended automakers install switches that would kill battery power in the event of an accident.
These manufacturing platforms and broad scale integration are the same key drivers that have enabled the industry to produce low cost iPhones, tablets, and laptop PCs, as well as the millions of servers, switches, and routers that power the Internet.
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Instead of performing logic functions, though, these switches move, convert and transform power.
The narrative switches back and forth from Washington's corridors of power to the Balkan war zones.
The ZigBee wireless protocol was designed as a cheaper and lower-power alternative to Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for embedding in lighting switches, thermostats, smoke detectors and other sensors.
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There, the data is preserved as magnetic switches, which stay where they were put, even without power.
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But if power supplies were standard parts that could be used interchangeably among devices (servers, switches, storage arrays, etc.) and swapped out at will, there would be no need to wait.
Traditional inverters gather power from all or most of the panels in an installation and use transformers, capacitors and switches to change it from direct current to alternating current.
In the server market, the company is already selling memory interface devices, PCI express switches and timing components, and plans to add to the mix flash memory controllers, temperature sensors, power modules and other chips.
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