For more than twenty years, the team at Tout Terrain has been creating clever solutions to the types of problems faced by round-the-world cyclists. Case in point: the Plug series of dynamo-powered USB ports. Designed to fit neatly inside most steerer tubes, the Tout Terrain Plug transforms the stem cap into a convenient mobile charging station. Now, the Plug is back—lighter, smarter, and with higher capacity than before—as the Cinq Plug Plus 7. Featuring a PowerModule capacity double that of previous “Plus” generations (2200 mAh vs 1100 mAh), the Plug Plus 7 stores excess energy generated by the dynamo hub at higher speeds to keep power flowing when forward momentum slows or comes to a stop.

Integrating liquid-metal packaging into a SiC half-bridge power module is an innovative solution to longstanding challenges.

The MCPF1412 is an integrated and highly efficient DC/DC regulator that can deliver up to 12A output current and 0.6 – 1.8V output voltage to the point-of-load.