Autumn sees the launch of our fantastic new website, electromaker.io, with many prizes on offer! We are launching this exciting new resource in November which will enable makers from all over the world to join our community to learn, collaborate and share proj...

By Nigel Seymour | 22-08-2017

Some of you film buffs out there may remember Laurence Olivier asking Dustin Hoffman that same question in the film Marathon Man. Now whereas the wrong answer from Hoffman resulted in considerable pain at the hands of Olivier’s mad dentist character, users of...

By Paul Whytock | 18-08-2017

Many AC-DC electronic power supplies are now certified to meet the ITE (Information Technology Equipment) IEC 60950-1 standard and also the medical IEC 60601-1 standard. These supplies often have two internal fuses, one in the Line and one in the Neutral conn...

By Robin Jeffrey | 14-08-2017

Hearable technology has leapt forward recently. Kick-started by innovative new products like Doppler Lab’s Hear One earbuds and Apple’s Airpods. This exciting new category of device is redefining what a wearable should look and sound like. Today’s most suc...

By Mark Patrick | 08-08-2017

A new generation of wearable devices is finally finding its “killer app”, writes Mouser’s Mark Patrick Wearable devices have been among the most anticipated and talked-about consumer electronics devices in recent years – but the reality has often fallen sh...

By Mark Patrick | 28-07-2017

Would you like to drive a car that controls itself relative to your emotions and moods? Well semiconductor solutions specialists Renesas says it has created a development kit which enables cars to read the driver's emotions and then take control of the car ba...

By Paul Whytock | 25-07-2017

A new research study about IoT from Inmarsat has shown that agritech businesses help many food producers meet increasingly stringent import requirements by monitoring food hygiene, production and sustainability through the use of IoT. This will accelerate glob...

By Nigel Seymour | 20-07-2017

Cyber security and the stealing of personal data is big news these days and so its not surprising that I receive a regular stream of press releases from expert companies expounding their theories on how to keep data secure. But how much are you going to worry...

Security | By Paul Whytock | 19-07-2017

With the increasing popularity of automatous vehicles there is a requirement for improved safety of vehicles and occupants. This need is opening markets for more advanced automotive sensor technology. As well as optimising driver and passenger comfort, integra...

By Nigel Seymour | 18-07-2017

Two new SmartEverything solutions from Arrow, the LION IoT development system-on-module (SoM) board and the ARIS IoT board that support Internet of Things (IoT) application development work have been added to the RS Components portfolio of dev boards. The S...

By Paul Whytock | 13-07-2017

We all know that industrial networks, endpoints and control systems have inherent insecurities making them vulnerable to compromise through digital methods. With over 5.6 million devices being newly connected added each day in 2016 and with an estimated 21 bil...

Security | By Nigel Seymour | 12-07-2017

In a major technological development a material-device-circuit level co-optimisation of field-effect transistors (FETs) based on 2D materials for high-performance logic applications scaled beyond the 10nm technology node has been presented. It is the re...

By Paul Whytock | 11-07-2017