Designed for use in the HEV (hybrid electric vehicle) market, UPC (universal power connector) from Amphenol is a plastic connector series available in 2-pole and 3-pole variants offering continuous power with 200 A or 400 A. As well as HEV use, Amphenol’s c...

By RS Components | 31-01-2017

An essential extension to the R-Car ADAS Starter Kit, the ADAS Surround View Kit from Renesas Electronics allows developers to work with sample applications for automotive surround view using live data streams from the 4 included automotive cameras. The Sur...

By RS Components | 31-01-2017

Perfect for space critical applications, the HCH range of automotive connectors from JST includes this 2.54 mm pitch female housing, capable of accepting short length female terminals. This housing is the 9 circuit option; it is also available in a 4 circui...

By RS Components | 31-01-2017

Vishay has introduced a series of radial leaded multilayer ceramic capacitors designed specifically for automotive applications. The K…H Series High Operating Temperature Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors – better known as HOTcaps™ – are AEC-Q200-qualified and sui...

By RS Components | 31-01-2017

Picture this. You have just set up your exhibition booth at the Electronica 2016 exhibition in Munich only to find the neighbouring booth next to you is exhibiting products with features that are fake copies of your patented product. This is precisely what hap...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 31-01-2017

Picture this. You have just set up your exhibition booth at the Electronica 2016 exhibition in Munich only to find the neighbouring booth next to you is exhibiting products with features that are fake copies of your patented product. This is precisely what hap...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 31-01-2017

Refrigerated transportation presents challenges for data logger systems including extreme temperatures, accuracy, memory and power consumption, explains Maxim Integrated’s Scott Jones The value of temperature sensitive goods produced annually on a worldwide...

By Scott Jones | 27-01-2017

Cadmium is the culprit and it’s used in many home electronic goods, including lighting, computers and televisions. It causes cancer and targets cardiovascular, renal, gastrointestinal, neurological, reproductive and respiratory functions. However, the majority...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 25-01-2017

Cadmium is the culprit and it’s used in many home electronic goods, including lighting, computers and televisions. It causes cancer and targets cardiovascular, renal, gastrointestinal, neurological, reproductive and respiratory functions. However, the majority...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 25-01-2017

Whilst telecoms and computer market demand for semiconductor devices can best be described as mercurial the automotive industry appetite for electronic devices has been a consistent and steady growth area for the past twenty years. This comforting pattern for...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 19-01-2017

Whilst telecoms and computer market demand for semiconductor devices can best be described as mercurial the automotive industry appetite for electronic devices has been a consistent and steady growth area for the past twenty years. This comforting pattern for...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 19-01-2017

Future owners of electric vehicles (EV) may find themselves embroiled in a technology standards war over how they re-charge their cars. And let’s face it; right now one of the major negatives of owning an EV is the time-consuming rigmarole in getting it charge...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 17-01-2017