Design & Manufacture


Go-kart design competition to promote STEM skills through motorsport

RS Components has announced its PDC go-kart design competition – a chance for students to design the livery of PDC Racing’s new go-kart for the 2021/22 season and win a STEM day at their school. The competition is open to children in the

RS Components | 08-10-2020

New development solution for industrial IoT applications

Avnet Silica has launched the Avnet Silica MiniPOC Kit, which is created to enable ‘Proof-of-Concept’ for edge-to-cloud IoT use cases. The easy-to-use kit is based on Renesas’ Synergy microcontrollers and the manufacturer’s leading-edge sen

Avnet | 06-10-2020

Amplifier EVM supports next-generation 5G m-MIMO active antenna system

Texas Instruments LMH9135RRLEVM Amplifier Evaluation Module, available now from Mouser, is employed to evaluate the LMH9135 device, which is a differential input to single-ended output 18dB gain block amplifier offered in 2mm x 2mm2 12-pin

Mouser Electronics | 01-10-2020

Eval kit for ToF distance sensing for multiple applications

Mouser is now stocking the ams TMF8801-EVM evaluation kit. The kit enables engineers to evaluate the operation of the ams TMF8801 1D ToF sensor for applications including industrial robotics, smartphones, and autonomous appliances. The k

Mouser Electronics | 28-09-2020

Demo boards come loaded with advanced features

Analog Devices DC2914A Demo Boards offer three versions to show the three different staged start topologies of LTC4238. The LTC4238 Hot Swap Controllers allow a board to be safely inserted and extracted from a live backplane. The demo board

Analog Devices | 23-09-2020

First SoC FPGA development kit based on the RISC-V instruction set architecture

Microchip Technology is offering what is claimed to be the industry’s first RISC-V based SoC FPGA development kit for PolarFire SoC FPGA—the industry-leading low-cost, low-power, RISC-V-based SoC FPGA. The company's Icicle Development Kit f

Microchip Technology | 21-09-2020

Reference design for smoke and fire detector

Analog Devices CN0537 Reference Design for UL-217 Smoke Detector is developed to demonstrate the use of the ADPD188BI Integrated Optical Module in a smoke/fire detection application. The ADPD188BI optical module is a comprehensive photometr

Analog Devices | 15-09-2020

New wireless kits enhance connectivity and reduce time to market

Advantech has announced two wireless solutions aimed at enhancing connectivity in diverse applications. EWM-W192 K1 and K2 and EWM-C186K1 (EWM-W/C) wireless solutions allow Wi-Fi 5/Bluetooth 5.0 and LTE CAT16, respectively. EWM-W192 K1 and

Advantech | 11-09-2020

Development kit for AI-based applications to implement EDGE intelligence

The first development kit produced by Rutronik, the RUTDevKit-STM32L5, is a total solution for AI-based applications running on an MCU platform. It facilitates hardware and firmware developers to provide proofs-of-concept within a short spa

Rutronik | 09-09-2020

Evaluation boards give efficient demonstration and evaluation of RS-485 transceivers

Analog Devices EVAL-ADM286xEEBZ Evaluation Boards provide simplified, efficient demonstration and evaluation of the ADM286xE 5.7kVrms Signal and Power Isolated RS-485 Transceivers. The transceivers highlight an integrated, low EMI, isolated

Analog Devices | 07-09-2020

Second-generation development platform improves on every metric

RS Components now offers the RX72N Envision Kit from Renesas Electronics. Optimised for HMI development in the IoT, the kit provides a highly sophisticated and integrated platform for developing applications that need a GUI. With a fully

RS Components | 02-09-2020

Evaluation board for isolated signal and power transceivers

Analog Devices EVAL-ADM3058EEBZ Evaluation Board evaluates ADM3058E isolated signal and power transceivers for CAN or CAN FD networks. This board provides all the input and output functions to work with no requirement for external compon

Analog Devices | 01-09-2020

Demonstration circuit for RMS power detector

Linear Technology/Analog Devices DC2932A Demonstration Circuit offers a reference design for the LTC5597 RMS Power Detector. The circuit has an RMS response measuring RF and microwave signals from 100MHz to 70GHz. The input signal change

Analog Devices | 21-08-2020

Development kit for evaluating FPGAs

GOWIN Semiconductor DK-START-GW1N9 Development Kit, available from Mouser, assists in the evaluation of the GW1N-LV9 LQ144 LittleBee GW1N-9 FPGAs. The board has an extensive range of advanced features, incorporating low power consumption, h

Mouser Electronics | 17-08-2020

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