Design & Manufacture


Evaluation module provides a complete platform to evaluate clock performance

The Texas Instruments LMK03318EVM evaluation module, available through Farnell element14, provides a complete clocking platform to evaluate the clock performance, pin-/software-configuration modes and features of their LMK03318 ultra-low-ji

Farnell element14 | 27-02-2017

Touchscreen display ideal for interactive projects and standalone installations

The 4.3" Touchscreen Display Cape, available from Farnell element14, connects directly to your BeagleBone (white, black, or wireless) to provide full color touchscreen display solution. The display features a vivid 4.3" LED backlit 480

Farnell element14 | 14-02-2017

Reference design board for development of isolated forward converter industrial power supplies

The Maxim MAXREFDES116B# is an isolated 24V to 5V, 40W power supply reference design and is available now from Farnell element14. It an efficient active clamp topology design with 24V input and 5V output at 40W of power (8A). The design fea

Farnell element14 | 09-02-2017

Low-cost robotic range simplifies complex tasks

RS Components has launched a new, low-cost, fast and accurate robotics solution. Easy to programme – even for those who have never programmed a robotic arm before – the R12 and R17 benchtop robots from ST Robotics are capable of undertaking

RS Components | 02-02-2017

Cost-effective evaluation and development platform easy to integrate

The Siretta ZOOM-EVK is an evaluation and development platform and is available now from Farnell element14. The ZOOM modem plugs directly onto the EVK providing convenient access to all of the ZOOM interfaces via the EVK's D-sub, USB and te

Farnell element14 | 25-01-2017

New reference designs feature latest in battery and motor efficiency

Texas Instruments’ two circuit-based subsystem reference designs help manufacturers add flight time and extend battery life to quadcopters and other non-military consumer and industrial drones used to deliver packages, provide surveillance

Texas Instruments | 19-01-2017

New Raspberry Pi3 module targets industrial embedded systems designers

RS Components and Allied Electronics have announced the latest version of the Raspberry Pi Compute Module, based on the Raspberry Pi 3 architecture. Designed for professional engineers to develop embedded systems, the new Raspberry Pi 3 Com

RS Components | 17-01-2017

Inductive touch sensing EVM detects and measures presence of conductive objects

Mouser is offering the LDC2114 Evaluation Module (EVM) for the LDC2112 and LDC2114 inductive touch solutions from Texas Instruments. A new addition to the company’s sensing solutions, the LDC2114EVM demonstrates the use of inductive sensing

Mouser Electronics | 12-01-2017

Rapid ZigBee-enabled designs for IoT with new expansion kits

Mouser is now stocking the JN5169 ZigBee expansion kits from NXP Semiconductors. Equipped with NXP’s pre-certified ZigBee and IEEE802.15.4 JN5169 wireless microcontroller, these kits enable designers to rapidly introduce ZigBee-enabled wire

Mouser Electronics | 10-01-2017

New Arduino-compatible sensor evaluation kit

ROHM’s new sensor evaluation kit (expansion board) is equipped with seven sensors (i.e. accelerometer, barometric pressure, magnetic field), designed for use with existing open-source prototyping platforms such as Arduino and mbed. The

ROHM Semiconductor | 06-01-2017

IoT platform offers a complete hardware and software solution

A new IoT software platform from Enmo Technologies is now available through Digi-Key as a result of an established global distribution engagement. "With a broad customer base and global presence, Digi-Key is the perfect partner for us,”

Digikey | 30-12-2016

A thermal management solution for extremely thin spaces

Panasonic Automotive and Industrial Systems Europe has launched a highly-compressible Thermal Interface Material (TIM) to reduce contact thermal resistance between rough surfaces in extremely thin spaces. Soft-PGS enhances the thermal coupl

Panasonic | 30-12-2016

Developers run fully optimized vision algorithms on power efficient GPUs

Imagination Technologies PowerVR GPU is the first to achieve Khronos OpenVX 1.1 conformance. With OpenVX, developers can run fully optimized vision algorithms on the highly parallel, power-efficient PowerVR GPUs that are at the heart of man

Imagination Technologies | 20-12-2016

Low-temperature solder enables high-density surface-mount components

Molex has introduced solder on polyester substrate, a flexible, economical alternative to rigid PCB and polyimide. SMT components, including fine-pitched ICs are attached with low-temperature solder and encapsulated on a polyester substrate

Molex | 20-12-2016

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