Design & Manufacture


New high voltage Zener diode lineup ideal for automotive ECUs

ROHM has announced the development of high voltage Zener diodes optimized for protection and constant current applications in a variety of electronic circuits. The UDZLV and KDZLV series are comprised of 12 models in Zener voltages ranging

ROHM Semiconductor | 19-12-2016

Supercar features premium audio and feature-rich infotainment system

One of the most technologically advanced sports coupes in the world features Microchip’s Media Oriented Systems Transport (MOST) technology for powering the vehicle’s premium surround sound audio and infotainment system. Pagani Automobili’s

Microchip Technology | 15-12-2016

Surface mount attenuator pads have excellent flatness on small chip size

SemiGen has added a series of fixed attenuator pads to its expanding product offerings. The company offers a selection of fixed attenuators pads with an attenuation of 0dB up to 100dB. These attenuator pads feature precise resistor films an

SemiGen | 15-12-2016

New electronic adhesive for delicate structures

DELO has introduced a new electronic adhesive featuring very thin and high walls at the same time. DELOMONOPOX GE7985 has been developed for automotive and industrial applications requiring high reliability in combination with miniaturized

DELO | 15-12-2016

Reference design board has embedded security in IoT

Available now from Farnell element14, the MAXREFDES143# is a DeepCover embedded security in IOT authenticated sensing and notification. The subsystem reference design secures industrial IoT systems with hardware security provided by a DS246

Farnell element14 | 14-12-2016

Evaluation kit SoC enables Thread and BLE RF connectivity

Now available from Digi-Key, Rigado’s R41Z module is a highly integrated, ultra-low-power module that enables Thread with IEEE 802.15.4 and BLE RF connectivity for portable, extremely low-power embedded systems. The module is based on the K

Digikey | 06-12-2016

Bidirectional thyristor surge protectors offer very low breakover voltage

Bourns has expanded its leading line of bidirectional overvoltage protectors offering very low breakover voltage. Designed to limit damaging overvoltage threats, their latest thyristor surge device provides optimized two-point protection fo

Bourns | 24-11-2016

Software environment delivers increased security and faster time-to-market

Renesas Electronics Europe has announced its new host drivers and an upgrade of the software environment for the TPS-1 PROFINET IRT device chip. The new software version, based on the latest PROFINET standard, simplifies the certification p

Renesas | 23-11-2016

Bidirectional TVS offer high power density to save board space

Vishay has introduced what is claimed to be the industry's first bidirectional 1500W surface-mount PAR transient voltage suppressors (TVS) in the low-profile eSMP SMPC (TO-277A) package. With their low height of 1.1mm typical, devices in th

Vishay | 22-11-2016

Evaluation platform kit for liquid level sensing shield

Available now from RS Components, the CY8CKIT-022 CapSense liquid level sensing shield is an Arduino-compatible evaluation platform for CapSense-based liquid level sensing solutions. The kit contains two flexible PCBs, each with differe

RS Components | 18-11-2016

Kit enables developers to learn about servo motor control and build robotic devices

Terasic Technologies Servo Motor Kit, available from Mouser, is designed to enable developers to learn about servo motor control and build their own robotic devices. The kit includes one Servo Motor Driver daughter board and one servo motor

Mouser Electronics | 16-11-2016

Development kit enables users to create a prototype and refine concepts efficiently

Stocked by Farnell element14, the Moto Mod development kit (MDK) abstracts complex areas of the Moto Mod architecture so users can focus on design, create a prototype and refine concepts quickly and efficiently. To get projects up and r

Farnell element14 | 16-11-2016

Fast in-circuit-programmer for family of microcontrollers

SEGGER has announced in-circuit-programming support for the Infineon Technologies family of XMC1000 microcontrollers. Production of these microcontrollers now benefits from the fast flash programming algorithms developed by the company.

Segger | 15-11-2016

Qualified surface mount TVS diodes safeguard sensitive automotive electronics

Littelfuse has introduced a series of AEC-Q101 qualified TVS Diodes designed specifically to protect sensitive electronic equipment from voltage transients induced by load dump and other transient voltage events. The SLD8S Series automot

Littelfuse | 11-11-2016

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