Design & Manufacture


Evaluation kits provide developers with everything needed to design new applications

In stock at Mouser, Texas Instruments LaunchPad Evaluation Kits are available for a broad range of their microcontrollers, including MSP430, C2000, and Tiva LM4F120 running on the ARM Cortex-M4. These low-cost kits provide developers with e

Mouser Electronics | 01-08-2016

Power supply reference design includes an efficient flyback topology

Maxim MAXREFDES111 isolated flyback power supply reference design, in stock at Mouser, includes an efficient flyback topology with 24V input and a 5V output at 2W of power (0.4A). This reference design is a series of isolated, industrial po

Mouser Electronics | 29-07-2016

Easy-to-use development kit for touch technology applications

Available from Farnell element14, the Texas Instruments MSP430FR2633 is an easy-to-use platform to evaluate MSP-430FR2633 microcontroller with CapTIvate touch technology for applications such as self-capacitance, mutual-capacitance, gesture

Farnell element14 | 29-07-2016

Breadboard’s super-tiny form-factor makes it easy to embed into a small project

The Digilent Cmod A7 is a small, breadboard friendly, 48-pin DIP form factor board built around a Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA. The device is available now from Digi-Key. The board also includes a USB-JTAG programming circuit, USB-UART bridge, clock

Digikey | 27-07-2016

Platform based on low power BLE sensor node for IoT applications

Microchip has released a demonstration platform, claimed to be the world’s lowest-power Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) sensor node. The platform comes complete with the award-winning ultra-low power BTLC1000-certified module, a SMART SAM L21 Co

Microchip Technology | 27-07-2016

Application board designed to connect to shuttle board

Available from Mouser, Bosch Sensortec BMF055 application board is designed to connect to the BMF055 shuttle board and can serve as an Arduino board shield. This board also provides additional pins for user customisation. The applic

Mouser Electronics | 27-07-2016

Kits designed to provide solutions for passive component requirements

KEMET currently offers a variety of engineering kits which exhibit their ceramic, film, polymer, and tantalum capacitors, inductors, and EMI suppression technologies. These kits are now available from Mouser. The kits are designed and assem

Mouser Electronics | 26-07-2016

Docking station for wearable IoT development kit

Available from RS Components, the Hexiwear Docking Station is an expansion board for their wearable IoT development kit. Further click boards can be added to the docking station to increase the functionality of their development kit

RS Components | 25-07-2016

Low capacitance TVS diode arrays provides robust protection from ESD

Littelfuse has introduced two series of low capacitance TVS Diode Arrays optimised for protecting the near field communication circuits of smartphones, tablets and other portable communication products from ESD damage. The SP3118 and SP3130

Littelfuse | 25-07-2016

Wideband 15dB gain block amplifier offering outstanding linearity

New from Linear Technology, the LTC6433-15 is a wideband 15dB gain block amplifier offering outstanding linearity of 47dBm OIP3 (output third order intercept) and 3.22dB noise figure at 150MHz. The amplifier has exceptional OP1dB (output 1

Linear | 25-07-2016

Sensor shield evaluation kit integrates 10 sensors for IoT prototyping

Mouser is now stocking the new SENSORSHLD1-EVK-101 sensor shield evaluation kit from ROHM Semiconductor. This second-generation sensor shield integrates 10 onboard sensors into a board with an Arduino Uno R3-compatible layout to ensure the

Mouser Electronics | 20-07-2016

Robotic arm designed for multiple desktop uses

Stocked by RS Components, the TinkerKit Braccio is a fully operational robotic arm, controlled using an Arduino Board. It is designed for desktop use and supplied in kit form, so you can assemble it to your own requirements. It can

RS Components | 20-07-2016

new antenna respond to demand for manufacturers moving up to 5GHz

Antenova has announced two more antennas for the 802.11a/b/g/n/ac wireless standard. The antennas are designed for the profusion of high bandwidth applications emerging in the consumer entertainment sector – specifically set-top boxes, I

Antenova Ltd | 20-07-2016

EVM demonstrates the functionality and operation of OpenLDI to FPD-Link III Serialiser

Stocked by Mouser, the Texas Instruments DS90UB947-Q1EVM Evaluation Module (EVM) converts OpenLDI to FPD-Link III. This evaluation module demonstrates the functionality and operation of the DS90UB947-Q1. The DS90UB947-Q1 is an OpenLDI to FP

Mouser Electronics | 19-07-2016

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