Design & Manufacture


Development platform for use in designing low-power wearable devices

Lattice Semiconductor has unveiled a new development platform for use in designing low-power wearable devices for consumers. Based on the iCE40 Ultra FPGA, the platform features a large number of sensors and peripherals, making it a compell

Lattice | 02-12-2015

Build complete industrial automation projects with open-source hardware

Industrial Shields manufactures open-source industrial hardware to build machines, designs and installations in industrial automation and process control Available now from RS Components, the company's PLCs and Panel PCs are based on

RS Components | 01-12-2015

Motor control kit for low-voltage three-phase DC brushless motors

A versatile motor control kit based on X-NUCLEO-IHM07M1 and NUCLEO-F302R8 boards, the STMicroelectronics P-NUCLEO-IHM001 Motor Control Nucleo pack is now available from Mouser stock. The motor control solution for low-voltage three-pha

Mouser Electronics | 01-12-2015

New development kit for smart home and IoT devices runs Brillo from Google

Imagination Technologies has launched a new development kit called Creator Ci40 on Kickstarter. The Ci40 microcomputer has been specifically designed for smart home, IoT and other connected devices (drones, robots, etc.) – but it also ha

Imagination Technologies | 01-12-2015

AlGaAs LED optically coupled to a high-speed photodetector transistor

Available now from Mouser stock, Fairchild's HCPL2530 Series high-speed transistor optocouplers target applications such as line receivers, pulse transformer replacement, output interface to CMOS-LSTTL-TTL, and wide-bandwidth analog coup

Mouser Electronics | 26-11-2015

Digital power supply design software forC2000 real-time MCUs

Available from Texas Instruments (TI), powerSUITE is a suite of digital power supply design software tools for the company's C2000 real-time microcontroller (MCU) family. It is included as part of the C2000 MCU family's controlSUITE so

Texas Instruments | 26-11-2015

Raspberry Pi's new Pi Zero board expands portfolio

Farnell element14 has expanded its extensive Raspberry Pi product range by launching the smallest form factor Raspberry Pi on the market, the new Raspberry Pi Zero. The ultra-slim Raspberry Pi board is the smallest form factor Raspberr

Farnell element14 | 26-11-2015

Two-phase interleaved PFC converter with power metering

Texas Instruments (TI) now offers a digitally-controlled two-phase interleaved 700W power factor correction converter design with added power metering functionality. A C2000 Piccolo microcontroller controls the two 180 degree phase shif

Texas Instruments | 25-11-2015

Demo board for NFC connected tag chips is suitable for custom applications

Now available from Farnell element14, the NXP NTAG I²C Demo Kit features a dual-purpose demonstration and development hardware board, a Class 5 Antenna Board and is complemented by an Android App available on Playstore for complete inter

Farnell element14 | 24-11-2015

Explore real-time closed-loop control development with C2000 32-bit microcontroller

This post is sponsored by Texas Instruments. The C2000 Piccolo LaunchPad from Texas Instruments (TI) is an inexpensive, modular, and fun evaluation platform, enabling users to dive into real-time, closed-loop control development with t

Texas Instruments | 24-11-2015

Thermally-conductive electrically-insulative silicone meets NASA low-outgassing spec

Master Bond has announced its MasterSil 972TC-LO passes the rigorous requirements for low outgassing as per ASTM E595 specifications. It is particularly well suited to use in vacuum environments as well as applications in the aerospace, ele

Masterbond | 24-11-2015

High-linearity driver amplifier designed for wireless infrastructure applications

TriQuint's QPA9119 0.5W high-linearity driver amplifier is designed for use in wireless infrastructure where high linearity, medium power, and high efficiency are required. The QPA9119 amplifier is seen as ideal for transceiver line cards i

Mouser Electronics | 24-11-2015

High-precision potentiometers for high-accuracy control applications

Now available from Mouser stock, Bourns' 3540 Series Multiturn precision potentiometers are designed for control applications where accuracy and high-reliability are critical. The 3540 series features a power rating of 2W and a resista

Mouser Electronics | 23-11-2015

Low-power long-range transceiver offers sensitivity of over -148dBm

Now available from Mouser stock, Semtech's SX1276 low-power long-range transceiver features the LoRa long-range modem that provides ultra-long range spread spectrum communication and high interference immunity whilst minimizing current c

Mouser Electronics | 20-11-2015

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