Design & Manufacture


Starter kit for design engineers working in industrial, HMI and networking applications

Farnell element14 now stocks the Texas Instruments AM437x Starter Kit for design engineers working in industrial, HMI and networking applications. The low-cost development platform is based on the ARM Cortex-A9 processor providing a stable

Farnell element14 | 07-10-2015

Precision isolation amplifier with output separated from input circuitry

Farnell element14 now stocks the Teas Instruments (TI) AMC1200-Q1, a precision isolation amplifier with an output separated from the input circuitry by a silicon dioxide (SiO2) barrier that is highly resistant to magnetic interference.

Farnell element14 | 05-10-2015

Low-noise GaAs MMIC wideband amplifier in a leadless SMT 4mm x 4mm plastic package

Digi-Key now stocks the Analog Devices HMC753LP4E, a GaAs MMIC low-noise wideband amplifier housed in a leadless 4mm x 4mm plastic surface-mount package. The amplifier operates between 1GHz and 11GHz, providing up to 16.5dB of small s

Digikey | 02-10-2015

Breakthrough GDTs reduce device height by 75% for significantly smaller system designs

Latest from Bourns are new gas discharge tubes (GDTs) using a breakthrough flat package design setting a new standard in volume and space-saving circuit protection design. The two-electrode Model 2017 Series FLAT GDT uses a breakthrough fla

Bourns | 02-10-2015

Solar-powered IoT kit features BLE connectivity

Providing an easy-to-use platform for the development of a solar-powered IoT device with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) wireless connectivity -the S6SAE101A solar-powered Internet of Things (IoT) device kit from Cypress Semiconductor is now

Mouser Electronics | 01-10-2015

First stock of new automotive-grade digital optocoupler

Mouser has announced it is the first global distributor to stock the Avago Technologies ACFL-5211T digital optocoupler. The dual-channel, bidirectional, high-speed 1MBaud devices bare designed for automotive applications with AEC-Q100 G

Mouser Electronics | 01-10-2015

Type N attenuators designed to control the power level of an RF signal

Amphenol RF Type N Attenuators are now available from Mouser. They are designed to offer flat attenuation over the designated frequency range. The attenuators feature microwave grade resistors that consistently reduces power. Hex flats

Mouser Electronics | 30-09-2015

USB 2.0 to QuadSPI/I²C bridge development module in a compact 32-pin QFN package

Housed in a compact 32-pin QFN package, FTDI's UMFT4222EV development module uses the company's FT4222H, a hi-speed USB 2.0 to QuadSPI/I²C bridge. Now stocked by Digi-Key, the FT4222H requires an external crystal (12MHz) for the intern

Digikey | 29-09-2015

Free IDE for MCU design using Atmel Smart ARM processor-based and AVR MCUs

Atmel has released Atmel Studio 7, the company’s comprehensive, free integrated development environment (IDE) for MCU design using Atmel SMART ARM processor-based and AVR MCUs. Atmel is also launching Atmel START - a new, highly intuitive g

Atmel | 29-09-2015

Development modules interface FTDI's FT60x USB 3.0 SuperSpeed IC with hardware

FTDI's UMFT60xA and UMFT60xX range of evaluation / development modules is now available from Digi-Key. They are available with either high-speed mezzanine card (HSMC) or field-programmable mezzanine card (FMC) (LPC) connectors for inter

Digikey | 28-09-2015

Dual-channel digital isolator offers superior alternatives to optocouplers

The Analog Devices ADuM3200/ADuM3201 dual-channel digital isolator range is now available from Mouser stock. The device features iCoupler technology and combine high-speed CMOS and monolithic transformer technology to achieve outstandin

Mouser Electronics | 25-09-2015

NFC / RFID BoosterPack add-on board designed to fit all TI microcontroller LaunchPads

This post is sponsored by Texas Instruments. The Texas Instruments (TI) third-party provider DLP Design NFC/RFID BoosterPack (DLP-7970ABP) is an add-on board designed to fit all of TI's MCU LaunchPads. The BoosterPack allows the sof

Texas Instruments | 25-09-2015

Surface-mount GaN low-noise amplifier offers 20GHz bandwidth

Latest from RFMW is the Qorvo TGA2227, a 2-22GHz low-noise amplifier (LNA) fabricated on Qorvo’s TQGaN15 GaN on SiC process. The GaN on SiC technology offers high input power survivability of 40dBm, potentially eliminating the need for a po

RFMW | 25-09-2015

Low-cost evaluation platform based highest-performance Hercules MCU

This post is sponsored by Texas Instruments. The Hercules TMS570LC43x LaunchPad is now available from Texas Instruments (TI). The low-cost evaluation platform is based on the highest-performance Hercules MCU TMS570LC4357. The lockste

Texas Instruments | 24-09-2015

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