Design & Manufacture


New self-powered switch range and evaluation kit simplifies design of wireless controls

RS Components is making energy-harvesting applications easier and faster to develop with the new Wireless Switch Evaluation Kit and modular snap and rocker switches by Cherry. The AFIK-1002 evaluation kit, which is exclusive to RS, conta

RS Components | 16-07-2015

Starter kit accelerates vision-based ADAS application development

Renesas has introduced its smallest R-Car-based development kit to date - the ADAS Starter Kit - based on Renesas’ high-end R-Car H2 System on Chip (SoC) and developed to help simplify and speed up the development of advanced driver assi

Renesas | 16-07-2015

Evaluation for the HMC1118LP3DE high-isolation SPDT non-reflective switch

Enabling designers to evaluate the performance features of the HMC1118LP3DE high-isolation SPDT non-reflective switch, the Analog Devices / Hittite EV1HMC1118LP3D evaluation board is now stocked by Mouser. The general-purpose HMC1118LP

Mouser Electronics | 15-07-2015

Board eases evaluation of the ADF5904 4-channel 24GHz receiver down-converter

The Analog Devices EV-ADF5904SD2Z evaluation board is now stocked by Mouser. It is designed to enable designers to easily evaluate the performance of the ADF5904 4-channel, 24GHz receiver down-converter. Each channel of the ADF5904 rec

Mouser Electronics | 14-07-2015

Wide range of electronic CAD models save time for design engineers

RS Components has announced it has exclusive distributor access to the SamacSys ECAD Part Wizard (EPW) and a wide range of high-quality ready-to-use electronic component ECAD models. The models support all popular ECAD tool formats, includi

RS Components | 14-07-2015

Resettable self-protected electronic fuse suits disk drives and industrial needs

Designed for consumer applications such as hard disk drives and industrial applications to enhance system reliability against catastrophic and shutdown failures, Digi-Key now stocks the Diodes Inc. NIS5135 self-protected resettable elect

Digikey | 14-07-2015

Turn everyday objects into high-tech prototypes suitable for education and more

Mouser has announced that it has signed a global distribution agreement with Adafruit. Adafruit was founded in 2005 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineer Limor 'Ladyada' Fried. The company offers unique and fun DIY el

Mouser Electronics | 14-07-2015

Hardware development platform for Atmel ARM Cortex-M7-based microcontrollers

The Atmel SMART SAM V71 Xplained Ultra evaluation kit is now available from Farnell element14. The hardware development platform for the ATSAMV71Q21 and other Atmel ARM Cortex-M7-based microcontrollers in the SAM V70, SAM S70, and SAM E

Farnell element14 | 13-07-2015

First current-sense amplifier to integrate a high-precision low-drift shunt resistor

Introduced as the industry’s first current-sense amplifier to integrate a high-precision, low-drift shunt resistor, the Texas Instruments (TI) INA250 can deliver highly-accurate measurements over a wide temperature range. The INA250 inte

Texas Instruments | 10-07-2015

Capacitive touchscreen development modules speed compact HMI designs

The FTDI VM801B Embedded Video Engine (EVE) LCD development module is now available from Alpha Micro. Based around FTDI’s FT801 EVE display controller IC the module provides a perfect platform from which to implement touchscreen human machi

Alpha Micro Components | 10-07-2015

Site updates include Multimedia entry system, IoT sensor node and thermostat

Mouser has announced a new update to its Industrial Applications Site by featuring new resources devoted to the popular topic of home and factory automation. The updates include three block diagrams featuring home and factory automati

Mouser Electronics | 10-07-2015

Device provides an isolation barrier between a computer and two connected USB devices

The Murata NMUSB202MC dual-port USB data isolator is now available from Mouser. The surface-mount isolator provides an isolation barrier between a computer and two connected USB devices, helping to extend effective breaking of ground lo

Mouser Electronics | 09-07-2015

RS Compact new Arduino mini wireless development board speeds designs

RS Components has announced that it is extending its Arduino portfolio of open-source electronics development and prototyping boards with the addition of the new Arduino Yun Mini. Aimed at embedded engineers, developers and students, the

RS Components | 08-07-2015

Near-infrared digital micromirror acts as a spatial light modulator

Acting as a spatial light modulator (SLM) to steer near-infrared (NIR) light, the Texas Instruments (TI) DLP4500NIR WXGA near-infrared digital micromirror device (DMD) is now stocked by Mouser. This capability allows for the creation o

Mouser Electronics | 08-07-2015

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