Design & Manufacture


Development boards feature a variety of MCUs to interface with MikroElektronika click boards

A selection of MikroElektronika Clicker 2 development boards is now available from Mouser. They feature a variety of MCUs to interface with the MikroElektronika click boards. The Clicker 2 board includes 2 sockets for click boards, as

Mouser Electronics | 19-05-2015

Simple reference design targets power lift and relay-based DC motor-control applications

Mouser is now stocking the StarterTRAK TRK S12VR WLFT reference design from Freescale Semiconductor. Designed as a development platform for the Freescale S12 MagniV S12VR 16-bit microcontroller, the simple reference design targets power

Mouser Electronics | 19-05-2015

Certified 28nm FPGAs, SoCs and Toolflows speed IEC 61508-compliant designs

Altera has announced the availability of the latest version of its Industrial Functional Safety Data Package (Ver. 3) for systems designers using Altera field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The safety pack provides TÜV Rheinland-certifie

Altera | 19-05-2015

New open beta program for community-driven PCB design tool

Altium has announced an open beta program for their community-driven PCB design tool - CircuitMaker will be available worldwide to all interested electronics designers, and aims to address the unique needs of the electronics maker and ho

Altium | 19-05-2015

Low-power synthesizer features frequency-shift keying modulation

New from Texas Instruments, the LMX2571 is a low-power, high-performance, wideband PLLatinum RF synthesizer that integrates a delta-sigma fractional N PLL, multiple core voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), programmable output dividers a

Texas Instruments | 18-05-2015

High-side digital output switch addresses today's industrial automation system needs

Maxim Integrated Products is addressing the need for higher throughput, smaller footprint, and lower power in industrial automation with its new MAX14900E digital output switch. This eight-channel integrated circuit (IC) provides up to 7

Maxim | 18-05-2015

Hardware / software platform targets industrial drive and servo topologies

Texas Instruments (TI) has unveiled DesignDRIVE — a single hardware and software platform that makes it easier for engineers to develop and evaluate solutions for many industrial drive and servo topologies. The DesignDRIVE kit and exampl

Texas Instruments | 15-05-2015

New Spectra-Q Engine accelerates FPGA and SoC design

Altera has unveiled its Spectra-Q engine, a new technology at the heart of the company’s proven Quartus II software, to accelerate design productivity and time-to-market for next-generation programmable devices. The Spectra-Q engine exte

Altera | 15-05-2015

New open-source hardware technology site launched

Mouser has announced the update of its popular Open Source Hardware (OSHW) Technology site which provides developers with the resources they need to quickly learn about the latest advances in open-source hardware, and the newest open sou

Mouser Electronics | 14-05-2015

Latest GUI speeds digital power system design, validation and monitoring

Intersil has unveiled PowerNavigator version 5.2, a free, downloadable graphical user interface (GUI) that helps system designers quickly configure, validate and monitor their power supply architectures. The new features included in Powe

Intersil | 14-05-2015

Magnetic position adapter board eases and speeds sensor evaluation

The ams AS5047D magnetic position adapter board is now available from Mouser. It enables quick and easy evaluation of the principle function of the AS5047D magnetic position sensor within the user's own system design. Developed using a

Mouser Electronics | 13-05-2015

Quickly create prototypes with any STM32 microcontroller

The STM32 Nucleo boards from ST Microelectronics are now available from Farnell element14. The affordable boards allow design engineers to try out new ideas and quickly create prototypes with any STM32 MCU, says the company. The STM3

Farnell element14 | 13-05-2015

High slew rate low-noise rail-to-rail output operation amplifier

Designed to ensure high-performance operation in low-voltage low-power applications, On Semiconductor's NCS2003 operational amplifier is now available from Digi-Key. The NCS2003 is a low-voltage operational amplifier with rail-to-rail

Digikey | 12-05-2015

Standalone ZIF socket target board used to program and debug the TI MSP432

Now available from Mouser stock, the Texas Instruments (TI) MSP-TS432PZ100 Target Socket Board is a standalone ZIF socket target board used to program and debug the MSP432 in-system through the JTAG interface or the Spy Bi-Wire (2-wire J

Mouser Electronics | 12-05-2015

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