Design & Manufacture


Updates to high-speed flagship PCB design suite announced

Altium has announced the next update to its flagship PCB design tool, Altium Designer. Altium Designer 15.1 will introduce several new features for improved design productivity, documentation outputs and high-speed design efficiency.

Altium | 26-02-2015

New robotics technology site offers a wealth of data and components

Mouser Electronics, Inc. today announced their new Robotics Technology site. Mouser's new technology site provides developers with the resources they need to learn about the latest advances in robotics technologies, and the newest compon

Mouser Electronics | 26-02-2015

Universal line voltage LED driver evaluation boards

Fairchild Semiconductor FEBFL7733A evaluation boards are now available from Mouser stock. They are universal line voltage LED drivers and use the FL7733A primary side regulator (PSR) single-stage controller with PFC. Features include

Mouser Electronics | 25-02-2015

Kit supports logic controller for application controlling simple machines

RS Components now stocks the Modicon M221 Starter Kit. The M221 logic controller is for application for controlling of simple machines and offers best-in-class performance. It requires minimal installation and offers tremendous versatil

RS Components | 25-02-2015

Complete Bluetooth Smart solutions portfolio designed to aid developers

Silicon Labs has unveiled a complete Bluetooth Smart solutions portfolio designed to help developers minimize the energy consumption, cost and complexity of wireless IoT designs. Silicon Labs’ recent acquisition of Bluegiga, a leading su

Silicon Labs | 24-02-2015

Plug-and-play solution demonstrates the benefits of wireless power transfer

Texas Instruments and Wurth Elektronik have put together a plug-and-play solution which demonstrates the benefits of wireless power transfer - the system is now available from Digi-Key. 'Integrating wireless power in devices is an easy

Digikey | 23-02-2015

Uni-directional transient voltage suppressor protest sensitive systems

Central Semiconductor's 5SMC33A uni-directional transient voltage suppressor are now available from Mouser stock. The surface mount glass-passivated junction transient voltage suppressor is designed to protect voltage sensitive systems

Mouser Electronics | 23-02-2015

Gizmo 2 the second-generation open source x86 development board available

Available now from Farnell element14, Gizmo 2 is the second generation open source x86 development board by GizmoSphere. Gizmo 2 provides the power of a high-performance computer and the I/O capabilities of a microcontroller through the

Farnell element14 | 23-02-2015

Ethernet surge protectors incorporate gas discharge tube and surge limiting technologies

Bourns 1530-1 Series Commercial PoE Ethernet surge protectors are now stocked by Mouser. They incorporate the most up to date gas discharge tube and surge limiting technologies to provide the highest protection level. The 1530-1 Serie

Mouser Electronics | 23-02-2015

High-speed amplifiers for low-power high-resolution data conversion systems

Ideal for low-power high-resolution data conversion systems, Mouser now stocks the Analog Devices ADA4805-1 / ADS4805-2 high speed voltage feedback, rail-to-rail output amplifiers which feature an exceptionally low quiescent current of 5

Mouser Electronics | 20-02-2015

Versatile set of near-field communication chips and easy-to-use development tools

RS Components is making near-field communication (NFC) applications easier to design and more accessible by introducing the Panasonic NFC tag platform, which comprises a versatile set of NFC ICs and easy-to-use development tools. The NFC

RS Components | 20-02-2015

Easy access to standard and custom RF, microwave and microelectronics products

RFMW has announced a worldwide distribution agreement with API Technologies, a leading provider of high-performance RF, microwave and millimetre-wave solutions. Under the agreement, RFMW will be an authorized distributor of a full range

RFMW | 20-02-2015

Six-axis e-compass targets portables and health and fitness products

Aimed at applications such as smartphones, tablets and health and fitness products, Kionix's KMX61 6-axis e-compass is now available from Mouser stock. The device features auto-calibration software and delivers high sensitivity (0.05 µT

Mouser Electronics | 19-02-2015

TVS diode arrays protect systems against damaging voltage transients

Now stocked by Mouser, the Littelfuse SP402x TVS diode array is designed to protect electronic devices from high-speed and often damaging voltage transients such as lightning and electrostatic discharge (ESD). The devices feature a hig

Mouser Electronics | 19-02-2015

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