Development Boards


New single-board computers faster than Raspberry Pi 3

Mouser now offers the powerful X86 single-board computers from UDOO. The open source X86 combines the power of a PC with prototyping capabilities of the Arduino 101 and claims to have a 10 times faster execution time than the Raspberry Pi 3

Mouser Electronics | 14-07-2017

Development solutions provide wireless support including LoRa communications for IoT development

RS Components is extending its portfolio of high-quality development boards with the introduction of two new SmartEverything solutions from Arrow. The SmartEverything LION IoT development SoM board and the SmartEverything ARIS IoT board bot

RS Components | 13-07-2017

New flexible and powerful starter kit enables easier development of Ethernet nodes

Avnet Silica has a new EtherCAT starter kit for the development of a wide range of fast industrial Ethernet technology-based applications. Implementing the standard Ethernet data-packet format, which provides connectivity to existing Ethern

Avnet | 05-07-2017

WiFi drawing robot teaches young children about programming, robotics and mathematics

Available from RS Components, the Mirobot v2 Electronics Only Kit consists of all the parts, excluding the chassis, needed to build a WiFi Drawing Robot. This kit is ideal for children who are over seven years of age and will teach them abo

RS Components | 03-07-2017

New model Pi 3 offers twice the RAM and faster processor

Available now from Mouser, the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B ARMv8 w/ 1GB RAM has the same Pi features as previously but with twice the ram and a faster processor. The model has had two major upgrades. The first upgrade is a next generation Quad C

Mouser Electronics | 03-07-2017

I/O controller modules provide easy control via USB

Saelig has announced an improved USB I/O controller - the IO-Warrior56 - now with 50 I/O pins as well as integrated complex functionality. In addition to I2C, SPI, 8x8 key matrix, 64x8 LED matrix, and support for most alphanumeric and graph

Saelig | 29-06-2017

Gyro sensors ideal for applications that require precise measurement

Tronics’ highly advanced MEMS Gyro sensors and GYPRO evaluation boards now are available worldwide from Digi-Key as the result of a new distribution agreement between the two companies. “We are pleased to announce the expansion of our d

Digikey | 27-06-2017

Educational desktop robot arm can be built with nothing but a screwdriver

Available now from RS Components, the MeArm Deluxe Kit from Mime Industries is a desktop robot arm which you can build with nothing but a screwdriver. Designed as a fun educational project to introduce you to the world of programming, elect

RS Components | 22-06-2017

Desktop robot arm designed as a fun educational project

Available now from RS Components, the Just MeArm Kit from Mime Industries is a desktop robot arm which you can build with a screwdriver and then control with your choice of controller board. You can control the device using the an Arduino b

RS Components | 12-06-2017

WiFi drawing Robot teaches technology, programming, robotics and mathematics for young children

RS Components offer the Mirobot v2 Kit which is a complete kit to build the WiFi drawing robot. The kit is suitable for children over seven years old and teaches about technology, programming, robotics and mathematics. Easy to assemble and

RS Components | 07-06-2017

Dev kit enables mobile and IoT app developers to build wireless demos without developing hardware or firmware

Nordic Semiconductor has introduced the "Nordic Thingy:52", a fully-functional single-board Bluetooth 5-compatible Bluetooth low energy development kit that offers 'out-of-the-box' wireless configuration from smartphone apps and the Cloud.

Nordic | 07-06-2017

Development kit offers superior depth sensing for augmented reality and facial recognition

RS Components offers the Intel RealSense SR300 development kit, which is ideal for software development, prototyping and depth-sensing evaluation in a wide range of applications such as full-hand skeletal tracking and gesture recognition, f

RS Components | 02-06-2017

Development kit improves voice recognition in adverse audio environments for emerging H2M applications

Microsemi Corporation has announced its AcuEdge Development Kit for Amazon Alexa Voice Service (AVS). The kit delivers enhanced audio processing to improve voice recognition rates in adverse audio environments for emerging H2M applications

MicroSemi | 02-06-2017

High performance transition mode PFC evaluation board has improved performance

Available now from RS Components, the STMicroelectronics STEVAL-ISA102V2 L6562A is a current-mode PFC controller operating in transition mode (TM). With the same pinout as its L6562 predecessor, the L6562A offers improved performance mainly

RS Components | 31-05-2017

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