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Easy to populate and maintain impact-resistant hinged equipment enclosures

Bud Industries' PTQ Series PC 10% fibreglass boxes are now available from Mouser stock. They feature a body made of grey Polycarbonate (PC) resin / 10% glass fibre filled. PTQ series boxes have a hinged cover made of grey or clear Polyc

Mouser Electronics | Products | 26-06-2015

Wire-to-board connectors offer wide-variety of mating configurations

Versatile Molex SPOX wire-to-board connectors are now available from Digi-Key. The interconnects offer an extremely wide-variety of mating configurations for pitch sizes from 2.5mm to 5.08mm. The name SPOX comes from the shape of the termin

Digikey | Connectors, Switches & EMECH | 26-06-2015

Ultra low-noise instrumentation amplifier designed for measuring small signals

Designed for measuring small signals in the presence of large common-mode voltages and high temperatures, the Analog Devices AD8229 ultra low-noise instrumentation amplifier is now available from RS Components. The AD8229 is designed f

RS Components | Products | 26-06-2015

Ultra low-power MCUs offer different sets of peripherals for various applications

This post is sponsored by Texas Instruments. The Texas Instruments (TI) MSP430 family of ultra low-power microcontrollers consists of several devices featuring different sets of peripherals for various applications. The architecture

Texas Instruments | Products | 26-06-2015

Highly-efficient low-power DC-DC converter solutions suit today's design needs

Today's smart and intelligent solutions need to be created with the maximum possible power savings. Whether the energy source is energy harvesting, battery-/capacitor-powered, or from power grid, power conversion must become as efficient

Mouser Electronics | Products | 26-06-2015

USB-based platform designed to test the functional operation of various sensors

A versatile USB-based platform designed to test the functional operation of various sensor types, the Rohm sensor evaluation kit is now available from Farnell element14. It includes one Base board and several Breakout boards, making the

Farnell element14 | Products | 26-06-2015

Progressive IoT computing based on RISC technology

Advantech has launched the UBC-220, a new ARM-based compact box computer powered by a Freescale ARM Cortex-A9 i.MX6 Dual Lite high-performance processor. Designed with compact size, high capability, and superior connectivity, UBC-220 is see

Advantech | Products | 26-06-2015

Demonstration board for the L6491 gate driver eases and speeds design

Mouser now stocks the STMicroelectronics EVAL6491HB demonstration board for the L6491 gate driver. The board evaluates all of the L6491 features while driving a power switch with voltage rating up to 600V in a TO-220 or TO-247 package.

Mouser Electronics | Products | 26-06-2015

New high-speed CMOS DDR2 synchronous DRAMs offer 2Gb density

With the introduction of a new device featuring high 2Gb density in the 84ball 8mm x 12.5mm x 1.2mm FBGA package, Alliance Memory has expanded its lineup of high-speed CMOS double data rate 2 synchronous DRAMs (DDR2 SDRAM). Available from

Alliance Memory | Products | 26-06-2015

Compact dual-band Wi-Fi antenna for video streaming in small devices and IoT

Antenova has introduced a new ultra-compact dual-band antenna for the Wi-Fi 802.11n and ac 2.4 - 2.5GHz and 4.9 - 5.9GHz bands. The Mutica antenna is designed to fit within a reduced ground plane on the host PCB, making it ideal for the

Antenova Ltd | Products | 26-06-2015

DDC- Line drivers selected for weather radar system redesign

Data Device Corporation (DDC) has been selected by Honeywell Aerospace to provide ARINC 429 line drivers (DD-4107X) for the redesign of the data processor in a weather radar system. DDC’s ARINC 429 line drivers are an 8-pin, SOIC (Smal

DDC | 26-06-2015

New design strategy emerges - making batteries flexible

A new design strategy has emerged for making batteries flexible. Companies no longer purely focus on changing the chemistry or thinning the device. Instead, the special arrangement of cells make the existing batteries flexible or even folda

IDTechEx | New Technologies | 26-06-2015

Versatile VVAs for repeater, wireless backhaul and wireless infrastructure applications

Suitable for applications such as repeaters, wireless backhaul and wireless infrastructure, RFMW now offers Skyworks Solutions' SKY1223x series of voltage-controlled variable attenuators (VVAs). The four attenuators in the series, SKY122

RFMW | Products | 26-06-2015

Rugged DESC panel indicator lamps suitable for the most demanding applications

Aerco now stocks the Oxley range of panel-mount LED indicators qualified against DESC controlled drawings 85122 and 87019. The high-specification lamps are protected to IP68 and 100% screened against Table I and II of DESC drawings includi

Aerco | Products | 26-06-2015