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Customisation options for aluminium instrument enclosures

New customisation options are now available for OKW's Metcase Unimet-Plus desktop and portable instrument enclosures. The high-quality range of robust metal cases targets laboratory and communications equipment, medical and wellness device

OKW Enclosures | Products | 18-06-2015

Soft termination capacitors feature a resin external electrode to relieve mechanical stress

Available now from Mouser stock, Murata GRJ Series soft termination capacitors feature a resin external electrode that relieves the mechanical stress on the ceramic element. The capacitors are designed with an advanced conductive polym

Mouser Electronics | Products | 18-06-2015

Keyless door lock system uses new HomeKit solution for Bluetooth Smart SoCs

Nordic Semiconductor has announced the availability of its HomeKit solution for the nRF51 Series Bluetooth Smart SoCs. Meeting the HomeKit technical specifications the complete solution offers simplified development and accelerated time to

Nordic | 18-06-2015

Performance of ceramic ESD device series boosted by 20%

Murata has increased the performance of its LXES ceramic ESD protection device series by 20% compared to the peak voltage performance characteristic of previous models. The ceramic protection devices use the gap between two electrodes as a

Murata | New Technologies | 18-06-2015

Synchronous regulators designed to take advantage of new battery chemistries

Designed to allow systems to take advantage of new battery chemistries, Fairchild FAN48623 synchronous TinyBoost regulators are now stocked by Mouser. The devices can supply significant energy when the battery voltage is lower than th

Mouser Electronics | Products | 17-06-2015

DE0-Nano-SoC development kit features high-speed DDR3 memory and more

A robust hardware design platform built around the Altera System-on-Chip (SoC) FPGA, which combines the latest dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 embedded cores with industry-leading, programmable logic for ultimate design flexibility, the Terasic

Digikey | Products | 17-06-2015

Compact power management unit targets Bluetooth headsets and other portables

This post is sponsored by Texas Instruments. New from Texas Instruments, the TPS65720 is a small power management unit aimed at Bluetooth headsets and other portable low-power consumer end products. The device contains a USB-friendl

Texas Instruments | Products | 17-06-2015

BLE module optimised for low power, small size and low-cost products

With demand for low-energy wireless connectivity accelerating in recent times, Available now from Farnell element14, Panasonic's PAN1740 next-generation Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) module offers a reduced form factor, significantly low

Farnell element14 | Products | 17-06-2015

Latest firmware makes popular PLC platform faster, more flexible and failsafe-ready

Featuring upgraded firmware V4.1 that introduces performance improvements, extra features, and support for forthcoming failsafe CPUs - RS Components is now shipping the latest in the popular Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU series. The new fi

RS Components | Products | 17-06-2015

Connector solution for critical vehicle-wiring applications in harsh environments

The Molex ML-XT sealed connection system is now stocked by Mouser. The cost-competitive connector solution offers superior reliability for critical vehicle-wiring applications in harsh environments and is designed for use in multiple hea

Mouser Electronics | Products | 17-06-2015

Self-protected resettable e-fuse targets consumer applications

Designed to enhance system reliability against shutdown and catastrophic failures, the NIS5135 resettable electronic fuse introduced by Diodes Incorporated sus plug-and-play applications in consumer applications including hard disc and soli

Diodes Inc | Products | 17-06-2015

Multicore SoC achieves 5x power efficiency improvement for real-time applications

Analog Devices (ADI) has introduced eight new SHARC processors as part of its latest high-performance, power-efficient, real-time series that delivers peak performance greater than 24 giga-floating-point operations per second using two enha

Analog Devices | Products | 17-06-2015

New electronic motor-protection relays help to enhance energy efficiency

Designed to help engineers cut stock management costs and simplify design processes whilst ensuring high reliability according to international standards, a new series of highly-versatile and efficient electronic motor protection relays

Weg Electronics | Products | 17-06-2015

Supercapacitor charger features bi-directional operation for fast charging and back-up

New from Linear Technology, the LTC3110 is a bi-directional, programmable input current buck-boost supercapacitor charger with active charge balancing for 1- or 2-series supercapacitors. The proprietary low-noise buck-boost topology does th

Linear | Products | 17-06-2015