Design & Manufacture


ESD protection devices support SuperSpeed USB up to 10Gbps

Mouser now stocks NXP Semiconductor TrEOS ESD protection devices which support SuperSpeed USB up to 10Gbps. TrEOS ESD devices protect against 20kV contact discharges and exceeds IEC 61000-4-2, level 4. TrEOS also delivers surge protectio

Mouser Electronics | 29-05-2015

Professional grade tool suite allows students to model, simulate and analyse projects

Farnell element14 has announced that it is now an official distributor of MATLAB and Simulink Student Suite, a professional grade suite of tools allowing students to model, simulate and analyse projects in software and then program hardware

Farnell element14 | 28-05-2015

High-performance ultra low-profile tuning fork in compact SMD package

Fox Electronics has developed its most compact watch crystal, measuring just 1.6mm x 1.1mm x 0.5mm (L x W x H). Although smaller in size, the new FX161 crystal operates at many of the same high standards as previous models, making it one o

Fox | 28-05-2015

Self-protected devices can be used in outdoor and commercial LED lighting systems

The Littelfuse LSP05 and LSP10 SPD surge-protection modules are now available from TTI. They are self-protected devices that can be used in outdoor and commercial LED lighting fixtures for transient over-voltage protection. They are con

TTI Europe | 27-05-2015

First proven automotive-ready in-car Ethernet physical layer

Microchip has announced that the Volvo Car Group has migrated from MOST25 to the latest MOST150 standard in its all-new Volvo XC90 model, using Microchip's OS81110 Intelligent Network Interface Controllers (INICs). After many years of us

Microchip Technology | 27-05-2015

Integrated design data and managed design revision environment

A new extension for its flagship PCB design tool, Altium Designer has been released by Altium. The MCAD Co-Designer SOLIDWORKS helps to facilitate collaboration between mechanical and electronic design teams with integrated design data, a

Altium | 27-05-2015

Universal programmer with ZIF48 pins socket and USB 2.0 interface

RS Components now stocks the VERYPRO-298 universal programmer with ZIF48 pins (Zero Insertion Force) socket and USB 2.0 interface for EPROMs, EEPROMs, FLASH Memory and Microcontrollers with TTL/CMOS ICs test software. The unit is desig

RS Components | 26-05-2015

Versatile surface-mount transducers suit wide range of compact applications

PUI Audio's ultra-compact SMT-0440 series surface-mount transducers are now available from Digi-Key, allowing sound to be added to even smaller devices. Both the side-firing SMT-0440-S-R and the top-firing SMT-0440-T-R feature overall

Digikey | 26-05-2015

Bluetooth Smart SensorTag loT kit helps users realize cloud-connected ideas

Mouser now stocks the Texas Instruments' CC2650STK SimpleLink Bluetooth Smart SensorTag loT Kit which is designed to assist design engineers to realize cloud-connected product ideas. The new SensorTag now includes ten low power MEMS se

Mouser Electronics | 26-05-2015

Design kit for the low-power AS5055A 12-bit magnetic rotary sensor

Specially developed for the AS5055A low-power 12-bit magnetic rotary sensor, Mouser now stocks the ams AS5055A-DK-ST design kit. The AS5055A is a single-chip on-axis magnetic rotary position sensor with low-voltage and low-power featur

Mouser Electronics | 21-05-2015

LOGI brings FPGA functionality to Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone boards

Farnell element14 now offers LOGI Boards, an easy to use ecosystem of hardware and software that brings FPGA functionality to both the Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone boards. Field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are semiconductor devices t

Farnell element14 | 21-05-2015

New ultra low-power FRAM microcontrollers lose power not data

Overcoming a design hurdle that has burdened engineers for decades, Texas Instruments (TI) has announced a revolutionary Compute Through Power Loss (CTPL) technology to enable context save and restore across its MSP430 FRAM microcontroller

Texas Instruments | 21-05-2015

Evaluation board speeds the way to exploring the BCM943341 quad-radio IC

Available now from Mouser, Broadcom's BCM943341WCD1EVB evaluation board allows designers to explore the functions of the BCM943341 quad-radio IC. The BCM943341WCD1EVB interfaces with the users' computer with an on-board USB port and ca

Mouser Electronics | 21-05-2015

First Ethernet-compliant laser safety scanners allow monitoring from afar

RS Components has added an industry first to its machine guarding and safety portfolio: Ethernet-compliant laser scanners that dramatically simplify management of safety zones on factory floors. The Omron OS32C safety laser scanners prov

RS Components | 19-05-2015

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