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High quality switches for range of industrial, medical and communication applications

In stock at Farnell element14, are a series of high quality stainless steel switches from Multicomp, competitively priced and suitable for a wide range of industrial, medical and communication applications. The series of metal pushb

Farnell element14 | Products | 30-06-2016

Real-time smart city technologies moving apace

NXP Semiconductors has announced that its highly-advanced technologies for smart cities, including sophisticated vehicle communications solutions, RFID tagging and Smart Card ICs, play a key role in Columbus, Ohio’s winning proposal for

NXP | New Technologies | 30-06-2016

New development kit features rad-tolerant RTG4 PROTO FPGAs

Microsemi has announced availability of the RTG4 Development Kit featuring its recently announced RTG4 PROTO field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). As the industry’s first radiation-tolerant FPGA kit providing space designers a comprehe

MicroSemi | 30-06-2016

Interface devices enable designers to differentiate their products and speed time-to-market

Available from Mouser, Silicon Labs CP21xx Smart Interface ICs leverage the company's world-class mixed-signal design expertise to provide a family of high-performance interface devices that enable designers to differentiate their products

Mouser Electronics | Products | 30-06-2016

New electrolytics poised to replace banks of costly wet tantalum capacitors

Recently introduced as the world’s only hermetic aluminium electrolytic capacitor with a glass-to-metal seal, Cornell Dubilier's new MLSH Series is now available through New Yorker Electronics. With no dry-out mechanism and high capaci

New Yorker Electronics | Products | 30-06-2016

Form-factor shield design is ideal for anyone developing display applications

Maxim MAXREFDES99 Display Driver Shield, available from Mouser, is an Arduino form-factor shield which drives a 16x16 LED array for signage applications. This design is ideal for anyone developing a display applications. The board features

Mouser Electronics | Products | 30-06-2016

Low-power high-performance PC targets industrial applications

Now available from Review Display Systems (RDS) the new high-performance AAEÓN Boxer 6638U PC features the Intel Core i3-5010U, a low-power, high-performance processor using minimal power yet delivering many features aimed at Industrial use

Review Display | Subs & Systems | 30-06-2016

Hardware development kits are a complete IoT development solution

Particle Photon IoT hardware development kits are a complete IoT development solution with a powerful ARM Cortex M3 microcontroller with a Broadcom Wi-Fi chip. The microcontroller and Wi-Fi chip are housed in a tiny thumbnail-sized module c

Mouser Electronics | Products | 30-06-2016

High current density DC-DC modules offer top efficiency

Artesyn has introduced the LGA80D, a new DC-DC power module, which offers one of the highest current density ratings in the industry and market-leading efficiency of 95.5 percent typical, says the company. With a footprint of just 25.4mm

Artesyn Communication Products | Power | 30-06-2016

FPC connectors feature a super thin design

Stocked by Mouser, Hirose Electric FH53 0.2mm pitch FPC connectors feature a super thin design that results in a 0.65mm mounted height. They combine a narrow pitch (0.2mm) and depth (3.2mm with the actuator in the locked position) to maximi

Mouser Electronics | Products | 29-06-2016

Synchronous DC-DC buck regulators eliminate switch-node ringing in automotive applications

Texas Instruments has introduced two 36V, 2.1MHz synchronous buck regulators that eliminate switch-node ringing to reduce electromagnetic interference, improve power density, and operate in deep drop-out conditions. The 2.5A LM53625-Q1 and

Texas Instruments | Products | 29-06-2016

MCUs accelerate embedded development, inspiring innovation and enabling differentiation

Renesas Synergy MCU series, spanning a wide spectrum, are based on 32-bit ARM Cortex-M CPU cores for use in products ranging from ultra-small mobile devices to large, calculation-intensive applications and are available from stock at Digi-K

Digikey | Products | 29-06-2016

USB Type-C connector offers compact form factor and durable interface

Multicomp USB Type-C female SMT connector can transfer data at up to 10 gigabits per second and are available from Farnell element14. They provide a reversible interface for data, power and audio visual devices. The USB Type-C conne

Farnell element14 | Products | 29-06-2016

SiC MOSFETs allow higher switching frequencies with reduced cooling requirements

Wolfspeed Z-Fet, C2M and C3M Silicon Carbide Power MOSFETs are a range of second generation SiC MOSFETs from Cree's power division and are now available from RS Components. Wolfspeed claim to deliver industry-leading power density and switc

RS Components | Products | 29-06-2016