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Starboards deliver high efficacy across a range of luminous flux options

Opulent North America Cree High Power Starboards, stocked by Mouser, are built with Cree XLamp LED technology. These Starboards deliver high efficacy across a range of luminous flux options. These easy-to-use setup board configurations allo

Mouser Electronics | Products | 27-09-2016

New 3V supercapacitors increase energy capacity in demanding applications

Power management specialist Eaton has introduced new TV supercapacitors with 3V cells that help increase stored energy capacity and power by 20 percent compared to 2.7V cells. Working either in conjunction with or as standalone alterna

Eaton | Products | 27-09-2016

Ideal platform for discovering the full capabilities of PIC MCUs and dsPIC DSCs

Stocked by Digi-Key, the Explorer 16/32 development board is a flexible development system for Microchip’s 16-bit and 32-bit PIC microcontrollers. It is a refreshed and cost-effective version of the Explorer 16 development board and support

Digikey | Products | 26-09-2016

Electromechanical indicators are one of the smallest in the industry

Stocked by Mouser, PUI Audio SMI-1027 Series indicators are claimed to currently be the smallest electromechanical indicators in the industry at 9.6mm x 5mm, making them more than 25% smaller in footprint and 28% in profile than the previou

Mouser Electronics | Power | 26-09-2016

Brushed-DC motor driver for printers, appliances and industrial equipment

Texas Instruments’ DRV8870 device is a brushed-DC motor driver for printers, appliances, industrial equipment, and other small machines. Two logic inputs control the H-bridge driver, which consists of four N-channel MOSFETs that can control

Texas Instruments | Products | 26-09-2016

New logic module ideal for industrial automation and environmental technology

The Barth STG-680 MOD, available from RS Components, is a highly innovative mini-PLC that extends the established Barth series of mini-PLCs. It features a rugged MODBUS interface with graphical programming at lowest current consumption and

RS Components | Products | 26-09-2016

Development platform designed to lower barriers to entry for inventors and entrepreneurs

The Intel Edison development platform, available from Farnell element14, is designed to lower the barriers to entry for a range of inventors, entrepreneurs, and consumer product designers to rapidly prototype and produce IoT and wearable co

Farnell element14 | Products | 26-09-2016

First single supplier of an LTE Cat 1 module for the IoT

U-blox has unveiled the UBX-R3, its proprietary LTE modem technology platform. The platform supports the LARA-R3 module series, the only cellular product in the market to feature a combination of a Cat 1 LTE modem and GNSS technology, all d

U-Blox | New Technologies | 26-09-2016

High Pin Count development board features two unique PDIP sockets

Available from Mouser, the Microchip Curiosity High Pin Count development board supports the company’s 28 and 40-pin 8-bit PIC MCUs. The board features two unique PDIP sockets that are surrounded by dual-row expansion headers. This allows f

Mouser Electronics | Products | 26-09-2016

Dengrove – New energy-efficient DC-DC converters optimized for SiC power applications

RECOM's latest DC-DC converters are now available from Dengrove Electronic Components. They offer the requisite features needed to power silicon-carbide (SiC) MOSFET drivers in efficiency-focused applications like electric vehicles (EVs

Dengrove | Products | 26-09-2016

First custom solid-state relay based on CMOS isolation technology

Silicon Labs has introduced a ground-breaking CMOS-based isolated field-effect transistor (FET) driver family that enables developers to use their choice of application-specific, high-volume FETs to replace outmoded electromechanical relays

Silicon Laboratories Inc | 26-09-2016

Proven dual-function automotive varistor family gets new 26VDC devices

New 26VDC components have been introduced by AVX expanding its proven, dual-function TransFeed and TransFeed Automotive Series varistor family. The newcomers extend the series' high-performance EMI/RFI filtering and bi-directional ESD pr

AVX | Products | 26-09-2016

Test kits validate chemicals or compounds within an SSL system for compatible in LEDs

Available from Mouser, Opulent North America Chemical Compatibility Test Kits are used to properly test material chemical compatibility up to 85C conditions. The test kits include six Cree XP-E, XHP or MX-6 LEDs depending on the kit part nu

Mouser Electronics | Products | 26-09-2016

Expanding 60W AC/DC power supply range now offers battery backup units

Stadium Stontronics has announced today that its SA60 AC/DC open frame power supply family has been extended to include two new 13.8VDC and 27.6VDC standard output units, and two new 13.8VDC and 27VDC small battery charger (SBC) units. T

Stadium | Products | 26-09-2016