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SMT connectors provide superior mating guidance and electrical contact assurance

Available from Mouser, the Molex SlimStack Armor 0.35mm board-to-board SMT connectors deliver up to 3A of extra power through protective metal covers. These connectors provide superior mating guidance and electrical contact assurance for mo

Mouser Electronics | Products | 09-09-2016

Latest bi-colour SMD LEDs come in ultra-bright colours

SunLED has released a new LED series that redefines high intensity, low current devices. Designed and built to meet and exceed the most demanding visibility requirements, the XZxxxx55W-8 series was developed from a combination of AlInGaP a

SunLED USA | Products | 09-09-2016

State-of-the-art power management and RF technology solutions for IoT designs

Mouser now stocks the SmartBond DA14680 and DA14681 Wearable-on-Chips from Dialog Semiconductor. Part of the highly-integrated SmartBond SoC family of power-efficient Bluetooth low-energy solutions, these devices claim to deliver the indust

Mouser Electronics | Products | 09-09-2016

Efficient 250W baseplate-cooled quarter-brick DC-DC converter

Murata Power Solutions has announced a new development initiative for Industrial Class DC-DC converter modules. The first in this series is a 250W isolated DC-DC quarter-brick converter, the ICQ series. The highly-efficient converters, t

Murata | Products | 09-09-2016

Low-noise wideband GaAs MMIC distributed amplifier

Latest from Custom MMIC is the CMD233C4, a new 2 - 18GHz distributed amplifier version of the company's CMD233 die product. The CMD233C4 is a wideband GaAs MMIC distributed amplifier with a low noise figure of 4.5dB and output 1dB compre

Custom MMIC | Products | 09-09-2016

Development board has wide ecosystem support when starting embedded projects

Stocked by Mouser, Microchip Explorer 16/32 development board is a modular development system for their 16-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers. The board supports devices from the PIC24F, dsPIC33 and PIC32 families and features a variety of pro

Mouser Electronics | Products | 09-09-2016

Compact cost-effective multiplexer for 2.5Gbps device installations

Microsemi has introduced the PDS-EM-8100 Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) 2.5Gbps multiplexer. As the first device of its kind, it enables installations of new 802.11ac access points with 2.5Gbps rates without the need to replace the Ethernet swit

MicroSemi | Products | 09-09-2016

Novel solution for large-scale IOT applications

Wirepas and Telit have partnered to bring new, Wirepas-enabled, ultra low-power connectivity modules to the market. Together, the two companies are targeting large-scale IoT applications such as asset tracking, smart lighting and logisti

Wirepas | 09-09-2016

Board-to-board connectors feature special hold downs to use as power supply terminals

Available from Mouser, JAE Electronics WP25D connectors are stacking type board-to-board (FPC) connectors featuring special hold downs that can be used as power supply terminals. These 0.35mm pitch spacing, low-profile connectors are ideal

Mouser Electronics | Products | 08-09-2016

Compact controllers offer a compact, scalable and flexible automation solution

The SIMATIC S7-1200 series of Compact Controllers from Siemens, and available from Farnell element14, offer a compact, scalable and flexible automation solution with CPUs available as standard and failsafe versions. These basic controll

Farnell element14 | Products | 08-09-2016

Full-range, point-source speakers for when maximum output and high-resolution responses are required

Now available from Digi-Key, PUI Audio’s full-range, point-source speakers are designed for audio applications where maximum output and high-resolution responses are required. Both designs cover more than 85% of the entire audio band. T

Digikey | Products | 08-09-2016

USB Type-C and USB PD controller, power switch, and high speed multiplexer combined

This Texas Instruments’ TPS65981 device is a stand-alone, USB Type-C, and PD controller providing cable-plug and orientation detection at the USB Type-C connector. Upon cable detection, the device communicates on the CC wire using the USB P

Texas Instruments | Products | 08-09-2016

3D CAD programme reaches more than 75,000 models

RS Components has announced that its extensive 3D CAD library now totals more than 75,000 component models from its catalogue of stocked products, providing engineers currently designing or looking to design in 3D with an even wider choice.

RS Components | Products | 08-09-2016

Online configurator allows designers to define and build custom PSUs

Excelsys Technologies has enhanced its online power supply configurator to include the new CoolX series of 600W convection cooled power supplies alongside the proven UltiMod, Xsolo and Xgen product ranges. The company's range of user-c

Excelsys | 08-09-2016