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Robust momentary tactile switches suitable for a wide range of applications

Dig-Key now stocks the CTS 222A, 222B, 222C, and 223A series tactile switches from CTS Electronic Components. They are available in a variety of sizes, in surface-mount or through-hole styles, and with actuator height and actuation forc

Digikey | Products | 05-11-2015

Connect any available click board to the Arduino Mega

Available now from Mouser stock, the MikroElektronika Mega click shield features three mikroBUS host sockets, allowing the user to connect any of the available click boards to the Arduino Mega. This makes it easy for users to add functio

Mouser Electronics | Products | 05-11-2015

Development kit for evaluation of the SimpleLink Wireless ultra-low power MCU

This post is sponsored by Texas Instruments. The Texas Instruments (TI) SimpleLink CC2650 Development Kit includes all the hardware you need to start evaluating the SimpleLink Wireless MCU ultra-low power platform. The CC2650 device in

Texas Instruments | Products | 05-11-2015

Evaluation platform for Sitara ARM Cortex-A9 in industrial applications

Available now from Farnell element14 the Texas Instruments (TI) AM437x Starter Kit is ideal for evaluating the industrial communication and control capabilities of Sitara ARM Cortex-A9 AM4379 and AM4377 processors for industrial applicat

Farnell element14 | Products | 05-11-2015

Easier UK access to high-performance LEDs for lighting migration

Solid State Supplies has announced a franchise distribution agreement for the UK with Luminus Devices Inc., a global manufacturer of high-performance LEDs. Luminus develops and markets solid-state lighting solutions to help its customers

Solid State | Products | 05-11-2015

Now mbed engineers and IoT developers can quickly develop embedded systems

With the addition of MAX32600MBED to the ARM mbed IoT Device Platform program, mbed engineers and IoT developers can quickly develop embedded systems based on the MAX32600 microcontroller (MCU) from Maxim Integrated Products. To make it eas

Maxim | Design & Manufacture | 05-11-2015

New Intel Quark microcontroller for IoT architectures and applications

Mouser is now stocking the new Intel Quark microcontroller D1000, designed for Internet of Things (IoT) architectures and applications. Announced at Intel’s IoT Insights event in San Francisco, along with Intel Quark microcontroller D2000 a

Mouser Electronics | Products | 05-11-2015

New enclosures for cable-connected electronics and USB devices

OKW has launched a new range of CONNECT enclosures for wired or USB electronics. They target electronics applications where the unit is connected to a cable, sits between cables or where the units are joined with USB connectors. Typical app

OKW Enclosures | Subs & Systems | 05-11-2015

New power metal strip resistor with Kelvin 4-terminal connection

Vishay has announced a new surface-mount Power Metal Strip current sense resistor featuring a Kelvin 4-terminal connection that reduces TCR down to 35ppm and enables tight tolerances down to 0.1 % for increased measurement accuracy. The Vis

Vishay | Passives | 05-11-2015

RFMW -Low-cost front-end IC supports Zigbee / smart-energy applications

RFMW has announced it is now stocking the RFaxis RFX2411N, a fully-integrated, single-chip, single-die RFeIC (RF Front-end Integrated Circuit) incorporating all the RF functionality needed for wireless ZigBee / smart energy applications. De

RFMW | Design & Manufacture | 05-11-2015

Blackfin processors power Siemens smart meters

Siemens Automated Metering and Information System (AMIS) with CX1 powerline communication meters are powered by Analog Devices Blackfin processors. They deliver an optimal balance between performance, peripheral integration and price, and a

Analog Devices | Design Applications | 05-11-2015

High price / performance ratio arbitrary / function generators

Mouser now stocks the Tektronix AFG1000 arbitrary / function generator which provides a waveform generation tool with an attractive price / performance ratio. The AFG1000 includes two models with dual channels, up to 60MHz bandwidth and

Mouser Electronics | Products | 04-11-2015

Single-board computer offering expands with Intel compute sticks for Windows and Ubuntu Linux

RS Components has announced availability of a new ‘computer on a stick’ from Intel that provides the versatility to bring computing into new environments at home, in the office or on the go. Available in two versions, the Intel Compute Stic

RS Components | Products | 04-11-2015

Percepio's FreeRTOS+Trace for PIC32 MCUs now available direct

Now available on microchipDIRECT, Percepio's FreeRTOS+Trace targets Microchip's PIC32 microcontrollers (MCUs) and MPLAB X IDE. The direct source of products from Microchip Technology Inc., microchipDIRECT offers the largest inventory of Mic

Microchip Technology | Design & Manufacture | 04-11-2015