Latest News


Enhanced precision chip resistors offer improved tolerances and TCRs

TT Electronics has announced an extension to its WIN series of precision chip resistors with improved tolerances and TCRs. The minimum ohmic value is now halved to 5ohm, and a tolerance of ±0.05% and TCR of ±15ppm/C is now included. In addi

TT Electronics | Products | 20-04-2016

IoT board GPS/GNSS positioning technology supports host of applications

A U-blox GPS/GNSS receiver module, the EVA-7M, has been embedded into SODAQ's tiny IoT development board LoRaONE by, now running a campaign on Kickstarter. The product is a 32-bit Arduino compatible board equipped with low-power WAN connect

U-Blox | Design Applications | 20-04-2016

USB Type-C provides data, power, audio/video connectivity and transmission in a single solution

Mouser is now stocking USB Type-C solutions from Molex. These new space-saving receptacles and plugs — as well as cable options provide data, power, and audio/video connectivity and transmission in a single solution. The connectors are full

Mouser Electronics | Products | 20-04-2016

Optical sensor detects transparent and other difficult objects

A new high-performance optical sensor that can reliably identify mirrored, transparent, diffuse and other hard to detect surfaces has been launched by Omron Electronic Components Europe. The B5W light convergent reflective sensor detec

Omron | Products | 20-04-2016

Ultra-low-power microcontrollers combine exceptional energy efficiency and ease-of-use

Mouser is now stocking the KL8x family of Kinetis L Series microcontrollers from NXP. These ultra-low-power microcontrollers combine the exceptional energy efficiency and ease-of-use of the ARM Cortex-M0+ core with the performance, peripher

Mouser Electronics | Products | 20-04-2016

Compact new high-performance low-power incremental encoder

Designed for measuring angles to a high degree of precision, a highly-compact new incremental encoder has been introduced by Heidenhain The ERO 2000 has ten times higher resolution and reproducibility than competitive products due to its s

Heidenhain | Products | 20-04-2016

NECTOR portfolio for power and illumination now at Mouser

Mouser is now stocking the NECTOR M power system, sealed system and cable assemblies from TE Connectivity. The portfolio provides a reconfigurable, plug-and-play alternative to traditional hard-wired electrical connections. TE’s N

Mouser Electronics | Products | 20-04-2016

Miniature power connectors simplify and speed industrial application

Wieland Electric has released a small industrial circular power connector with Type 4X/6P protection. Rated for 600V and 16A, the new RST MINI 5-pole, circular power connectors (RST16i5) are designed to simplify, speed up, and reduce the co

Wieland-electric | Products | 20-04-2016

Passive NFC interface designed for home automation and consumer applications

The NXP NT3H2x11 NTAG I2C Plus Connected NFC TAG Solutions, from Mouser, combine a passive NFC interface with a contact I²C interface. They are designed for home automation, consumer applications and are a fast and less expensive solution t

Mouser Electronics | Products | 19-04-2016

New generation of e-trim operational amplifiers

This post is sponsored by Texas Instruments. The Texas Instruments’ OPAx191 family (OPA191, OPA2191, OPA4191) is a new generation of 36V, e-trim operational amplifiers. These devices offer outstanding DC precision and AC performance,

Texas Instruments | Products | 19-04-2016

Illuminated, capacitive touch switches with revolutionary design

These illuminated, capacitive touch switches, are a revolutionary design, say RS Components, eliminating the need for panel cut-outs and the worry of ingress protection. When using these switches all you need to factor in when designing the

RS Components | Products | 19-04-2016

IOs with hardware monitoring capabilities and enhanced security features

Microchip Technology SCH332x LPC IOs, available from Mouser, are a product family that have 3.3V operation with an LPC interface that supports 19-33MHz. These IOs include hardware monitoring capabilities, enhanced security features, power c

Mouser Electronics | Products | 19-04-2016

Low-power audio jack detector with detection in a miniaturized package

Diodes' AZV5002, available from Digi-Key, is a low-power, cost-effective headset detection IC. It includes a comparator that integrated internal hysteresis, OR gate, and N-channel MOSFET are designed to detect the assertion of a headset wit

Digikey | Products | 19-04-2016

Transducers consume less current and provide high EMC performance

Now available from Mouser, Honeywell PX3 heavy duty pressure transducers use piezoresistive sensing technology with ASIC (application specific integrated circuit) signal conditioning in the brass housing. These transducers integrate a Metri

Mouser Electronics | Products | 19-04-2016