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Tiny LED ring Lights designed for applications requiring high radiant power

Specifically designed for applications requiring high radiant power in extremely small footprints, Marktech's LED ring lights are now available from Digi-Key. The light rings have peak emission wavelengths of 450nm, 460nm, 470nm, and 52

Digikey | Products | 19-05-2015

First Ethernet-compliant laser safety scanners allow monitoring from afar

RS Components has added an industry first to its machine guarding and safety portfolio: Ethernet-compliant laser scanners that dramatically simplify management of safety zones on factory floors. The Omron OS32C safety laser scanners prov

RS Components | Products | 19-05-2015

Development boards feature a variety of MCUs to interface with MikroElektronika click boards

A selection of MikroElektronika Clicker 2 development boards is now available from Mouser. They feature a variety of MCUs to interface with the MikroElektronika click boards. The Clicker 2 board includes 2 sockets for click boards, as

Mouser Electronics | Products | 19-05-2015

High-power inverted through-board SMT connectors

Providing a means to bring power to LED aluminium-clad boards from the underside of the printed circuit board, TE Connectivity's high-power inverted through-board SMT connectors are now available from TTI Europe. The mating Economy Pow

TTI Europe | Products | 19-05-2015

Time to digital converter targets ultrasonic sensing measurement applications

Aimed at ultrasonic sensing measurements such as water flow meter, gas flow meter and heat flow meters, Texas Instruments has introduced the C7200 time to digital converter (TDC). When paired with the TDC1000 (ultrasonic analog-front-en

Texas Instruments | Products | 19-05-2015

Vertical and right-angle illuminated tactile switches suit many applications

Now in stock at Farnell element14, C&K's illuminated tactile switch (ITS) series offers vertical and right-angle illuminated options for a wide range of applications. The switches are available in many different single LED colours and b

Farnell element14 | Products | 19-05-2015

Highly-integrated high-efficiency DC-DC step-down SIP power modules

Mouser now stocks Maxim's MAXM17503, Series high-efficiency DC-DC step-down power modules which integrate a number of devices in a low-profile, thermally efficient system-in-package (SiP). The modules combine a switching power supply c

Mouser Electronics | Products | 19-05-2015

Device simplifies design of industrial supplies for 440VAC line input

Power Integrations has announced a new reference design (DER-479) demonstrating an industrial power supply using the company's LinkSwitch-4TM family of CV/CC primary-side regulated (PSR) switcher ICs with a 1200V bipolar junction transis

Power Integrations | Products | 19-05-2015

Simple reference design targets power lift and relay-based DC motor-control applications

Mouser is now stocking the StarterTRAK TRK S12VR WLFT reference design from Freescale Semiconductor. Designed as a development platform for the Freescale S12 MagniV S12VR 16-bit microcontroller, the simple reference design targets power

Mouser Electronics | Products | 19-05-2015

Versatile connector can handle power and signal combinations

The versatile Positronic Scorpion connector series is now available from Lane electronics. Scorpion connectors are modular and can be configured for use as a power connector, a signal level connector or as a combination of the two in an

Lane Electronics | Products | 19-05-2015

Compact stand-alone dual-band Wi-Fi and dual mode Bluetooth module for IoT designs

Now available from Alpha Micro, the U-blox ODIN-W262 is a powerful, compact stand-alone multi-radio module designed to provide concurrent Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity for a wide range of Internet-of-Things applications. Application

Alpha Micro Components | Products | 19-05-2015

Certified 28nm FPGAs, SoCs and Toolflows speed IEC 61508-compliant designs

Altera has announced the availability of the latest version of its Industrial Functional Safety Data Package (Ver. 3) for systems designers using Altera field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The safety pack provides TÜV Rheinland-certifie

Altera | Design & Manufacture | 19-05-2015

New open beta program for community-driven PCB design tool

Altium has announced an open beta program for their community-driven PCB design tool - CircuitMaker will be available worldwide to all interested electronics designers, and aims to address the unique needs of the electronics maker and ho

Altium | Products | 19-05-2015

New illuminated 26mm snap-in pushbutton suits dimly-lit applications

The expansion of its FP pushbutton series has been announced by APEM with a new 26mm snap-in version with metal clips. The FP26 offers the same lightweight construction as its predecessors and comes with a fully-illuminated option and in

Apem | Products | 19-05-2015