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Bi-directional battery switch saves 91% PCB space over discrete MOSFETs

Combining industry-low on-resistance and ultra-low quiescent current in a compact, 12-bump WCSP package, Digi-Key now stocks the Vishay SiP32101 bi-directional battery switch. In smart phones, tablets, digital cameras, portable healthc

Digikey | Products | 08-07-2015

Compact new low-power high-accuracy two-channel voltage detectors

This post is sponsored by Texas Instruments. The TPS3779 and TPS3780 are members of a new family of compact low-voltage high-accuracy two-channel voltage detectors from Texas Instruments (TI). The devices' SENSE1 and SENSE2 inputs incl

Texas Instruments | Products | 08-07-2015

RS Compact new Arduino mini wireless development board speeds designs

RS Components has announced that it is extending its Arduino portfolio of open-source electronics development and prototyping boards with the addition of the new Arduino Yun Mini. Aimed at embedded engineers, developers and students, the

RS Components | Products | 08-07-2015

Near-infrared digital micromirror acts as a spatial light modulator

Acting as a spatial light modulator (SLM) to steer near-infrared (NIR) light, the Texas Instruments (TI) DLP4500NIR WXGA near-infrared digital micromirror device (DMD) is now stocked by Mouser. This capability allows for the creation o

Mouser Electronics | Products | 08-07-2015

Multi-functional inlet filters suit a variety of power entry needs

Farnell element14 now stocks TE Connectivity’s multi-functional Corcom inlet filters that can provide a single mechanical solution for a variety of power entry needs. Each of the available Corcom series supports several different configu

Farnell element14 | Products | 08-07-2015

Automatic 4G RF optimization with smart antenna switching functionality

Lattice Semiconductor has revealed its new iCE40 LM FPGA is integrated in the new Huawei P8 flagship smartphone to enable optimal 4G reception. Huawei will continue to use Lattice's low latency, tunable antenna controller in other device

Lattice | 08-07-2015

High-reliability MLCCs offer long operational lifetime

Now stocked by Mouser, TDK CGJ Series multilayer ceramic chip capacitors are high-reliability MLCCs with long lifespans. They feature an ultra high-frequency (UHF) RFID tag to allow integration with RFID programs such as inventory manage

Mouser Electronics | Products | 08-07-2015

Full range of ULP wireless solutions available across Europe

Silica, an Avnet company, has signed a distribution agreement with the ultra low-power (ULP) short-range wireless communication specialist Nordic Semiconductor. The agreement authorises Silica to sell and support the full range of ULP wire

Silica | Products | 08-07-2015

Evaluation kit for the Atmel ATSAMC21J18A microcontroller

Designed to evaluate the Atmel ATSAMC21J18A microcontroller, the Atmel SAM C21 Xplained Pro evaluation kit is now stocked by Mouser. The SAM C21 is supported by the Atmel Studio integrated development platform and provides easy access

Mouser Electronics | Products | 08-07-2015

New hermetically-sealed high frequency, low-jitter clock oscillator

The new IQXO-931 series clock oscillator launched by IQD offers exceptional low phase jitter of less than 0.5ps rms max (over 12kHz to 20MHz) irrespective of which output is specified. Housed in a hermetically sealed 2.5mm x 2mm ceramic

IQD | Products | 08-07-2015

New system for LED quality control, colour measurement and more

New from MAZeT, the MTCS-C3 product family enables users to implement their own True Color Colorimeter into lighting, backlight, LED tests, color selection or other applications. The MTCS-C3 is ideal for measuring colour coordinates (XYZ

MAZeT | Products | 08-07-2015

New high-performance Gigabit Ethernet FPGA module

Orange Tree Technologies has announced a compact new addition to its product family, the ZestET2-NJ, a high-performance Gigabit Ethernet FPGA module. Comprising Gigabit Ethernet processing engine, Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA, DDR3 memory and ge

Orange Tree Technologies | Products | 08-07-2015

World's smallest BGA interposer solution for probing DDR4 x16 designs

Keysight Technologies has introduced a ball grid array (BGA) interposer solution for testing DDR4 x16 DRAM (dynamic random access memory) designs with a logic analyzer. Using the Keysight W4636A DDR4 x16 BGA interposer solution, engineer

Keysight Technologies | Products | 08-07-2015

New small-scale strain gauges designed specifically for PCB reliability testing

Designed to meet the growing demand for precise, stable, and reliable stress analysis of PCBs, even in harsh environments, VPG Micro-Measurements has launched three new small-scale strain gages. The C2A-06-G1350-120 rectangular rosette g

Vishay Precision Group | Products | 08-07-2015