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Multi-band antenna series for high precision applications

U-blox has announced the ANN-MB multi-band active GNSS antennas, targeted at the needs of applications requiring centimetre-level positioning accuracies. The devices provide product designers with an easy-to-implement, attractively priced,

U-Blox | Products | 07-09-2018

Enabled-touch displays on any glass surface

RDS are offering one of the world’s most transparent and reliable displays which feature Lumineq Touch Technology built in. Enabled by atomic layer deposition (ALD) these displays can be used in applications where fully transparent properti

Review Display | Products | 07-09-2018

Controllable LED luminaires provide excellent energy savings

New High Bay luminaires for warehouses, factories and logistics centres, from Ledvance offer excellent energy savings. The LED luminaires not only give inherently high luminous efficiency but are also controllable via DALI allowing light l

Ledvance | Products | 07-09-2018

High current inductor for automotive applications

Würth Elektronik eiSos has expanded its portfolio of AEC-Q-qualified products with a high current inductor. The patented ferrite core design of the new power choke has an air gap optimally centred to secure a precisely defined saturation cu

Wurth | 07-09-2018

Pitch terminal strips ideal for high-reliability, high-cycle applications

Samtec Tiger Eye TFM Series .050" pitch terminal strips, available now from Mouser, are designed for micro rugged, high-reliability, high-cycle applications. The strips contain multi-finger, heat-treated, Beryllium Copper contacts intended

Mouser Electronics | Products | 06-09-2018

Low-power, rail-to-rail in/out operational amplifier for cost-sensitive systems

The TLV6001-Q1 single operational amplifier, from Texas Instruments, is for general-purpose automotive applications. This device has a broad voltage range, from rail to rail, on input and output and a low quiescent current of 75µA, typical.

Texas Instruments | Products | 06-09-2018

SPD extends lifespan of an installation plan maintenance to reduce downtime risk

ABB's Type 2 SPDs are intended to discharge the currents generated by indirect lightning strikes causing induced or conducted overvoltages on the power distribution network. They are available now from RS Components. The devices are cha

RS Components | Products | 06-09-2018

Comprehensive range of heat shrink boots and 8STA connector accessories now available

Lane Motorsport, a division of Lane Electronics, is an assembling distributor for connector system manufacturer Souriau. To support the Souriau 8STA offering, the company provides a comprehensive package of 8STA compatible heat-shrink b

Lane Electronics | Products | 06-09-2018

Automotive ultra-low MOSFETs improve thermal performance

Toshiba Electronics Europe launched their TPWR7940PB and TPW1R104PB, 40V N-channel power MOSFETs using DSOP Advance (WF) packages with double-sided cooling capability. The TPWR7940PB is a 40V max 0.79mOhm MOSFET in DSOP Advance(WF)L package

Toshiba | 06-09-2018

New rack enclosures for mounting standard 19” subracks, chassis and front panels

Metcase has produced a new 19” mini-rack version of its advanced TECHNOMET table-top instrument enclosures. The new cases are intended for mounting standard 19” subracks, chassis and front panels. Applications include test and measureme

Metcase | Products | 06-09-2018

New simulation tool for a wide range of capacitors

AVX Corporation has released the new SpiCAT online simulation tool. Created with users in mind, new simulation software provides access to two separate portals - SpiMLCC and SpiTAN, which supersede SpiCap III and SpiTan IV - that give elect

AVX | Products | 06-09-2018

High-temperature TRIAC helps designers improve thermal management

Littelfuse has introduced six series of high-temperature sensitive, standard and alternistor TRIAC, created for use as semiconductor switches in appliances and equipment powered by line AC voltages up to 220VRMS. Offered in compact, surface

Littelfuse | Products | 06-09-2018

Demonstration board circuit features a polyphase design

Analog Devices DC2616A-A Demonstration Board is intended to evaluate the performance of the LTM4645 Power µModule Regulator. The board includes Demonstration Circuit 2616A-A. The circuit features a polyphase design using the 25A high-effici

Analog Devices | Products | 05-09-2018

Podcast explores modern technology and inventors through history

RS Components has launched a new comedy podcast series called History Makers. The series explores a modern-day technology theme, such as artificial intelligence, Wi-Fi or 3D printing, and examines the lives of the great inventors from p

RS Components | Distributors | 05-09-2018