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Automotive radar solution bolsters ADAS and autonomous driving vehicles

Renesas Electronics’ first RH850-based, 32-bit, automotive radar MCU series, the RH850/V1R, claims to deliver the high performance and features required for enabling future ADAS and autonomous driving vehicles. The RH850/V1R-M, the first pr

Renesas | Products | 06-01-2017

Wide range of PCB mounted adjustable and pre-set potentiometers available

JPR Electronics can supply a wide range of PCB mounted potentiometers by manufacturer Iskra from stock. The full range of potentiometers are available. Key products stocked are the enclosed single turn trimming potentiometers which are adju

JPR Electronics | Products | 06-01-2017

High power TVS devices address demanding lightning protection in aircraft

Microsemi has announced the availability of two new versions of its TVS devices in its patented plastic large area device (PLAD) package. The 18kW MPLAD18KP and 36kW MPLAD36KP TVS families meet today’s demanding lightning protection require

MicroSemi | Products | 06-01-2017

New dry film negative photoresist for MEMS and wafer-level packaging

Engineered Material Systems has introduced the DF-3560 dry-film negative photoresist for use in micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS), wafer-level packaging and CMOS applications (TSV sealing). This material formulation has been optimized

EMS | Products | 06-01-2017

New Arduino-compatible sensor evaluation kit

ROHM’s new sensor evaluation kit (expansion board) is equipped with seven sensors (i.e. accelerometer, barometric pressure, magnetic field), designed for use with existing open-source prototyping platforms such as Arduino and mbed. The

ROHM Semiconductor | Products | 06-01-2017

Raspberry Pi easy-to-solder prototyping board for engineers and students

RS Components has launched a 40-pin solder-tag board for the highly popular Raspberry Pi credit-card sized computer board. Exclusively available from the company, the new RS Pro solder-tag board is ideal for electronics engineers develo

RS Components | Distributors | 05-01-2017

GaN transistors ideal for radar and radio communications

Mouser is now stocking QPD GaN RF transistors from Qorvo. Built on the company’s high-performance GaN on SiC technology, these high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) with a single-stage matched power amplifier transistor offer a wide ar

Mouser Electronics | Subs & Systems | 05-01-2017

Family of small, powerful low-cost ARM computers for the IoTs

SolidRun's Base version of the HummingBoard carrier offers a usable and economical starting point for low-compute needs in an embedded device. It is available now from Digi-Key. The device focuses on the file system being made exclusively a

Digikey | Development Boards | 05-01-2017

High-speed SAR ADC data acquisition system has programmable, bipolar input ranges

The Texas Instruments ADS8691, ADS8695, and ADS8699 devices belong to a family of integrated data acquisition system based on a SAR ADC. The devices feature a high-speed, high-precision SAR ADC, integrated AFE input driver circuit, overvolt

Texas Instruments | Products | 05-01-2017

Programmable power device is both programmable AC source and measurement tool

The BK9803 from B&K Precision, and available from Farnell element14, is a 9800 series programmable AC power source. This fully programmable linear AC source delivers a maximum of 750VA through the universal line output terminals on the

Farnell element14 | Products | 05-01-2017

New ultra-small wireless power modules replace medical and industrial connectors

NuCurrent has a new family of wireless power connector alternatives. The ultra-small power and sense modules were created for engineers looking to reduce connector field failures in traditionally high-use, harsh environments or in new desig

Nucurrent | New Technologies | 05-01-2017

Latest processors boosts module-based high-end embedded computing

Congatec has extended its COM Express Basic portfolio with the new high-performance conga-TS175 Computer-on-Module. Equipped with the high-end dual chip versions of the brand new Intel Xeon and Gen 7 Intel Core processors (codename Kaby Lak

Congatec | Products | 05-01-2017

New VME single board computers implement latest processor from Intel

In line with its strategy of ensuring customers get the fastest possible access to the latest technology, Abaco Systems today announced the XVB603 and XVR19 6U VME single board computers, based on the latest 7th generation Intel technology

Abaco Systems | 05-01-2017

Industry HDMI Alt Mode over USB-C connector solution for next-generation devices

Cypress have announced a complete solution for USB-C to native HDMI connections without adapters or converters. It is claimed to be the world’s first. Based on Cypress EZ-PD USB-C controllers, the solution allows next-generation laptops, sm

Cypress | Products | 05-01-2017