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Piezo actuators offer exceptional acceleration, force and response time

Mouser now stocks the PowerHap piezo actuators from TDK EPCOS. These new piezo actuators with integrated sensor functionality feature exceptional acceleration, force and response time performance to offer an outstanding quality of haptic fe

Mouser Electronics | Products | 25-09-2017

New generation of mini-PLCs enable fast and easy start for development

RS Components now offers the recently launched STG-800 range of mini-PLCs from Barth Elektronik, now programmable via popular Arduino software. The range provides hardware-oriented microcontroller programming with low current consumption in

RS Components | Products | 25-09-2017

Partner program brings IoT expertise to products, technologies and solutions

SensiEDGE, whose primary goal is to lower barriers for IoT developers worldwide, has joined the STMicroelectronics Partner Program making its ‘hardware-ready’ SensiBLE IoT module available to more developers and entrepreneurs. “Our Sens

SensiEDGE | Products | 25-09-2017

Off-the-shelf modules are ideal for small handheld electronic devices

andersDX has added small TFT displays with an easy to integrate SPI interface and a power consumption of just 3mA. The new displays are ideal for a host of applications from handheld devices such as remote controls or test equipment for in

Anders | Products | 25-09-2017

Debug tool expands commercially available applications for RISC-V cores

SEGGER Microcontroller is now offering SEGGER J-Link support for SiFive Coreplex IP, based on the RISC-V architecture. The growing interest in Coreplex IP is increasingly prompting vendors to make its industry leading tools available as par

Segger | Products | 25-09-2017

Company lends supports to students’ solar challenge bid

CamdenBoss has donated Super Light flexible solar panel technology to power telemetry and communications in the support car of Team Sonnenwagen Aachen for October’s Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia. The vehicle – designed

Camden Boss | Products | 25-09-2017

Low power IC for portable measurement equipment and in micro-power sensing applications

Rutronik now offers the low power AFE NJU9101 from JRC. It is designed for portable measurement equipment and for use in micro-power sensing applications, especially electrochemical sensors. Two measurement inputs, potentiostat and auxi

Rutronik | Products | 25-09-2017

Ultra-low power SAR proximity sensor offers an advanced smart sensing solution

Available now from Mouser is the Semtech SX9310 Ultra-Low Power SAR Proximity Sensor provides an advanced smart sensing solution for mobile phones, wearables, tablets, notebooks, and mobile hotspots. The device is designed as a capacitive S

Mouser Electronics | Products | 22-09-2017

GPS evaluation board for multi-network modules

Pytrack is an Expansion Board designed by Pycom and can be used with any of Pycom multi-network modules. It is available now from RS Components. The board consists of GPS, three-axis accelerometer and a battery charger. Also the sensors

RS Components | Distributors | 22-09-2017

Automotive low-power 96kHz mono audio codec well-suited for low-power applications

The Texas Instruments TLV320AIC3109-Q1 device is a low-power mono audio codec with a mono headphone amplifier and multiple input and output channels that are programmable in single-ended or fully differential configurations. The device incl

Texas Instruments | Distributors | 22-09-2017

New conductive polymer aluminium solid capacitors feature large capacitance and low ESR

Panasonic Automotive and Industrial Systems Europe has recently announced a series of eight new conductive polymer aluminium solid capacitors with super high voltage capabilities of up to 100VDC max for industrial, digitalisation, control s

Panasonic | Products | 22-09-2017

DC-DC supplies designed for fast-switching GaN drivers

RECOM’s GaN devices are set to supersede existing IGBTs and MOSFETs in many applications, offering superior performance, lower losses and higher switching speeds. What does not change is the need for isolated high-side drivers and isolated

Recom International | Products | 22-09-2017

Grower boosts tomato yield in trial of LED and HPS hybrid lighting

Plessey has announced the results from a trial of its LED grow lights combined with existing high-pressure sodium (HPS) lighting in a hybrid installation with a leading tomato grower in the Netherlands. The seven-month trial, managed by Maa

Plessey | Lighting Technologies | 22-09-2017

MOSFETs in robust packages save space, offer high performance and ruggedness

Nexperia has introduced a new series of Trench 9 power MOSFETs, targeted primarily at the automotive industry, which combine the company’s low voltage superjunction technology with its advanced packaging capability to deliver high performan

Nexperia | 22-09-2017