RS Components has announced the addition of over 1100 new devices into its range from Microchip Technology, a leading provider of microcontroller and analogue semiconductors. The increased offer means RS now has the most up-to-date range of Microchip microcontrollers and development kits available to design engineers direct-from-stock in Europe.

RS Components has announced a further expansion of its range of Thermal Management products with the addition of the latest new technology fans and fan controllers from ebm-papst.

RS Components will be demonstrating the benefits of its Production Packaging service at this year’s Southern Manufacturing and Electronics Exhibition, which takes place on 11-12th February at FIVE in Farnborough, Hampshire. Located on stand E60, members of the RS Electronics Sales Division (ESD) will also be on hand to share their expertise and discuss how RS can meet individual requirements.

RS Components has achieved its UK Internet sales target three months ahead of schedule. The company’s December figures show 50.2% online orders across all divisions, just over the 50% goal it set nearly three years ago, originally to be accomplished by April 2009.

RS Components is offering visitors to this year’s Electronica the chance to see the first live demo of its Embedded Development Platform (EDP). A universal development tool for rapid prototype development of microcontroller driven designs, it is the first of its kind that is manufacturer-independent.

RS Components has launched a mobile website service. Designed for on-the-go engineers and contractors, it allows instant access to RS’ entire product range via any web enabled mobile device. With full transactional capabilities, users can check real-time stock availability, pricing, place orders and even select an option to collect from their local trade counter, if required.

RS Components will host a free customer workshop at The Premier Inn, Old Park Lane, Trafford Centre, Manchester on 2nd December 2008. Created with the design engineer in mind, the one-day event is being held in conjunction with ST Microelectronics and Hitex. Attendees will be introduced to the STM32 microcontroller’s system architecture, including an overview of its peripheral set and ARM®’s new Cortex-M3 Macrocell.

RS Components has announced its Solutions for Energy Efficiency range. Electronic design engineers can now view and choose from over 1,600 of the best-in-class power-efficiency products, encompassing 40 technologies from 60 leading manufacturers. All products are available now, direct from rswww.com/electronics, enabling the speedy creation of energy efficient designs.

RS Components has announced the launch of its Embedded Development Platform (EDP) designed to help deliver additional cost and time saving options to design engineers. This new solution consists of a baseboard able to hold a combination of up to four CPU or application modules, an innovation in this technology area. The EDP is RS’ first step in a process that will see the introduction of new processor and application modules on a regular basis...

With the latest refresh of its Wireless Technology Solutions portfolio, RS Components (rswww.com), the leading distributor of electronic, electrical, electromechanical and industrial components is now able to offer customers the widest range of antennas currently available in the market.

With the latest refresh of its Wireless Technology Solutions portfolio, RS Components (rswww.com), the leading distributor of electronic, electrical, electromechanical and industrial components is now able to offer customers the widest range of antennas currently available in the market.

RS Components has announced that it will distribute a new range of ten Buck switching regulators, launched by National Semiconductor. The new line of LM201xx and LM202xx synchronous Buck regulators includes 2A, 3A, 4A and 5A output current devices. There are ten synchronous Buck regulators, providing high-efficiency DC-DC power conversion for point-of-load power supply designs. The regulators feature a variety of input voltages and output current...

RS Components has announced that its 2008 Electronics Wall Planner is now available. Featuring a January - June 2008 calendar on one side and July - December 2008 on the other, the RS Electronics Wall Planner is designed to help electronics engineers to effectively plan their time while at the same time highlighting the breadth of electronics products available from the company.