Boards/Backplanes

Electronic Specifier takes a look at the top boards/backplanes product stories to have been released in March 2022.

At the end of last year, the Manufacturer Authorised Distributor members of the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn) were looking forward to strong growth in electronic components markets in the first half of 2022, with something of a ’levelling out’ occurring in H’2.

Foundries.io is partnering with Arduino to deliver secure, embedded Linux IoT and Edge solutions for the enterprise with the Arduino Pro Portenta X8.

Embedded vision components are ever popular and being incorporated into a plethora of applications. What all these applications have in common is the need to pack more functionality into tight spaces. Often, it is advantageous for these systems make decisions on the edge.

FPGA design is being used more frequently in sectors from radio communications to space tech. Written from the knowledge of Jason Jibrail, Senior Software Engineer, from Ignys design consultancy, we explore the current status of FPGA design usage, and key points for project consideration when choosing whether to include an FPGA in your design.

Littelfuse, an industrial technology manufacturing company empowering a sustainable, connected, and safer world, announced the new 828 Series High-Voltage Cartridge Fuses, designed and tested to meet the circuit protection needs of compact automotive electronics, specifically Electric Vehicle (EV) applications.

Some IoT devices are hardwired into the building’s electrical grid, but that isn’t always possible, especially for wearables or compact IoT devices that lack the capacity. Charging battery-powered IoT devices can be awkward and time-consuming. A new charger is hitting the market that could overcome some of these challenges and make it easier to incorporate this technology into our daily lives. Emily Newton discusses.

The AECX-IMX6 3.5” embedded board from Litemax is suitable for touchscreen devices.

Kontron has launched the Pi-Tron CM4, a single-board computer based on the Raspberry Pi with a Boradcom BCM2711, 4x Arm Cortex-A72 with 1.6GHz processor, an M.2 slot and many other interfaces.

Embedded systems and display solutions provider, Review Display Systems (RDS) have announced the introduction of a, highly versatile USB control and monitoring interface board.