Passives

Knitter-switch has announced a series of sealed miniature pushbutton switches designed for a variety of applications where “waterproofed” is required. The DPW Series are front panel switches, mountable by snap-fit or threaded bushing. They can be supplied as standard with or without a superbright LED in a choice of four colours – red, green, yellow or blue. Various cap colours are also available as standard including green, yellow, blue, wh...

C&K Components has developed a series of sealed subminiature snap action switches. Designated the ZMS Series, the single pole, double throw snap action switches are available with a variety of actuators and terminal styles, including PC, solder and potted leads.

By achieving the seal-tight protection class of IP69K, SCHURTER is extending the spectrum of potential applications for its PSE family of piezo switches. The qualification test was carried out using a high-pressure vapor stream at 90 Bar and a temperature of 80°C.

Finder has announced the introduction of the 13.81 electronic step relay, which is designed for the pushbutton control of lighting. This step relay is particularly suited to complex multi-point installations.

Murata Power Solutions has added ten new families of inductive components to its existing portfolio. The new introductions amount to well over 100 new part numbers and enable Murata Power Solutions to further enhance their comprehensive offering of wound ferrite magnetics for use in a wide range of power and EMC filtering applications.

C&K Components, a leading international supplier of tact switches, toggle, rocker and pushbutton switches, and smart card interconnect devices, has developed new versions of sealed through-hole subminiature tact switches. Designated the KSA family, the tact switches consist of the KSA, KSL, KSB, KSI, KSFI, KSJ and KSD devices. The switches are available in a variety of configurations, including vertical and right angle mounting, top or side a...

Exclusively available in the UK from specialist controls components distributor, Hawco Controls, is a very comprehensive range of rocker and pushbutton switches plus indicators manufactured by Taiwan-based Light Country. Light Country was formed in 1985. Its Chinese factory is certified to ISO 9001:2000 and most products are approved to UL, VDE and ENEC standards.

TTI, Inc has announced the availability of a new family of SAW resonators from Murata to support Short Range Devices operating in the ISM300 and ISM400 bands. New technology developed by Murata has enabled further performance improvements in all three of the SARCC***M**K(T)X*0 resonator’s main parameters: thermal coefficient has been reduced by almost 50%; resonant loss has improved by approximately 1dB; and the standard initial tolerance is no...

Mouser Electronics has announced it has signed a global distribution agreement with CTS Corporation to distribute a variety of electronic component products including crystals, crystal oscillators, switches, resistor arrays, resistor networks, and heat sinks. CTS is a leading supplier of electronic components and sensors for the automotive, computer, communications, defense and aerospace, medical and industrial markets.

Celsum Technologies Ltd have recently added to their range of strain gauge based sensors and instrumentation the IPU40 Lightning Protection System. The IPU40 is especially useful for applications with external load cells, such as vehicle weighing, web tensioning, crane loading, canitlever overload protection, lift assemblies, generic load movers, and many others.