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igus gives articulated arm to the University of Southampton
As part of its YES (Young Engineers Support) programme, igus has backed many universities for several years with free engineering advice and products – supporting university teams participating in the Eurobot challenge is one such programme. The winning team of the Eurobot UK final are from the Faculty of Engineering and the Environment at the University of Southampton, which received a robolink articulated robotic arm from igus.
Mclennan named as sales partner for motion component manufacturer
Coming into effect this month, Phytron has appointed Mclennan as its exclusive UK and Ireland sales partner. Mclennan will handle enquiries and provide technical and sales support for the specialist and extreme environment stepper motor, drive and motion systems manufacturer.
Bringing life to the MeArm robot arm
The new MeArm robot deluxe kit from Mime Industries is for doing an out of the box build.Being open source it is ideal for use in your own projects. The Maker Kit is also available in a format where you can use your own controller, be it an Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Beaglebone or others, to control it.
IoT Development Platform offers wireless connectivity
Cypress Semiconductor and Arrow Electronics have announced a development platform that enables engineers to quickly bring a broad range of connected IoT products to market.The new Quicksilver kit features Cypress’ Wireless Connectivity for Embedded Devices (WICED) platform and incorporates the robust connectivity of the Cypress CYW43907 802.11n Wi-Fimicrocontroller (MCU).
Development platform opens way to SoC designs
Compact and cost-effective is how Avnet Silica describes the MiniZed Zynq SoC development platform. MiniZed provides an entry-level development and demonstration platform for single-core Xilinx Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC devices. This cost-optimised solution supports cloud connectivity and industrial IoT applications such as motor control and embedded vision.
Electronics designs that are out of this world
James Nadir contacted DesignSpark for help regarding a PCB he was designing, which is destined for the International Space Station. Here, Nadir explains a little more about the various projects and designs, he, his students and associates are involved with whilst working as a mentor at the Valley Christian High School.
Bluetooth chip boosts the boom of connected smart things
The new-generation BluetoothLow Energy (BLE) System-on-Chip from STMicroelectronics is set to accelerate the spread of connected smart objects throughout homes, shopping areas, industry, toys and gaming, personal healthcare and infrastructure.Built into all new mobile phones, tablets, and computers, Bluetooth Low Energy wireless technology enables consumers to interact with any BLE-enabled object from their own devices.
Industrial I/O module is Arduino compatible
The new SIMATIC IOT2000 module from Siemens, which is an Arduino-compatible shield that enables additional digital and analogue input/output (I/O) connectivity in an industrial environment is available at RS Components. Designed to be compatible with the SIMATIC IOT2020 and IOT2040 industrial IoT gateways, the new module can be connected directly to local sensors to trigger non-time-critical processes.
WIN the PSoC 4 M-Series Pioneer Kit From Cypress
The PSoC 4 M-Series Pioneer Kit is a low-cost development platform enabling the design and debug of embedded systems based on the PSoC 4200M ARM Cortex-M0 MCU. Some features include 55 GPIOs, and RTC, CAN, and DMA controller peripherals.
Students get taste of technology to celebrate INWED17
‘Engineering isn’t just for blokes’ was the message from RS Components and the University of Northampton when they came together to host an event at the Avenue campus site, to celebrate International Women in Engineering Day #INWED17. The event was attended by over a hundred year 7-9 female students and showcased the RS Live truck, the company’s mobile innovation experience.