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DC motor control shield accelerates Arduino projects
The Infineon DC Motor Control Shield for Arduino is available for purchase from Farnell element14. The product enables fast and inexpensive prototyping of DC motor control. It is one of the first high current motor control boards to be compatible to Arduino as well as to Infineon’s XMC1100 Boot Kit.
Through-hole inductors suit DC/DC converters
Vishay’s range of IHTH high-current, high-temperature, through-hole inductors including the AEC-Q200-qualified IHTH-0750IZ-5A and IHTH-1125KZ-5A are on sale at Farnell element14. These feature an operating temperature range from -55 °C to +155 °C, high rated currents up to 125 A, and a wide range of inductance values from 0.47 µH to 100 µH. They are available in 0750 and 1125 sizes.
Connectors built to handle harsh environments
Farnell element14 is selling the new Buccaneer 7000 Series from Bulgin. Available in plastic and metal these dust- and water- proof connectors are suitable for mains power applications in harsh environments such as Industrial Machinery and Building Automation. The connectors are available in both metal and plastic, boasts of IP66, IP68 and IP69K ratings with a quick-turn locking mechanism which offers robust, rapid connections for harsh environme...
LED lighting shield for Arduino provided flicker free dimming
The new RGB LED Lighting Shield with XMC1202 for Arduino from Infineon Technologies is now available from Farnell element14. It is one of the industry’s first easy-to-use, intelligent lighting solutions compatible with Arduino and the XMC1100 Boot Kit of Infineon. The solution features three independent dimming engines with nine independent Pulse Density Modulated (PDM) channels.
NFC tags add connectivity features
Panasonic’s new NFC Tags provide a number of value added connectivity features including high security, high speed Near Field Communication and data storage, high radiation resistance using 4kbit Non-Volatile FeRAM Technology and have ultra low power consumption. The products are compliant with NFC forum standards and support ISO/IEC14443 TypeB & FeliCa RF Interfaces.
Cortex A-5 processor at heart of development kit
Featuring an ARM Cortex-A5 microprocessor, the Atmel XplainedSAMA5D4-XULTboard allows users to evaluate, prototype and create high performance, application-specific designs. The development kit, now on sale at element14, includes 4Gb DDR2 external memory, one Ethernet physical layer transceiver, two SD/MMC interfaces, two host USB ports and one device USB port, one 24-bit RGB LCD and HDMI interface and debug interfaces.
Audio card tunes in to Raspberry Pi
The Cirrus Logic Audio Card which is available exclusively from element14 opens up new levels of functionality and performance to avid audiophiles who wish to use the Raspberry Pi B+ for audio applications. The Audio Card offers Raspberry Pi A+ and B+ users the ability to input and output high definition audio from the Raspberry Pi. The high-performance audio card allows audio input using either line level analogue/stereo digital (SPDIF) or the o...
Dynamic voltage scaling cuts MCU power consumption
Farnell element14 has stock availability of STMicroelectronics‘ STM32 L0.The combination of an ARM Cortex-M0+ core and STM32 ultra-low-power features, makes the STM32 L0 an ideal solution for applications operating on battery or supplied by energy harvesting. The device’s dynamic voltage scaling further reduces the device's power consumption, by on-the-fly adaptation of the digital supply voltage to the operating speed.
RGBC light sensor sees through dark glass
Farnell element14 has introduced the Avago APDS-9950 sensor providing red, green, blue and clear (RGBC) light sensing and proximity detection under a variety of lighting conditions and through a variety of attenuation materials, including dark glass. The proximity detection feature allows a large dynamic range of operations for accurate distance detection.
SBC development platform runs on Windows and Linux
Farnell element14 today announced availability of the Gizmo 2 DIY developer platform from GizmoSphere, a non-profit development board community. Built on the award-winning AMD Embedded G-Series SoC, Gizmo 2 is a second-generation open source x86-based single board computer (SBC) with 85 GFLOPS performance, providing the power of a high-performance computer and the I/O capabilities of a microcontroller.