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Improve LED brightness in battery-powered devices
Current sensing resistors, designed to improve LED brightness and efficiency in portable battery-powered applications, have been introduced by Vishay Precision Group. The LED1625 and LED221, which expand the company’s Vishay Foil Resistors, provide low TCR of 0.05ppm/°C nominal (0 to +60°C) and 0.2ppm/°C nominal (-55 to +125°C,+25°C ref.), load-life stability of ±0.005% and tight tolerances to ±0.01%.
Motion trackers feature 3D inertial sensor assembly
Farnell element14 has introduced the MTi product portfolio from Xsens which provides a reliable industry standard for MEMS attitude and heading reference systems. The 4th generation MTi offers reliable MEMS based AHRS, VRU, and IMUs. The MTi 10-series gives the system integrator a choice of three different integration levels (IMU, VRU, AHRS).
CAD software enables complex PCB designs
Farnell element14 is now exclusively stocking Altium’s CircuitStudio software in the element14 Design Centre under the two companies’ global distribution deal. The software rounds out Farnell element14’s CAD offering and enables the company to fulfill the vast majority of software needs for professional design engineers.
ARM-based processor adds spice to Raspberry Pi 2
The newRaspberry Pi 2 Model Bis available to buy from element14. Unveiled at a launch event at The Shard, London by element14 and Raspberry Pi Trading, the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B is six times faster than the previous model and now boasts 1GB of RAM to run bigger and more powerful projects.
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.