Monthly Archives: November 2011

Harwin announced at Productronia that it has expanded its EZ-BoardWare range of surface mount PCB hardware products. The company says this follows the industry’s move away from traditional ‘fixes’ associated with cable management, EMC, test and batteries which are often … Continue reading →

Rohm has unveiled its new high power, high brightness white chip LED SMLx family with reflector (PLCC2 and high heat radiation packages) for automotive backlighting applications. Today, the increased functionality of clusters, car audio & navigation, climate control, switches and … Continue reading →

NXP has introduced the CLRC663, the first member of a new generation of high-performance proximity contactless reader ICs. The CLRC663 combines robust multi-protocol support with the highest RF output power and patented groundbreaking low-power card detection technology. Driven by the … Continue reading →

Freescale Semiconductor and Telecom Italia have presented the latest advancement of the Energy@Home consortium during the recent Design with Freescale (DWF) Italian session in Milan, Italy.

Farnell has announced that the upcoming version 6.0 of its CadSoft EAGLE PCB design software will integrate functionality that provides a direct connection between board layout and the Eurocircuits PCB prototyping service. Identifying PCB service providers, generating customised quotations and … Continue reading →

RS has received the ‘2011 Global Catalogue Distribution Award’ from Molex.  RS is the first company to be honoured with the award, which Molex introduced this year, in recognition of its outstanding sales performance, technical design support and service excellence.

AVX has extended the current rating of the Accu-Guard II Low Current Series to include 200mA, 150mA, 125mA, 100mA, 75mA, 62.5mA and 50mA versions in a 0603 package. The miniature 0603 low current fuse uses thin film and land grid … Continue reading →

Revo has adopted HiWave’s BMR (Balanced Mode Radiator) speaker technology and ultra efficient Audium amplifier ICs in its new K2 digital radios, which are now shipping worldwide. The K2 aluminium tower digital radio also integrates an Apple iPhone / iPod … Continue reading →

At the CARTES & IDentification show last week in Paris, Maxim demonstrated several of its products for point-of-sale (PoS) terminals, secure authentication and transactions, and near-field communications (NFC), including its JIBEPOS meshless financial-terminal reference design.

Avago has announced three high-speed optocouplers that deliver robust electrical signal isolation for Intelligent Power Module (IPM) interface applications. The new ACPL-x484 optocouplers operate at 10 MBd, which the company says doubles the speed of existing IPM optocouplers for more … Continue reading →