Monthly Archives: March 2012

Zaragoza, Spain-based Libelium has launched a new RFID/NFC module for its Waspmote sensor platform. The new radio module extends Waspmote features allowing the sensor data to be used in Location Based Services (LBS), such as asset tracking, supply chain monitoring, … Continue reading →

Arrow Electronics has developed an embedded web server for compact and efficient network communication. The embedded networking demonstrator iXperience M4 is based on Infineon’s new 32-bit XMC4000 microcontroller family that uses the ARM Cortex M4 processor. Embedded software solutions from … Continue reading →

Rohm Semiconductor will be exhibiting, amongst other things, its SiC Schottky barrier diodes and MOSFETs with lower losses and higher voltage capability at PCIM in Nuremberg, Germany, May 8-10 (hall 12, booth 601).

UK distributor Solid State Supplies has announced availability of a new direct conversion receiver (DCRx) integrated circuit (IC) from CML Microcircuits. The CMX994 targets the next generation of multi-mode software defined radios (SDR) for wireless data and two-way radio applications. … Continue reading →

Sony Europe’s Image Sensing Solutions division has added an ultra compact colour camera module to its range of FCB block cameras with digital outputs. Measuring just 50×47.6×54.2mm, the FCB-SE600 has been designed for space-restricted environments yet features a motorised optical … Continue reading →

For installations needing duplicate equipment sets, for reasons of operational security or to meet peak loading demands, Finder has introduced a flexible multi-function priority change relay, providing convenient control of main and secondary systems.  Suiting for example, pumping or refrigeration … Continue reading →

At Expo Ferroviaria in Turin, Italy today, ITT Interconnect Solutions showed its Veam CIR series which it says is the most versatile electrical, optical and pneumatic multi-pin connector series available today. Designed originally for the hostile environment of mass transit … Continue reading →

Marl Optosource’s new range of Citizen LEDs is not only its most efficient ever, but also includes what it believes is the world’s brightest production LED. The company is offering new Citizen LEDs in a range of five types with … Continue reading →

Carlson and Neul have launched RuralConnect, the first commercially available radio networking system to deliver the full promise of TV white space broadband to WISPs (Wireless Internet Service Providers). RuralConnect, the first product in a line co-created by the two … Continue reading →

FTDI has expanded its portfolio of converter cabling solutions with the introduction of Chipi-X. Measuring 10cm long, this is a USB-to-RS232 level full-handshake UART cable with a male DB9 connector. The DB9 provides the connectivity for RS232 communications and a … Continue reading →