Over the last few decades, the rising popularity of televisions, tablets, and smartphones has fueled a giant industry, manufacturing these devices on a large scale to suit the general needs of the consumer market. Attracted by cost savings and ready availability, companies are increasingly adopting these consumer products within industrial embedded systems.

The AFOLUX 4 series of easy-to-mount 8-15 In-Wall Panel PCs from IEI has changeable faceplates, touchscreen capability and wireless connectivity.

The OPE1275 and OPE2275 single- and dual-channel encoders are easy to assemble, cost-effective miniature incremental encoders, rated to 256 pulses per revolution, at speeds of up to 5,000 RPM.

Optek's new miniature reflective object sensor provides medical electronics designers with an enhanced sensing range in space-constrained applications. Infusion and transfusion pumps and medicine dispensing equipment are two of the medical applications benefitting from Optek's new OPB733TR reflective object sensor.

Optek's new OPI1268 16kV High Voltage Optoisolator provides power electronics design engineers with a high voltage optical isolator which delivers AC and DC voltage isolation up to 16kV while achieving digital data transmission rates of 2MBd.

New miniature single-channel and dual-channel incremental encoders from Optek offer a low cost solution for small shaft motors.

A new Fibre Optic Illuminator from PerkinElmer couples high intensity white light from multiple LEDs into fibre optic bundles from 3-10mm in diameter.

A new Fibre Optic Illuminator from PerkinElmer couples high intensity white light from multiple LEDs into fibre optic bundles from 3-10mm in diameter.