The newly launched FLIR ONE Pro thermal-imaging system for mobile devices is in stock at RS Components. With increased sensor resolution of 160x120, innovative VividIR processing for greater image sharpness, and new features added to the user-interface app, this third generation of the FLIR ONE family delivers even better value for professional and DIY users.

The DYMO LabelWriter Wireless which comes with built-in Wi-Fi to enable cable-free label printing is now available at RS Components. While the printer is suitable for typical general applications in the office, asset tracking, inventory, mailing and shipping and retail, especially with its ability to print barcodes, it is also ideal for use in industrial applications, including labelling shelves, warehousing, chemical storage, floor markers and e...

Enabling designers to save board space, bill of materials, and development time RS Components has released the latest Würth Elektronik MagI3C highly-integrated DC/DC converter modules. By integrating the switching regulator, control circuitry and inductor in the same package, the modules require minimal external components.

More development tools and equipment can be found at RS Components with the addition of a range of Pmods (peripheral modules) and shields from Digilent. Enabling makers and engineers to build the bridge from systems to the physical world, the devices target use in a range of applications.

The EVIKEY ONE NFC cyber-secure contactless USB key has been added to the RSPro range at RS Components. The USB Flash-drives deliver a high level of security for important data by enabling users to lock and unlock the drive using their smartphone essentially as an electronic key.  

A joint month-long competition during November 2017 is being organised by RS Components (RS), and TraceParts, a provider of 3D digital content for engineering. The ‘Guess and Win’ competition will be hosted at http://www.designspark.com, the engineering community of RS Components and Allied Electronics, with entrants required to solve the puzzle to be in with a chance of winning the highly desirable mystery prize.

Through sponsorship of designers across the globe, RS Components aims to inspire the next generation of engineers and designers, using simple ideas to illustrate wide-reaching capabilities. To inspire R&D engineers, students and young engineers about the great things that can be done with individual components and technologies available from RS, the company is sponsoring designers across the globe with some interesting and very cool proj...

A development kit from Honeywell that enables the simple evaluation of sensors is available at RS Components. The Honeywell SEK001 sensor board does not require the development of code before receiving sensor measurements, enabling developers to start testing and prototyping right away.

The Pioneer Kit development platform for the PSoC 6 MCU from Cypress Semiconductor is available at RS Components. The PSoC 6 is purpose-built for the IoT with an ultra-low-power, flexible architecture and integrated security features required for next-generation IoT devices. The kit has a PSoC 63 device on-board, with Bluetooth 5 ready to go, creating a powerful launchpad for developing IoT devices.  

Insights on the challenges holding back next-generation applications and the solutions aiming to address them will be shared by RS Components (RS) at the Engineering Design Show (EDS) at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry (18-19 October).  Technical Marketing Manager Simon Duggleby, Electronics Product Manager Simon Lummis and Head Technology Evangelist Pete Wood will be on hand to discuss physical technology, security and the need to educate engin...

Launched today, the latest-generation pi-top modular laptop features enhancements to assist learning and boost usability, and is available through RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents.  

Availability of a new miniaturised and high-performance vacuum tube technology has been announced by RS Components. It is a timely announcement as it coincides with the 80-year anniversary of the distributor’s foundation, in 1937, as Radiospares Limited, selling elementary vacuum-tube-based components.

The MPLAB ICD 4 in-circuit debugger from Microchip is available at RS Components. It is an In-Circuit programming and Debugging (ICD) development tool for PIC microcontrollers, including the latest PIC32C MCUs, and Microchip’s portfolio of dsPIC digital signal controllers, via the MPLAB X Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

Availability of the Intel Aero Ready to Fly Drone has been announced by RS Components. It is a development platform that is powered by a variety of Intel technologies and offers developers and researchers a fast path for airborne application development. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) development kit enables professional application developers that are less familiar with drone mechanics and avionics to focus on the application software and sen...

An IoT design competition — the ‘LeakKiller Challenge’ has been launched by RS Components and Legal & General. They have issued an open call to the world’s engineering and maker community to develop a prototype of a low-cost, open source IoT leakage detection and warning system. There is a £15,000 prize for the best design.

RS Components has expanded its DesignSpark reach with the launch of a French version of the online engineering community, enabling French-speaking customers to engage with other engineers and to access content and tool support in their native language. DesignSpark now has more than 570,000 members in more than 200 countries, enabling them to engage with fellow engineers globally through comments, questions and the contribution of articles.

The latest Arduino design contest is being supported by RS Components (RS) with high-quality RS Pro test-bench products, specifically an RS Pro oscilloscope and an RS Pro soldering station, among the range of competition prizes available. Entitled ‘Give your project a voice with Sigfox’, the initial stage of the Arduino competition involves engineers, makers and electronics enthusiasts coming up with innovative ideas for projects base...

Ranges of plug-in and desktop power supplies including units that come with approvals for use in medical applications have been introduced by RS Components (RS). The RS Pro brand devices are for use in medical equipment, the products have low leakage current <100uA, two MOPP input to output isolation, and are suitable for BF applications.

The range of IO-Link compatible hardware and ancillaries at RS Components (RS) has been expanded, an initiative which has quadrupled its stock of the devices over the past six months. IO-Link, the first standardised IO technology (to IEC 61131-9) for communication with sensors and actuators, will play an important part in the growing creation and adoption of fully connected solutions based around Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things...

A number of pre-prepared cable assemblies that provide compatible solutions for key product ranges from Molex are now available at distributor RS Components. Targeting a wide range of applications in industries including automotive, consumer, defence, industrial and medical, as well as telecommunications and networking, the new Molex range of pre-terminated cables makes it even easier for engineers to adopt interconnection components in new and e...