Intel is no stranger to the development kit market – the SD card-sized Edison (833-0891) is a prime example - but with the Joule, Intel is aiming squarely at a different crowd of developers.

‘Engineering isn’t just for blokes’ was the message from RS Components and the University of Northampton when they came together to host an event at the Avenue campus site, to celebrate International Women in Engineering Day #INWED17. The event was attended by over a hundred year 7-9 female students and showcased the RS Live truck, the company’s mobile innovation experience.

Availability of flexible LED strips and accessories from Osram has been announced by RS Components.. The LINEARlight FLEX range features a series of coloured LED strips that are flexible and can be cut to fit custom lighting installations, making them especially suitable for use in architecturally integrated applications as well as being suitable for outdoor use.

This project uses a Raspberry Pi with super low cost software-defined radio (SDR) hardware to receive tracking information from the Mode-S transponders of aircraft up to hundreds of km away, with the addition of a neat 3.5” TFT display to provide a handy summary of airspace activity. Article contributed by RS Components (click for full article).

The portfolio of radio-frequency/microwave equipment at RS Components has been extended with a new range of semi-rigid RF/microwave cables and assemblies from Huber & Suhner that offer ultra-high speed of more than 26GHz. Key products in the range are the high-quality flexible SucoFlex 126E coaxial cable assemblies, which are designed to provide enhanced optimal performance at up to 26.5GHz (depending on connector interface choice) with excel...

RS Components is supporting the University of Edinburgh’s efforts to design and build technology for the revolutionary Hyperloop transportation system of the future. The university’s Hyperloop team – also known as ‘HypED’ – is building a prototype pod for the SpaceX Pod Competition, which is being organised by leading aerospace manufacturer SpaceX and will take place at the company’s headquarters in ...

  James Nadir contacted DesignSpark for help regarding a PCB he was designing, which is destined for the International Space Station. Here, Nadir explains a little more about the various projects and designs, he, his students and associates are involved with whilst working as a mentor at the Valley Christian High School.

Availability of the Intel RealSense SR300 development kit has been announced by RS Components. The kit is ideal for software development, prototyping and depth-sensing evaluation in a wide range of applications such as full-hand skeletal tracking and gesture recognition, facial recognition and tracking, depth-enhanced augmented reality, and voice command and control.

As part of a plan to transform its service centre network RS Components (RS) has relocated its Bow branch from the existing site on the Old Ford Trading Centre in East London, to a new unit a short distance away on the Surrey Canal Trading Estate in Bermondsey. New sites, branded RS Local, will have a product and service offer to support engineers locally across the design, build and maintain phases of the product life cycle.

Delivering a reduction in purchase and installation cost, the series of 3.5mm-pitch SDDC PCB terminal blocks from Phoenix Contact is ideal for designing in wire-to-board connectivity for a wide range of general electronics design applications including automotive, industrial and consumer electronics, white goods, control cabinets, power tools and medical equipment.

RS Components has undertaken a rapid portfolio expansion of Ohmite brand high-quality resistors to build on the two companies global distribution agreement. The agreement also covers the ARCOL brand, which RS has been distributing for more than three decades prior to and since its acquisition by Ohmite Manufacturing in 2015.

DesignSpark Mechanical 3D modelling software tool from RS Components (RS) was used in the development of the ‘Daedalus’ jet-engine flight suit, which was demonstrated at a recent TED conference in Vancouver. The ‘Daedalus’ flight suit is the brainchild of Richard Browning, who early last year began working on his vision to create a viable anti-gravity jet-engine suit, as well as building a company that could re-imagine hum...

Writing blogs, especially on technical subjects, is a strange way to make a living. What is even stranger is when blogs start to write themselves. When I started researching and preparing for this blog, my intention was to discuss a new range of vandal resistant switches. With my interest in applications, materials and performance, I was fascinated to understand exactly what 'vandal resistance' actually means in the world of switches.

The portfolio of high-quality 3D printers at RS Components has been extended with the addition of two new high-reliability printers from Zortrax which target a wide range of professional users. The printers provide design engineers with the ability to produce detailed, accurate and cost-effective rapid prototyping of their designs, enabling a shorter development process and quicker time to market.

A new range of products from power supply manufacturer Cosel is in stock at RS Components (RS). With rapidly growing sales in Europe the brand is well-known in Japan and the US for manufacturing reliable and high-quality power supplies, including ultra-small AC/DC switching supplies and DC/DC converters.

A series of new workbench equipment, including a soldering station, a pair of rework stations and a fume extractor has extended the RS Pro range of rework tools. These devices target repair work in production facilities, as well as in service environments or for engineers and technicians working in laboratories.

The new SIMATIC IOT2000 module from Siemens, which is an Arduino-compatible shield that enables additional digital and analogue input/output (I/O) connectivity in an industrial environment is available at RS Components. Designed to be compatible with the SIMATIC IOT2020 and IOT2040 industrial IoT gateways, the new module can be connected directly to local sensors to trigger non-time-critical processes.

New motor-control kit solutions from Cypress Semiconductor that enable the simple design, configuration and evaluation of advanced DC motor-control solutions are on sale at RS Components. Covering a range of motors including BLDC (Brushless Direct Current) motors, PMSM (Permanent Magnetic Synchronous Motors) and stepper motors, the new Cypress CY8CKIT-037 PSoC 4 Microcontroller Motor Control Evaluation Kit has been designed for use with the Cypre...

In this latest instalment of ‘What You Can Do in a Day’, DesignSpark’s Connector Geek takes you through a step-by-step guide to utilising APEM’s TS USB Thumbstick in a non-industrial setting – and provides a 3D design file to print your very own ergonomic handle. Article contributed by RS Components (click for full article).

A new evaluation kit from Sensitec for the development of linear- and angular-measurement based motion-control systems is available at RS Components (RS). Targeting a range of markets including industrial automation, automotive, aerospace, machine tooling and medical biosensors, the EBK7000 evaluation kit features Sensitec’s magnetoresistive (MR) sensor technology.