Opportunities to create smarter IoT devices have been given a boost by RS Components’ introduction of the Sony SPRESENSE, featuring Arm Cortex-M4F performance and extensive sensing, audio, and imaging capabilities. The low-power SPRESENSE platform, comprising a 50.0mm x 20.6mm main board and 68.6mm x 53.3mm extension board, combines the Sony CXD5602 system-on-chip (SoC) for wearable electronics, and the CXD5247 power-management and audio IC...

A White Paper report offers insight and analysis into the state of play for current and future MRO procurement globally. The survey, conducted among 851 procurement professionals - all members of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply - covers the opportunities and pressures procurement professionals face around key areas including innovation, inventory management and supplier knowledge.

The Renesas Synergy AE-CLOUD2 kit from is now available and shipping from RS Components in the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions. The kit enables rapid evaluation, prototyping and development of LTE-cellular IoT cloud-connected applications. The kit helps embedded developers to quickly and easily connect IoT devices and sensors to global cloud services via cellular (Note), Ethernet or Wi-Fi communications.

Availability of a range of LED-based products that use new technology to deliver a quality of illumination that is exceptionally natural looking and is designed to be virtually indistinguishable from sunlight has been announced by RS Components. The ‘SunLike’ LED range from Seoul Semiconductor has been developed as a natural-light LED that is optimised for human-centric lighting.  

RS Components was the partner for a challenge that saw 600 primary school children from across the UK submit inventions for a Guinness World Record attempt. The challenge was to combine the highest number of children's ideas to make a Rube Goldberg machine: a machine designed to carry out a simple task in an overcomplicated way, using multiple simple devices that trigger each other in a domino effect.

Two graphic display controller ICs from Bridgetek that target the development of next-generation graphics displays for human machine interface (HMI) applications are in stock at RS Components. The BT815/816 controllers are the third generation of embedded video engine (EVE) devices.

An extension to the capabilities of its DesignSpark Zerynth Studio middleware toolkit, through its partnership with Zerynth, was announced by RS Electronics at electronica. Members of the DesignSpark engineering community can now use Python to program microcontrollers for blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT) applications through the DesignSpark Zerynth Studio suite.

A new version of DesignSpark Mechanical, a free-for-download 3D CAD modelling tool has been unveiled by RS Components on the opening day of electronica 2018 in Munich. Now available in Version 4.0 – the first update of the tool for three years – offers new functionality and a more intelligent design engine, as well as delivering faster overall performance.

A major extension of its PCB Part Library, which provides a key tool for engineers working in PCB design by delivering direct access to schematic symbols and footprints has been unveiled by RS Components. The library now includes more than 10,000 new models from a range of leading suppliers, including C&K Switches, ON Semiconductor and ROHM Semiconductor.

The inaugural ‘electronica Experience’ at this year’s show in Munich (November 13-16) will see RS Components (RS) playing a prominent role. Taking place in the brand new Hall C6, the electronica Experience aims to deliver advice and a first-hand technology experience to young people to help inspire them to pursue a career in engineering.

PSoC 6 microcontrollers from Cypress Semiconductor are in stock at RS Components. Ideal for secure and battery-powered IoT devices, the MCU family targets deployment in a wide range of IoT applications, including the industrial IoT, smart home equipment, home appliances and portable medical devices.

A portfolio of advanced modules based on FPGAs and system-on-chip (SoC) ICs from Trenz Electronic is in stock at RS Components. The ability of FPGAs and other powerful semiconductor devices to perform efficient processing in parallel is becoming very important to meet the demands of applications that are gathering and storing increasing amounts of data – and these are rapidly mounting in number with trends such as the internet of thing...

Pete Malpas has been named as Regional Managing Director, Northern Europe at RS Components. He reports to Mike England, President EMEA at RS. Malpas will define and implement the strategic direction and growth strategy for the region.

A comprehensive range of RS Pro LED lighting products has been introduced by RS Components. They can be used in a range of energy-saving and low-maintenance lighting applications including torches and inspection lights, high-bay lighting, ceiling panels, battens and floodlights.

RS Components’ DesignSpark ‘Summer of Sound’ competition has been won by a synthesiser-guitar hybrid. The developer, DesignSpark community member mattybrad, wins £1500 of RS products. The hybrid instrument is played like a guitar but has the sound and functionality of a synthesiser.  

The ER8 series of 0.8mm board-to-board connectors from Hirose for industrial and medical applications is in stock at RS Components. ER8 series PCB connectors combine rugged construction with high-speed transmission at data rates of over 10Gbps, comfortably exceeding the IEEE802.3ap backplane Ethernet specification.

With the goal of making IoT sensing projects even easier to start, and more affordable, RS Components has introduced the latest UrsaLeo Pi development kit. By combining the Silicon Labs Thunderboard 2 sensor module with a Raspberry Pi development board, UrsaLeo Pi delivers all the functionality of the UrsaLeo UltraLite development kit at a lower price.

Availability of Microchip’s AVR microcontroller IoT (Internet of Things) development board for Google Cloud has been announced by distributor RS Components. This rapid development solution enables engineers to achieve the fast prototyping of cloud-connected devices within minutes.

Availability of the HARTING ix Industrial range of Ethernet interfaces has been announced by RS Components. These new devices set a higher standard for Ethernet interfaces and respond to the future challenges posed by Industry 4.0 and the IoT (Internet of Things).

Tools from Seeed Studio, Arduino and Bare Conductive that target academic institutions, including educators and students of electronics, as well as inspiring electronics design engineers with new projects and prototypes have been released by RS Components.