Celebrity engineer Grant Imahara has teamed up with Mouser Electronics to announce the next Innovation Spotlight interview as part of the Portable Power Series in the Empowering Innovation Together program. In this new interview, Imahara speaks with Jon Nelson, President and CEO, TDK Americas, to learn more abou tenergy management and storage.

The XMC4700 Relax, Relax Kit for 5V Shields, and Relax Lite evaluation kits from Infineon Technologies are now being shipped by distributor Mouser Electronics. These kits are designed to evaluate the capabilities of the XMC4700 microcontroller and Infineon’s free-of-charge, Eclipse-based integrated development environment (IDE), DAVE.

Mouser Electronics has completed a global distribution agreement with Imagination Technologies. On the heels of a successful Kickstarter campaign, the company’s Creator line of development boards are now available from Mouser. The Imagination product line comprises powerful development systems for Internet of Things (IoT) designs, including the new Creator Ci40 IoT hub and Ci40 kit (now available for pre-order) and the Creator Ci20 microcom...

As a Platinum Partner at this year's Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition 2016 (APEC 2016) show (March 20-24) in Long Beach, California, Mouser Electronics will be exhibiting the latest power technologies. The distributor will undertake live demos in Booth 2245, including some of the newest product innovations from STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments, and Murata Power Solutions, available via Mouser.com.

An Exhibitor Seminar Session discussing a 100V FET driver will be hosted by Mouser Electronics and Texas Instruments at APEC 2016 (March 20-24) in Long Beach, California. On Tuesday March 22, Allen Y. Chen, Product Marketing and Applications Manager, from TI’s Battery Management Solutions – Monitoring and Protection will present Big Batteries: Take a Walk on the High Side with TI’s 100V FET Driver, an in-depth look at consumers&...

Ultra-low-power Bluetooth systems-on-chips (SoCs) and the associated development kit from NXP Semiconductors are now being shipped by distributor Mouser Electronics. The QN902x SoCs are highly integrated ultra-low-power, high-performance Bluetooth v4.0 Low Energy (BLE) solutions for Bluetooth Smart applications such as sports and fitness wearables, human interface devices, and app-enabled smart accessories.

The TCPT1600 and TCUT1600 transmissive sensors from Vishay are now being shipped by Mouser Electronics. The compact, surface-mount transmissive optical sensors are qualified to AEC-Q101 standards for automotive and industrial applications, and feature a wide operating temperature range of -40 to +125 degrees Celsius.

The LMX2592 wideband frequency synthesiser from Texas Instruments is a high performance phase-locked loop (PLL) with integrated voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs). Delivering the lowest phase-noise performance in the industry, the single-chip architecture removes the need for multiple discrete devices in high-performance systems, including test and measurement, defense, microwave backhaul, satellite, and wireless communications equipment.

The MAX14827 transceiver from Maxim Integrated is in stock at Mouser Electronics. As the industry’s smallest dual-channel transceiver using IO-Link point-to-point communication technology, the MAX14827 transceiver lets designers incorporate intelligent sensors with continuous diagnostics and monitoring into Industry 4.0 or industrial Internet of Things (IoT) applications.

The MLX90393 Triaxis micropower magnetometers and EVB90393 evaluation board from Melexis are now in stock at Mouser Electronics. The MLX90393 magnetometer is a fully programmable, extremely compact sensor IC designed for low-power applications. The EVB90393 evaluation board offers engineers a platform for constructing a wide variety of highly sophisticated human machine interfaces using the MLX90393 magnetometer.

The F2923 absorptive radio frequency (RF) switch from Integrated Device Technology (IDT) is now being shipped by distributor Mouser Elkectronics. It is the first single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) RF switch to feature IDT’s KZ constant impedance technology, which maintains desired impedance of terminals during switching.

The SMART SAM D09 ARM-Based microcontrollers from Atmel is a series of low-power microcontrollers based on a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0+ processor operating at a maximum frequency of 48MHz. The microcontrollers are available at distributor Mouser Electronics. They are designed for simple and intuitive migration between SAM D devices with identical peripheral modules, compatible code, and a linear address map.  

A low-side current, voltage and power monitoring IC from Maxim Integrated is being shipped by Mouser Electronics. The MAX44298 offers power, current, and voltage monitoring plus reference with precise measurement and programmable current-sensing of full-scale voltages of 5mV, 10mV and 20mV. With its wide single supply voltage range from 3V to 5.5V, the device allows simple sharing of supplies with either an ADC or a microcontroller.

The Wireless Connectivity Kit from Digi International is now in stock at Mouser Electronics. The kit offers designers a hands-on way to learn how to use XBee radio frequency (RF) modules for device connectivity and sensor networking. The new connectivity kit offers beginners and experienced designers and engineers alike the opportunity to easily incorporate wireless communications into their designs.

The PSRmini safety relays from Phoenix Contact are in stock at distributor Mouser Electronics. Available in the industry’s thinnest design, the 6mm- or 12mm-wide relay modules take advantage of compact and flexible force-guided contacts to offer high performance in a small space — reducing footprint up to 70 percent compared to standard relays.

Mouser Electronics says that Panasonic has joined it as co-sponsor of the Dragon Racing Formula E Team for the remainder of the 2016 FIA Formula E all-electric car racing series. Formula E is a new global racing series from Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body for world motor sports. It features cars powered exclusively by electric energy and represents a vision for the future of the motor sports indus...

The Enprion EN362Q1 power system on a chip (PowerSoC) DC-DC step-down converter from Altera is now being shipped by distributor Mouser Electronics. The converter is a high-efficiency, integrated synchronous DC-DC step-down buck converter with an integrated inductor, PWM controller, MOSFETs, and compensation.

An extra 250,000 square feet has been added to Mouser Electronics global distribution facilities. The extra capacity is needed to meet the demands of strong worldwide growth, which the distributor says is significantly in excess of the industry average. Some eye catching statsitics include more than 2.5 miles of conveyor system, 10,766 average daily orders shipped and 41,044 average daily lines pulled. In 2015 1.8bn pieces were picked and on time...

The MEAS Wireless sensor development board from TE Connectivity is now being shipped by distributor Mouser Electronics. The board reports relative humidity, temperature and barometric pressure through Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity, providing environmental data for evaluating weather stations, HVAC systems, and other industrial applications.

The FM4 S6E2GM Pioneer Kit from Cypress Semiconductor is available at Mouser Electronics. The easy-to-use platform allows developers to design with and evaluate the FM4 S6E2GM-Series of 32-bit microcontrollers. The microcontrollers are based on the 180MHz ARM Cortex‑M4 processor with 1MByte of on-chip flash memory and 192Kbytes of SRAM.