The XMC Digital Power Explorer Kit is a new offering from Infineon, utilising their range of industry leading XMC ARM Cortex-M Microcontrollers, OptiMOS BSC0924NDI MOSFETS and IRS2011S high and low side drivers.

Alex Eames, the creator of RasPIO products, explains about his products and how he came to use the RS PCB CAD software to create them all.

To target an audience of students, makers, geeks and young engineers RS Components (RS) says that store.Arduino.cc has been appointed as official global reseller of the SIMATIC IOT2020 IoT industrial gateway, which is manufactured by Siemens. RS is the sole supplier to the market for the SIMATIC IOT2020.

Sven Spetter, a Design Engineer at Omnimax Industrial Automation, explains his reasons for choosing and using DesignSpark Electrical CAD software.

Edmon Roy Bertulfo, an Electronics Design Engineer at A-Champs explains about his company’s products and the use of RS Components free software, DesignSpark PCB.

A new range of thermal imaging cameras from testo is available at RS Components. Each testo thermal imaging camera is ergonomically designed and engineered with comfort, practicality and ease of use in mind. Developed for optimum flexibility and with a wide set of useful and innovative features, the multi-application cameras are ideal for facilities managers, maintenance engineers, and electrical installation engineers.

More than 190 additional devices, including RF and coaxial connectors that target use in wireless telecommunications applications have been added to its range of Samtec connectors by RS Components. Key product types being introduced include: the high-speed and high-density Razor Beam self-mating systems, which reduce inventory costs and are available in a variety of pitches and lead styles for increased flexibility; high-density micro connector s...

The 3M PELTOR ProTac III Headset with level-dependent function for ambient listening helps you focus on your work and communicate with colleagues in noisy environments, without removing the hearing protection.

An almost twofold increase in its offering of NKK switches has been announced by RS Components. The introduction of more than 460 additions to the range includes: toggles; pushbuttons; DIP and slide switches; and rotary, rocker, tactile and smart switches that integrate LCDs. Key introductions in this large range extension are LCD display pushbuttons that are ideal for the many broadcast industries, including a frameless OLED pushbutton switch.

RS Components (RS) has signed a global distribution agreement with SEGGER Microcontroller, a leading supplier of development and debug tools, production programmers, RTOS and a full range of middleware, cryptographic and security software for a large range of microprocessors and microcontrollers from top semiconductor manufacturers.

Allen Brooks, an engineer from NTElectronics UK, uses both DesignSpark PCB and DesignSpark Mechanical from RS Components to produce commercial designs for his clients. Here he tells his story.

The new MUSBR series of ruggedised USB-C connectors and dust caps from Amphenol is now available at RS Components. Designed for use by electronic design engineers working with the latest USB Type-C technology, applications cover diverse sectors including: smartphones, tablets, PCs and laptops; power packs and chargers; and applications in areas such as industrial machinery.

A new and improved website optimised for mobile devices to support its growing mobile user base has been developed by RS Components (RS). The company has seen a fourfold increase in mobile traffic to its website year on year and the new site enables customers to more easily search and buy products whenever and wherever they need.

Getting connected with wireless technology for a smarter way of working.

RS Components has extended its relationship with SamacSys. It now offers direct access to SamacSys schematic symbols and footprints for all PCB components, via the new PCB Part Library service. Studies have shown that up to 50% of an electronics design engineer’s time can be spent on sourcing and managing data for component models used within design software tools.

An initiative for a low-power wide-area-networking (LPWAN) technology programme in Calderdale, a metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire is being supported by RS Components. Businesses in the region will participate in a free long-range wireless communications network ‘testbed’ that has been built with the Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) applications in mind.

The Milli-Grid connector range from Molex has been introduced by RS Components (RS). These single-row connectors are ideal for a wide variety of applications in data communications, including high-end computing servers and PCs, telecommunications and networking infrastructure equipment.

  Alistair Lofthouse, owner of a small commercial print business called ALD Print, talks about his experiences of using the 3D CAD software for a series of scaled locomotive models.

The Creator Ci40 and Ci20 IoT development kits from Imagination Technologies are available at RS Components (RS). The Creator kits include the hardware, software and cloud infrastructure required to quickly build a wireless IoT system. Built on open industry standards, the Creator IoT framework is supported by an ecosystem including reference software and projects.