RS Components has strengthened its thermal imaging instruments offering by signing a distribution agreement with FLIR Systems. The instruments are suitable for testing, troubleshooting and building-maintenance applications.  RS is selling the FLIR E4/E5/E6/E8 and FLIR E40/E50/E60 thermal imaging cameras, as well as the newly launched FLIR TG165 imaging IR thermometer and FLIR C2, the world's first full-featured, pocket-sized thermal camera.

RS Components has extended its range of interconnection solutions serving industries such as mining, chemicals, process automation, and oil and gas, with the addition of HARTING Han Ex connectors for use in potentially explosive environments. Han Ex connectors meet the intrinsic safety requirements of CENELEC equipment codes ia, ib and ic, allowing use in explosion zones 0, 1 and 2 , zones 1 and 2, or zone 2 respectively.

RS Components is partnering with its key suppliers OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, Microchip Technology, Intelligent LED (ILS) and TE Connectivity to deliver two LED Light Experience & Control workshops, taking place in Manchester and Reading. The workshops offer participants the opportunity to update their LED knowledge in what has become a rapidly progressing technology area.

An exclusive global distribution agreement with Taiwan-based Jorjin Technologies has netted RS Components an exciting new range of wireless modules and system-in-package devices. The Jorjin portfolio enables RS and Allied customers to accelerate time to market and deliver competitively priced Internet of Things (IoT), audio, and other applications leveraging Bluetooth Smart and Wi-Fi connectivity.

RS Components is looking to make Near Field Communication (NFC) applications easier to design and more accessible by introducing the Panasonic NFC tag platform, which comprises a versatile set of NFC ICs and easy-to-use development tools.  The NFC chips simplify tag design by integrating RF, signal-conditioning and host interface circuitry, as well as non-volatile 4Kbit FeRAM memory, in a compact surface-mount package.

RS Components has sealed an exclusive agreement with Electrolube to supply Airduster Zero, a completely safe and environmentally friendly active-carbon based air duster. The newly launched Airduster Zero is ideal for assembly, installation or maintenance tasks, safely removing dust and airborne contamination from delicate items or equipment susceptible to electrostatic discharge (ESD).

The next-generation Raspberry Pi 2 credit-card-sized single-board computer from the Raspberry Pi Foundation is now on sale at RS Components. It incorporates the Broadcom BCM2836 application processor, containing a powerful ARM Cortex-A7 quad-core CPU running at 800MHz, and making the Raspberry Pi 2 more than six times more powerful than the first generation Raspberry Pi Model B+.

RS Components has completed a new global trading agreement with industrial connectivity specialist Weidmuller. The Weidmuller range available from RS satisfies interconnection needs across numerous industries such as manufacturing, process control, energy, transportation and more for connecting power, signals and data.

RS Components has signed up a new distribution partner in Bare Conductor, developers of the innovative Electric Paint and the Arduino-based Touch Board. Electric Paint is electrically conductive, non-toxic, solvent-free, and water-soluble. It can be used as a liquid wire, as a cold-soldering medium, or even as a conductive adhesive.

RS Components has launched into its latest distribution partnership by adding Electric Paint and the Arduino-based Touch Board from London tech creators Bare Conductive. These innovative products provide cost-effective and easy-to-use choices for professional engineers and also for maker communities.

RS Components (RS) has launched a new version of DesignSpark Mechanical, the company’s 3D Concept Modelling and design tool that is available free of charge.  Version 2.0 of the software adds several important new features that have been requested by the DesignSpark Mechanical user base.

The first DSPs in Analog Devices’ (ADI) new power-efficient high-performance ADSP-BF70x Blackfin family are on sale at RS Components. The devices, based on ADI’s new Blackfin+ core, support 16-bit and 32-bit fixed-point processing and offer many efficiency improvements. With 800 MMACS of processing power at less than 100mW, this advanced core delivers double the performance or half the power of competing devices.  

Team Maxwell was declared the winner of the Power Hack challenge hosted by RS Components and Allied Electronics along with the international development charity Practical Action. The two-day rapid prototyping hackathon was a major first step in a collaboration that aims to deliver affordable domestic energy via off grid power sources to poverty-stricken communities around the world.

RS Components is supporting the complete Intel Edison development platform, which includes: the ultra-small Intel Edison compute module; the Intel Edison breakout board that helps rapid prototyping; and the Intel Edison board for Arduino. The Intel Edison module is a highly miniaturised product-ready compute module built using an advanced 22nm System-on-Chip (SoC) that includes a dual-core, dual-threaded 500MHz Intel Atom CPU and a 100MHz 32-bit ...

RS Components has unveiled DesignSparkPCB Version 7.0RS. It has added three of the most popular requests for new features to enhance ease-of-use for designers. Enhanced Part Number handling that ensures designers’ Bill of Material (BoM) is complete at any stage of the design. It has also introduced Sketch Routes that draw the approximate routing path and allow algorithms to draw the best tracks, enabling faster time-to-market in new design...

RS Components has boosted its battery portfolio by adding high-performing and environmentally safe Lead Crystal batteries from new supplier partner Betta Batteries. Beginning with 12V units from 7.2Ah to 55Ah capacity, RS will market the Betta Batteries range worldwide, and will add further new products in the future.

Microchip’s new PIC32MZ 32-bit Embedded Connectivity microcontroller family is on sale at RS Components. The PIC32MZ family includes 24 different product variants and provides three times the performance and four times more memory compared to the previous-generation PIC32MX families, in addition to a high level of advanced peripheral integration.

The latest rapid protoyping 3D printer added to the RS Components portfolio is the production-quality micro-SLA ProJet 1200 from 3D Systems. The printer is the first product in the RS 3D printer range to use stereolithography (SLA) technology, which delivers a smoother finish and builds layers that are less visible compared to alternative low-cost 3D printer technologies such as Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF).

Connector supplier Rosenberger is changing its global sales strategy to incorporate distribution and it has signed RS Components to be in the vanguard of this new approach. Previously Rosenberger supplied its products directly to customers. The alliance with RS and Allied Electronics, its sister company in north America, is intended to enhance accessibility to the Rosenberger portfolio by making a vast range of their components available to purch...

RS Components and LPRS celebrate 25 years of working together with the introduction of an IoT themed design competition. Solving an existing problem or a completely new invention, entries must be concept based around an application for the IoT which uses LPRS’ eRIC transceiver modules and a wireless gateway.