Volume production has commenced of Epson’s new RX8130CE and RX8900CE Real-Time Clocks (RTCs) offering long battery life and small size. Distributor Rutronik offers them as of now. Both new modules, RX8130CE and RX8900CE RTC, are offered in Epson’s smallest ever (3.2 x 2.5 x 1.0mm) package and include an IC and crystal in the package.

Micronas and Rutronik have upgraded their partnership to a worldwide status. Effective immediately, Rutronik is a worldwide franchise partner of Micronas. The global franchise covers the entire Micronas Hall-effect sensor and embedded motor controller product ranges. The 2D sensors, Linear Hall sensors and Hall switches offer the great potential in automotive and industrial applications.

The PCIM show in Nuremberg (May 19-21) will be the platform for Rutronik to present two new DIN-Rail power supply families from co-exhibitor RECOM. The REDIN45 and the REDIN60 with 45W and 60W power respectively. The “Fit & Forget!” PSUs come with a high reliability and a long, trouble-free life.

A new integrated IoT solution – WISE (Wireless IoT Solution Embedded) developed by Advantech is now available at distributor Rutronik.  With WISE-cloud IoT software built-in, it provides remote device management, reliable data acquisition and security protection for many IoT applications.

Forecasters say the Internet of Things (IoT) market will be worth between $7trn and $9trn by 2020. That is exciting chip makers and their distributors. Rutronik is keen to promote its activities on behalf of its suppliers and is rolling out a series of one-day seminars which will embrace networking with sensor developments, two technologies driving many developments related to the Internet of Things (IoT).

The 835 series fuse from Littelfuse, a time-lag, ceramic body AC fuse is the first fuse from Littelfuse to combine an unparalleled I2t value, a maximum interrupting rating of 1,500A at 250Vac, and 1.5kA 8/µs surge withstand capability in a space-saving 5x20mm footprint. It is now on sale at distributor Rutronik.

The new Starcap TR series of supercapacitors from Korchip provides a reliable package of high capacitance and low resistance with thin form factor. It is suited to DRAM back-up for SSD and peak power assist for battery. The TR series is available at distributor Rutronik as of now.

Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF51 IoT Software Development Kit (SDK) is available for download. It is a complete IPv6-ready Internet Protocol Suite for the Bluetooth Smart SoCs of the nRF51 series. It enables small, cost-efficient applications of IoT with ultra low power consumption. The nRF51 series is available at distributor Rutronik.

The Detect it! solution kit from Renesas Electronics Europe, based on the new RL78/I1D microcontroller group, is designed for detector applications and provides ready to use demonstrators for the most typical detectors used in security and fire protection systems. The Detect it! solution kit is available at distributor Rutronik.

Vishay Intertechnology has launched a new digital RGBW sensor featuring Filtron technology for accurate RGBW spectral sensitivity, while providing ambient light spectral sensitivity with responses close to that of the human eye. It is on sale at distributor Rutronik. The VEML6040 colour sensor incorporates photo-pin-diodes (RGBW) and a signal processing IC in a compact 2.0 x 1.25 x 1.0mm surface-mount, 4-pin OPLGA package, while offering an I2C b...

Rutronik is selling the SPL BF98-40-5 laser bar from Osram Opto Semiconductors, that thanks to its high brilliance considerably reduces the complexity of coupling light into fibres. Osram has optimised the chip design in terms of beam quality, resulting in a wavelength of 976nm and high brilliance of 3W/mm*mrad at an optical output of 44W. The laser bar is 5mm wide and consists of five emitters, each 100µm wide and each with cavity length o...

Rutronik has added the compact 470 and 476 Series of NANO2 subminiature fuses from Littelfuse to its portfolio. Both series provide surge tolerance and circuit protection against overload conditions for downstream components. The new fuses feature highly compact surface mountable packages for high design flexibility in space-constrained applications.

Distributor Rutronik is now offering for sale the world’s smallest buzzer KSSGI3J12-A from Kingstate measuring just 4 x 4 x 2mm. Thanks to its small architecture, it is ideal for wearable and portable devices.

Vekatech’s new development board VK-RZ/A1H with the embedded microprocessor RZ/A1H from Renesas with an ARM Cortex-A9 is available at Rutronik24.com. The embedded microprocessor RZ/A1H runs at up to 400MHz clock speed and integrates up to 10MB of on-chip RAM, OpenVG compatible graphics accelerator, dual LCD-drivers and camera inputs.

Rutronik is now selling the Littelfuse 487 Series Fuse, a first fast-acting fuse from its 5x20mm fuse family with both 420V AC and DC ratings. It has been developed to protect telecom power supply units (PSU) and datacentre server power applications where a high-voltage DC interrupting rating is required.

The new Osram Ostar Stage LED from Osram Opto Semiconductors offers more than twice the lumen output than earlier members of the product family with a component surface that is only 30% larger. The LED, available from distributor Rutronik is ideal for more compact and powerful moving heads for stage and spotlights for trade fairs and architectural lighting.

  Unlike GPS and cellular mobile phone tracking, beacons can locate a position within decimeters, even inside a building, creating numerous application scenarios. By Bernd Hantsche, Marketing Director Wireless, Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente.

Rutronik will emphasise its commitment to machine and device networking at the Embedded World exhibition in Nuremberg (Feb 24-26 2015). The distributor will present a bundle of Rutronik Embedded products designed to link internet-capable machines with industrial devices as well as Rutronik Smart, which offers complete solutions for applications such as consumer/lifestyle, health care, home automation and security systems on the Internet of Things...

The BME280 Integrated Environmental Unit from Bosch Sensortec combines sensors for pressure, humidity and temperature in a single package. It was designed to support a broad range of emerging high performance applications, including home automation control, indoor navigation, personalised weather stations and innovative sport and fitness applications. The BME280 is available from distributor Rutronik.

Osram Opto Semiconductors’ integrated optical sensor is now on sale a distributor Rutronik. The SFH 7050 for automatic fitness tracking is used in mobile devices, such as smart watches and fitness armbands, and simplifies personal heart rate or pulse rate measurement. The SFH 7050 sensor has three built-in emitters with different wavelengths of 530nm (green), 660nm (red) and 940nm (infrared). Each of them is based on highly efficient thin-f...