Boards/Backplanes
Long range WAN development kits aid IoT design
A new range of LoRaWAN (Long Range Wide Area Network) development kits from Semtech have been added to RS Components portfolio of tools that support engineers designing Internet of Things (IoT) applications. LoRaWAN wireless networking delivers a longer range than most common low power wireless technologies, in addition to its greater resilience to interference.
Reference design accelerates HMI device evaluation
The MAXREFDES82 smart force sensor reference design from Maxim Integrated is now available at Mouser Electronics. The reference design features a next-generation industrial, smart force sensor that helps designers rapidly evaluate and deploy new human-machine interface (HMI) devices.
Sundance adds Xilinx’s Kintex UltraScale FPGA
Sundance Multiprocessor Technology Ltd., an established supplier and manufacturer of embedded modules, has announced that it has integrated Xilinx’s smallest Kintex UltraScale FPGA with its EMC2-family of embedded boards for the “OneBank” PC/104-compatible format.
Demo boards aid power management, data conversion
A full line of demo boards from Linear Technology providing a complete solution for evaluating system performance has been released by distributor Farnell element14. The range includes over 1,000 development kits which offer new solutions for power management, data conversion, battery management, signal conditioning and RF and Wireless.
Rugged PC/104 chassis withstands tough environments
MicroMax announced that two versions of the M-Max V75 ultra-compact machined aluminum chassis, which are compatible with the VITA 75 standard, are now available as standalone products. Used in current MicroMax products, these chassis have proven capability, and due to customer demand are now being made available separately to help system designers.
Low-cost board highlights cloud-based IDE
The MPLAB Xpress development board from Microchip Technology is now available from Mouser Electronics. The board provides a full-featured development platform for Microchip’s MPLAB Xpress integrated development environment (IDE), a simplified version of the MPLAB X IDE. It offers a plug-and-play hardware solution for the full-featured, web-based MPLAB IDE.
Reference design delivers fast, low-power data acquisition
The portfolio of Maxim products at Farnell element14 has been extended to include Reference Design Boards and Evaluation Kits. This addition supports its extensive portfolio of data converters, amplifiers, clocks and timers, and microcontrollers, with products for power management, interface, RF and wireless, and memory. The latest addition from Maxim Integrated Products is the Smart Force Sensor Reference Design Board.
BBC micro:bit hits UK in July
The BBC micro:bit, a pocket-sized programmable device that can be coded and controlled to bring ideas, games, and projects to life, is being made available to buy in the UK by element14, manufacturing partner for the BBC micro:bit project. The widespread availability follows the gifting of the BBC micro:bit to up to one million school children in Year 7 (or equivalent) across the UK, to inspire them toget creative with coding, programming and dig...
No need to shop - now you can build your own laptop
Build your own laptop is the opportunity now being offered by RS Components with the launch of a competitively priced pi-top kit, which offers opportunities in the maker and educational arena helping users to ‘learn, play and create’. pi-top has now scaled up production of its crowd-funded kit, enabling RS to offer it for the first time.
The 'world's smallest' 3.5" embedded board
Axiomtek officially introduces its CAPA880, a 3.5" embedded board designed to support LGA1150 socket for 4th gen Intel Core i7/i5/i3 and Celeron processors (35W) with the Intel H81 chipset. The CAPA880 supports up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM, and offers SATA 3 interface, as well as an mSATA slot available on PCI Express Mini Card slot.