Boards/Backplanes
Evaluation module aids inductive touch designs
Mouser Electronics claimit that it is the first distributor to offer the LDC2114 Evaluation Module (EVM) for the LDC2112 and LDC2114 inductive touch solutions from Texas Instruments (TI). A new addition to TI’s sensing solutions, the LDC2114EVM demonstrates the use of inductive sensing to detect and measure the presence of conductive objects to implement inductive touch buttons.
Compact SBC comes with Edge-Connect
ADL Embedded Solutions has announced its compact ADLE3800SEC SBC with Edge-Connect. This ultra-compact 75mm x 75mm form factor is a full-featured, standalone SBC for rugged, embedded applications. The Edge-Connect architecture allows for added I/O expansion and connectors in a variety of baseboard/breakout board configurations for rugged, portable/mobile applications such as unmanned systems, robotics, remote datalogging, wearable computing or po...
Prototyping made easy with sensor evaluation kit
A sensor evaluation kit (expansion board) has been announced by ROHM which is equipped with seven sensors (i.e. accelerometer, barometric pressure, magnetic field), designed for use with existing open-source prototyping platforms such as Arduino and mbed.
No boundaries for boundary scan at IPC Apex 2017
JTAG Technologies return to San Diego this year to premiere several new hardware products for PCB testing and In-System [Device] Programming and -to introduce their new collaborative product with Altium – JTAG Maps.
Thin Mini-ITX motherboard has three independent display support
Advantech announces the release of AIMB-216, a new industrial-grade fanless Thin Mini-ITX motherboard. The Intel Pentium and Celeron N3710/N3160/N3010, AIMB-216 comes bundled with Advantech’s own WISE-PaaS/RMM software suite, which offers remote management and security features for IoT and embedded applications.
Solder-tag board opens way to low cost prototyping
A 40-pin solder-tag board for the Raspberry Pi credit-card sized computer board has been introduced by RS Components. Exclusively available from RS, the solder-tag board is ideal for electronics engineers developing prototypes based around the Raspberry Pi board, as well as being well suited for education and the training of students and electronics beginners.
Game faster with high-performance motherboards
A motherboard which supports the 7th-gen of Intel Core series processors has been announced by BIOSTAR, the BIOSTAR RACING Z270GT9. Featuring the latest Intel Z270 chipset, this motherboard supports LGA1151 processors for in performance and power as well as features including support for DDR4-3600+ high-speed memory, six PCI-E x16 3.0 slots, and two USB 3.1 (TYPE A+C) ports.
Expansion kits hasten ZigBee-Enabled Designs for IoT
The JN5169 ZigBee Expansion kits from NXP Semiconductors are equipped with NXP’s pre-certifiedZigBee and IEEE802.15.4 JN5169 wireless microcontroller. These kits, which are in stock at Mouser Electronics, enable designers to rapidly introduce ZigBee-enabled wireless products without the need for advanced radio frequency (RF) design skills.
Powerful processors drive COM Express module families
The MSC C6C-KLU and MSC C6B-KLH Type 6 COM Express module families, which are based on the 7th generation Intel Core processors are the New Year offering from Avnet Embedded. The new Kaby Lake processors are manufactured in 14nm technology, as the former 6th generation Intel Core processors, and have a similar architecture but are optimised for higher performance at the same level of power dissipation.
Embedded system offers low power and fan-less design
The Industrial PC (IPC) market innovator and Associate member of the Intel Internet of Things (IoT) Solutions Alliance, Portwell has announced the release of the PEB-2773 (146x102mm) 3.5" embedded system board based on the Intel Atom processor E3900 series, formerly codenamed Apollo Lake.