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Components’ decline puts paid to growth trend

Reporting an “abrupt halt” to the run of 12 consecutive periods of bookings growth, measured on a quarter on same quarter, the previous year, the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn) reveals “disappointing” Q1 2019 results. While bookings increased by 4.2% in Q1 2019 compared to the same period in 2018, billings suffered a 1.3% decline. ...

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Dengrove offers CAN-receiver reference board from Recom

To streamline the design of an isolated CAN interface, the Recom R-REF03-CAN1 reference board has all the circuitry needed to reduce and protect a system against excessive voltages, says Dengrove Electronic Components. The board, now available from the distributor, satisfies requirements for signal integrity and reliability and is a ready-to-use reference board that solves the ...

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RS Components offers Renesas’ power modules for servers

Encapsulated power modules from Renesas Electronics are now available from distributor, RS Components. The ISL8210M, ISL8212M, ISL82180M and ISL8282M power modules are single-channel, synchronous step-down power modules that provide PoL conversion for fpgas, dsps, asics and memory in servers, storage, optical networking, telecoms and industrial applications. The modules deliver 10A or 15A continuous current at PoL and ...

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Rutronik UK adds Nordic’s Bluetooth 5.1 SoC for navigation

Believed to be one of the first devices to support Bluetooth Core 5.1, Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52811 SoC is now available from Rutronik UK The Bluetooth Core 5.1 specification was introduced early this year and adds tracking and location functions. The nRF52811 is a multi-protocol SoC that supports IEEE 802.15.4 for Thread and ZigBee and also Bluetooth Direction Finding ...

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Farnell adds MKR shields to Arduino line

Distributor, Farnell, has added four compact Arduino MKR shields to its Arduino product range. The accessories – three shields and a motor carrier – can be integrated into battery-powered IoT applications in industrial automation, environmental monitoring, agriculture, tracking and energy monitoring projects. The ENV Shield, RGB Shield and Therm Shield have a standard, modular design and are ...

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Arm enhances CPU for mobile computing; bases GPU on new architecture

Ahead of Computex 2019 in Taiwan, Arm has announced two processors for mobile computing. The Cortex-A77 CPU and Mali-G77 GPU target mobile computing for smartphones. The Cortex-A77 increases the instructions per cycle (IPC) of the previous Cortex-A76 CPU by 20%, to improve computing performance to meet the demands of untethered AR/VR and HD gaming. The ...

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Analyser software uses digital twin for aero certification

Software developed by Mentor is designed to help aircraft projects meet electrical load compliance. The Capital Load Analyzer software reduces risk in aerospace electrical compliance and certification. Anthony Nicoli, IES director of Aerospace and Defense, Mentor explained that the increased information and displays used in the aircraft cockpit for flight control and in passenger in-flight ...

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Summer club coding challenge is latest STEM initiative

With the school summer holidays looming, element14 is launching the Summer Code Club Challenge to encourage parents, teachers and youth leaders to set up clubs to help students learn more about coding and access digital literacy resources and support. The online community for engineers has partnered with Kitronik, which develops educational project kits for this ...

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Toolchain supports RISC-V cores

Swedish  embedded software provider, IAR Systems, has recognised the increased adoption of RISC-V-based designs, with the introduction of a C/C++ compiler and debugger toolchain to support RISC-V cores. The first version of IAR Embedded Workbench for RISC-V has been internally tested and the company reports that the C/C++ compiler improves code density, compared to other tools ...

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Trio team up for secure IoT cellular connectivity

Arrow Electronics, Infineon and Arkessa have joined forces to provide connected devices for the IoT, based on the GSMA’s eSIM specification for secure communications. The agreement sees Infineon’s secured hardware controllers and Arkessa’s secured mobile data services provided by Arrow to OEMs, system integrators and enterprises for secure cellular services. Infineon’s SLM security controllers are based on ...

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