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Compact development board encourages FPGA experimentation

SBC development kits available from Farnell now include the OrangeCrab r0.2 open-source FPGA development board from Good Stuff Department, the company responsible for open-source hardware, including the ArticKoala and ButterStick boards. This latest SBC is a xlim, compact Adafruit Feather form factor, measuring 22.86mm x 50.8mm. Despite its size, says the company, it can be used as to ...

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Farnell offers power supplies from Rohde & Schwarz for same-day shipping

For use as a bench power supply, product test, repair and education or used in racks for manufacturing test systems, the NGA100 power supply series is part of Rohde & Schwarz’s Essentials Portfolio. The supplies are available from  Farnell for same-day shipping. The power supplies have manual control and computer-controlled operation and are designed for entry-level ...

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Nvidia Jetson TX2 NX Embedded SBC is AI-ready

The Nvidia Jetson TX2 NX single board computer (SBC) is available from Impulse Embedded. At 1.33Tflops it more than doubles the AI processing performance of the earlier Jetson Nano (487Gflops). It is pin-compatible with and has the same form factor as Nvidia’s Jetson Nano. The Jetson TX2 NX SBC combines a dual-core Nvidia Denver 2 ...

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Compact switching regulators are optimised for thermal management

Recom’s RPMH-1.5 series non-isolated switching regulators are 3.75 mm and can supply 1.5A across -40 to +100°C without derating. Versions with nominal output voltages of 3.3, 5, 12, 15, or 24V are available, each accepting input voltages up to 60V. “Switching regulators are particularly suitable for applications where the efficient handling of high ambient temperatures plays ...

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Partnership creates a fast track for IoT design

A partnership between Solid State Supplies and TT Electronics offers a framework to accelerate IoT deployments via TT Electronics‘ Speed to Connect system. Speed to Connect is a framework, covering proof of concept to scalable products. It has been created to enable customers to collaborate to deploy IoT devices faster. It is described as an end-to-end ...

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Ultrasonic proximity and fibre optic sensors extend RS factory automation

Over 340 new products have been added to the PRO factory automation sensors range by RS Components. The range now includes ultrasonic proximity sensors and fibre optical sensors which join the photoelectric proximity sensors (through-beam, retro-reflective and diffuse), inductive proximity sensors and capacitive proximity sensors. The sensors are used to detect a range of materials ...

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SOMs based on Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC put AI vision at the edge

Adaptive system on modules (SOMs) make up the Kria family, developed by Xilinx for AI applications at the edge. The range consists of production-ready embedded boards and developer kit. The small form factor embedded boards are available with a software stack for adaptive computing. The first product released is the Kria K26 SOM, which has ...

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DAC opens nominations for Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design Award 2021

The organisers of DAC have opened nominations for the 2021 Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design award. This award recognises people who have advanced women in electronic design and is named after the DAC organiser. Last year’s recipient, Cadence’s engineering group director, automotive, Alessandra Nardi, was profiled in the 12 August issue of Electronics ...

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Mouser adds embedded FPGAs with QuickLogic signing

Mouser Electronics has signed a global distribution agreement with FPGA and embedded FPGA IP company, QuickLogic. The distributor will initally stock Quicklogic’s EOS S3 low power microcontrollers (pictured) and QuickFeather development kits, supported by open source software. The agreement means Mouser will stock the EOS S3 sensor processor. This is a multi-core SoC based on low power, ...

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Rutronik accelerates automotive semiconductor range

Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente has signed a franchise agreement with Elmos Semiconductor to offer Elmos’ range in Europe (including Russia, Turkey and Africa).  From June this year, the franchise agreement will extend to North, Central and South America. Elmos has a strong presence in the automotive sector, with application specific standard products (ASSPs) for driver assistance ...

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