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In celebration of Pi Day, element14.com has launched the Raspberry Pi Pi-Fest Design Challenge. This design challenge will put Raspberry Pi Pico at the centre stage as community members will use the device, coupled with any other Raspberry Pi products of their choice, to create music or audio-themed project. Fifty sponsored challengers will receive a Raspberry Pi Pico kit free of charge ...

Hampshire (UK) based AltoNovus has created a low-applied-voltage ohmmeter for probing circuits that might be damaged by higher voltages. It is called OR-01 OhmRanger-LCV (LCV for ‘low compliance voltage’) and measures resistances from 10Ω to 100MΩ while applying 206 or 380mV (selectable) maximum to prevent harming a device under test. Maximum stimulus is limited to ~30mA. “Additional built-in features include a signal-to-noise ...

Last month, government funding body UK Research and Innovation revealed the winners in its £22m Supply Chains for Net Zero Competition – announced in March 2021 and focused on supply chain development for power electronics, electric machines and drives (PEMD). “The coming electric revolution presents an opportunity to put the UK at the forefront of a burgeoning industry, creating manufacturing jobs and ...

Farnell’s Q2 sales were up  35.3% YoY to $441 million while operating margin grew to 13.7% in Q2, up from 10.9% in Q1 and 8.3% in the final quarter of FY21. Farnell’s growth has been driven in large part by continued investments in expanding the global product portfolio. The business planned to add 250,000 new SKUs through FY22 and has ...

Several HDMI standards are integrated in the Adam Tech high speed HDMI 2.1 connector/cable assembly, available from Omni Pro Electronics. The distributor is a New Yorker Electronics company. The assembly provides uncompressed 8K video with HDR, and support bandwidth speeds up to 48Gbps. In addition to support for 4K video, the assembly has eARC (enhanced audio return channel), VRR (variable refresh ...

Cabling by Digitus  which meets Category 8.2 for IT centres are now available from Transfer Multisort Elektronik (TME) The Digitus DK-1843 cabling (pictured) is constructed with a tin copper wire braid and twisted pairs of conductors, each covered with an aluminium-covered polyester film (AL-PET) shielding, all encased in a polyethylene sheath. They exhibit mechanical durability and high immunity to external ...

Digi-Key Electronics, in collaboration with Siemens, will host an online webinar about power reliability for automation and control systems. It takes place on Tuesday, 8 March, at 11 a.m. (CST) and will be presented by Greg Kateb, SITOP power product consultant for Siemens. Spcifically, Kateb will address a variety of scenarios that a power system might face, such as short ...

Artificial intelligence and machine learning offer huge potential benefits to a wide range of embedded systems, says Cliff Ortmeyer of Farnell. For many companies, the investment required to develop expertise in the rapidly developing areas of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can be challenging. Some manufacturers, however, are developing products to enable embedded developers to adopt these technologies ...

Vishay has released a family of six high-power infra-red emitters in 3.4 x 3.4mm lead-less packages. They are “designed with a 42mil chip for 1.5A dc operation, with  support for pulsed currents up to 5A”, according to New Yorker Electronics, which is stocking the parts. They come in two wavelengths and three viewing angles. The parts are: VSMA1085400 860nm 925mW/sr ±40° VSMA1085250 ...

Digi-Key Electronics has announced a global distribution partnership with SPARK Microsystems, the ultra wideband specialist, to offer its ultra-low power wireless communications ICs. Described as next-generation ultra-wideband wireless transceivers, the products target personal area networks and IoT-connected devices. For example, the SPARK SR1000 UWB IC family (pictured) support data rates of up to 10 Mbps at 1.5 nJ/bit (energy consumption ...