RS has added subscription-based improved access to its DesignSpark CAD tools for mechanical and PCB design. Free access will be retained, through a service called DesignSpark Explorer. “Likely to suit students, makers and designers, DesignSpark Explorer will enable members to retain the same community access and tools and design resources that they enjoy today, completely free,” said RS. These include ...
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General purpose Cortex-M4 MCUs get 512kbyte flash
STMicroelectronics has increased the amount of memory available in its 170MHz Cortex-M4-based STM32G4 (right) Access Line microcontrollers. The new members, STM32G491 and STM32G4A1, have 112kbyte of ram and up to 512kbyte of flash – compared to the 32kbyte ram and 128kbyte flash in the STM32G431. Of the two new MCUs, STM32G4A1 also has a AES-256 crypto core. What they don’t ...
Industrial SBC for AMD Ryzen Embedded R2000 processors
Review Display Systems (RDS) has introduced a fan-less industrial mini-STX single-board computer that supports AMD Ryzen Embedded R2000 processors with Radeon Vega graphics. Made by Kontron, D3724-R is aimed at embedded applications with demanding graphics loads such as digital signage, ticketing terminals, information kiosks, medical displays and industrial PCs. Up to three DisplayPorts, one HDMI port, one Embedded DisplayPort V1.4 ...
Farnell signs Gateworks for Arm industrial single board computers
Farnell is to distribute industrial single board computers from Gateworks. “The family of SBCs is an important addition to Farnell’s portfolio as Gateworks products are ideal for use in rugged conditions. Designed from the ground up with components that can withstand shock, vibration, electrostatic discharge and transient voltages in harsh and high temperature environments.” The products can include voltage rail ...
Digi-Key premieres Season 2 of its Farm Different video series
Digi-Key Electronics is releasing a new season of its “Farm Different” video series, diving deeper into the role of automation and control technologies in sustainable farming and food distribution practices. Season 2 – a three-episode series sponsored by YAGEO Group and STMicroelectronics – will highlight “connectivity from farm to table”. It will include interviews with agricultural experts on automation, labor ...
Lindsley Ruth leaves RS Group with immediate effect
Following a leave of absence, Lindsley Ruth is to step down as CEO of RS Group with immediate effect. CFO David Egan will continue as acting CEO and Ruth will remain available to the company board over the next 12 months – in effect his notice period. In November this year, Ruth told The Times of health problems as he ...
Sponsored Content: Win Source beats the pain points in component supply for SMEs
The electronic information industry has been enduring a component shortage for some time now, caused by problems that have only been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic and in some part more recently, the war in Ukraine. The current difficulties in component supply, however, are not a surprise in themselves. WIN SOURCE Online Store (www.win-source.net), an overseas B2B e-commerce platform, focused ...
Rutronik adds Infineon’s XMC7000 microcontroller series with dual-bank flash
Shortly after Infineon launched its XMC7000 microcontroller series at electronica 2022, Rutronik has added the single- and dual-core devices to its portfolio. The microcontrollers have dual-bank flash memory for over the air (OTA) updates via read-while-write (RWW). The series consists of Arm Cortex-M7 core microcontrollers with Arm Cortex-M0+ support. It has a dual-bank flash whereby an update can be loaded ...
Digi-Key plays Santa with launch of December’s DigiWish Giveaway
Digi-key Electronics has launched its 14th annual DigiWish Giveaway, giving engineers a chance to win some electronics via the use of social media. To enter, participants must select one in-stock Digi-Key product, valued up to $100, and comment or post their wish on a social platform (Facebook, Instagram or Twitter) using the hashtag #DigiWish. One name will be drawn from ...
ECSN Q3 forecast – “We have normality”
The latest ECSN UK/Ireland electronic components market forecast for 2023 indicates the market is ‘back to normal’ but still subject to geo-political issues as well as relying on management of the grey market and readjusted inventory. Beginning the briefing with a reference to the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Aubrey Dunford, market analyst at ECSN (pictured), declared that for the ...