Welcome to First Look, brought to you by DigiKey and Maxim Integrated.  Monitoring one’s heartbeat and other vital body information is becoming a high-demand application space at both ends of the scale, from advanced hospital-grade monitoring systems to “Prosumer” sports/health devices for athletic people who want to manage their performance to in-home products for geriatric…

The Shanghai Motor Show is about more than just displaying the latest extended-wheelbase luxury sedans to the Chinese populace. Chevrolet is taking advantage of the event to debut its vision of the future of motoring with the FNR concept, and the capsule looks like it could be fresh from off the set of Blade Runner. The FNR imagines what a fully autonomous, electric…

5G is set to become the first network capable of being versatile and scalable enough to enable the future of the Internet of Things (IoT). With all of our everyday objects hyper-connected, the 5G network will have a huge amount of data to process which is why the 5G World Summit (24-25 June) is set…

The new Mini – MURS (Multi-Use Radio Service) NiM1B-154.570-5-12.5-MURS is a frequency programmable narrow band transceiver that offers a low-power, reliable data link in a Lemos/Radiometrix transceiver standard pin out and footprint. It is suitable for licensed and unlicensed VHF allocations, FCC part 90, and part 95. Applications include Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS), industrial telemetry…

OKW (Bridgeville, PA) has added a new size to its SMART-BOX range of advanced sealed plastic enclosures for industrial electronics: 5.12” x 8.66” x 2.36”. SMART-BOX is designed to enhance the aesthetics and ergonomics of industrial electronics such as HVAC, control and safety systems. Design features include: Hinged flush-fitting trims, which conceal and protect all…

The FT600Q and FT601Q are FTDI Chip’s (UK) first generation USB 3.0 products that function as SuperSpeed USB 3.0 to FIFO bridges, providing data bursting rates of up to 3.2 Gbps. Features include: A 56-pin QFN package (FT600Q) and a 76-pin QFN package (FT601Q). A 16-bit wide FIFO bus interface (FT600Q) and a 32-bit wide…

Pentek (San Diego, CA) has introduced the Model 71624 dual channel, 34 signal, adaptive IF (intermediate frequency) relay XMC with a Virtex-6 FPGA. As an IF relay, it accepts two IF analog input channels, modifies up to 34 signals, and then delivers them to two analog IF outputs. Any signal within each IF band can…

Polytron Devices’ (Paterson, NJ) new UI10 series of 10 Watt, single and dual output AC-DC power supply modules deliver 75 percent power supply efficiency in 2.5″ x 1.75″ x .75″ fully encapsulated plastic cases. Additional features include: Short circuit, overload, and over voltage protection for automatic. An internal input filter to minimize electromagnetic interference. RoHS…

AVX (Greenville, SC) has introduced the new TCR Professional Series tantalum chip capacitors with conductive polymer electrodes. Designed for use in high power DC-DC converters employed in telecommunications, industrial, and avionics applications that demand high reliability and long lifetime performance, TCR Professional Series capacitors are subjected to AVX’s maverick part control Q-Process with statistical screening…

New development kit for low cost ZigBee motion detector for home monitoring and senior lifestyle systems. Utrecht, The Netherlands  – GreenPeak Technologies has announced a new addition to its Smart Home portfolio with the launch of a reference design for a low cost Passive Infra-Red (PIR) sensor with outstanding performance. The reference design of the…

FatWallet.com, where millions of online deal hunters go to stack coupons with cash back, announced results from its annual Electronics Shopping Survey. The results revealed are displayed in the infographic below. *The national survey conducted online by TNS on behalf of FatWallet.com in March 2015 was fielded among 1,000 adults ages 18 or older.  …

Available as standard gaskets, custom designs or sheet stock, durable 2700 Series Conductive Foam has X, Y and Z axis conductivity for maximum EMI shielding attenuation. The material is ideal for computer, router and telecom I/O shielding. It is offered with or without pressure sensitive conductive adhesive covering the entire mounting surface or with nonconductive…

How are you addressing the multifaceted test equipment design needs due to the increase in M2M communications?   Joerg Koepp, Head of the Market Segment M2M, Rohde & Schwarz M2M communications, as enabler of the Internet of Things (IoT), offers a lot of new opportunities for applications of wireless technologies in various industry sectors. Consequently, many…

Microchip Technology (Chandler, AZ) has announced the expansion of its non-volatile digital-to-analog converter (DAC) product line with the MCP47FEBXX devices. The low-power, single and dual-channel DACs feature 8-, 10-, and 12-bit resolution, integrated EEPROM and an I2C interface. Additional features include: 8-pin TSSOP packages.   Applicability in the consumer and industrial markets. For more information…

Pasternack (Irvine, CA) has expanded their lines of high frequency right angle RF adapters, which are widely used in the military and commercial markets for applications such as wireless communications, test labs, equipment racks and many other space-limited applications. The new line of microwave is offered with four in-series and between-series connector options including 1.85,…

Aitech Defense Systems (Chatsworth, CA) has announced a new industrial line-up that includes two 6U VME SBCs, one based on the Intel Haswell processor and one that is Freescale QorIQ-based. Aitech’s new rugged, industrial SBCs offer a wide range of memory storage options and I/O, making them ideal for a variety of embedded commercial, industrial and…

Cornell Dubilier (Liberty, SC) announces its Type RA multilayered polymer capacitors for 125°C operation. Type RA capacitors are constructed using stacked metallized polyester protected with an impregnated sealant, which eliminates the need for an external case. This package style offers the highest energy density technology available for switching power supplies, DC to DC converters and…

​7Layers, an international group of engineering & test centers for wireless testing and certification, has upgraded its R&S TS8980FTA, R&S CMW-PQA wireless test platforms to increase test capabilities including LTE location based services (LBS) performance; VoLTE E-911 protocol; eMBMS RF performance, video performance and protocol; LTE carrier aggregation RF performance, data throughput performance and protocol;…

​Cobham Wireless, formerly Aeroflex wireless business unit, has announced that the TM500 network tester family is helping mobile operators to accelerate the deployment of high capacity networks. Already supporting key LTE-A features such as carrier aggregation of two and three component carriers, TDD/FDD carrier aggregation, and eICIC, the TM500 now also supports Coordinated Multipoint transmission/reception…

Montpellier, France — Cortus will demonstrate momentum building for its low-power IP cores at two major industry events. Cortus will exhibit at Embedded World, in Nurnberg, Germany (February 24th to 26th) and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain (March 2nd to 5th) where it will announce a number of new software partners porting to the…

France-based collaboration aims to commercialize automotive-grade 4G chipset solutions by 2018. Caen, France – Presto Engineering has announced that it is collaborating with several France-based organizations to reduce the cost of test of 4G RF devices. Cédric Mayor, Chief Technical Officer, Presto Engineering, Inc., states, “Connected objects and development of 4G solutions represents a huge…

Test system verifies compliance of mobile devices with NFC forum, ISO, EMV L1 contactless specifications. Santa Rosa, CA – Keysight Technologies [NYSE: KEYS] has announced that China Telecom Corporation Test labs (GSTA) in Guangzhou, China has selected the T3111S NFC Conformance System for near-field communications (NFC) device acceptance test. The T3111S is a compact and…

Pairing the Intelsat EpicNG Global HTS satellite platform with Kymeta’s high performance metamaterials antennas will accelerate and simplify access to cost-effective satellite solutions for a range of applications Luxembourg and Redmond, WA — Intelsat S.A. [NYSE: I] and Kymeta Corporation have announced an agreement to design and produce innovative, flat, electronically steerable, Ku-band mTenna satellite…

Handheld inReach satellite communicators provide vital safety and security lifeline anywhere on Earth. Yarmouth, Maine – DeLorme has announced the availability of new enterprise plans and services that will make it easier for business and government customers to track, monitor and communicate with workers in remote locations using inReach personal satellite communicators. DeLorme’s inReach handheld…