New Products

The new TG2511 has a maximum frequency of 25 MHz for sine and square waves and costs only £795. It offers similar facilities to the more expensive 50 MHz generator, but with proportionately lower maximum frequencies for pulse and arbitrary waveforms.

Diversified technology company 3M today announced that its next-generation surface capacitive touch technology has been incorporated in gaming machines built in central Europe for deployment worldwide. Gold Club d.o.o. of Slovenia selected the 3M MicroTouch MCT System for many of their gaming machines, including their 22-inch multi-user electronic roulette tables, to provide a more responsive and immersive user experience. Gold Club has adopted this 3M touch solution for its own-built machines and selected it for externally-manufactured machines throughout its casino operations.

Silicon Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, today introduced an EZRadio® wireless IC solution designed to reduce the cost and complexity of one-way wireless links used in a wide range of consumer, industrial and automotive systems.

Operating at a fixed switching frequency of 1.4MHz, the 1.5A rated AP5101 buck converter from Diodes Incorporated enables designers to reduce circuit footprints in a range of products including set top boxes, modems and distributed power systems.

Now available from the AMP NETCONNECT business unit of Tyco Electronics is a range of multi-fibre trunk cable assemblies in a variety of configurations. The new cables are factory terminated and tested in custom length options up to 500 m initially available with 12 fibres as OM3 multi-mode and OS2 single-mode versions and a choice of LC-LC or SC-SC connectors. They can be used as pre-terminated links for quick deployment or cut in half to create fibre harness links.

The new P909 Series from Peak Test Services is a short-travel probe for battery contact applications.

TTI, Inc., the global distributor of passive, interconnect, relay & switch and discrete components, is now offering Molex’s range of Copper Flex interconnect products that can be designed and manufactured to meet the challenging demands of the military/aerospace market.

Now available from Quadrant are two ranges of circular connector cable assemblies that are designed specifically for medical instruments and are so inexpensive that is more cost-effective to discard them than sterilise with comparatively expensive autoclaving processes.

With its new two-rail decentralized junction box, Tyco Electronics now offers a new way for locating junction boxes on a PV panel. Compared to the commonly used centralized junction boxes in the PV industry, the decentralized box requires 50% less jumper cable to connect to the next solar panel, as the junction boxes are located in the corner of the panels.

Mouser Electronics, Inc., known for its rapid introduction of the newest products, today announced it is stocking the Texas Instruments TMDSDCDCLEDKIT TMS320C2000™ DC/DC LED Lighting Developer’s Kit.

TTI, Inc., the global distributor of passive, interconnect, relay & switch and discrete components, has launched new CeraDiode arrays from Epcos which are used to protect several USB ports simultaneously from static discharges, significantly reducing the PCB space and logistics costs.

Safety is a prime consideration when specifying operators for both commercial and domestic garage doors, as clearly such doors are extremely heavy and have the potential to cause significant injury if components fail to limit the speed and travel of their movement. The UL specification that relates to garage door operators, UL325, now covers operators for both domestic garage doors (Class I regulations) and commercial garage doors (Class II regulations).

Mouser Electronics, Inc., known for its rapid introduction of the newest products, today announced it is stocking the Honeywell Zephyr™ Digital Airflow Sensors, HAF Series (High Accuracy) that provide the industry’s most accurate measurement – within 2.5%.

Sensing and instrumentation specialists Vydas International Marketing has released the new rugged MassaSonic M-320 series RoHS compliant ultrasonic sensors. The new M-320 smart ultrasonic sensor compliments the successful M-300 series which is already established in world wide markets.

Mouser Electronics, Inc., known for its rapid introduction of the newest products, today announced it is stocking the new Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) MSP430™ Value Line family of ultra-low cost 16-bit microcontrollers (MCUs).

HARTING can now supply a range of cable assemblies for data transmission in ISO/IEC 11801 Categories 5, 6 and 7 for a range of environmental conditions.

Molex Incorporated has introduced an innovative power quick-disconnect connector designed to meet new EU legislation for roadside lighting and electronic signage. The passive safety pole connector dramatically speeds up installation, repair and temporary removal of street furniture. The road safety legislation, which is expected to come into force across EU, stipulates necessary changes in roadside furniture construction and materials to better absorb impact and lessen personal injury of motorists in the event of a crash.

A pair of low dropout linear regulators with industrial temperature rating of –40 degC to +85 degC have been introduced by Diodes Incorporated. Suiting applications including set-top boxes, routers and LCD monitors, the 300mA, 150mV dropout AP7335 and 600mA, 300mV dropout AP7365 offer adjustable and fixed output voltage operation at an accuracy of 2% across the temperature range.

CamdenBoss has launched the second generation of its LOGIC² range of 19inch cabinets boasting a host of innovative features while maintaining the LOGIC flatpacked, quickassembly approach that has proved so successful.

Mouser Electronics, Inc., known for its rapid introduction of the newest products, today announced it is stocking the Honeywell Sensing and Control Limitless™ WGLA Series Global Limit Switches.