RS has over 500,000 products for design, research, and development needs. The document is a product guide for electronics that introduces RS's commitment to providing customers with high-quality product offerings and service. It highlights some of the electronic product categories and brands available from RS to support customers' design needs.
Version 2 of DesignSpark PCB adds several new features, most notably a 3D viewer that allows engineers to visualize their PCB design in 3D. It has also improved usability with enhanced rotation and library management capabilities. Over 60,000 downloads have been made since its launch 9 months ago, showing its growing popularity among engineers from over 150 countries.
1. The Rapid Power System (RPS) is a new concept in power system design that allows product designers to implement a custom multi-rail power supply early in development.
2. The RPS provides a main 12Vdc rail and four user pluggable module zones, allowing up to five DC output rails totaling 60W. It monitors voltage, current, power, efficiency and temperature on each rail.
3. Testing an external hard disk drive with the RPS provided detailed power consumption data, showing peak startup power of 32W lasting 5 seconds and steady state power of 10W. Analysis of rail power revealed opportunities to reduce power during disk inactivity.
eTech 6 - Networker - an advanced web server with a microRS Components Malta
Here are 3 tips for designing a microcontroller network: 1) Use a microcontroller with an advanced web server capability to allow networking and remote access/control, 2) Include voltage regulators to supply stable power to the microcontroller from the network or power source, 3) Add status LEDs connected to I/O pins to provide visual feedback on the operation and connectivity of the network.
This document discusses open source hardware (OSHW) and its growth from a niche phenomenon to a multi-million dollar industry. It notes that OSHW projects make hardware design files and documentation available with liberal licenses, allowing anyone to study, modify, and distribute designs. The Arduino microcontroller is cited as the poster child of OSHW due to its success stemming from its open and collaborative development model that has fostered a large ecosystem and global support community.
eTech 6 - How unlocking information from a fan is a blastRS Components Malta
1) Communicating with electronically commutated (EC) fans allows users to access vital information for optimizing system performance and preventing downtime through closed-loop speed control and condition monitoring.
2) EC fans contain onboard electronics that support the RS-485 and Modbus RTU communication protocols, enabling two-way communication for fan speed control, monitoring, and fault detection.
3) Collecting operating data from fans through communication protocols helps maintenance personnel implement predictive maintenance and avoid costly downtime by detecting potential issues early.
1) The document discusses designing an anti-aliasing filter for an analog to digital converter. It explains that the filter must be placed before the ADC to avoid aliasing from frequencies above the Nyquist rate.
2) It provides guidelines for selecting the sampling rate and filter properties based on the maximum input frequency. A higher sampling rate or steeper filter roll-off allows a simpler filter design.
3) Examples are given of digitally-controlled Sallen-Key filters on an analog input module that can be configured as 2-pole or 4-pole filters to meet anti-aliasing needs for different sampling rates. Code is provided to set the filter cutoff frequency.
The use of additional visual or audio feedback can compensate for the reduction in tactile response from newer human-machine interfaces. Changes in lighting or synthesized click sounds provide feedback to users where the tactile feedback of older mechanical interfaces is absent. Membrane keypads and touchscreens demonstrate that usability does not require tactile feedback, as long as the system response is consistent and immediate.
RS has over 500,000 products for design, research, and development needs. The document is a product guide for electronics that introduces RS's commitment to providing customers with high-quality product offerings and service. It highlights some of the electronic product categories and brands available from RS to support customers' design needs.
Version 2 of DesignSpark PCB adds several new features, most notably a 3D viewer that allows engineers to visualize their PCB design in 3D. It has also improved usability with enhanced rotation and library management capabilities. Over 60,000 downloads have been made since its launch 9 months ago, showing its growing popularity among engineers from over 150 countries.
1. The Rapid Power System (RPS) is a new concept in power system design that allows product designers to implement a custom multi-rail power supply early in development.
2. The RPS provides a main 12Vdc rail and four user pluggable module zones, allowing up to five DC output rails totaling 60W. It monitors voltage, current, power, efficiency and temperature on each rail.
3. Testing an external hard disk drive with the RPS provided detailed power consumption data, showing peak startup power of 32W lasting 5 seconds and steady state power of 10W. Analysis of rail power revealed opportunities to reduce power during disk inactivity.
eTech 6 - Networker - an advanced web server with a microRS Components Malta
Here are 3 tips for designing a microcontroller network: 1) Use a microcontroller with an advanced web server capability to allow networking and remote access/control, 2) Include voltage regulators to supply stable power to the microcontroller from the network or power source, 3) Add status LEDs connected to I/O pins to provide visual feedback on the operation and connectivity of the network.
This document discusses open source hardware (OSHW) and its growth from a niche phenomenon to a multi-million dollar industry. It notes that OSHW projects make hardware design files and documentation available with liberal licenses, allowing anyone to study, modify, and distribute designs. The Arduino microcontroller is cited as the poster child of OSHW due to its success stemming from its open and collaborative development model that has fostered a large ecosystem and global support community.
eTech 6 - How unlocking information from a fan is a blastRS Components Malta
1) Communicating with electronically commutated (EC) fans allows users to access vital information for optimizing system performance and preventing downtime through closed-loop speed control and condition monitoring.
2) EC fans contain onboard electronics that support the RS-485 and Modbus RTU communication protocols, enabling two-way communication for fan speed control, monitoring, and fault detection.
3) Collecting operating data from fans through communication protocols helps maintenance personnel implement predictive maintenance and avoid costly downtime by detecting potential issues early.
1) The document discusses designing an anti-aliasing filter for an analog to digital converter. It explains that the filter must be placed before the ADC to avoid aliasing from frequencies above the Nyquist rate.
2) It provides guidelines for selecting the sampling rate and filter properties based on the maximum input frequency. A higher sampling rate or steeper filter roll-off allows a simpler filter design.
3) Examples are given of digitally-controlled Sallen-Key filters on an analog input module that can be configured as 2-pole or 4-pole filters to meet anti-aliasing needs for different sampling rates. Code is provided to set the filter cutoff frequency.
The use of additional visual or audio feedback can compensate for the reduction in tactile response from newer human-machine interfaces. Changes in lighting or synthesized click sounds provide feedback to users where the tactile feedback of older mechanical interfaces is absent. Membrane keypads and touchscreens demonstrate that usability does not require tactile feedback, as long as the system response is consistent and immediate.
The document discusses connectivity technologies and how they enable new functionality. It introduces several connectivity topics that are featured in the issue, including USB 3.0, ZigBee mesh networking, Power over Ethernet, and human-machine interfaces. The goal of RS Components is to help customers find the right connectivity solutions for their projects and provide components to support prototyping and production. An interactive iPad app has been created to deliver enhanced content for eTech magazine.
This document provides a selection of over 400 star products and offers that are ready for fast delivery from www.rs-components.com. It includes a wide range of products across applications to meet various needs. Customers can also find 500,000 additional products online and always with the trusted reliability of RS Service.
The document discusses how electronic circuit breakers from E-T-A helped reduce downtime on production lines at a Nissan automobile plant. Specifically, installing E-T-A's ESS20 electronic circuit breakers on circuits powered by 24V switch-mode power supplies reduced wiring fault downtime by 75% on one line and 50-70% on another line by enabling selective protection and isolation of faulty circuits from the power supply. This minimized disruption when faults occurred.
The article discusses the future of user interfaces, focusing on the growth of touch interfaces and optical sensing technologies. Touch interfaces are becoming more sophisticated, moving from simple touch to multi-touch capabilities. Optical sensing allows for touchless interfaces using 3D mapping and gesture recognition. These consumer-oriented technologies could inspire new generations of intuitive, productive interfaces for industrial and professional equipment.
The document is an issue of an electronics magazine published by RS Components. It highlights several topics, including:
1) RS Components' new online Electronics Centre and upgrade to help customers complete designs more quickly. It also details a partnership between RS, ARM and mbed to support ARM's virtual design environment.
2) Technical articles on renewable energy sources like solar power and low-power communication, processor, connector, and display technologies.
3) New products including over 4,000 additional Tyco Electronics connector lines and energy-saving lighting products from RS light Energy.
The magazine seeks feedback from readers on technical articles and ideas.
The document discusses new online design resources launched by RS Components to help engineers. It introduces Component Chooser, a new parametric search tool that allows intuitive searching and comparison of over 260,000 electronic components. It also discusses the availability of downloadable 3D CAD models of over 20,000 products. Finally, it mentions DesignSpark, a new website providing design tools, reviews and industry discussion to simplify and accelerate the design process.
eTEch 5 - Balancing the Power Options.
Explore the latest issue and find out about Power efficiency for the modern electronics system, Fibre optic choices for today's energy challenges and ESD protection.
Want a hard copy of eTech 5
request one at rssales@tccmalta.com and we will send one right away.
RS Components has renewed its focus on keeping its electronic components and test equipment offerings up to date. It has added over 5,000 new products per month and reduced prices on 165,000 existing products. It has also redesigned its quarterly magazine, now called eTech, to provide more relevant content. RS aims to be a comprehensive source for the latest technologies, components, industries and tools through its supplier-agnostic approach and strengthened product management team with semiconductor expertise. Customers are encouraged to provide feedback to help shape eTech's coverage of significant technologies, products and information.
The document discusses connectivity technologies and how they enable new functionality. It introduces several connectivity topics that are featured in the issue, including USB 3.0, ZigBee mesh networking, Power over Ethernet, and human-machine interfaces. The goal of RS Components is to help customers find the right connectivity solutions for their projects and provide components to support prototyping and production. An interactive iPad app has been created to deliver enhanced content for eTech magazine.
This document provides a selection of over 400 star products and offers that are ready for fast delivery from www.rs-components.com. It includes a wide range of products across applications to meet various needs. Customers can also find 500,000 additional products online and always with the trusted reliability of RS Service.
The document discusses how electronic circuit breakers from E-T-A helped reduce downtime on production lines at a Nissan automobile plant. Specifically, installing E-T-A's ESS20 electronic circuit breakers on circuits powered by 24V switch-mode power supplies reduced wiring fault downtime by 75% on one line and 50-70% on another line by enabling selective protection and isolation of faulty circuits from the power supply. This minimized disruption when faults occurred.
The article discusses the future of user interfaces, focusing on the growth of touch interfaces and optical sensing technologies. Touch interfaces are becoming more sophisticated, moving from simple touch to multi-touch capabilities. Optical sensing allows for touchless interfaces using 3D mapping and gesture recognition. These consumer-oriented technologies could inspire new generations of intuitive, productive interfaces for industrial and professional equipment.
The document is an issue of an electronics magazine published by RS Components. It highlights several topics, including:
1) RS Components' new online Electronics Centre and upgrade to help customers complete designs more quickly. It also details a partnership between RS, ARM and mbed to support ARM's virtual design environment.
2) Technical articles on renewable energy sources like solar power and low-power communication, processor, connector, and display technologies.
3) New products including over 4,000 additional Tyco Electronics connector lines and energy-saving lighting products from RS light Energy.
The magazine seeks feedback from readers on technical articles and ideas.
The document discusses new online design resources launched by RS Components to help engineers. It introduces Component Chooser, a new parametric search tool that allows intuitive searching and comparison of over 260,000 electronic components. It also discusses the availability of downloadable 3D CAD models of over 20,000 products. Finally, it mentions DesignSpark, a new website providing design tools, reviews and industry discussion to simplify and accelerate the design process.
eTEch 5 - Balancing the Power Options.
Explore the latest issue and find out about Power efficiency for the modern electronics system, Fibre optic choices for today's energy challenges and ESD protection.
Want a hard copy of eTech 5
request one at rssales@tccmalta.com and we will send one right away.
RS Components has renewed its focus on keeping its electronic components and test equipment offerings up to date. It has added over 5,000 new products per month and reduced prices on 165,000 existing products. It has also redesigned its quarterly magazine, now called eTech, to provide more relevant content. RS aims to be a comprehensive source for the latest technologies, components, industries and tools through its supplier-agnostic approach and strengthened product management team with semiconductor expertise. Customers are encouraged to provide feedback to help shape eTech's coverage of significant technologies, products and information.