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Anglia distributes Renesas solutions

Anglia Components today announced that it has extended its successful relationship with Intersil to distribute Renesas’ advanced embedded semiconductor solutions in the UK and Ireland. The announcement follows the acquisition of Intersil by Renesas Electronics Corporation in February. Achim Mescher, sales director for distribution at Renesas Electronics Europe GmbH explained: …

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RS Components to share insights on the future of engineering at EDS 2017

RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc, the global distributor for engineers, will be sharing insights on the challenges holding back next-generation applications and the solutions aiming to address them at the Engineering Design Show (EDS), taking place at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry on 18-19 October. RS …

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RockTouch projected capacitive touch panels

Relec is pleased to announce the availability of a new exciting range of projected capacitive touch panels (PCT or PCAP) from RockTouch. RockTouch was established in 2012 and quickly established its position as a leader in Projected Capacitive Touch Screen solutions. Many high-quality precision products are very sensitive to their …

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RS Components shares experience of Escape contestant, Neera Kukadia, following last night’s episode of new Channel 4 TV show about engineering

Exclusive interview, published on RS DesignSpark, describes experience of designing a boat to escape the jungle RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc, the global distributor for engineers, has interviewed bright young engineer, Neera Kukadia, who appeared on last night’s episode of Escape – the new Channel 4 …

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Renesas Electronics enables long-term support for embedded industrial Linux developers with new RZ/G Linux Platform

Renesas Electronics, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has announced the Renesas RZ/G Linux Platform featuring the industrial-grade Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) Super Long-Term Support (SLTS) Linux kernel, which enables Linux-based embedded systems to be maintained for more than 10 years. The new Renesas RZ/G Linux Platform provides a verified Linux package with …

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Western Digital unveils next-generation technology to preserve and access the next decade of big data

At its “Innovating to Fuel the Next Decade of Big Data” event, Western Digital Corp. announced a breakthrough innovation for delivering ultra-high capacity hard disk drives (HDDs) to meet the future demands of Big Data with proven data centre-level reliability. The event, held at the company’s headquarters in Silicon Valley, included a demonstration …

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Universal Robots expands unique online academy, offering free interactive modules in robotics programming

More than 14,000 users from 132 countries have joined the Universal Robots Academy to become robot programmers. Adding to its basic training, the academy is now launching three new modules that focus on mastering more advanced features of collaborative robots. Universal Robots, the pioneer and market leader of collaborative robots, …

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IoT set to fuel the next green revolution in the farming industry, finds Inmarsat

New research finds two thirds of agritech businesses will spend between 10-20 per cent of their IT budget on IoT development by 2022  With pressure on land and food resources set to increase, the Internet of Things (IoT) will play an increasingly important role in helping the agriculture sector become more efficient, …

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QinetiQ flies Mirach and Firejet aerial targets together for first time in support of international maritime exercise Formidable Shield

QinetiQ has flown Mirach and Firejet aerial targets together for the first time during a live exercise from MOD Hebrides on the Western Isles of Scotland. QinetiQ is supporting eight NATO countries as they take part in international maritime exercise, Formidable Shield. In a first for QinetiQ, two Firejets and …

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Infineon partners with Smart Wires to shape up existing grids for renewables

Infineon Technologies AG is partnering with Smart Wires on the design of the SmartValve. Infineon announced its collaboration with the Silicon Valley-based technology company at the OktoberTech 2017 Technology Forum. Since today’s grids are extremely challenged, utilities demand more economic, flexible solutions for the integration of renewable energies. New lines and …

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