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Mouser Receives Customer Service and Support Award

For the fifth consecutive year, Mouser Electronics, Inc. has received the NorthFace ScoreBoard Award from Omega Management Group Corp.

New Electronics Components Distribution Agreement

A global distribution agreement has been announced between TTI, Inc. and Abracon, LLC.

Stress-Induced Fabrication Creates a Nanowire-Array in Just Nanoseconds

The method is nine million times faster than any known chemical method.

Vintage Airstream Trailer Decked Out with Voice-controlled Home Automation

Control4 has added 4K TV, audio, LED lighting and shade control to a custom trailer

Analog Devices Adds POWERLINK to its RapID Platform Network Interface

Analog Devices, Inc. has just announced the addition of POWERLINK, a real-time industrial Ethernet protocol, to its RapID Platform Network Interface.

Cracking Down on Google Map Abuse

The search giant and UC San Diego reduced fraudulent business listings by 70 percent.

Video: Cree's New LED Street Lighting Aims to Not Keep You Up at Night

The lighting offers energy savings of more than 70 percent compared to HPS lighting

This Selfie Drone Uses Artificial Intelligence and Just Got the Backing of Apple

Apple has started selling Zero Zero Robotics’ Hover Camera Passport online and at Apple Stores in five countries.

New Choices for Discrete Insulated Pins and Receptacles

A new selection of insulated terminals from Mill-Max includes six popular pins and receptacles fitted with cylindrical insulating sleeves for electrical isolation applications.

Mouser Now Stocking Analog Device’s HMC8400 Low Noise Amplifiers

Mouser Electronics, Inc. now stocks the HMC8400 low noise amplifiers from Analog Devices. The HMC8400 devices are wideband distributed low noise amplifiers (LNAs) that operate between 2 GHz and 30 GHz.

Mouser Now Stocking Maxim’s MAX17222 nanoPower Boost Converter

Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the MAX17222 nanoPower DC-DC step-up (boost) converter from Maxim Integrated. The MAX17222 offers a high 95-percent efficiency that minimizes heat dissipation plus an ultra-low quiescent current that helps extend battery life in highly integrated wearables, health monitors, Internet of Things (IoT) devices and other connected designs.

New Battery Coating Could Improve Lithium Battery Life

A team of researchers have made big developments towards creating a coating for lithium batteries that could improve their lifespan. If the batteries are covered by an organic compound coating called methyl viologen, it eliminates dendrite growth and increases the battery lifetime three times.

Precision Weight Analytics for Fuel Cell Manufacturer

Errors in recording in-process fuel cell weight are eliminated with the combined use of a precision balance and specialized software.

Lidar for the DIY and hobbyist UAV enthusiasts

There are lidar options that cost in the hundreds of dollars that are good for do-it-yourselfers.

RoHS-Compliant Snap-In Power Aluminum Capacitors Offer 5,000 Hours of Lifetime Usage

Vishay Intertechnology extends its 159 PUL-SI series.

Machine Learning Key to Enabling Interior Navigational Location Detection

Using existing sensors inside mobile devices may help alleviate problems with GPS navigation inside large indoor spaces.

Video: New App Tests Your Vocabulary During Smartphone Wait Times

WaitSuite provides quick quizzes during 'micromoments' of inactivity.

SpaceX Announces Details of Second Hyperloop Pod Competition

The race will take place in August with the focus being on speed.

MEMS for the Automotive Industry

Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) is a technique used to manufacture miniaturized mechanical and electro-mechanical components using semiconductor manufacturing processes such as ion implantation, diffusion, oxidation, sputtering, etc., in combination with specialized micromachining techniques.