Electronics Supply Chain News & Analysis

Wire-to-Wire Connector System with One-Piece Housing Design Released

Mouser Electronics is now stocking ValuSeal wire-to-wire connector system from Molex, LLC.

Should You Add a Touchscreen Monitor to Your Home Office?

The features that make touchscreens so appealing for our phones also make them tempting for a laptop or PC. However, what works so effortlessly on a handheld device may not work so well on equipment designed for use on a desk.

Microcontrollers Help Developers Tackle Internet of Things Applications

Silicon Labs’ Giant Gecko family has large memory options, peak 72MHz processing performance, peripherals and hardware accelerators.

A Third Raspberry Pi Competitor Emerges

Gigabyte’s developer board features an improved processor and more features than the venerable board.

China-based Arduino Competitor Offers New Board for Under 10 Dollars

Seeed’s new DIY developer board includes Grove sensor support and supports the Arduino UNO bootloader.

New App Allows Homeowners to Control the Water in Their Home

Cullinan Connect provides added value to high efficiency (HE) water softeners by giving homeowners the freedom to control their system through a mobile device.

Summer-proof Your Smartphone with this New Thermal Capsule

eXclaim IP, LLC has released the PHOOZY™ Thermal Capsule to address weather related issues for smartphones.

Video: New Artificial Intelligence System Could Help Users Recreate Their Favorite Dishes

Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) believe that AI could analyze food photos and help people learn recipes and understand their eating habits.

How DIY 3-D Printed Toys are Impacting the Multi-Billion Dollar Toy Market

Inexpensive, plastic toys may have an impact on the toy industry in the next few years

Video: Camera Lets Pet Owners Give Treats and Talk to Animals When Not Home

Petcube has announced the release of Petcube Bites, its third interactive pet camera that creates a new treat experience for both pets and their owners.

New Applications Processors Achieve High Levels of Processing for Modern Embedded Applications

Mouser Electronics is now stocking the AM571x Sitara applications processors from Texas Instruments (TI).

Video: DIY Site Makes Going Solar Easier for Homeowners

Sofdesk has announced their public solution tool Draw My Roof for homeowners to measure, design and find savings for solar installations and roofing projects.

Harry Potter Fans: Owning Your Own Invisibility Cloak Could Soon Be a Reality

A team of University of Michigan researchers has developed a new technique for peppering metallic nanoparticles into semiconductors, which could boost the efficiency of LED lighting by 50 percent. It could even be the next step toward developing invisibility cloaks.

Tiny Sensors Play Outsized Role in Huge Wind Turbines

Several types of electrical sensors play important roles in wind turbines.

New Microcontroller Series Extends Flash Memory

Mouser Electronics is now stocking the ATtiny1617 microcontroller series from Microchip Technology.

Video: Non-Invasive Implantable Neural Interface Based on Silicon Electronics

Engineers are designing an implantable device at the scale of one million channels to enable recording and stimulation from the sensory cortex.

Video: Mystery 16th Century Text Revealed By Combining Two Imaging Techniques

An interdisciplinary team of Northwestern University researchers combined visible hyperspectral imaging and x-ray fluorescence to develop a new nondestructive imaging technology that revealed 500-year-old text.

Single-Chip Buck-Boost Battery Charge Controllers Support USB Power Delivery and Type-C

The controllers work in one- to four-cell designs.

New Concept Will Empower Robots to Follow Ethical Behavior

A team of scientists at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK has developed a new concept called Empowerment in order to help robots protect humans and keep themselves safe.