Industrial Electronics

Continuing its Industrial IoT (IIoT) theme – following the release of the Arduino PLC IDE – Arduino has announced the Arduino Opta, which it describes as an “easy-to-use micro PLC with Industrial IoT capabilities”. Designed in partnership with Finder – an industrial and building automation device manufacturer – it’s aimed at professional developers wanting to take advantage of the wider ...

Shortly after Infineon launched its XMC7000 microcontroller series at electronica 2022, Rutronik has added the single- and dual-core devices to its portfolio. The microcontrollers have dual-bank flash memory for over the air (OTA) updates via read-while-write (RWW). The series consists of Arm Cortex-M7 core microcontrollers with Arm Cortex-M0+ support. It has a dual-bank flash whereby an update can be loaded ...

Stackpole has announced automotive-grade high-reliability chip resistors aimed at applications with pulse handling requirements. “Typically, the manufacturing process for thick film chip resistors allows for variation in the calibration trim, leading to variation in pulse handling performance,” according to the company, whose “RPCA series addresses these needs, providing reliable and repeatable pulse handling behaviour.” The key is having no calibration ...

Swissbit has announced single-level cell NAND flash-based SD Cards and microSD Cards for increased reliability in industrial settings. “When it comes to reliability, data integrity and data retention, the technology with only one stored bit per cell is still unrivalled,” according to the company. “Only single-level cell offers 100,000 program-erase cycles, making it ideal for applications that require particularly robust, ...

Binder has announced M5 sized connectors with 360° shielding aimed at use in interference-loaded environments with limited installation space. The industrial circular connector specialist says the 360°-shielded connectors can be implemented in miniaturised applications, for example in robotics, sensor technology or drones. The 707 series products are available in 3- and 4-pin versions, with both straight and angled cable outlets. ...

Delivering many improved major specs over traditional LM324 op-amps, but with rail-to-rail inputs and outputs, STMicroelectronics has introduced a 6MHz all-rounder op-amp family that will operate from a single 2.7 to 36 V supply as well as from ±1.35 to ±18V dual supplies. TSB511, TSB512, and TSB514 are single, dual and quad op-amps respectively. “This wide voltage range and flexibility ...

At Electronica 2022 we caught up with Leo McHugh, the Vice President of Industrial Automation at Analog Devices, as part of our promotional coverage for the event. With resilience and sustainability top of mind for many organizations, he told us, the opportunity to significantly increase energy efficiency, productivity and reduce waste while also making manufacturing supply chains more resilient is ...

Display and embedded computer distributor Review Display Systems has introduced a single board computer built around AMD Ryzen Embedded V2000 Series processors with two simultaneous HDMI 1.4b 1080p display interfaces and 4K display support through an embedded DisplayPort (eDP). The computer, called ‘de next-V2K8’ and made by Aaeon, measures 86 x 55mm can accept up to 16Gbyte of LPDDR4x 3200. Fast connectivity ...

Altech has a series of DIN rail power supplies that range from 32mm wide for the 75W models to 70mm for 480W versions. Called PSC, “the series has five models ranging from 75 to 480W. All models have a universal input voltage range of 85 to 264Vac and output voltages of 12, 24 and 48Vdc, and are backed by a ...

Pickering Electronics has launched electrostatic shielded variants of its high voltage Series 104 single-in-line reed relay family. The “optional electrostatic shielding between the switch and the coil to help minimise noise between the coil drive and high voltage circuits,” according to the company. “This screening is in addition to the internal mu-metal screen which eliminates problems that would otherwise be ...