What’s New Android app for buyers
Design engineers and purchasers around the globe can nowconduct businesswith Digi-Key Corp.wirelesslywith the availability of Digi- Key’s application for Android phone users. Digi-Key's Android application, version 1.0.2, is currently available in English and is available for download fromthe AndroidMarket for Android 1.6 and higher.
Digi-Key's Android app is the second in a
series of Digi-Keymobile applications. It provides easy access to Digi-Key's expansive product offering and resources. Similar to the
Digi-Key iPhone application, the Digi-Key Android app also allows customers to create Digi-Key orders and viewthemin local, Digi- Key supported currencies.
"By introducing our innovative series of
mobile applications for our domestic and international customers,we aremaking Digi- Keymore accessible and creating amore convenientmethod for conducting business with Digi-Key," saidMark Larson, Digi-Key's president and COO. "It is exciting to explore different forms ofmedia and experience the
results of successful technology initiatives like ourmobile applications."
This free application, available in the Android
Market, is the passkey to one of theworld’s largest inventories of electronic components in stock. Providing instant access to Digi-Key, this newapplication is designed to help design engineers and purchasers source the electronic components they need anytime, anywhere.
www.digikey.com Sensor ideal for cost-sensitive applications
MTS Systems Corp., Sensors Division has re- designed the Temposonics E-Series of linear- position sensors,which offers efficient and effective positionmeasurement specifically for cost-sensitive applications. The re-design of the complete product family and addition of two newmodels incorporates the latest advances in magnetostrictive technologywhilemaintaining the economical pricing forwhich the E-Series sensor family is known. The newmodelswill be available toward the end of 2010.
Upon its introduction, the original E-Series
sensor family became a clear alternative to linear potentiometers andmultiple limit switches. As a position sensor that provided performance and reliability in a small
package, it became and remains an ideal solution formachine control and factory automation designers.
All E-Series position sensors nowprovide
0.01mmresolution and repeatability, aswell as 0.03%linearity deviation at a cost-effective price point. The newE-Series provides backward compatibilitywith the previous versions of the product family.With a rugged construction, the sensor achievesminimum IP67 ratings aswell as 100g shock and 10g vibration resistance across the product family.
The newE-Series sensors feature Analog
(voltage or current) and Start/Stop output. The analogmodel is nowcapable of reporting two
positions simultaneouslywhen using two positionmagnets. The E-Series connectivity now featureswidely availableM12 connector cables.
www.mtssensors.com DIP switch family expands Backplane series debuts
Elma Bustronic Corp., a designer andmanufacturer of high performance backplanes, nowoffers VXS backplaneswith a Gigabit Ethernet Control Layer Channel per VITA 41.6
The first in the series of
C&K Components, a leading international supplier of tact switches, toggle, rocker and pushbutton switches, and smart card interconnect devices, offers an extended family of DIP switches thatmeets awide variety of applications, including address switches for industrial controls, logic switching in computers, and function controlling for numerous applications.
"Our DIP switch family continues to growwith features such as
side actuators, lowprofiles, single-in line package, coded rotary and half-pitch options, offering design engineers superior flexibility in specifying a DIP switch for a particular design," said GaryMountford, GeneralManager, C&K Components.
The C&K DIP switch family includes 10 different series.
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Elma Bustronic’s VXS Backplaneswith the control channel is a 20-slot size. It features a dual star routing topology and 18-layer stripline design. The Gigabit Ethernet control channel provides for out-of-band communication. This can be particularly important for systemmanagement, software and firmware upgrades, and initiating newprocesses on specific boards. The 7U high backplane also has power studs in 3.3V, 5V, 12V, and GND along the top and bottomof the backplane to allowfor flexible power options.
Elma Bustronic also offers Dual Star topologies VXS backplanes in 8,
12, 18, 20, and 21 slots. VXS Star backplanes include sizes in 5 slots and an 8-slot with one hub, 5 payload, and 2 legacy VME64x slots. Other Elma Bustronic innovations for VXS include a SwitchlessMesh, Processor Mesh, VXS/VPX Hybrid backplanes, and Extender Card. The Switchless VXS backplane has 3 point-to-pointmesh slots and 2 legacy VME64x slots. All of the company’s VXS backplanes are compliant to the VITA 41.0 core specification.
It has a lead-time of 4-6weeks ARO.
www.bustronic.com
www.electronics-sourcing.com
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