A coinless arcade Kitronik launches new gaming device for kids to learn coding
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itronik, specialists in developing products and learning resources for schools and hobbyists, has launched its latest product designed to help with the development of coding skills – the Kitronik Arcade. A fully featured programmable gamepad, the Kitronik Arcade is created especially for use with the MakeCode Arcade Block Editor. Designed to be suitable for everyone, from beginners to experienced game enthusiasts - with particular emphasis placed on younger people who are taking their fi rst steps into coding - Arcade invites users to enhance their skills by creating their own games or modifying existing games found via the MakeCode website. A wealth of supportive resources are available on the website to facilitate the use of the product in classrooms. There are guided tutorials that walk users through creating simple to complex games, written by community members keen to pass on their knowledge.
Olympus presents its optoelectronic off erings at Productronica
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lympus exhibited its DSX1000 digital microscope, LEXT OLS5000 confocal microscope, MX63/MX63L
microscopes and OEM solutions at Productronica in Munich, earlier this month. For tasks such as the facilitation of precise inspections of electronic components and larger printed circuit boards, and the 3D measurement of data with 4K scanning capabilities, Olympus’ products are designed conveniently, tailored to their specifi c application. Olympus celebrates its 100-year anniversary with these products, demonstrative of their enthusiastic position in the optoelectronics market: their presence at Productronica indicated this, giving the company
Awards for Avnet Abacus Vishay honours Avnet with distribution prize
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vnet Abacus, distributor of interconnect, passive, electro-mechanical and power distributors, has been honoured with a special distribution award from Vishay, manufacturer of discrete and passive electronic components.
Avnet Abacus recorded a progression in sales of Vishay passive components across a three-year period. In addition, Avnet Abacus has created new business development opportunities for Vishay components, with successful projects in various market segments. Alan Jermyn, VP marketing at Avnet Abacus, had this to say: “This award is a recognition of the success
not only of the way we work together, but also the job we are doing to make it easier for customers to specify and buy Vishay components.” “We are happy to present Avnet Abacus with this award, refl ecting their high level of service and inventory management, which makes Vishay’s technologies and solutions more accessible to our mutual customers,” continues Philippe Masson, senior director, sales distribution in Europe for Vishay: “Avnet Abacus has consistently delivered impressive sales results and we congratulate their whole team.”
Avnet Abacus
www.avnet.com
There are also lesson plans and printable coding cards for the classroom, along with video tutorials.
The Kitronik Arcade has been specifi cally
developed to off er a great platform for running educational games. Ergonomically designed for comfort and ease of use, it features a full colour LCD wide viewing angle screen, a piezo sounder for audio feedback and a clear case, ruggedised against everyday knocks, among other attributes. Commenting on the launch of the Kitronik Arcade, director Dave Sanderson said: “The MakerCode Arcade allows the teaching of computational thinking via the medium of games, and this engages learners by providing a rewarding goal, the chance to play the game that they have designed, or alternatively involve themselves with the wealth of games already available to users.”
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the chance to discuss the details of their technologies with customers. For another 100 years, Olympus hopes to present a clearer image of the technology that powers and sustains our industrial, medical and automotive electronics.
Olympus
www.olympus-ims.com
www.kitronik.co.uk
New laser marking service for enclosures
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KW, electronic enclosures specialist, has added new laser marking technology as part of its customisation services. Some details include the waterproofi ng and durability of legends and logos laser marked into the enclosure. For small, machine-readable markings like barcodes and QR codes, this works well and proves to be a quick and cost-eff ective solution. Suitable materials for laser marking include ABS, ASA+PC and ASA+PC-FR, polycarbonate, polyamide (and PA GF) and aluminium. Depending on the materials involved, the following enclosure colours are good for high-contrast laser marking: off -white, pebble grey, light grey, lava and black. OKW off ers photo-quality of up to 1,800 x 1,800 DPI, with a height diff erence of up to 2.5mm. The cost to this service is less than traditional methods, augmenting that cost- eff ective quality against other, conservative options.
OKW
www.okw.co.uk/en 8 NOVEMBER 2019 | ELECTRONICS / ELECTRONICS
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