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High-efficiency ultracapacitors offer energy density hundreds of times greater than traditional capacitors. The Maxwell BOOSTCAP devices can now be procured in Europe from Rutronik. http://www.electropages.com/viewArticle.aspx?intArticle=15438

Making wireless system design and implementation quick and easy - ready-to-integrate communications devices that offer standards-based quad-band GSM/GPRS Class 10 performance - are now offered by Mouser. http://www.electropages.com/viewArticle.aspx?intArticle=15524

Versatile 8-bit microcontrollers which offer from 16 / 32Kbyte Flash program memory and integrated true data EEPROM can now be sourced at Farnell. The rugged devices reduce costs and increase performance. http://www.electropages.com/viewArticle.aspx?intArticle=15367

Miniature radio modules which can transmit and receive signals up to 300 metres are being offered by RS … Continue Reading

This month has seen continued growth in the sales of electronic components across the globe, with major component distributors reporting record shipping results. Component manufacturers and service providers also, are introducing increasingly innovative devices and technologies :

Tomorrow’s technology today - Mouser - harvest energy from moving vehicles to drive popular wireless applications such as RTLS and WSN. http://www.electropages.com/viewArticle.aspx?intArticle=15349

Traditional analogue instruments such as dials and meters can be replaced by bright new TFT digital displays - GPEG. http://www.electropages.com/viewArticle.aspx?intArticle=15342

For modern inverter applications, including solar, wind and fuel-cell inverters, CDE’s new DC link capacitors provide bulk energy storage and ripple filtering and offer … Continue Reading