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Simpson Electric Company 260-8P LED Lighted Analog VOMs | New Product Brief

Simpson Electric Company 260-8P LED Lighted Analog VOMs | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


ams OSRAM OSLON® Optimal LEDs | New Product Brief

ams OSRAM OSLON® Optimal LEDs | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


Meta Acquires Smart Eyeglass Maker for Prescription AR Glasses

Meta Acquires Smart Eyeglass Maker for Prescription AR Glasses

Expanding its reach in AR, Meta has acquired Luxexcel, a company that 3D prints lenses for prescription eyewear and the next generation of smart wearables.


News Jan 07, 2023 by Aaron Carman
An Introduction to Current Sources

An Introduction to Current Sources

Current sources are less familiar than voltage sources like batteries and AC wall power. Current sources usually are buried, unseen, inside electronic circuitry. Learn what they are and how they are designed.


Chip-scale Laser Isolator Paves New Ground in Integrated Photonics

Chip-scale Laser Isolator Paves New Ground in Integrated Photonics

Researchers at Stanford built an effective, passive ultra-thin laser isolator using silicon, a well-known material for chip manufacturing.


News Dec 19, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Cree Led XLamp® Element G (XE-G) LEDs | New Product Brief

Cree Led XLamp® Element G (XE-G) LEDs | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


From New CAN Protocols to LED Arrays, LED Innovations Shine Bright

From New CAN Protocols to LED Arrays, LED Innovations Shine Bright

LEDs have come a long way since their inception in the 1960s at General Electric. Here is a roundup of three innovations in lighting technology.


News Dec 03, 2022 by Ikimi .O
Amphenol Aorora 0.5mm Power Pin Floating Board-to-Board Connectors | New Product Brief

Amphenol Aorora 0.5mm Power Pin Floating Board-to-Board Connectors | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


Luminus Devices SFT-70X-WxS High Power White LEDs | Featured Product Spotlight

Luminus Devices SFT-70X-WxS High Power White LEDs | Featured Product Spotlight

This Featured Product Spotlight is part of a video series exploring the specifications, applications, and market context of new products.


On-chip Laser Pushes Photonics Milestones in LiDAR, AR/VR, and Beyond

On-chip Laser Pushes Photonics Milestones in LiDAR, AR/VR, and Beyond

Shrinking a room-sized laser to the scale of a fingernail, the researchers believe their on-chip laser will “reshape the landscape of integrated photonics.”


News Oct 31, 2022 by Jake Hertz
NXP Rolls Out Five Development Platforms for Matter 1.0 Designs

NXP Rolls Out Five Development Platforms for Matter 1.0 Designs

Seeking to provide the embedded IoT “plumbing” needed for smart home devices, NXP has unveiled a set of development platforms for implementing Matter-based designs.


News Oct 26, 2022 by Jeff Child
Shining an LED Light on Historical Engineer Nick Holonyak Jr.

Shining an LED Light on Historical Engineer Nick Holonyak Jr.

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) paved the way for the full-spectrum lights and lasers used in a variety of today’s devices, and we have inventor Nick Holonyak to thank.


News Oct 05, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
Vishay IHLE 5A Automotive Inductors | Asia New Product Brief

Vishay IHLE 5A Automotive Inductors | Asia New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


Harwin Archer Kontrol IDC | New Product Brief

Harwin Archer Kontrol IDC | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


Neutrik FIBERFOX Expanded Beam Fiber Optic Connectors | New Product Brief

Neutrik FIBERFOX Expanded Beam Fiber Optic Connectors | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


Expanded Digi-Key Facility Opens—Boosts Shipping to 81k Boxes Daily

Expanded Digi-Key Facility Opens—Boosts Shipping to 81k Boxes Daily

Digi-Key Electronics opened its new distribution center this week at its headquarters. The new facility triples the location’s shipping rate to 81,000 boxes per day of electronic parts.


News Aug 19, 2022 by Jeff Child
MicroLED Devices Integrating Microlenses May Sharpen the AR Experience

MicroLED Devices Integrating Microlenses May Sharpen the AR Experience

MicroLED developer MICLEDI is getting even more granular with microLEDs—now, with integrated microlenses.


News Aug 15, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Understanding Illumination: LED Lighting Solutions For Battery-powered Electronics

Understanding Illumination: LED Lighting Solutions For Battery-powered Electronics

Learn about the need for advanced illumination before examining trends in LED performance and customizable light-emitting diode (LED) colors.


ToF Sensors Land Roles in PCs, Smart Door Locks, and More

ToF Sensors Land Roles in PCs, Smart Door Locks, and More

A new wave of time-of-flight (ToF) sensors are finding use in applications such as PCs, smart door lock facial recognition, 3D image sensing, and more.


REAN Lighting Solutions | Featured Product Spotlight

REAN Lighting Solutions | Featured Product Spotlight

This Featured Product Spotlight is part of a video series exploring the specifications, applications, and market context of new products.