element14 has selected 10 finalists in the Inductive Sensing Challenge, a global design competition using the world’s first inductance-to-digital converter, Texas Instruments’ LDC1000. The finalists, representing 10 different countries in North America, Europe and Asia, were chosen from hundreds of submissions around the world to create innovative devices using the product. The competition aims to challenge design engineers to create and discover new uses for inductive sensing, a contactless, magnet-free sensing technology. Sensors convert readings into digital information that can be stored and shared online, and this technology has significant implications for the Internet of Things. “The possibilities for inductive sensing are endless, and we received submissions with many creative solutions that put this technology to great use,” said Dianne Kibbey, global head of community at element14. “Ultimately we identified finalist projects that offer great possibilities for the Internet of Things in a wide variety of applications including health and…
Never shy of throwing down the gauntlet to the global design engineering community, element 14 has launched the Inductive Sensing Challenge, a design competition which will encourage participating…
element14 has chosen three winners out of 18 finalists who built forward-thinking technology projects as part of the Smarter Life Competition. The winners and finalists were identified from…
element14 has chosen 15 competitors out of hundreds of entries from around the world who will build forward-thinking technology projects as part of the Smarter Life Competition. The…
LED Brolly: Mary Poppins has placed the first order
‘Build your own BoosterPack’ is a new portal from Farnell element14 that provides supporting resources to enable designers to create their own BoosterPack, an add-on board designed to…
Looking to help engineers find and order products faster, Farnell element14 has launched Parts Finder Tool. It is a free browser tool which enables engineers to search for…
Pi Makers: Jonathan Hardie, Global Head of Manufacturing, element14, Steve Dalton, Managing Director of Sony UK Technology Centre), and Anthony Morton, Global Asset Manager – Raspberry Pi, element14.
element14 has launched the new Smarter Life Challenge, a global design competition which will encourage participants to develop forward-thinking products. The challenge will leverage the technology of single-chip…
element14 has collaborated with Microchip Technology to launch a new Arduino compatible chipKIT Pi Expansion Board in collaboration with element14 and volunteers from the chipKIT and Arduino communities.…