Chicago – May 26, 2022: element14, an Avnet Community, has launched the Twist, Turn and Move Robotics Design Challenge. Participants are tasked with designing and building a robotic arm or mobile robot that performs a specific task. “From robotic arms on the international space station to home vacuums and mops, using robots to help with everyday…
Chicago – April 28, 2022: Newark, an Avnet company and global distributor of electronic components, products and solutions, is teaming up with champion competitive sailor Alberto Riva - oceanic sailor, design engineer and Newark’s brand ambassador - to redesign his nautical autopilot. Newark is enlisting the help of its global element14 Community to develop new and…
Chicago – April 26, 2022: element14, an Avnet community, has announced the “7 Ways to Leave Your Spartan-6” FPGA competition to help teach element14 Community members about the migration from the Spartan-6 to the Spartan-7 FPGA amid current parts shortages. element14 community members will have until July 7 to play along in the competition to win prizes including…
Chicago – April 05, 2022: element14, an Avnet Community, has launched Op-Amp-a-Palooza, an open-ended exploration of op-amps using low-cost components. Members of the element14 Community can participate in Op-Amp-a-Palooza and win the chance to receive an operational amplifier (op-amp) kit provided by Renesas, Microchip, and Maxim for sharing their unique project proposals. An op-amp is a…
Chicago – March 2, 2022: element14, an Avnet Community, has launched a new hands-on competition with Maxim Integrated that challenges community members to experiment with MAX40080, a high-precision, fast-response, bi-directional digital current-sense amplifier. The need for fast, accurate, current sensing and high-power converters is rapidly growing. Maxim Integrated’s current sense amplifiers (CSAs) are optimized for a…