If you have school-aged children, you know the value of education in their lives and the impact STEM toys can have. This is why it's so important to provide them with resources to learn both at school and at home. STEM toys are multi-purpose learning tools that sharpen kids' knowledge and enabl...
Have you wanted to show off your own Snap Circuit design with others? Or run a club/session involving Snap Circuits, and want to create great looking documentation? Enter, the Snap Circuits Designer, created by Elenco! Their Snap Circuit Designer can be downloaded and opened in any Word Proc...
Cyntech Components, a specialist supplier of electro-mechanical components and power supplies, has introduced a custom battery pack design, development and manufacturing service. Cyntech’s manufacturing partner is Hong-Kong based Mike Energy. Cyntech work with customers to develop custom packs...
Small form-factor, low-cost computers like the Raspberry Pi are becoming an attractive alternative to more traditional embedded computers in commercial and industrial applications. The availability of versatile cases and other accessories that turn these board-level computers into neat, self-contain...
The description “hostile environment” conjures up visions of battlefields, extreme climates such as deserts or polar regions, and even the conditions found in space or on other planets. However, for electrical and electronic equipment, hostile environments can be found much closer to home. We al...
The award winning Snap Circuits by Elenco, is the latest popular learning educational product to enter the UK market with the hopes of encouraging the next generation of electronic engineers. Snap Circuits has the potential to foster a lifetime love of discovering the principles behind electronics a...
Battery-related safety issues became one of the hottest news topics over the past winter holiday season, with a multitude of horror stories arising from the latest craze for hoverboards. While not proven yet, the finger of suspicion has pointed to their lithium ion batteries catching fire or explodi...
Many electronic systems can benefit from using customised battery packs that can be installed quickly to reduce product assembly costs, are designed to fit snugly into the available space, and facilitate easy connection to both the systems and to chargers. There are an infinite number of ways in ...
Switches that are designed to activate in response to temperature, pressure or other pre-defined physical variables are found in processes ranging from pharmaceuticals to petrochemicals. At its simplest, a pressure or temperature switch controls electrical power directly, without requiring external ...
Author: Dave Mellor, Director, Cyntech Components The convergence of different types of smart computing and consumer devices, in conjunction with new media formats and large and inexpensive storage, means that user applications are requiring significantly more bus bandwidth to meet increasing dem...
From April 1, CE marking of electronic equipment requires new levels of efficiency from external power supplies Dave Mellor, Director of Cyntech Components advises ‘buyer beware’ What’s meant by ‘efficiency’ with respect to external power supplies? A power supply’s efficienc...
A comparative analysis of power supply single speed air mover and an entire electronics enclosure system fan. Typical densely packaged electronic systems and power supplies use a fan for forced air cooling. Power supply cooling technology often employs computer electronic thermal management techniq...