Hackboard tackles widening digital divide with personal computer kits with 4G, 5G connectivity

Hackboard has announced launch of Hackboard 2, a single-board computer (SBC) about the size of a smartphone but with the desktop computer and one of low-priced Intel-powered and Windows-based single-board computers ever made. It’s ideal for Makers and Hobbyists, IoT, edge computing, and embedded solutions with customizable Hackboards. Soon, Hackboard will ship personal computer kits,

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RS Components and Zerynth’s IIoT workshop gives engineers a boost to Industry 4.0

RS Components, a trading brand of Electrocomponents plc, a global omni-channel provider of product and service solutions, is offering exclusive access to a hands-on workshop entitled ‘Edge Computing and Data Collection for Industrial IoT’. The workshop is delivered by IIoT platform vendor Zerynth via RS’ DesignSpark community webpage.

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RS Components launches low-cost, high-performance IR temperature sensor to fit in small spaces

RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc, a global multi-channel provider of industrial and electronic products and solutions, has introduced the RS PRO infrared temperature sensor, a low-cost non-contact voltage-output temperature sensor designed for factory maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) in smart manufacturing environments.

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RS Components and Legal & General join forces to tackle £900m water leakage problem

RS Components (RS), a global distributor for engineers and the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc, and Legal & General(L&G), the FTSE100 financial services group, have joined forces in an open call to the world’s engineering and maker community with a new IoT design competition, the ‘LeakKiller Challenge’.

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RS Components and Legal & General open call with a new IoT design competition

RS Components (RS), a global distributor for engineers and trading brand of Electrocomponents plc, and Legal & General (L&G), the FTSE100 financial services group, have issued an open call to the world’s engineering and maker community with a new IoT design competition — the ‘LeakKiller Challenge’.

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BVM launches mobile division to penetrate M2M market

This will be the year that M2M really starts to take off, said Robert Wainwright (pictured), general manager and director of BVM, speaking at the launch of the company’s new mobile division set up specifically to attack this market.

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