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Mouser Empowers Engineers with STMicroelectronics Energy Harvesting Development Kit

December 18, 2012 by Jeff Shepard

Mouser Electronics, Inc. announces that it now stocks the STMicroelectronics M24LR-DISCOVERY Energy Harvesting Development Kit, designed to be used with ST's M24LR Dual Interface EEPROMs. The Development Kit is an easy-access development platform for ST's innovative contactless memories with unique energy-harvesting capabilities. The M24LR Discovery Kit contains everything engineers need to start designing battery-free electronic applications that can exchange data with ISO15693-compatible NFC-enabled smartphones or RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) reader-writers.

The turn-key development platform helps accelerate the creation and integration of energy-autonomous data collection, asset tracking or diagnostics capabilities in a wide variety of applications, including phone and tablet accessories, computer peripherals, electronic shelf labels, home appliances, industrial automation, sensing and monitoring systems, and personal healthcare products.

With its unique combination of industry-standard serial-bus (I2C) and contactless RF interfaces, ST's M24LR EEPROM memory has the ability to communicate with the host system "over-the-wire" or "over-the-air." Furthermore, the M24LR's RF interface can convert ambient radio waves emitted by RFID reader-writers and NFC phones or tablets into energy to power its circuits and enable complete battery-free operation.

With its broad product line and unsurpassed customer service, Mouser caters to design engineers and buyers by delivering What's Next in advanced technologies. Mouser offers customers 19 global support locations and the latest, most technologically advanced components for their newest design projects. Mouser Electronics' website is updated daily and searches more than 10 million products to locate over 3 million orderable part numbers available for easy online purchase. Mouser.com also houses an industry-first interactive catalog, data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, and engineering tools.