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Electronic products, services and design tools from RS South Africa

May 2024 Electrical Power & Protection

RS South Africa has launched a campaign across its broad range of more than 250 000 electronic products. “Electronics has been at the heart of our business for over 80 years, and we are still the ideal partner to help our customers source the products, services and design tools they need to get the job done,” says RS sales director, Erick Wessels. From board level components to development kits, connectors or displays and optoelectronics, RS has a comprehensive range of products from over 700 electronics manufacturers. These include leading brands such as TE Connectivity, Amphenol, Molex, Infineon, ST, Microchip, Renesas, ams OSRAM, SEGGER, Würth Elektronik, and ebm-papst.

Key components for electronics available from RS include semiconductors in small pack and bulk options; passive components for electronics design; displays and optoelectronics including LED lighting parts, couplers and indicators; development tools and kits such as evaluation boards, emulation and simulation tools, programmers, prototyping tools and accessories; connectors such as power, signalling and data connectors for board, panel and machine level applications; on- and off-board power supplies; soldering equipment; ESD control instruments; test and measurement instruments; and electronic tools.

In addition, the DesignSpark community connects over a million like-minded engineers from all walks of life, using RS’s design resources to improve productivity and innovate responsibly, including programming software, CAD libraries and tech updates.


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