Cyntech Components is offering a range of microswitches that are fully dust-tight and water-sealed. Designed to meet more demanding industrial applications, the Microprecision microswitches are available in various configurations to meet IEC/EN 60529 ingress protection levels of IP67 and IP68, and work over -40 to +125°C and more. “Microprecision has it covered with a range of microswitches …

Microswitch works under water

The LightFair International exhibit floor opens today with solid-state lighting companies showcasing their components, systems, and end lighting products to a global audience.

During the LightFair International conference and exhibition in San Diego, CA, the latest commercial solid-state lighting (SSL) products submitted for the US Department of Energy’s annual competition featured two new product categories and showed overall improvement in efficacy from previous years.

Designed for high-ceiling applications, the Saliot SSL product family can be wirelessly aimed and adjusted in zoom angle using Bluetooth Mesh technology.

Starting today, customers running Amazon WorkSpaces in the EU (Ireland) AWS region can use AWS Marketplace for Desktop Apps to purchase pre-packaged applications on a monthly subscription basis.

We are excited to announce ClassicLink support for Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) peering connections. This feature enables communication between linked EC2-Classic instances and resources in a peered VPC over private IP address space. The EC2-Classic instance and the peered VPC can be in different accounts. ClassicLink support for VPC peering simplifies communication between an EC2-Classic instance and a peered VPC.

For more information see ‘Configurations with ClassicLink ’. You can learn more about ClassicLink, here .

Starting today, customers can upgrade their existing Amazon RDS for MySQL database instances from any supported minor version of MySQL 5.6 to 5.7.11 using either the console or API.

A California-based start-up has developed a membrane made from electrospun nanofibers that it hopes can help to reduce water-borne diseases…

Residents and businesses continue to conserve as new targets take effect.

Two days of extensive testing in five Seattle homes confirms the city’s water continues to be safe to drink.