New Product Discoveries - PUI Audio's Exciter and Pimoroni's micro:bit Development Board

Today on New Product Discoveries I have an Exciter from PUI Audio and the micro:bit educational development board from Pimoroni.

PUI Audio has traditionally been known for their speaker products. Today, we are presenting a product called an Exciter (ASX08808-TP-R). Similar to a speaker, an Exciter is a voice coil that is made to be mounted on a hard surface. The inherent dynamic quality of the surface in which the Exciter is mounted is what affects the emitted frequency color. The advantage of an Exciter over a traditional speaker is that sound is emitted in a planar fashion. This means the emitted sound waves are more easily picked up without having to be directly in front of the Exciter.

Another product I would like to discuss is the micro:bit educational board from Pimoroni. Pimoroni is well known for their offering of educational tools and kits – the micro:bit is no different. The micro:bit prototyping kit comes with all the required accessories to get you creating micro:bit projects with ease. The micro:bit is programmed through a graphical form which lends itself to teaching children microprocessor programming. There are a few different micro:bit kits available, and the board alone can be purchased as well – all on digikey.com.

Thank you for listening!

About this author

Image of Randy Restle

Randall Restle has over 40 years’ experience in the electronic components industry.  He is now semi-retired and served as DigiKey’ Vice President of Applications Engineering. His experience includes directing teams of skilled application engineers, technicians, and management personnel to develop original and unique advanced technology products.

His personal pursuits include digital signal processing, programmable logic implementation, motion control improvements, and software design.  He holds patents across multiple industries and is a Senior Member of the IEEE.  Randall holds BSEE, MS and MBA degrees from the University of Cincinnati.

More posts by Randall Restle
 TechForum

Have questions or comments? Continue the conversation on TechForum, DigiKey's online community and technical resource.

Visit TechForum