FEATURES
- Synaptics capacitive touchscreens: Just the right touch for appliances
June 24, 2010 | 7:59 pm
Touch user interfaces have made significant advances in the consumer electronics market particularly for mobile phones and notebook computers, opening the door for adoption in other applications including white goods, computer peripherals, medical equipment, and instrumentation. Synaptics made its debut in the home appliance market earlier this year with the launch of the Samsung Hauzen ZERO air conditioner. - SID 2010 roundup: Day 3
May 27, 2010 | 7:27 pm
The standout products on day three of the SID 2010 conference is Universal Display's new PHOLED display architecture with a unique four-color, sub-pixel design, which promises to drive commercial development of all-phosphorescent active-matrix OLEDs and Sony's tiny rollable OLED display that can wrap around a pencil. - Top 50 Distribution Leaders
May 13, 2010 | 1:55 pm
Smaller distributors were the only ones to post sales gains in 2009. Interestingly, two of the five distributors that posted growth last year -- Interstate Connecting Components and Sherburn Electronics -- derive 100 percent of their sales from interconnect products. Both of them also target the military/aerospace industry. Here are the top 10 sales leaders by ICs, passives/electromechanical devices, interconnects and computer products as well as sales growth.
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Linecard Expansions
- Digi-Key, PEWA expand distribution agreement
July 23, 2010 | 6:06 pmDigi-Key’s expanded distribution agreement with Panasonic Electric Works Corporation of America (PEWA) allows the distributor to sell PEWA’s products in the Asia-Pacific territories, in addition to the existing franchises for the Americas, Japan, Hong Kong, China and Taiwan.
- Arrow, Exar sign pan-European distribution agreement
July 23, 2010 | 5:59 pmExar as signed a pan-European distribution agreement with Arrow Electronics to distribute its entire product portfolio.
- Symmetry signs AvaLAN Wireless Systems
July 21, 2010 | 4:30 pmSymmetry Electronics has signed an agreement with AvaLAN Wireless Systems to distribute its entire product lineup, targeting its long range RF modules.
- Digi-Key, Silicon Labs offer 24-hr lead times for programmable XOs
July 20, 2010 | 5:47 pmSilicon Laboratories Digi-Key are partnering to deliver high-performance programmable oscillators (XOs) with 24-hour lead times.
- TTI adds Cooper Bussmann products
July 15, 2010 | 2:12 pmTTI has entered into a global distribution agreement with Cooper Bussmann to distribute the Coiltronics, PowerStor and Bussmann product brands.
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EV Tracker
Automakers advance EV plans, add ‘green’ jobs
Ford is investing $135 million to design and manufacture key components for the company's next-generation hybrid-electric vehicles as part of its strategy to build a center of excellence in Michigan. The automaker also signed a deal with Coulomb Technologies to provide free charging stations to some of its first electric vehicle owners. Meanwhile, Nissan... »
Tesla, Toyota partner on electric vehicles
Tesla Motors and Toyota Motor recently announced they will work together to develop electric vehicles (EVs), parts, production systems and engineering support. Tesla also purchased the NUMMI vehicle manufacturing plant in Fremont to produce the Model S EV. »
GSA to double federal hybrid fleet
Aimed at increasing U.S. energy security and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, President Obama announced that the Federal Government will replace older cars in the federal fleet with fuel-efficient hybrids and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. »
Energy storage market poised to reach $44 billion in 2015
The market for batteries, supercapacitors and fuel cells targeting transportation and smart-grid applications will more than double from $21.4 billion in 2010, reaching $44.4 billion in 2015, according to a new report from Lux Research. »
Mitsubishi Motors selects ADI’s digital isolators for next-gen EV
The iCoupler digital isolators from Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) have been adopted by Mitsubishi Motors Corp. to develop a safe, reliable and efficient Li-ion battery power system for its next-generation all-electric vehicle, called the i-MiEV. »
Eltek Valere expands into the electric-vehicle market
Eltek Valere has been selected to supply battery chargers to THINK's THINK City electric vehicle, marking the company's first move into the electric-vehicle market. Eltek Valere has traditionally delivered power-supply systems to the telecommunication industry. »
DOE closes $1.4B loan to Nissan to build EVs, advanced batteries
The DOE closes its $1.4 billion loan agreement with Nissan to retool their Smyrna, Tennessee factory to build advanced electric automobiles and an advanced battery manufacturing facility. »
GM to invest $246M in electric motors, hybrid components
General Motors will invest approximately $246 million in electric motor and electric drive manufacturing including construction of a high-volume electric drive production facility at the Baltimore Transmission plant. The automaker also manufactured its first advanced lithium-ion batteries for the Chevy Volt at the Brownstown Battery Pack Assembly plant. »
DOE closes $465M loan to Tesla Motors
The DOE has closed its $465 million loan with Tesla Motors for construction of a manufacturing facility in southern California to produce its Model S electric sedan and a power-train manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California. »
SAE releases interface standard for hybrid/electric vehicles
SAE International has released a standard that provides a standard interface between plug-in hybrid and battery-electric vehicles, and electrical charging systems. »
EA Blog
- Next-gen smartphones need multisensor devices
July 13, 2010 | 12:31 pmThere is no doubt that designers of next-generation smartphones will add gyroscopes to their bills of material for enhanced gaming functionality and indoor location-based services. But, most likely, we will start to see, in addition to multi-axis gyroscopes, more multisensor packages that combine accelerometers and a gyroscope. The benefits: speedier design, simplified supply chain and lower costs.
- Global Wind Day: Five wind facts
June 14, 2010 | 5:40 pmThe American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has highlighted “Five Wind Facts,” a guide to the benefits of wind energy as one effort to market Global Wind Day, June 15. AWEA also plans to announce the winner of its Twitter background photo contest via Facebook and Twitter on Global Wind Day.
- Mobile designs fuel the demand for smaller, cheaper and less power hungry accelerometers
May 27, 2010 | 7:39 pmSeveral top suppliers of three-axis accelerometers — including Analog Devices, Bosch Sensortec, Freescale, and STMicro — have beefed up their product portfolios over the past year with some significant enhancements aimed at lower power consumption, higher resolution, and smaller packaging.
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New Products
- NXP low-power IC targets solar PV apps
August 27, 2010 | 6:08 pm
NXP offers a low-power IC aimed at MPPT applications using PV cells or fuel cells. - C&K mini slide switches withstand high temps
August 27, 2010 | 5:59 pm
C&K Components offers a series of low-cost, miniature slide switches. The OS Series of RoHS-compliant switches feature a new high-temperature option for lead-free soldering. - Archive for New Products »