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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Renewable Energy
Mixed forecasts for solar, prices to fall 8%
PV module shipments are expected to slow, starting in the fourth quarter of 2010 and declining close to ten percent quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter of 2011, according to IMS Research. The market research firm also expects PV module prices to decline by eight percent in the first quarter of 2011. »
Cypress HQ powered 75% by renewable energy
Cypress Semi pledges that its headquarters campus in San Jose, Calif., will be independent from the public utility grid by 2015. The announcement was made by CEO T.J. Rodgers as the company dedicated three new Bloom Energy fuel cell systems at the site. »
Vishay delivers heavy-duty caps for power electronics
Vishay expands its heavy-duty ESTA HDMKP capacitor line with new capacitance and packaging options for power electronics applications. »
Global Wind Day: Five wind facts
The 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. »
National Semi’s solar partnerships deliver ’smart’ panels
National Semi has announced several partnerships at Intersolar Europe this week that leverage the company's SolarMagic suite of power management products. These include collaborations with Shoals Technologies Group, Huber+Suhner and QC Solar. »
National power management chipset makes solar panels ’smarter’
National Semi launches the solar industry's first in-panel SolarMagic chipset that makes solar panels smarter, while marking the advent of a new category of solar systems -- smart panels, said National. »
U.S. market for small wind turbines grows 15% in 2009
The U.S. market for small wind energy systems grew 15 percent in 2009 with 9,800 units sold and 20.3 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). This accounts for about half of the units sold in the world, according to AWEA. »
AUO to unveil ’smart module” at 2010 Intersolar
AU Optronics Corp. is showcasing several innovative solar technologies, including its new "Smart Module", at the 2010 Intersolar trade show in Munich, Germany, June 9-11. »
Kyocera starts solar module production in San Diego
Kyocera Solar has started manufacturing solar modules in San Diego, Calif., to meet growing demand in the U.S. market. The U.S. module production line is expected to help Kyocera meet its global production volume target of 1,000 megawatts (1 GW) of solar cells per year by March 2013. »
First Solar tops PV module supplier rankings
First Solar, a leading thin-film manufacturer, is the top PV module supplier in 2009, surpassing all of its crystalline rivals to ship more than a gigawatt (GW) of modules, according to a report from IMS Research. The report also shows that modules sold by U.S.-based suppliers exceeded those from Japanese makers for the first... »
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 »