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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Tag Archive
Radiall extends micromini coaxial interconnect line
Radiall expands its micromini coaxial product line with the introduction of the MML Series connector solutions that include plugs, receptacles, jacks, adapters, pigtails and cables assemblies. »
Littelfuse SPA sample kits only available at Mouser
Mouser Electronics is the exclusive distributor of Littelfuse's Silicon Protection Array (SPA) sample kits. »
AVX expands high CV power supply capacitor series
AVX extends its popular switch-mode power supply (SMPS) capacitors series. »
Vishay enhances online MOSFET thermal simulation tool
Vishay has improved its ThermaSim online MOSFET thermal simulation tool to provide designers with increased simulation accuracy, efficiency, and user friendliness. »
DRAM, NOR flash markets set for growth in 2010
While global DRAM sales in the first quarter of 2010 exceeded the total for the first six months of 2009, the NOR flash memory market is starting to emerge from its revenue slump, reports iSuppli Corp. »
Atmel delivers smaller, lighter and faster MCUs
Atmel announces production availability for the industry's smallest flash AVR microcontroller package. The Atmel ATtiny4, ATtiny5, ATtiny9 and ATtiny10 AVR microcontrollers (MCUs) are housed in an ultra-small 8-pad UDFN package, with a dimension of 2 x 2 x 0.6 mm, and weigh less than 8 mg »
CEA releases portable media connection standard
The Consumer Electronics Association's (CEA) Portable, Handheld and In-Vehicle Electronics Committee has released a new portable media connection standard that allows for faster transfer of high-definition audio and video data. »
Digi-Key, RECOM enter into global distribution contract
Digi-Key and RECOM Power have signed a global distribution agreement that allows Digi-Key to distribute RECOM Power's products to customers worldwide. »
Symmetry signs SiRF, CSR
Symmetry Electronics has signed a distribution agreement with SiRF Technologies and Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR) -- both CSR plc companies -- to distribute their entire product lines. »
Fairchild’s tiny MicroFET MOSFET targets portable designs
Fairchild delivers what portable designers want -- higher efficiency in smaller packages with the introduction of its high-performance MicroFET MOSFETs packaged in an ultra-compact and thin footprint. »
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 »