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
Newark doubles Maxim inventory
Newark, part of global Premier Farnell, has doubled the number of products from Maxim Integrated Devices including some of the latest medical and industrial devices it stocks for same-day shipping. »
ADI digital temp sensors claim highest accuracy over wide temp range
Launched at Sensors Expo, ADI offers two fully calibrated, 16-bit-resolution, high-linearity digital temperature sensors that claim the industry's highest level of precision over a wide operating temperature range. »
Greenliant Systems buys Microchip’s memory assets
Greenliant Systems has purchased the NANDrive, NAND Controller and Specialty Flash Memory assets of Microchip Technology Inc. The three product lines will form the core of Greenliant's solid-state storage product portfolio for the embedded system, data center and mobile Internet markets, said Greenliant. »
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. »
ADI says medical/industrial apps will be the next big thing for MEMS
Analog Devices believes the MEMS motion sensor market is heading into a third wave of adoption in medical and industrial applications, according to the company's presentation at the recent MEMS panel at the 2010 Globalpress Electronics Summit. »
Newark supplies Tyco Electronics MultiGig RT connectors
Newark now carries Tyco Electronics' MultiGig RT family used in VITA 46 applications. These connectors provide high-speed data rates for communications, military, medical and industrial control applications not available with traditional VME connectors. »
NRC announces Kemet franchise agreement
NRC Electronics has announced a franchise agreement with Kemet Electronics that covers its complete line of capacitor products and technologies. »
Avnet launches tech training series for medical OEMs
Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas has launched the first of three technical training sessions for medical device manufacturers featuring design solutions from Analog Devices. »
TI analog front-end cuts power use, parts count by 95% for ECG/EEG apps
TI unveils the first in a family of fully integrated analog front ends (AFEs) for portable and high-end ECG and EEG equipment. They can also be used in patient monitoring and consumer medical applications. »
Industrial & medical market to grow 11%, says Semicast
The global industrial/medical electronics market is projected to grow by eleven percent, reaching $560 billion in 2010, compared to $505 billion in the previous year, according to preliminary findings from Semicast »
EA Blog
- element14 releases list of ecodesign regs outside the EU
September 6, 2010 | 1:59 pmelement14 just released a summary of energy-efficiency and energy labeling requirements for electrical products required in countries outside the EU.
- 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.
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New Products
- TI delivers 2.4-GHz SoC for remote controls
September 6, 2010 | 3:57 pmTI claims the first fully optimized IEEE 802.15.4 system-on-chip (SoC) for remote control applications.
- Vishay debuts white LED with high luminous intensity
September 6, 2010 | 2:48 pm
Vishay offers a white 3-mm LED, optimized for high-end applications, with a high luminous intensity ranging from 4,500 mcd to 11,250 mcd at 20 mA. - Archive for New Products »