Farnell has signed a global franchise with XinaBox to broaden its market leading range of educational devices and kits.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year again which means Farnell has announced the opening of its Winter Games competition, giving customers access to exclusive weekly offers from market leading suppliers and fun online games with great prizes.

Farnell is offering a limited time offer for customers to acquire precision test and measurement equipment from Rohde & Schwarz. Discounts are up to 50% percent.

 A new BBC micro:bit, designed to open up a new world of opportunities for the next generation of students is in stock at distributor Farnell.

Farnell has launched its third, annual IoT Survey. The survey provides an opportunity for Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial IoT product designers and system engineers to share insights about the market while helping shape the product range and technical resources offered by Farnell to support this diverse and evolving technology.

Farnell is expanding its range of products with the GT family of soldering systems from Metcal.

Farnell has announced availability of the new-to-market Raspberry Pi 400 desktop computer. Available in ready-to-use kit form, the desktop computer is suitable for use in the home or education.

Farnell has agreed a new global franchise with Industrial Shields, a developer and manufacturer of industrial automation devices (PLCs and Panel PCs) based on open source hardware from Raspberry Pi and Arduino.  

In an exclusive deal, Farnell has added Radio Frequency (RF) and microwave development tools from MegiQ to its extensive test and measurement portfolio.

element14 will be joined by Simon Foley, Market Development Manager at Vishay for a webinar entitled “5 Things to Know About Buck Regulators” on 4 November, 2020 5pm GMT. 

The new Compute Module 4 (CM4) from Raspberry Pi is now available at Farnell. The distributor has made a heavy investment in stock to meet volume orders.

Farnell is celebrating the manufacture of 5 million BBC micro:bit devices since its launch in 2016.

Farnell has a new franchise. It has signed an agreement with AMETEKLand, a manufacturer of monitors and analysers for infrared non-contact temperature measurement.

Farnell has strengthened its industrial automation product portfolio to include a range of variable speed drives, high quality motors and gearboxes from Control Techniques.

Farnell is participating in a free digital event hosted by supplier partner Rohde & Schwarz covering the fundamentals of oscilloscope set-up, design and applications.

Farnell has launched of its third, annual IoT Survey. The survey provides an opportunity for Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial IoT product designers and system engineers to share insights about the market while helping shape the product range and technical resources offered by Farnell to support this diverse and evolving technology.

Farnell is now stocking Nexperia’s innovative Power Gallium Nitride (GaN) FET range.

An expanded range of accessories and extensions for its Raspberry Pi product offering is in stock at Farnell.

For the latest in its design challenge series, element14 is challenging its community members to create a high-tech, sustainable farm within just one square meter, or about 10-11 square feet.

Equipment down-time is a major issue for any manufacturer. For that reason, most will maintain a schedule of maintenance inspections and tests based on elapsed time or usage to determine the health of each machine. Though it is effective, organising maintenance according to a strict schedule is inefficient. Cliff Ortmeyer, Global Head of Technical Marketing at Farnell, explain the importance of preventative maintenance.