News & Analysis

Farnell has significantly enhanced its product portfolio with over 50,000 new additions in 12 months. The additions further strengthen Farnell’s market-leading component range, taking the total number of products in stock, for next day delivery, to over 468,000.

Renesas Technology has entered into a strategic research collaboration with IMEC, Europe's leading independent research center in the field of nanoelectronics, to perform research on 45nm RF transceivers targeting Gbit/s cognitive radios. To this end, Renesas has joined IMEC’s software-defined radio (SDR) front-end program. This research program includes reconfigurable RF solutions, high-speed/low-power analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and n...

ASBIS Group, a leading supplier of computer hardware and software to the EMEA emerging markets, announced it had established presence on the emerging market of Bosnia and Herzegovina through acquisition of MEGATREND d.o.o. Sarajevo, a local distributor of IT products and components.

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a nonprofit organisation inspiring young people to be science and technology leaders, has selected the National Instruments CompactRIO embedded control platform as its next-generation FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) robot controller. With this platform, high school students will create advanced robots starting in the 2009 FIRST season. Students can program their robots based on C...

HARTING has introduced a new industrial Gigabit Ethernet switch, the eCon 2050-AA, which allows the connection of up to five Gigabit Ethernet ports in a very small space.

Anglia has announced that it has signed an agreement to inventory and distribute the PHOENIX CONTACT product range in the UK and Ireland.

The need for miniaturization, increased reliability and operation at elevated ambient temperatures has driven the development of ceramic based substrates and packages for electronics. Due to rising demand KOA offers foundry services to their customers to provide LTCC substrate solutions for various applications. LTCC stands for “Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic”.

The MOST FORUM is inviting interested parties to attend its first international conference and exhibition on MOST Technology, on September 30th, 2008. This one-day industry event on infotainment technology will take place in Stuttgart, Germany, presenting the latest and future technologies and applications based on MOST.

Electronics packaging specialist Schroff has introduced a new co-ordinated service strategy designed to ensure that customers enjoy comprehensive support throughout the entire life cycle of the company’s products.

APT is pleased to announce the international release of Opto Diode Corporation’s ODA-5W-100k which combines a high responsivity 5 mm² active area silicon photodiode with a low noise preamplifier with 100 kOhm transimpedance gain.