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Consolidation in the semiconductor industry looks set to continue with news that Microchip Technology is set to buy Microsemi, per the Wall Street Journal. Talks between the two companies are continuing so no deal has been struck yet.

Avnet Silica has announced an agreement with TrackNet a LoRaWAN Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider, which will enable the distributor to offer a highly scalable edge-to-enterprise platform for the development of IoT projects and applications, based around the LoRaWAN communications standard and including sensors, gateways, network servers and cloud services.

Premier Farnell is investing £60m in a new 360,000 sq. foot warehouse close to its central Leeds base. The move follows the distributor adding £60m of additional inventory in the past 12 months which instigated a Europe-wide search for a new warehouse facility to support demand.

Did you know the origins of RFID technology can be traced to WWII? However, RFID as a technology only started to gain any recognition in product surveillance tags during the 1960s.Since then, RFID’s popularity has shown no signs of dimming. Used in any situation that requires contactless and non-line-of-sight identification of an individual object, RFID systems are now found at the heart of most supply chains.

In a cost-effective way, Radio Frequency (RF) connectors seek to transfer data across multi-megahertz radio frequencies with minimal data loss from reflection and dispersion.Situated at the end of every cable with the job of transferring data to the next PCB or system, RF connectors operate like a gateway to the device-under-design; select the right one and the data being transferred passes without the least delay, select the wrong one and the si...

Legislation on eCall (emergency call) functionality is one of the major factors driving advanced vehicle connectivity today. An eCall subsystem will automatically call the emergency services in the event of an accident or crash. The system will be mandatory for all cars and vans sold in the EU from April 2018. Guest piece written byAlan Jermyn, Avnet Abacus.

A change in approach to antenna design and specification is well underway. Previously a somewhat overlooked element of the end design, the physical and power consumption characteristics are often so tight for the latest portable designs, that antenna design demands contemplation earlier in the design cycle. Guest piece written byMartin Keenan, Technical Director, Avnet Abacus.

Anticipating the global environment of electronics design, Avnet opened its first Design Center of Excellence in the Americas last month. The San Jose-based facility is 8,200 square feet that offers access to the technology and resources of California's Silicon Valley, but with a view to helping designers move production to other areas.

Avnet Abacus helps engineers to develop smart flow meters for monitoring water and gas consumption. The company’s VP of Marketing, Alan Jermyn, here takes a look at what’s driving demand for smart meters, how they work and how they’re built.

Fuelled by the growing popularity of hybrid and full electric vehicles, plus an ever-buoyant consumer electronics industry, Li-ion has become the battery technology of choice for electronic devices on the move. With high storage capacities, high efficiency and longer lifecycles than many of their rechargeable counterparts, the Li-ion market is booming and the choice for electronic designers has multiplied. Guest piece written byTim Parker, Produ...