Mouser Electronics, Inc., a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, will be the exclusive distribution-sponsor of the Shaping the Future of MEMS and Sensors Summit on September 10 in Santa Clara, California. The one-day summit will bring together a “Who’s Who” of experts in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and Sensors…
DetailsThere has been a lot of seismic shift in the electronics industry, both literally and figuratively. All have impacted procurement to some degree. Within the distribution channel, there has been a slow but expanding level of attention paid to design engineers in addition to procurement. For distribution, the upside is clear: designers influence the components…
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Caveat emptor . Let the buyer beware. That's the theme of EBN's upcoming chat with distributor Components Direct. We'll be discussing the growing problem of counterfeit components and how to spot them. Counterfeit electronic components are appearing with increasing frequency, according to IHS. Based on a conservative estimate, a total of 1,336 verified counterfeit-part incidents…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc. is now offering highly integrated Temperature Sensing Solutions from Texas Instruments that will help speed the design cycle for the next generation of temperature sensors. These TI Temperature Sensing Solutions feature high-performance analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and analog front end devices (AFEs). TI’s ADS1247 and ADS1248 high-integrated, 24-bit ADCs provide a complete front-end…
DetailsLambda Research Corp., the leading designer and publisher of illumination and optical design software, announces the launch of their new web site featuring TracePro®, the company’s award-winning opto-mechanical design software for layout, optimization, and analysis of illumination systems. The new web site also includes information on OSLO, the world’s foremost imaging and lens design system,…
DetailsSanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), said its strategic investment arm, SanDisk Ventures, has invested in Tegile Systems. Tegile is bringing a new generation of affordable hybrid storage arrays incorporating flash technology to enterprise customers. The Tegile solution provides better price-performance than traditional all-hard-disk-drive (HDD) storage arrays and offers a compelling way to address evolving enterprise requirements…
DetailsTDK introduces two new series of EPCOS NTC thermistors in EIA 0402 and 0603 SMD case sizes. The components feature a rated resistance of 10 kΩ in tolerances of ±1%, ±3% and ±5%.
DetailsViking Technology, a division of EMS provider Sanmina Corp. and supplier of solid state drives (SSDs), non-volatile dual in-line memory module (NVDIMMs), and DRAM, said SolidFire has selected its SATADIMM SSD as both the cache SSD and boot volume SSD for their storage nodes. Viking Technology’s SATADIMM SSD enables SolidFire to offer enhanced products by…
DetailsAvnet Inc. says it will resume paying dividends to shareholders starting in the just ended quarter and marking its first payment since 2002. In a statement, the company’s board of directors said it approved “the initiation of a quarterly cash dividend” and noted that it expects to do this “on a regular basis” in future.…
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Mislabeled passive components (reels of resistors and capacitors) are surprisingly common in the supply chain. Testing SMT passives first can be the best option. Once placed on boards, the wrong part is very hard to detect and expensive to correct. We buy reels of SMT passives by the thousands for our contract manufacturing business, usually…
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