The world of components buying is fraught with risks. Even the newest electronics components buyer at a contract manufacturer or OEM knows the terrain is riddled with dangerous obstacles ranging from non-optimal pricing conditions to delivery bottlenecks and the more intractable challenge of dodging counterfeit parts to ensure the supply chain doesn’t become corrupt. Those…
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The alphabet soup that is part of counterfeit-avoidance is difficult enough; poring through the available standards almost requires a scorecard. The ECIA has done some of the work for the industry in comparing the final rule from the Defense Acquisition Regulations System (DFARS), which added. section 252.246-7007 Contractor Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection and Avoidance System;…
DetailsDistributor Rutronik offers as of now Pulse Electronics’ new family of G.fast functional isolation transformers. The BX4500LNL and BX4500LNLT transformers have an operating bandwidth of 2 to 100MHz and target speeds up to 1Gbps. The new G.fast transformers can be matched with a Microsemi line driver and used with Broadcom’s BCM652xx DSP and BCM659xx AFE…
DetailsAvnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) today announced results for the fourth quarter fiscal year 2015 ended June 27, 2015. Fiscal 2015 Results FISCAL YEARS ENDED June 27, 2015 June 28, 2014 Change $ in millions, except per share data Sales $ 27,924.7 $ 27,499.7 1.5 % Constant Currency (1) 5.4 % GAAP Operating Income 827.7 789.9 4.8 %…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc. today announces that it is a major exhibitor at NIWeek, August 3-6 at the Austin (Texas) Convention Center. Presented by National Instruments (NI), the 21st Annual NIWeek brings together the brightest minds in engineering and science. More than 3,200 innovators representing a spectrum of industries, from automotive to telecommunications to robotics and energy,…
DetailsMolex Incorporated today announced it has been awarded a 2014 Total Cost of Ownership (TCOOTM) Supplier Award from Celestica, a global leader in the delivery of end-to-end product lifecycle solutions. Celestica’s awards program recognizes suppliers that support Celestica’s TCOOTM strategy and demonstrate excellence in quality, delivery, technology, service, pricing and flexibility. “Molex is proud to be recognized…
DetailsThe Phoenix Contact Flashtrab-SEC-T1+T2 protective device combination consists of line-follow-current-free type 1 lightning arresters on the basis of a spark gap and varistor-based type 2 surge protective devices. This combination, in just one device, is the only one on the market worldwide. Thanks to Safe Energy Control technology (SEC), the products are durable and powerful.…
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After setting several high marks for the year to date in June, the domestic manufacturing industry adjusted its growth pace in July. A leading national manufacturing index, the Institute for Supply Management’s PMI, declined slightly from June to 52.7 percent. “The PMI was down 0.8 [percentage points] but still growing for the 31st consecutive month,”…
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When we were kids growing up on the North Side of Chicago in the ‘50s and ‘60s, my friends and I hung out on the Farnsworth School steps and learned how to communicate with all types of people in between ball games. In the colder months we hung out at the nearby Habetler Bowl. We…
DetailsToday, Intel Corporation announced it will invest $5 million over the next five years to deepen its engineering pipeline partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology and deploy research-driven solutions to inspire and retain women and underrepresented minorities to start and complete computer science and engineering degrees. The Intel and Georgia Tech program, announced in…
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