Chicago, Ill. – Newark element14 has added the newest NXP Freedom development board, FRDM-K82F, to its family of Freedom development boards for the Kinetis K82, K81, and K80 MCU series of high-performance, low-power, security-enabled microcontrollers built on the ARM Cortex-M4 core. Building upon the Kinetis family of microcontrollers, the K8x series are designed for secure applications, with advanced…
DetailsSan Diego, Calif. – Macnica Americas today announced that it has completed a distribution franchise agreement with Ambarella to include all of North and South America. This represents an expansion of the franchise to extend beyond Europe, where the two companies have previously been engaged. Ambarella, Inc. is a leading developer of low-power, high-definition (HD)…
DetailsTurnersville, N.J. – CDM Electronics, a premier authorized distributor of electronic connectors and cables, today announced it is a full line stocking distributor for Winchester Electronics’ comprehensive range of Rack and Panel and Combination D-Subminiature/Combo D-Sub interfaces. The portfolio includes complete series of backplane connector systems, input/output (I/O) connectors, power connectors and accessories. Comprised of 5 series…
DetailsQualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., has introduced Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Wear, a new platform for next generation wearable devices, and the Snapdragon Wear 2100 system-on-chip (SoC), the first in a new product family designed to bring new and enhanced wearable experiences to consumers. “Qualcomm Technologies is a technology leader…
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Mouser Electronics recently launched a newly designed USB Technology site to give buyers and designers of USB technologies access to the technical advances in USB standards, including the latest USB Type-C connector. A new section at the site is dedicated to the USB Type-C standard including connectors, controllers, circuit protection devices and other related components.…
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When ZeeVee Inc. was founded in 2007, its principals knew exactly where it would manufacture: China. A significant number of OEMs and electronics manufacturing services (EMS) providers had spent the prior decade moving manufacturing facilities there, so ZeeVee decided to follow best practices at that time. Today, ZeeVee, a manufacturer of video and signal distribution…
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In the electronics industry, we talk about the omnichannel shopping experience and we often point to younger millennial buyers as pushing the trend. It turns out to be real and growing phenomenon—and to capture the hearts and pocketbooks of these lucrative customers retailers are going to have to work harder. Today, most people have a…
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Change is hard. People don’t like change, but as did the three industrial revolutions before it, Industry 4.0 will deliver painful change and irrecoverable harm to those that don’t adapt. But what does Industry 4.0 really mean? Am I being left behind? How do I get started? Those were the questions Keith Kersten, industry marketing…
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This past January brought a wealth of tech impetus each year; exciting and tempting us with the next series of must-haves to whet any consumer or enterprise technology appetite. This year, the darling of both the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2016 and the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) 2016 were the debuts by on-board…
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PARIS—When the Mobile World Congress convenes later this month, the cellular industry will be busy pitching a yet-to-be-defined fifth-generation (5G) cellular standard as all things to all people (and all industries) including cars. The cellular industry’s 5G claim for supporting less-than-2 millisecond-latency for mission critical uses illustrates the industry’s great expectations to extend their network…
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