The business of the supply chain is rife with risk, and few organizations are truly ready for it. It's not that these OEMs don't care. Rather, their priorities get mixed up and the best road to successful execution can be hard to chart. And most don't have executive representation in the C-suite. “Supply chain disruptions…
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As manufacturing gets smarter with Industry 4.0 and the ever-expanding Industrial Internet of Things, the workforce skills needed to deploy new technology are falling behind. Baby Boomers are retiring and taking their decades worth of experience out the door, while the newly graduated engineers are not prepared for the brave new world of smart plants.…
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The electronics industry has been mourning the potential demise of Moore's Law for a long time. I think it's too soon to start planning the funeral. In a recent article by Richard Gray, published on DailyMail.com, the author makes this claim: The semiconductor industry, which has used the observation made by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the ADF4355 microwave wideband synthesizer from Analog Devices. Designed to increase performance and quality of wireless service per cellular base station, the ADF4355 is a fractional-N or integer-N phase-locked loop (PLL) frequency synthesizer with an integrated ultra-low noise voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO). The PLL with VCO synthesizer offers a fundamental…
DetailsChicago, 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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