Coilcraft Unveils Mini Flyback Transformers
Coilcraft’s LPR6235 Series of coupled inductors, aimed at energy harvesting applications, can be used as step-up or flyback transformers in DC-DC converters or as autotransformers.
DetailsC&K Debuts Ultra-Mini Slide Switch
C&K Components expands its family of low-profile miniature slide switches with the introduction of the ultra-miniature PCM Series.
DetailsSTMicro & Memoir Unveil Memory Technology
STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, announced today its close collaboration with Memoir Systems has made the revolutionary Algorithmic Memory Technology available for embedded memories in application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and Systems on Chips (SoCs) manufactured in ST’s fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) process technology. When integrated into products made…
DetailsAvnet EM has MicroZed 7020
Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), today introduced the MicroZed™ 7020 System-on-Module featuring the Xilinx® Zynq®-7000 XC7Z020-1CLG400C All Programmable SoC, with three times more programmable logic, allowing engineers to run more complex applications for models in evaluation and prototyping, embedded SOM, embedded vision, test and measurement, motor control, and software-defined…
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Electronics Outlook 2014: Low-Growth & Uncertainty
The electronics market is sliding into low growth or even negative growth territory with many of the industry’s bellwether manufacturers rolling out fourth quarter revenue guidance that have largely fallen short of analysts’ consensus estimate. And while almost nobody is trotting out the dreaded “downturn” word yet, concerns are building up in the industry over…
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DNA Marking Roils Anti-Counterfeit Camp
No matter what the supply chain has done to thwart counterfeit components, bogus parts continue to creep into the channel. The latest effort to stop counterfeiting – by marking components with a unique identifier made out of plant DNA – is not being embraced by all members of the supply chain, including some of its…
DetailsTeardown: iPad Air Costs Less to Make
With the iPad Air, Apple not only has trimmed the weight and thickness of its flagship tablet line, it has also cut the component cost, according to IHS.
DetailsIPC: PCB Bookings Below Parity
IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® announced today the September findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Sales and order growth remained slow in September and the book-to-bill ratio slipped below parity to 0.98. Sluggish Growth Persists Total North American PCB shipments decreased 0.7 percent in September 2013 from September 2012 …
DetailsMouser Honored by ECIA
Mouser Electronics, Inc., a leading global distributor of authorized semiconductors and electronic components, has received the top Electronics Choice Industry Award for Community Activism – Social or Educational Cause, from the Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA) at the ECIA’s annual executive conference Oct. 27-29 in Chicago. The ECIA, a leading non-profit organization dedicated to supporting…
DetailsLED Suppliers Focus on Lighting Opportunities
As LED backlighting reaches its saturation point, LED suppliers are focusing their attention on a new growth opportunity in LED lighting, according to IHS.
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