RS Components Adds Wireless Arduino Board
RS Components now stocks Arduino Yun, the first member of a new family of wireless products that integrate the open-source Arduino architecture with Linux.
DetailsLG Electronics USA Names New President
William Cho, a 26-year veteran of LG Electronics, has been named President of LG Electronics USA.
DetailsIPC: PCB Sales Strengthen
North American PCB sales and order growth strengthened in October, but the book-to-bill ratio declined to 0.94, according to IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries.
DetailsLi-Ion Battery Market to Reach $33B in 2019
The Li-Ion Battery Market is forecast to reach $33.1 billion in 2019, according to Transparency Market Research.
DetailsMicrosemi Completes Symmetricom Buy
Microsemi Corp., a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, PETT Acquisition Corp., successfully completed its previously announced tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of Symmetricom, Inc. (“Symmetricom”) (Nasdaq:SYMM) for $7.18 per share in cash. The tender offer expired at 12 a.m. EST…
DetailsQualcomm Finalizes Omnitracs Sale
Qualcomm Inc. today announced that the sale of Omnitracs, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, to Vista Equity Partners (Vista), a U.S.-based private equity firm, has been finalized. The agreement to sell the transportation and logistics business for approximately $800 million in cash was originally announced in August. “Omnitracs was one of Qualcomm’s earliest businesses…
DetailsMouser Launches Wireless Charging Tech Site
Mouser Electronics launches its new Wireless Charging Technology site.
DetailsSensors to Play Key Role in IoT
The Internet of Things (IoT), like Big Data, is expected to drive the next wave of high-tech growth – including electronic components. “The explosion of IoT activity over the next few years will be driven by the nexus of low cost sensors,” according to Andrew Milroy, Vice President, ICT Practice, Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific,…
DetailsRS Components Inks Global Pact With Taiwan Semi
RS Components( http://www.rs-components.com ) (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc( http://www.electrocomponents.com ) (LSE:ECM), the world’s leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products, has signed a Global Authorised Distributor agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor. The agreement broadens the scope of the existing collaboration between the two companies to deliver a comprehensive portfolio of discrete…
DetailsEnviron Offers Brief on CA Regs
In conjunction with coverage of California’s major new regulatory program aimed at reducing or eliminating many toxic chemicals in consumer products, here is a link to an issue brief from Michael Kirschner of ENVIRON, California’s Safer Consumer Products Regulations: Near-Term Actions and Priorities. Mr. Kirschner discusses a number of important topics including: The regulatory time…
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