Distribution

DigiKey is expanding its product portfolio after signing a strategic global distribution partnership with 3PEAK, a high-performance analogue IC specialist. The Thief River Falls distributor’s line card will now include 3PEAK amplifiers, isolation, interface, data converters, drivers, battery management products and others. These additions cover applications ranging from communication, industrial, and security monitoring, to medical, health, and instrumentation, said DigiKey. ...

New Yorker Electronics has signed a franchised distribution agreement with Geyer Electronic, a manufacturer of quart crystals, oscillators and resonators. “Founded in 1964 in Munich as a retail store with a range of electronic products, Geyer became a manufacturing company in 1992, specializing in frequency products and special batteries. Ultimately it dropped the batteries line and has concentrated completely on ...

At the embedded show in Nuremberg, DigiKey and NXP Semiconductors have formally launched their MCX MCU Design Contest. Entrants must use NXP’s new FRDM development boards, featuring its MCX N and MCX A series MCUs, to submit design ideas and projects for a chance to win a variety of prizes. These include a grand prize package of a 14-inch MacBook ...

Mouser reflected one of the major themes at Embedded World 2024, intelligence at the edge, and announced it has signed Edge Impulse, the software framework provider for embedded machine learning (ML) applications. Machine learning is implemented at the edge of the network, explained Mouser’s Mark Patrick in order to make decisions very quickly at the [network] edge. [Edge Impulse’s] products ...

The diverse challenges facing 5 distinct product segments. When it comes to electronics, most designs will involve multiple semiconductor devices. With this point in mind, Rochester Electronics’ goal is not to offer a single solution for an obsolete device, but instead provide a range of solutions covering the many mature devices likely found in designs. For example, finding a solution ...

Farnell has signed a global distribution agreement with Alliance Memory, bringing a significant new supplier to Farnell’s semiconductor portfolio. The complete range of Alliance Memory’s SRAM, DRAM, embedded multi-media card (eMMC), and flash memory ICs will now be available  from Farnell. “This welcome introduction of Alliance Memory’s extensive memory solutions to our global line card will help our customers worldwide ...

DigiKey has teamed up with LabsLand to release Prism4, a remote engineering hardware system. The distributor will be exclusively releasing the modular system, designed to build real-time, remote hardware systems, in a fast and efficient manner. Prism4 supports systems with cameras, modular lights and evaluation boards and the platform includes a set of Phase Dock workbench bases, where devices can ...

Mouser has signed a global distribution agreement with Morse Micro, the Wi-Fi HaLow silicon specialist. Through this agreement, Mouser is now stocking the company’s  Wi-Fi HaLow modules and development platforms. Morse Micro claims to have the industry’s smallest, fastest and lowest power Wi-Fi HaLow SoCs and modules, providing 10x the range, 100x the coverage area and 1000x the volume of ...

East Coast Microwave is stocking cryogenic isolators from DiTom Microwave, designed to operate “at or below 77K”, according to East Coast. Taking D3I4080Y as an example, it operates from 4 to 8GHz and can handle average forward inputs up to 30W, peaking at 50W. Maximum reverse input power is 2W. “The component provides more than 16dB of isolation and has ...

Component distributor Farnell has added industrial single-board computers to it line card in EMEA (Europe and Middle East). “Over the coming months, Farnell plans to broaden this selection globally with focus on product breadth and expanding into other regions,” according to Farnell. “Advantech constantly reflects and introduces models,” said Advantech director of alliances Alexandre Caghassi. “The purpose of our partnership ...