Compact RADSOK® PCB Connector Series Provides More Power with Less Heat & Smaller Size

Mouser Electronics, Inc., known for its rapid introduction of the newest products, today announced it is stocking three compact, high amperage RADSOK® PCB connectors from Amphenol Industrial, a division of Amphenol Corporation, and a leading supplier of interconnect systems.

Ideal for use in current, single-point connections to printed circuit boards (PCBs), the new PowerBlok™, RADSERT™, and PGY™ connector series incorporate RADSOK® technology to increase current and/or amperage, eliminate threaded connection failures, and increase reliability, flexibility, and available surface space within a board design.

Housed in a small 12.7mm x 12.7mm package, PowerBlok provides up to 70 amps to a board. The connector’s backplane power interface uses compliant pins, which are press-fit into the board enabling a solid connection and even signal flow. PowerBlok features a radial design that ensures many points of contact and a touch-proof cover for safer operation.

Available in either a 2.4mm size carrying up to 35 amps or in a 3.6mm size carrying up to 70 amps, RADSERT offers the smallest footprint of the PCB devices, freeing up the most surface space for added design flexibility. RADSERT enables designers to bring power to the board from busbars suspended above the board and its components. A standard RADSERT is designed for a board thickness of 6.35mm ±0.0635mm with custom sizes available for specific applications.

The PGY is available in a 3.6mm size carrying up to 70 amps and in a 5.7mm size carrying up to 120 amps, providing the highest amperage in the smallest package. The orthogonal card edge connector allows design engineers to achieve the needed size and weight reductions within their design without compromising the power needed for the board.

The RADSOCK® PCB connector series is RoHS compliant and can be applied manually (press-fit) or by a reflow solder process that eliminates the need for additional wires and special crimping tools.

“Both the design engineering community and our suppliers rely on Mouser to supply the newest products available to the marketplace,” according to Barry McConnell, Mouser’s Vice President of Product Marketing. “By stocking new products like RADSOK® PCB Connectors from Amphenol Industrial, Mouser is able to fulfill its commitment to both suppliers and design engineers alike.”

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Lighting Selection Guide covers LEDs, drivers, controls and optics

Leading electronic components and enterprise computing distributor Arrow is supporting its increased European focus on lighting class LED technologies with the launch of a dedicated guide for engineers and purchasers. Providing comprehensive information on LEDs and supporting technologies, the Arrow Lighting Selection Guide is targeted at OEMs seeking LED-based alternatives to conventional incandescent, halogen and fluorescent lighting.

The guide incorporates technical information for a wide range of high brightness (HB) LEDs from Avago Technologies, Cree, Everlight, OSRAM and Sharp. LED modules and non-visible light devices are also covered, as are LED drivers and controllers from a number of leading semiconductor manufacturers. Arrow’s range of secondary optic solutions from specialist Fraen is also featured.

Designed as an essential reference, the Selection Guide also provides a glossary of key terminology and an overview of Arrow’s capabilities for delivering complete HB-LED solutions from concept through to production.

The new brochure can be downloaded from Arrow’s European lighting website at www.arrowne.com/lighting.

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Premier Farnell achieves 88% score in the 2007 BiTC CR Index, an increase of over 25% in just two years

Premier Farnell plc the leading multi-channel, high service distributor supporting millions of engineers and purchasing professionals globally, has demonstrated its continued commitment to a sustainable future by participating in the 2007 Business in the Community (BiTC) Corporate Responsibility Index. The company achieved Silver Status with an overall mark of 88 percent, an increase of over 25 percent in just two years.

The CR Index assesses the extent to which responsible practices are integrated with corporate strategy and are embedded throughout the organisation. It provides a benchmark for companies to evaluate their management practices in four key areas of corporate responsibility: community, environment, marketplace and workplace and performance in a range of environmental and social impact areas.

Premier Farnell’s Head of CSR and Environmental Affairs, Caroline Walker said, “As a leading global distributor of electronic components, Premier Farnell’s strategy is to meet the needs of design engineers as they create the products of tomorrow. Electronics has been the driver of unprecedented change over the last forty years, transforming mankind’s ability to adapt, change and flourish. As we face the threat of climate change, electronics will be at the heart of the response. We believe we can develop and grow our business sustainably, working with our suppliers and customers to help them find ways of addressing this threat, and making a positive contribution to society.”

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EnOcean GmbH Names Abacus Distributor of the Year 2007

Abacus Group has received the 2007 “Distributor of the Year” award from EnOcean GmbH in recognition of its outstanding performance in marketing self-powered wireless sensors from EnOcean for use in building and industrial applications. Under this new international distributor award initiative, EnOcean’s French distributor Pyrecap also earned the “Shooting Star” award for best performance improvement.

“TDC and other Abacus Group companies are passionate about EnOcean energy harvesting technology owing to its unique battery and maintenance-free implementation,” said Simon Taylor, product manager, TDC. “These features are allowing TDC’s customers to create new and diverse applications adding flexible and intelligent monitoring and control capability where previously inaccessible to wireless technologies.”

Andreas Schneider, EnOcean’s executive VP sales & marketing added, “The EnOcean Distributor of the Year award follows a period of significant growth in Abacus sales of EnOcean’s battery-free radio modules throughout the UK, Italy and the Nordic region. The award reflects a number of key criteria including sales performance, inventory investment, marketing activity, design-in support and quality of information and communication.”

EnOcean’s award programme was introduced to demonstrate the importance of developing strategic relationships with its European network of distributors who are valuable for two strategic phases of business development. Not only do they bring EnOcean’s innovative wireless sensor technology to major international markets through selling modules and offering design-in, but they also conduct large scale projects with OEMs in the fast-growing building automation industry.

The “Distributor of the Year” category is aimed at distributors who are already in Phase 2, and the “Shooting Star” award honours the effort of those distributors who are in Phase 1 and in the process of developing the market for a new, innovative technology.

The award programme provides EnOcean’s distributors with a complete set of services including second-level support by EnOcean Field Application Engineers (FAE) on all enquiries, yearly distribution meetings and FAE training, monthly technology and market updates, assistance with OEM projects and support in developing new markets.

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Mouser Electronics, Inc., known for its rapid introduction of the newest products, today announced it is now offering all product families within the FCI MezzSelect™ Portfolio.

FCI’s MezzSelect Portfolio provides instant access to technical information, provides mezzanine interconnect solutions suited for a wide range of applications, optimizes board real estate, and reduces mezzanine interconnect designs complexity.

The current portfolio consists of eight FCI product families including Conan®, BergStak®, Minitek®, Rib-Cage™, Dubox® and BergStik™, as well as MEG-Array® and GIG-Array® connectors. The connector families feature stack heights from 4-40mm, 4- >500 contacts, 1 – 3.5amps per contact, and several termination styles including surface mount, through hole, ball grid array, and pin-in-paste.

The MezzSelect product portfolio mezzanine connectors address a wide range of markets and applications, including (high speed) data- networking, industrial, instrumentation, telecommunications, and medical. The program includes the MezzSelect™ product selector which provides a product combination that best suits a specific application.

Additional high speed, high density, and small contact pitch mezzanine connectors will be added to the portfolio in the future.

“Mouser is making it easier for our engineering customers to access the new products they need for their designs,” said Barry McConnell, Mouser’s Vice President of Product Marketing. “By offering FCI’s complete MezzSelect portfolio, customer’s have easy access to the tools and support they need.”

Known for its broad-based product line, unsurpassed customer service, and streamlined warehouse operations, Mouser continuously offers customers the most innovative products and latest technologies for their new design projects.

Mouser Electronics is the only major distributor to publish a new 2,100+ page print catalog every 90 days. In addition, its website with interactive online catalog is updated daily, contains more than 985,000 products for easy online purchase, provides over 1.5 million cross-references, as well as more than 831,000 downloadable data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, and other technical design information.

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