Farnell adds Tyco Electronics’ SFP+ interconnect range to address high speed data applications

Farnell, the leading multi-channel distributor, has extended the range of Tyco Electronics products it stocks to include the company’s Small Form Pluggable (SPF+) range of connectors and cages. Targeted at higher speed data applications of up to 10Gb/s, the SFP+ range is ideal for use in short reach equipment such as data storage, servers, networking , routers and hubs.

Farnell has enjoyed a successful relationship with Tyco Electronics for over 20 years and now stocks over 11,500 of the leading electronics components provider’s products. Through an array of initiatives such as Live Chat, website accessible data sheets and now the element14 online engineering community, Farnell is able to support its electronics design engineering customers with quality information plus ideas to help bring their new designs to market as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Tyco Electronics’ SFP+ product family meets the performance requirements of the small form factor (SFF) specification SFF-8431 and supports 8G fibre channel and 10G Ethernet applications. All products in the range also support copper cables to provide a cost-effective solution in short reach equipment. An EMI skirt is applied to the connector backshell to support compliance with the SFF-8432 specification. Active and passive equalisation is offered with a simple pull-to-release mechanism. An overview of the SFP+ range, applications and features can be found at the Tyco Electronics community on element14 at www.element-14.com.

“Adding leading technology products from a best-in-class supplier to our portfolio is a clear indication of how Farnell can help its customers develop and introduce new designs that give them competitive edge.” said Mike Buffam, Director of Supplier & Product Management, Farnell. He continued: “Through our ability to provide strong technical support and resources such as element14 we can make the job of the designer easier and even shorten the development cycle.”

Michael Finch, Tyco Electronics Key Account Manager EMEA, commented: “Tyco Electronics is a global leader in the development of SFP+ interconnects. Farnell offers SFP+ products to thousands of potential and existing customers, design engineers and students. This collaboration with Farnell greatly enhances the awareness of Tyco Electronics’ SFP+ products in the market place.”

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ORBEOS lighting tile is an exclusive introduction to RS

RS Components, the leading distributor of electronic, electro-mechanical and industrial products, today announced the launch of the new OSRAM ORBEOS OLED (Organic LED) lighting tile. OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has appointed RS to be the exclusive catalogue distributor for the ORBEOS across Europe and Asia, and the product is now available on RS websites.

The ORBEOS is a new lighting tile ideally suited to designer luminaires, decorative lighting and mood lighting. Extremely thin and flat, with very low heat dissipation, OLEDs can be embedded into most materials with ease. With an instant on/off function, plus high quality of light, this ambient light can become an integral part of objects and architecture.

Commenting on the RS launch of ORBEOS for OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Stephan Kreusel, Director of Distribution EMEA said: “OSRAM is pleased to be furthering its partnership with RS. Fuelled by the jointly driven ‘OS Lightshop‘, which provides immediate access for customers to the whole OS product portfolio, RS’ service and support helps the establishment of OSRAM technologies in new applications being developed by electronic design engineers.”

For RS, Glenn Jarrett, Head of Electronics Marketing said: “RS is delighted to be selected as the preferred catalogue distributor for the ORBEOS OLED. We are committed to bringing our customers the latest technologies first and this agreement gives customers immediate access to leading edge OLED technology from a market-leading manufacturer.”

The OSRAM ORBEOS OLED is available now from RS, and can be found online at rswww.com/electronics. Customers can link straight into the OSRAM Opto Semiconductors range and supporting technical information, then select and order direct from stock.

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TTI, Inc. names Thilo Pelosato as Product & Supplier Marketing Director, Europe, Passives & Discretes

TTI, Inc., the global distributor of passive, interconnect, relay & switch and discrete components, has named Thilo Pelosato as its new Product & Supplier Marketing Director, Europe, Passives & Discretes. Pelosato has held various positions within TTI for a number of years, and replaces Andy Kerr who is joining TTI’s sister company, the catalogue distributor Mouser.

Commented Geoff Breed, TTI’s Vice President Marketing, Europe: “Andy has made a great contribution and we are glad he is staying ‘within the TTI family’ at Mouser and wish him well. Thilo is an outstanding replacement. His experience with TTI and his knowledge of our customers and supplier partners means that he will slot straight into this important role, and he will also bring a fresh approach and a unique insight.”

Added Pelosato: “I am delighted to take on this challenge. I firmly believe that by sticking to our core strategy of having a broad and deep product inventory always available, and by promoting our suppliers’ newest and most innovative product lines, we can help our customers get an advantage over their competitors.”

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Kontron joins Wind River partner Validation program to provide tighter hardware and software integration within a robust software ecosystem

Wind River and Kontron today announced a global, multi-year agreement under which Kontron will distribute Wind River’s industry leading VxWorks and Wind River Linux operating systems. This agreement extends a decade-long collaboration, and is expected to extend the software and service offerings of Wind River and Kontron. The two companies will initially target the industrial, medical, military and aerospace, transportation, and networking market segments.

Kontron also joins the Wind River Partner Validation Program, initially with its Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP module validated for use with VxWorks 6.7. By working together to validate Wind River’s embedded operating systems with leading partner software and hardware, Wind River and its partners are together providing a pre-validated solution stack to directly address integration costs, time-to-market, and long-term support. To learn more about the Wind River Partner Validation Program, visit http://www.windriver.com/partners/partner-validation.html.

“Our customers will benefit from the closer alignment with Wind River across all market segments and regions,” said Dirk Finstel, chief technology officer, Kontron AG. “This distribution agreement enables us to further reduce time-to-market requirements, and increase our value-added services by providing our customers a richer out-of-the-box experience with a compelling set of tools and operating system options. In parallel, Kontron will continue to leverage its strategic relationship with Wind River to deliver tightly integrated solutions that help reduce our customers’ total cost of ownership. The inclusion of the Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP in the Wind River Partner Validation Program, including optimized VxWorks 6.7 platform evaluation in the box, is a good example.”

“The distribution agreement between Wind River and Kontron will allow both companies to more quickly respond to new design win opportunities,” noted Roger Williams, vice president, Strategic Alliances, Wind River. “I am also pleased that Kontron’s nanoETXexpress-SP is the first embedded module to be listed with our Partner Validation Program. With both distribution and market-leading solutions in place, both companies are well positioned to capture next-generation design wins in a number of key vertical market segments.”

Under terms of the distribution agreement, Kontron will be able to resell VxWorks production licenses, and also agrees to work with Wind River to proliferate Wind River Linux for use by joint customers. Wind River will continue to provide hardware and software tools, development environments, source code and support contracts for joint customers.

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Aerco appointed exclusive UK distributor by Winchester Electronics

Aerco has signed an exclusive agreement to market and distribute in the UK the wide range of PCB, RF and power connectors and cable assemblies from Winchester Electronics.

Aerco’s connector product manager, Alec Sluce, sees this as a key new franchise for Aerco saying: “This is an important addition to the Aerco product range because Winchester Electronics is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high quality, high reliability connectors and this new partnership will make these products more readily available to UK customers, all backed by the strong commitment to service we make at Aerco. The recent acquisition of Kings Electronics by Winchester also means that we are now able to offer a comprehensive range of high quality RF connectors qualified to meet military specifications MIL-PRF-39012, MIL-C-49142 and MIL-C-55339.”

The Winchester range includes rack and panel, I/O, board to board, edge-card and Compact-PCI® connectors; many of these series featuring its proven industry-leading C-Press® compliant pin technology.

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Anglia collects Intersil Partner award

Anglia Components today announced that it has been named the Intersil ‘Best Distribution Partner’ for Europe in 2009, less than six months after signing the franchise agreement. The award was presented by Robert Pfister, VP of Sales, Europe, at the Intersil Global Conference in California. This is the first time it has been presented since 2006.

The award is due to Anglia’s design and engineering capability, which has led to fast progress in securing design wins, according to Peter Schubert, Director of Sales, Distribution & Horizontal, Europe, at Intersil. He said, “Our goal in appointing Anglia was to add more and deeper technical expertise to our network, and their performance in the first months of our relationship has fully justified their appointment. Their ability to get up to speed with the technology quickly has been extremely impressive, and as a result they have already secured several design-ins with customers that are new to Intersil. In one case, they secured the first design-win globally for a new line of Intersil products.” Schubert continued, “Anglia has invested strongly in the Intersil line and the relationship is working well at every level.”

Steve Rawlins, Anglia CEO responded, “Intersil is a world leader in analog and power IC solutions and has a reputation for delivering innovative solutions that solve real challenges for our customers. We are excited about the opportunity that the line offers, and appreciate the very strong commitment that they have made to get our relationship of to a strong start. We are especially delighted that they already feel so positively about Anglia and our work with them. Joel Munday and the team are to be congratulated on their hard work, effort and enthusiasm.”

Announced in June 2009, the agreement allows Anglia to sell and support Intersil’s entire portfolio of standard analog ICs across the UK and Ireland. Intersil offers Anglia’s customers a complete portfolio of analog ICs, from building block devices to high precision solutions for use in industrial, instrumentation and medical applications.

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SP Devices Signs Agreement with Avnet to distribute products in North America through Avnet Express

Signal Processing Devices Inc., (SP Devices) today announced that Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. and one of the world’s largest technology marketing, distribution and services companies, now offers SP Devices’ products to customers in North America though Avnet’s Web-based distribution service Avnet Express. SP Devices develops signal processing IP, high speed digitizers and data acquisition products for high performance applications such as wireless communications, military, and test and measurement markets.

“We are pleased to have Avnet Electronics Marketing, one of the premier distributors in the world, working with SP Devices to promote our technology in North America. Additionally, their well established network of
customers will help us to further increase our mutual business in North America,” said Ed King, Vice President and General Manager for Signal Processing Devices Inc. “Our customers continue to look for ways to reduce their product design time by incorporating high-speed digitizers and data acquisition boards into their applications,” said Beth Ely, senior vice president of Avnet Express, worldwide. “SP Devices’ products provide an excellent design solution for our customers who are looking to reduce their time to market versus designing and building these boards themselves.”

For more information about Avnet Express and SP Devices’ please visit www.avnetexpress.com.

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New LED cockpit light from Aerco is highly versatile and NVG compatible

Now available in the UK from Aerco is a new, NVG compatible, LED cockpit utility light from Paramount Panels (UK) that combines the functions of a fixed spot or floodlight and portable hand torch and is ideal for use in all types of search and rescue applications and military fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft.

Designed primarily for map reading and general floodlighting without compromising NVG operational flight safety, the self-coiling flexible supply lead is attached securely to the body of the light and the mounting is constructed so that the light may be snapped out of the socket and used as a torch over the length of the lead.

Operating from a 28V DC supply, the lamp weighs only 230g and illumination is achieved by a LED array that is filtered to produce a white, NVIS compatible light output to Mil-Std-3009. A rear-mounted control knob provides ON/OFF control, brightness adjustment and an instant full brightness function.

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Exciting new technology in stock – flat membrane sensor potentiometers

Mouser Electronics, Inc., known for its rapid introduction of the newest products, today announced it is the first major catalog distributor to sign Spectra Symbol Corp. Spectra Symbol designs and manufactures thin, linear, membrane sensor potentiometers.

Mouser’s Spectra Symbol stock includes thin (less than 0.5mm) membrane sensors in standard lengths from 12.5mm to 1,000mm. Sealable up to IP65 the potentiometers can fit next to any movement device to give position feedback. This new technology is ideal for position sensing in the medical, robotic, Arduino, music, industrial, and automotive markets – virtually any application that needs to track position along a linear stroke. Simple assembly requires removal of the wax paper  backing to expose the adhesive and then applying to the desired surface.

Keith Privett, Mouser Vice President Interconnect, Electromechanical, Power, and Test, says, “Spectra Symbol’s new flex membrane sensors enable engineers, gamers, musicians, and robotics groups to create innovative designs that were not possible before. The flat position sensors provide new flexibility with increased performance for the newest designs.”

“Spectra Symbol is delighted to partner with Mouser Electronics in introducing to the world standard lengths from 12.5mm stroke to 1,000mm stroke linear Membrane Sensors. Together, we now provide the world with the most innovative and comprehensive product selection in the Membrane Sensor field,” says Daniel Marriott, President and CEO, Spectra Symbol Corp.

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Thermal Management Products Added to Current Distribution Portfolio of Wireless, EMI, and Signal Integrity Lines

Laird Technologies, a global leader in the design and manufacture of customized, performance-critical components for wireless systems and other advanced electronics applications, today announced it has expanded its global distribution product portfolio with Mouser Electronics to include its thermal management product line.

Laird technologies designs a complete line of industry-leading thermal management product solutions including high-performance TEAs (Thermoelectric Assemblies), TEMs (Thermoelectric Modules), and TIMs (Thermal Interface Materials) including gap fillers, phase-change materials, thermally-conductive grease, and more.

“We are pleased to expand our distribution agreement with Mouser Electronics by adding our thermal management products to their current Laird Technologies product portfolio,” said Ingrid Braeuninger, Laird Technologies’ Director of Sales. “We anticipate significant sales growth due to their long-standing industry relationships and global presence as a leading catalog distributor.”

In addition to thermal management, other Laird Technologies’ product lines currently available through Mouser include an extensive line of wireless products such as ZigBee®, Bluetooth®, packaged RF transceivers, and development kits; EMI solutions such as board-level shields, gaskets, absorbers, Fabric-Over-Foam, and Fingerstock products; as well as signal integrity products including ferrites, chokes, chip beads, inductors, and more.

These products are ideal for use in the telecommunications, mobile, data transfer and information technology, automotive, aerospace, defense, consumer, medical, as well as industrial and instrumentation markets.

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