Mouser Electronics, Inc has announced its global partnership with TDK-Lambda, a leading manufacturer of AC/DC power supplies and DC/DC converters.

Mouser’s new agreement with TDK-Lambda provides design engineers with reliable power solutions for their latest designs through Mouser’s fast, convenient ordering capabilities backed by Mouser’s superior customer service. TDK-Lambda’s rapid expansion in the global market reinforces its role as a leading industrial power supply company. TDK-Lambda’s highly reliable products reflect the latest advancements in materials technology, process technology, evaluation & simulation technology, circuit design technology and other core technologies of the TDK Group. Their products play a vital role in many sectors of the industry, including telecommunications, data communications, medical facilities, testing and measurement, rail transport, automotive applications, and LED devices.

“We are pleased to partner with TDK-Lambda to expand our inventory of power supplies,” says Keith Privett, Mouser Vice President of Electromechanical, Power & Test. “Design engineers are always looking for What’s Next on the cutting-edge of technology. Now that Mouser and TDK-Lambda have combined forces, we have the opportunity to supply the design world with just that – the powerful line of products from TDK-Lambda.”

“TDK-Lambda is glad to partner with Mouser,” says Juliet Fajardo, Director of Nat’l Distribution Sales for TDK-Lambda Americas Inc. “With Mouser’s pursuit for great customer service and focus on the newest technologies, we are optimistic about the future of our partnership.”

With its broad product line and unsurpassed customer service, Mouser caters to design engineers and buyers by delivering What’s Next in advanced technologies. Mouser offers customers 19 global support locations and stocks the world’s widest selection of the latest semiconductors and electronic components for the newest design projects.

Mouser Electronics’ website is updated daily and searches more than 8.9 million products to locate over 3 million orderable part numbers available for easy online purchase. Mouser.com also houses an industry-first interactive catalog, data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, and engineering tools.

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Mouser Electronics, Inc. today announces that the Warwick Racing evGP Team it sponsors from Warwick University, UK, is now gearing up for the prestigious Purdue Collegiate evGrand Prix race in Indianapolis, to be held Saturday, May 12, 2012. The engineering students race an electric vehicle.

The Electric Vehicle Grand Prix (evGP) is an annual international event held by the Purdue University in Indiana, U.S. The event has been publicly supported by U.S. President Obama. In 2011, a team of Warwick University students entered the evGP, achieving an overall finish of 4th out of 30 international collegiate entrants. The team overcame weather problems and technical challenges to place second in the recent April 28th Purdue campus event to qualify for the upcoming Indianapolis Purdue Collegiate evGrandPrix at the famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

“Our aim is to investigate and learn more on the development of future electric vehicle technologies and to design a green, reliable and efficient electric go-kart,” comments project leader Dr. Steve Maggs. “Throughout the process, we are also looking to raise public awareness on eco-friendliness and share our experience with the younger generations.”

“We are delighted to sponsor such an innovative project. Mouser is known as the design-fulfillment distributor, focused on supporting new designs by making new components and technologies easily and immediately available,” say Graham Maggs (no relation), Mouser EMEA Director Marketing and Business Development. “We are also committed to the future of design and sponsor several university and higher education projects. This race in Indianapolis is particularly exciting for Mouser, since we already sponsor IndyCar champion drivers Tony Kanaan and Alex Tagliani.”

With its broad product line and unsurpassed customer service, Mouser caters to design engineers and buyers by delivering What’s Next in advanced technologies. Mouser offers customers 19 global support locations and stocks the world’s widest selection of the latest semiconductors and electronic components for the newest design projects.

Mouser Electronics’ website is updated daily and searches more than 8.9 million products to locate over 3 million orderable part numbers available for easy online purchase. Mouser.com also houses an industry-first interactive catalog, data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, and engineering tools.

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TAIYO YUDEN INC has signed up Mouser Electronics as an authorized distributor for its extensive line of passive components and module products. Mouser’s Web site and catalogs will provide customers with quick and convenient access to all of TAIYO YUDEN’s component and module products, as well as to Mouser’s responsive and expert customer service.

“Mouser is a valuable addition to the Taiyo Yuden distributor lineup that will help us reach even further into the global design engineering community,” stated Kazuyuki Oshima, Sales planning & Operation division Operating Officer, TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. “Their world-class website, along with fast and excellent service will enhance our ability to introduce new products and our latest technologies to an even broader market.”

Mouser’s offering of the TAIYO YUDEN line will provide customers with more innovative options. “Taiyo Yuden products are recognized worldwide for their innovation. It is our goal to give engineers more cutting edge choices to maximize their designs. The incorporation of Taiyo Yuden products into our lineup definitely helps to satisfy that objective,” commented Andy Kerr, Vice President, Passives at Mouser.

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Mouser Electronics, Inc. today announced stock on Murata’s Microblowers.

Murata Microblowers are suitable for thermal management of small products where conventional cooling units, such as heat sinks, heat pipes, or motor fans, cannot fit due to size. Additional uses of the Microblowers are as a source for high pressure air generation for liquid displacement or dispensing applications.

Microblowers from Murata are extremely compact and low profile, utilizing a piezoelectric based ceramic based drive system that features small dimensions. The 20mm x 20mm Microblower discharges air at a rate of 1,500 Pa (maximum static pressure at 15V p-p) and 0.7 liter per minute (typical at 15 V p-p). The piezoelectric based drive system, which allows the blower to function as a high pressure air pump, offers lower power consumption than more common air cooling devices. A 20mm high-pressure air blower Evaluation Kit is also available.

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Mouser Electronics, Inc. today announced that it is stocking Seoul Semiconductor’s Acrich2 LED engines. The Acrich2 LED module is intended to be used in AC powered lighting applications to replace traditional lighting with an LED-based technology solution. Potential applications include lamps and bulbs, down lights, ceiling lights, and industrial lights.

The Acrich family offers an integrating circuit that controls current flow, power dissipation, and power factor correction to the proper specification. The Acrich family (the first to offer an LED module powered by AC), allows designers to directly drive from an AC source, without AC-DC power conversions, to provide convenience and simplicity.

The Acrich2 delivers a significant boost in technical performance over the first generation Acrich LED engine. The Acrich2 delivers an increase in Power Efficiency and Power Factor Correction (PFC), while simultaneously reducing total harmonic distortion (THD). The Acrich2 incorporates a TRIAC phase-modulating dimmer allowing it be installed in applications previously designed for incandescent lamps. It is available in four distinct power and lumen output ranges (4W, 8W, 12W, 16W). The family will work with all common global AC-voltage ranges. Standard nominal correlated color temperature (CCT) is 3000K (Warm White) with a color rendering index (CRI) of greater than 80.

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Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, has unveiled its new Touch Technology Product Knowledge Center (PKC) application training site on Mouser.com. The new site is engineered to help design engineers find the latest advancements in touch technology, trends and supporting product information in as few clicks as possible. The new site complements Mouser’s broad line card, which includes 3M, Atmel, Cypress Semiconductor, Freescale Semiconductor, Microchip Technology, Azoteq, Amulet Technologies and Newhaven Display, plus many other leading suppliers in touch technology.

Kevin Hess, Mouser Vice President of Technical Marketing, touched on the goal of the overall site design. “In our rushed, touch-and-go world, we wanted to create a new PKC that places the latest innovations and advancements in touch technology at the design engineer’s fingertips… allowing them to quickly find the solutions they need with a single click. At Mouser, we understand the one component that engineers can’t get enough of is time. And that’s why our Touch Technology PKC is as quick and intuitive as the latest touch screen.”

Organized into four sectors: Technology, Featured Products, Articles, and Design Resources, Mouser’s Touch Technology PKC application training site is a comprehensive resource, covering all areas of touch, including touch buttons, sliders, and wheels that are beginning to replace traditional switches, as well as touch screen technology that is now common in portable consumer devices. Technology guides and product selection are grouped by touch displays, touch overlays, touch controllers ICs, and development kits, with the newest products available for design easily found under the featured products section. Therefore, engineers can quickly narrow in on a set universe of products based on defined parameters/engineering standards for their specific design needs.
To view information by application or end equipment rather than product, the design engineer can quickly reference the Resource Guide. It contains applications information, tutorials and white papers, videos, plus other helpful design sources to help fast track the overall design process. Arranged neatly into defined categories, the information can be quickly referenced by supplier or topic. More importantly, the site is constantly being updated and refined as touch technology continues to evolve.

To explore the new site, visit www.mouser.com/Touch_Technology/.

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Mouser Electronics, Inc. today announced that it is stocking the Embedded Artists Android Open Accessory Application (AOAA) kit, including the LPC11C24 and LPC1769 LPCXpresso boards and the LPCXpresso Base board.

Embedded Artists’ AOAA Kit is a stand-alone platform for evaluation and prototyping electronic accessories for the Android operating system. It lets you get up-and-running with AOA experiments immediately. The AOAA board is also suitable for experimenting with CAN, Ethernet and RF networks. It contains two microcontrollers from NXP, the LPC1769 (Cortex-M3) and LPC11C24 (Cortex-M0). The two microcontrollers are connected via an on-board CAN network. The LPCXpresso Base board has been designed to make it as easy as possible to get started with prototyping immediately. For more information, visit http://www.mouser.com/embeddedartistsAOAA/.

With its broad product line and unsurpassed customer service, Mouser caters to design engineers and buyers by delivering What’s Next in advanced technologies. Mouser offers customers 19 global support locations and stocks the world’s widest selection of the latest semiconductors and electronic components for the newest design projects. Mouser Electronics’ website is updated daily and searches more than 8.7 million products to locate over 2.8 million orderable part numbers available for easy online purchase. Mouser.com also houses an industry-first interactive catalog, data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, and engineering tools.

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Mouser Electronics, Inc. today unveiled the No. 11 MOUSER ELECTRONICS/GEICO/KV Racing Technology Chevrolet Dallara to be driven by IndyCar Champion Tony Kanaan for the 2012 IZOD® IndyCar Series.

The 2012 IZOD® IndyCar Series season will be the 101st season of American open wheel racing. It also marks the biggest change to the sport in recent history as the existing car used through 2011 – a 2003 model Dallara IR-05 powered by naturally aspirated V8 engines – is permanently retired. Driven by the need to increase driver safety and performance, the ICONIC Project (Innovative, Competitive, Open-Wheel, New, Industry-Relevant, Cost-Effective) was led by experts and executives from racing and technical fields. The committee included Randy Bernard, William R. Looney III, Brian Barnhart, Gil de Ferran, Tony Purnell, Eddie Gossage, Neil Ressler, Tony Cotman and Rick Long. IndyCar accepted proposals from BAT Engineering, Dallara, DeltaWing, Lola and Swift for chassis design. At the finish, organizers accepted the Dallara proposal.

Under the new ICONIC regulations, all teams will compete with a core rolling chassis, called the “IndyCar Safety Cell,” developed by Italian designer Dallara. Teams will then outfit the chassis with various “Aero Kits,” which consist of front and rear wings, sidepods, and engine cowlings. Development of Aero Kits is open to any manufacturer. However, all teams will use the Dallara aerodynamic package in 2012 and delay the introduction of multiple aero kits until 2013. The new IndyCar Safety Cell will be assembled at a state-of-the-art Dallara facility in Speedway, Indiana.

2011 Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon carried out the first official test of the Dallara chassis at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in August 2011. Following Wheldon’s death at the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship, Dallara announced that the 2012 chassis would be named the DW12 in his honor. Safety was one of the foremost requirements in the design of the new chassis, which was designed around identified areas for improvement based on IndyCar’s own research and testing.

The new engine formula consists of 2.4 L V6 turbocharged engines, fine-tuned to produce 550–700 horsepower (410–520 kW) with a 12,000 RPM limit. All engines will run E85 fuel with IndyCar being the only motorsports property to take to the racetrack using this renewable and environmentally friendly fuel. The “push to pass” feature in 2012 will allow a limited horsepower gain up to 100 HP as opposed to the last season’s “overtake assist,” which only provided 10 to 20 HP increase.

The turbocharger will be provided by BorgWarner. Powerplants for 2012 will be supplied by Honda, Chevrolet, and Lotus. The No. 11 MOUSER ELECTRONICS/GEICO/KV Racing Technology IndyCar will be powered by a Chevrolet twin turbo V6. The powerplant will be built in a joint effort with Ilmor Engineering. Additionally, Mouser will serve as the exclusive supplier of electronic components to KV Racing Technology. Joining Mouser as co-sponsors are TTI, Inc, Murata, Molex, TE Connectivity, Phoenix Contact, Littelfuse, KEMET, Ohmite, Hammond, Harwin, Digi, ebm-papst, Omron, BIVAR, Fluke, and Amphenol.

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Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced the launch of its new Medical Applications Product Knowledge Center (PKC) training site, focused on providing the most current insight into personal fitness, wellness and medical applications available.

As one of the fastest growing industries, medical electronics represents an increasingly demanding market for design engineers. To help keep the design engineer abreast of the complex technologies, regulatory considerations and long product-development cycles that come with the territory, Mouser has expanded its popular Medical Applications PKC training site. This unique resource was created to offer the design engineer a clear, concise look into What’s Next in medical design trends.

The newly expanded Medical Applications training site now includes personal fitness and wellness, highlighting devices such as telehealth systems, personal activity monitors, heart rate monitors, electronic weight scales, in addition to blood pressure monitors, CPAP machines, digital stethoscopes, digital thermometers, hearing aids, infusion pumps and pulse oximeters. By using the PKC’s block diagram navigation, design engineers are able to get an overview of each device and easily select solutions from many major component manufacturers, including Texas Instruments, Honeywell Sensing and Control, Microchip, Maxim Integrated Products, STMicroelectronics and Panasonic, to name a few. The new training site offers design solutions for all system functions for each of the personal fitness, wellness and medical applications, as well as a variety of technology resources such as videos and design guides. To learn more, visit http://www.mouser.com/medical/.

“Mouser has made a huge push to make its Product Knowledge Center training sites the go-to quick training source for design engineers with application-specific questions,” says Kevin Hess, Mouser Vice President of Technical Marketing. “With the Medical Applications PKC’s wealth of information on top-end products such as telehealth systems and personal activity monitors, we’re continuing to expand the huge range of relevant, up-to-date information that design engineers can quickly find through Mouser’s industry-leading website. We’re raising the bar on what a company can do for design engineers.”

With its broad product line and unsurpassed customer service, Mouser caters to design engineers and buyers by delivering What’s Next in advanced technologies. Mouser offers customers 19 global support locations and stocks the world’s widest selection of the latest semiconductors and electronic components for the newest design projects. Mouser Electronics’ website is updated daily and searches more than 8.7 million products to locate over 2.8 million orderable part numbers available for easy online purchase. Mouser.com also houses an industry-first interactive catalog, data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, and engineering tools.

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TAIYO YUDEN has signed up Mouser Electronics as an authorized distributor for its extensive line of passive components and module products. Mouser’s Web site and catalogs will provide customers with quick and convenient access to all of TAIYO YUDEN’s component and module products, as well as to Mouser’s responsive and expert customer service.
“Mouser is a valuable addition to the Taiyo Yuden distributor lineup that will help us reach even further into the global design engineering community,” stated Kazuyuki Oshima, Sales planning & Operation division Operating Officer, TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. “Their world-class website, along with fast and excellent service will enhance our ability to introduce new products and our latest technologies to an even broader market.”

Mouser’s offering of the TAIYO YUDEN line will provide customers with more innovative options. “Taiyo Yuden products are recognized worldwide for their innovation. It is our goal to give engineers more cutting edge choices to maximize their designs. The incorporation of Taiyo Yuden products into our lineup definitely helps to satisfy that objective,” commented Andy Kerr, Vice President, Passives at Mouser.

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