Registered My Digi-Key users can now sort by price when sourcing electronic components
Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, today announced its new Sort by Price feature is available for all registered Digi-Key users.
“The Sort by Price feature is something our customers will find extremely helpful when sourcing electronic components,” said Tony Harris, Digi-Key’s chief marketing officer (CMO). “While registration is not required to place an online order or to use the Digi-Key website, we believe our new sort-by-price feature will prove to be an essential tool for registered users.”
The Sort by Price feature is available for registered Digi-Key users after logging in to their My Digi-Key accounts. This feature is based on tier 1 or unit pricing and applies to all parts, all Digi-Key websites, and all Digi-Key supported currencies.
Registered users will be able to sort by price in ascending or descending order in addition to applying filters for product in stock, lead free product, and RoHS Compliant product. An Advanced Sort option is also available and allows users to request parts in specific quantities.
“You asked, and we listened: Digi-Key is now able to provide registered Digi-Key users their most requested feature. Registered users can now sort parts by price on the Digi-Key website,” said John Collins, Digi-Key’s chief information officer (CIO). “With our new Sort by Price feature, customers can view pricing of products from our vast collection of suppliers at a glance and choose the parts that best fit their particular needs. We want to enable our customers to take full advantage of this new feature and all that Digi-Key has to offer by becoming registered Digi-Key users.”
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Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, and Harwin today announced the two companies have entered into an agreement in which Digi-Key will distribute Harwin’s products to customers worldwide.
Harwin is a leading manufacturer of hi-rel connectors and SMT board hardware. With a more than 50-year history of manufacturing electronic components, Harwin has a wealth of experience in the industrial/instrumentation, military/aerospace, medical, consumer electronics, telecommunications, and test and measurement markets. Harwin products are currently available for purchase on Digi-Key’s global websites and will be featured in future print and online catalogs.
“We are very pleased to announce this distribution agreement and provide Harwin’s high quality, high reliability interconnect products to our customers,” said Jeff Shafer, Digi-Key’s vice president of interconnect, passive, and electromechanical product. “In addition to the value this agreement will bring to design engineers around the globe, this new partnership with Harwin affirms Digi-Key’s commitment to working with the world’s foremost suppliers of electronic components.”
Doug Steele, Harwin’s global vice president of catalog distribution, said, “We are delighted to have signed this distribution agreement with Digi-Key, which will enable customers worldwide to access Harwin’s Datamate hi-rel 2mm interconnect family as well as other Harwin products such as our EZ-Boardware range of surface mount PCB hardware. With this new agreement, more designers will learn about our products, bringing real benefits to the projects they are working on.”
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Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, and Opto Diode Corporation, a global supplier of advanced performance photodiodes and highly reliable visible and IR LEDs, today announced the companies have entered into an agreement in which Digi-Key will distribute Opto Diode products to customers worldwide.
Opto Diode products are now in stock and available for purchase on Digi-Key’s global websites. Products from Opto Diode Corporation will also be featured in future print and online catalogs.
“Digi-Key is very pleased to announce this new distribution agreement with Opto Diode Corporation,” said Dave Doherty, Digi-Key’s vice president of semiconductor product. “We believe this new partnership with Opto Diode affirms Digi-Key’s commitment to work with the world’s leading suppliers and provide the distribution industry’s widest selection of electronic components to our global customers.”
“Opto Diode is looking forward to the many customer benefits of teaming with an international distributor that strives to keep all parts in stock,” said Russ Dahl, general manager of Opto Diode.
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Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, today announced it is a platinum sponsor for 2010 WaveForum, a wireless developers conference slated for August 24-26, 2010 at the Minneapolis Marriott Southwest in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
Designed to provide greater insight into the latest innovations in wireless technology, this fifth annual Digi International event will feature more than 30 sessions devoted to such topics as embedded wireless technologies, including Wi-Fi and ZigBee, remote device communication using cellular and satellite networks, and how to integrate applications through various device management utilities.
Digi-Key Applications Engineer Brandon Tougas will be among the conference presenters. The topic of his presentation will be “WF905 – A Wireless Weather Station.” During his 10 years at Digi-Key, Tougas has worked as a technical support specialist, product manager, and for the past three years, as an applications engineer with Digi-Key’s Design Support Services group. Tougas has an Associate degree in Electronics Technology from Northland Community & Technical College, Thief River Falls and will graduate from the University of North Dakota with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in May 2011.
To learn more or to register for the conference, visit www.digikey.com/waveforum.
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Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, and Telegesis today announced the companies have entered into an agreement in which Digi-Key will distribute Telegesis products to customers in North America.
Telegesis manufactures a full range of OEM ZigBee® modules complete with full AT command, allowing fast and simple ZigBee implementations. Digi-Key’s range of Telegesis modules will include the latest ETRX357 family, the third generation of advanced ZigBee modules from Telegesis and currently, the only ZigBee module on the market to feature the Ember EM357 ARM® Cortex M-3 SoC.
Telegesis ZigBee modules are designed to be easily integrated into designs without the need for RF or embedded expertise. ETRX modules allow designers to add the latest ZigBee meshing radio technology without complex software engineering.
Products from Telegesis are now available for purchase on Digi-Key’s US and Canadian websites and will be featured in future print and online catalogs.
“We are very pleased to announce this distribution agreement with Telegesis,” said Dave Doherty, Digi-Key’s vice president of semiconductor product. “Designers consistently ask us for solutions to help them get to market faster. Customers can choose to procure discrete Zigbee devices from Digi-Key and build their system from the ground up or now with Telegesis, obtain an integrated module that contains the Zigbee device, antenna and complete AT command layer.”
“North America is the world’s number one market for ZigBee, so we’re delighted to be associated with such a prestigious partner as Digi-Key,” commented Dave Blissett, Telegesis Marketing Manager. “This agreement means that our North American customers have increased choice and can easily obtain the latest Telegesis products from a local source.”
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Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation and Molex are celebrating the songs of summer with the Sounds of Summer Twitter campaign.
Follow @digikey and name your favorite songs about summer or songs that remind you of summer and register to win a pair of Evaldi™ earphones by Molex. Twenty pairs of Evaldi earphones will be given away each week during the Sounds of Summer campaign from August 2 through September 3, 2010.
These new, noise-isolating Evaldi earphones mark Molex’s entrance into the audio products market and are now available for purchase on Digi-Key’s global websites. Additionally, they will be featured in future print and online catalogs. Digi-Key has signed a limited, one-year distribution agreement with Molex to be the only distributor for the Evaldi earphones.
For more information about Evaldi earphones and the Sounds of Summer Twitter campaign, visit www.digikey.com/evaldi.
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Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, today announced it is now stocking the APEM Q-Series LED Indicator Kit.
This kit is now available for purchase on Digi-Key’s global websites and will be featured in future print and online catalogs.
APEM’s LED Indicator Kit includes 17 Q-Series panel mounting LED indicators – one each of 17 different values – in red, green, yellow, and white. Fixing nuts and spring washers are included.
Unique features of the Q-Series LED indicators include solder lug/quick-connect terminals, wire terminations, and 200mm elongated wires. An ideal complement to APEM’s broad range of panel-mounted switches, the Q-Series is intended for industrial panels, panel indicators, automation equipment, and instrumentation applications in a variety of industries.
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Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, today announced it has signed an expanded distribution agreement with Panasonic Electric Works Corporation of America, a market leader in electromechanical and solid-state relays. The expanded agreement will allow Digi-Key to distribute Panasonic Electric Works products in the Asia-Pacific territories, in addition to the existing franchises for the Americas, Japan, Hong Kong, China and Taiwan.
Among the more than 1,400 Panasonic Electric Works products stocked by Digi-Key are connectors, relays, sensors, and switches. These products are available on Digi-Key’s global websites and are featured in its print and online catalogs.
“We are very pleased to extend our relationship with Panasonic Electric Works to the Asia-Pacific territories,” said Jeff Shafer, Digi-Key’s vice president of interconnect, electromechanical, and passive product. “We are confident customers will benefit as we add quality products from Panasonic Electric Works to our offering for these territories.”
“Digi-Key is an important partner in our sales network, giving design engineers easy access to Panasonic components,” according to Steve Cummins, PEWA General Manager, Marketing. “We are excited to extend this availability to a broader design community throughout Asia.”
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Projects to be built around ST’s iNEMO™ multi-sensor inertial measurement unit
Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, and STMicroelectronics, a leading supplier of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) for consumer and portable applications, today announced an exciting design contest for engineering students based on ST’s iNEMO™ multi-sensor inertial measurement unit (IMU).
The aim of the contest is to show engineering students how easy sensors are to work with and help them learn how sensors can enhance their projects, improving both usefulness and usability. Designs can address applications such as man/machine interfaces, robotics, navigation, gaming and sports, remote monitoring (of industrial equipment or medical patients), and more.
ST’s iNEMO is a unique evaluation and development tool that offers 3-axis sensing of linear, angular, and magnetic motion, as well as temperature and barometer/altimeter readings along with a 32-bit microcontroller and dedicated software – all on a single, small development board. iNEMO is in stock and available for purchase on Digi-Key’s US and Canadian websites.
Each project must contain an iNEMO IMU and will be judged on the number of degrees of freedom (DoF) used, the quality of its hardware and firmware/software, the design’s novelty, its use of daughter boards, and the project’s ease of use and appeal of its user interface.
The grand-prize winner will receive a $5,000 cash prize along with an all-expense-paid trip, including airfare and accommodations for three nights, to Europe to visit the ST Development Labs in Catania, Sicily, Italy. Cash prizes of $2,500 and $1,000 will also be awarded to entrants selected as the second- and third-place winners.
Contest entrants must be currently-enrolled students, at least 18 years of age, who are residents of North American locations that do not prohibit, tax, or restrict such contests. Qualified entrants must register to participate by October 30, 2010 and will need to purchase an iNEMO development kit, containing an iNEMO eval board, a complete, professional software development toolset and appropriate cables and software for $369 (value $4500). Completed submissions will be accepted until April 30, 2011 with winners notified by early July, 2011. Full contest rules along with instructions on how to acquire the necessary hardware are available at http://www.digikey.com/iNEMO.
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iPhone app now available in English/Digi-Key supported local currencies for countries in the Asia-Pacific Region
Design engineers and purchasers in China, India, Japan and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region can now conduct business with Digi-Key Corporation wirelessly with the availability of Digi-Key’s application for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users. Digi-Key’s iPhone application is currently available in English and allows customers to make Digi-Key purchases in local, Digi-Key supported currencies.
Digi-Key sales in the Asia-Pacific region increased by more than 168% for the first half of 2010 over the first half of 2009. Part of that increase can be attributed to an increase in sales of more than 342% in China year over year for January through June 2010.
“Studies show that China and India are leading the growth of the mobile subscription market and that there are more mobile Internet users in China than in any other country in the world.* With the growth potential in the mobile market, this is the perfect opportunity for Digi-Key to make its mobile application available to our customers in the Asia-Pacific territories,” said Mark Larson, Digi-Key’s president and COO. “Our customers in China, India, Japan and other Asia-Pacific countries want easy access to information about electronic components. Our mobile app provides that and much more. Created for global business utility, this application will be a useful and essential tool for our customers’ designing, sourcing, and purchasing needs.”
This free application, available in the App Store on iTunes, is the passkey to the world’s largest inventory of electronic components in stock. Providing instant access to Digi-Key, this new application is designed to help design engineers and purchasers source the electronic components they need any time, anywhere.
One of the most innovative features of Digi-Key’s iPhone application enables the customer to view, download, and save high-resolution part datasheets directly to his or her iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Datasheets are available for viewing and may be e-mailed or saved for future reference. Datasheets are essential tools to aid Digi-Key customers in choosing the “right” part. Once saved, the datasheet will appear in a new menu item on the main menu. The customer can come back at any time, open the datasheet, proceed to the part detail related to that datasheet and simply add the part to his or her shopping cart.
“The introduction of our flagship iPhone application to our customers in the Asia-Pacific region embodies Digi-Key’s continuous commitment to provide our customers worldwide with convenient intuitive applications that enable them to be more productive and efficient in their work,” said John Collins, Digi-Key’s chief information officer (CIO). “This application has propelled Digi-Key far ahead of its competitors in the wireless application market. We believe Digi-Key’s iPhone application is the most comprehensive and user-friendly application available in the electronic components industry to date.”
Features of Digi-Key’s iPhone application enable users to search for parts, create shopping carts, place orders, access their My Digi-Key accounts, get product specifications, view product photos, learn about new products and new technologies at Digi-Key, and more.
Additionally, Digi-Key’s iPhone application supports all Digi-Key sanctioned international currencies and the ability to view orders created from web, phone, fax, and mobile devices.
To download the Digi-Key application to your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, go to www.apple.com/itunes and browse the Business section in the iTunes App Store. Look for the “Digi-Key” application.
Digi-Key Corporation focuses on providing customers with superior service, which includes product selection and availability, on-time delivery, and responsiveness. Using leading-edge processes and state-of-the-art technologies, Digi-Key serves a global customer base from its 600,000 square foot facility in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, USA.
*Statistics come from MobiThinking’s Global Mobile Stats report for 2009. (http://mobithinking.com/mobile-marketing-tools/latest-mobile-stats#subscribers)
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