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 the US subsidiary of Macronix International Co., Ltd. have signed a global distribution agreement.

“We are pleased to announce this distribution agreement with Macronix,” said Mark Zack, Digi-Key’s vice president of semiconductors. “With the company’s strong product offering in NOR Flash Memory devices and their commitment to R&D, customers worldwide will benefit from the wide range of memory densities we are now able to provide.”

“As the leading supplier of Serial Flash Memory, Macronix is committed to continuously expand its global presence and service” said Winston Chen, associate vice president of Microelectronics & Memory Solution Group at Macronix. “This distribution agreement with Digi-Key will provide customers and design engineers instant access to Macronix’s broad product portfolio. We look forward to serving our diversified global customer base with Digi-Key’s online presence and user-friendly order fulfillment. We are very pleased to be Digi-Key’s global supplier.”

Macronix offers a broad range of NOR Flash memories with parallel and serial interface. As the market leader in Serial Flash, we offer one of the widest NOR Flash product portfolios in the industry. Macronix provides 5 V, 3 V and low voltage products in a variety of package options to meet customer requirements. All products are built at Macronix’s in-house fabs and meet the highest quality & reliability standards, including TS-16949 for automotive applications.

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Digi-Key Corporation today announced availability of the Molex Incorporated solderless LED array holders.

Molex has simplified the LED mounting process by offering array holders which eliminate the need for hand or SMT soldering. These LED array holders install quickly into fixtures, enabling replacements in the field and allowing for easy upgrades to current applications.

Features of these high-temperature LED array holders include screw-mount attachment method for securing the array to a heat sink, optional snap-lock optics that provide light source adjustment, and compression contacts that will power the array and eliminate soldering during installation. Serviceability is greatly improved by the releasable wire trap. The array’s small form factor, less than 50.00 mm (1.96”) in diameter for ES arrays and 70.00 by 71.00 mm (2.75 by 2.80”) for RS arrays, makes these array holders ideal for use in lamps and small-fixture applications.

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Digi-Key Corporation today announced the addition of Lattice’s MachXO2 Programmable Logic Devices.

Lattice Semiconductor’s MachXO2 family of infinitely reconfigurable Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs) offers designers of low density PLDs an unprecedented mix of low cost, low power and high system integration in a single device. Combining an optimized look-up table (LUT) architecture with 65 nm embedded Flash process technology, the MachXO2 family delivers an increase in logic density, an increase in embedded memory, and a reduction in static power compared to the prior generation, the MachXO PLD family.

The MachXO2 family offers system designers the benefits of increased system integration, improved system robustness and reduced static power consumption. In addition, the MachXO2 family includes hardened implementations of some of the most popular functions used in system applications (telecom infrastructure, computing, high end industrial, high end medical, etc.) and consumer applications (smart phones, GPS devices, mobile computing, digital cameras, etc.). Through the provision of these features, the MachXO2 family offers designers a “Do-it-All PLD” for system applications.

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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 the addition of EnOcean energy harvesting and RF modules to its expansive U.S. line card.

The EnOcean product line is world renowned for offering design engineers a comprehensive line of wireless modules that generate their own energy from light, temperature and motion; eliminating the need for batteries, power wires and maintenance.

“We are excited to offer EnOcean products to our growing customer base,” said Mark Zack, vice president of semiconductors, Digi-Key Corporation. “EnOcean is an environmentally conscious company, trusted globally for developing landmark energy harvesting, maintenance-free wireless solutions.”

EnOcean solutions are based on micro energy converters, ultra-low-power electronic circuitry, and reliable wireless communications. Combining these elements enables EnOcean and its product partners to offer sensor-driven automation systems that are fundamental for managing energy in buildings and industry.

EnOcean products are available for purchase now on Digi-Key’s global website.

As the leading integrated Internet-based distributor, information about and inventory of millions of products is accessible to customers around the globe, with all products shipped from Digi-Key’s single, North American location. The company’s integrated business model provides product and support information online to help put engineers and procurement professionals in control as they solve tough product development challenges.

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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 a partnership with Cree, Molex, and RECOM to offer an all-in-one, LED lighting solution based on the Cree XLamp platform.

The Digi-Key CXA2011 XLamp LED lighting kit combines the performance, ease-of-use, and reliability of the XLamp series of LED arrays into a simple, all-in-one solution that takes the mystery out of building LED light fixtures. Digi-Key encourages LED design by offering all the necessary components, including a heat sink, connectors, power supply, and LED array, in a convenient, flexible kit.

“We are excited to partner with Cree, Molex and RECOM in offering this all-in-one LED solution,” said Mark Zack, vice president, semiconductor product, Digi-Key Corporation. “We have accentuated simplicity and flexibility in this kit allowing quick demonstrations, shorter design cycles and making LED utilization more accessible.”

Streamlining the process even further, Digi-Key has created a step-by-step video as part of its Another Geek Moment series on YouTube. The video details just how easy this kit is to assemble with only a screwdriver and the provided components.

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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 its selection as TDK Top Distributor for the 2011 fiscal year.

“Our philosophy at Digi-Key has always been centered on providing the best possible products and services to our global customers,” said Jeff Shafer, vice president, global interconnect, passives, and electromechanical product, Digi-Key Corporation. “Maintaining business relationships with quality suppliers such as TDK has been a tremendous asset towards achieving this goal. We are honored to receive this distinction.”

Digi-Key also had the highest sales growth for TDK distributors, an astonishing 77 percent in 2011.

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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, announced the addition of Xilinx’s Spartan-6 FPGAs to its programmable logic portfolio.

The Xilinx, Spartan-6 FPGA family delivers an optimal balance of low risk, low cost, low power, and performance for cost-sensitive applications. These FPGAs use a proven low-power 45-nm process technology. Also, the Spartan-6 family offers an advanced power management technology, up to 150-K logic cells, integrated PCI Express® blocks, advanced memory support, 250-MHz DSP slices, and 3.2 Gbps low-power transceivers.

Digi-Key Corporation is the sole provider of the most diverse FPGA and CPLD products in the electronic component industry. The engineering community and procurement professionals all over the world are now able to access the Programmable Logic Product Center on Digi-Key’s website solely dedicated to CPLD and FPGA solutions including Xilinx’s Spartan-6 FPGA family.

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Digi-Key expands broad portfolio of online resources with Web-based, environmental solutions center

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 the addition of an Energy Harvesting TechZone to its expansive listing of online resources.

This new TechZone features all the amenities of Digi-Key’s previously launched Lighting, Microcontroller, Power, Sensor, and Wireless TechZone technology zones, including application notes, product highlights of the latest innovations, product guides, Product Training Modules, videos, white papers, and an in-depth solutions library containing articles penned by experienced engineers discussing the industry’s leading solutions and state-of-the-art technologies.

In honor of this new TechZone, Digi-Key has created an Energy Harvesting Community on Digi-Key’s TechXchangeSM to promote discussion and to aid engineers in need of project assistance in the Energy Harvesting area.

“Energy harvesting is one of the fastest growing technologies in the industry, “said Mark Zack, vice president, semiconductors, Digi-Key Corporation. “Creating a resource dedicated to providing deep insight into energy harvesting products and solutions is Digi-Key’s way of supporting leading innovations that will reduce the global reliance on fossil fuels and benefit our environment.”

As the leading integrated Internet-based distributor, information about and inventory of millions of products is accessible to customers around the globe, with all products shipped from Digi-Key’s single, North American location. The company’s integrated business model provides product and support information online to help put engineers and procurement professionals in control as they solve tough product development challenges.

The company’s online offerings and resources include: an interactive online catalog; PTM Online…On Demand® product training modules; TechZone™ Magazines; Another Geek Moment videos; Digi-Key toolbar; PurchasingPro for electronics buyers; TechXchange; a Mobile and Social Center; and a Reference Design Library.

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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 has stock of TE’s innovative Solid State Lighting (SSL) solution – the NEVALO SSL system – designed to accelerate lighting manufacturers’ transition from traditional light sources to new LED lighting fixtures.

This comprehensive system combines the many new components and disciplines of SSL systems into one simple, coherent solution that provides application flexibility and exceptional product performance.

The NEVALO system includes over 60 LED Light Modules (LLMs) options, ranging from 300-to-3400 lumens, in form factors for popular lighting applications; optics in total internal reflection and reflector styles; drivers with constant current output, dimming-control capabilities and temperature monitoring; and a new ribbon-based, four-wire configuration wiring system that is physically keyed and color coded for polarity, accurate power connections and ease of manufacturing. Other components included in the system are heat sinks matched to the LLMs to help provide appropriate thermal management and life expectancy and circuit protection devices.

Additional design and budgeting tools are incorporated into the NEVALO SSL system to help lighting manufacturers bring their products to market faster while gaining significant cost savings. These tools include a thermal test instrument to help designers instantly test a system’s thermal performance and an SSL system budget calculator to help mix and match NEVALO drivers and LLMs. The NEVALO product configurator – a web-based tool that aids designers in specifying a system and producing a bill of materials and a drawing – is also included in the package with a full system and cable assembly configurator to facilitate rapid system design.

To assist in lighting fixture designs, TE offers NEVALO product development kits for down lights, wall sconces, and track lights.

“The NEVALO SSL system brings unparalleled flexibility, development speed and product confidence to lighting designers – who will unleash an avalanche of new products into the lighting industry,” says Rob Rix, vice president of Lighting, TE.

The NEVALO SSL is now available for purchase on Digi-Key’s global websites.

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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 that Kemet has named Digi-Key its 2010 Catalog Distributor of the Year.

This award was presented to Digi-Key representatives at the EDS conference in Las Vegas, Nev., in May.

“Digi-Key was founded as a catalog distributor in 1972. Though we have since moved to an Internet-based catalog, this experience has allowed us to build our reputation with our global customer base to the high level we currently enjoy,” said Jeff Shafer, vice president, global interconnect, passives, and electromechanical product, Digi-Key Corporation. “Partnering with top-level companies such as Kemet has not only broadened our line card, it has helped us convey our commitment to quality, both in product and customer satisfaction. We are honored to receive this prestigious award.”

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