Sub10 Systems, the UK-based innovator and manufacturer of high speed wireless data communications links, today announced a mutual distribution partnership with Swedish manufacturer Repeatit.

Under the terms of the agreement, Sub10 Systems will actively market, promote and sell the Repeatit range of products via their channels to enterprise, telecoms and networking customers worldwide.

Sub10 ‘s range of high speed wireless data links are designed to deliver line-of sight connections using millimetre waveband radio (MMW) over distances of up to one kilometre. The compact links are smaller than an iPad and are designed for use in urban locations. They are considered a key backhaul component in the city centre deployment of next generation mobile communications networks.

Repeatit’s links operate in the 5GHz spectrum space and are designed as point-to-point or point-to-multipoint links over distances of up to 20 kilometres making them ideal for semi-urban or rural deployment. Repeatit links are managed via an innovative cloud-based network management system.

Announcing the partnership, Stuart Broome, CEO of Sub10 Systems said: “It is rare to find two small independent companies addressing such complementary elements of the same massive global market. By working together, both companies will be able to punch above their weight and deliver a broader range of solutions to the market.”

Meanwhile, Asbjörn Frydenlund, CEO of Repeatit said: “Sub10’s experience of working with channel partners and distributors, and the global network it is assembling, will be a big boost to our sales presence worldwide. The products and the companies fit together perfectly.”

To learn more, visit www.sub10systems.com.

Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced its global distribution agreement with Monolithic Power Systems (MPS), a leading fabless manufacturer of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors.

The new distribution agreement between Mouser and MPS expands Mouser’s line card of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor offerings to design engineers and buyers. MPS produces power management integrated circuits (ICs) for DC to DC converters, LED drivers, backlight controllers, Class-D audio amplifiers and other linear ICs. The company’s expertise in analog design and their experience in IC manufacturing processes allow Mouser to supply its customers worldwide with new options in high-performance, energy efficient and cost-effective analog solutions.
“We are very pleased to bring MPS on board, giving design engineers across the globe quick access to their high-performance analog products,” says Mike Scott, Mouser Vice President of Semiconductors. “We look forward to a successful partnership together.”

“Mouser is a trusted global distributor with a solid focus on design engineers as well as technical purchasing representatives. Partnering with Mouser enables MPS to get our newest products into the hands of hardware designers around the world,” says Pete Klessel, MPS Sr. Director of Sales.

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 the latest, most technologically advanced components for their newest design projects. Mouser Electronics’ website is updated daily and searches more than 8 million products to locate over 2 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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Digi-Key Corporation today announced the signing of a global distribution agreement with LeCroy, a leading provider of test and measurement solutions.
“LeCroy is a welcome addition to our expansive selection of quality suppliers,” said Jeff Shafer, vice president, global interconnect, passives, and electromechanical product, Digi-Key Corporation. “Adding a respected name such as LeCroy not only offers quality product to our global customers, but allows us to maintain our commitment to providing the most in-stock product available for immediate shipment.”

“Not only will our partnership with Digi-Key contribute to our global growth,” stated Roberto Petrillo, LeCroy worldwide vice president of sales, “Digi-Key’s international communication technology and logistics expertise will provide any engineer looking for our products, anywhere in the world, the value of superior service in the key areas of product availability, on-time delivery, and responsiveness.”

Since 1964, LeCroy has been designing oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, and related test and measurement solutions to productively validate and thoroughly debug electronic engineering designs. Offering a powerful combination of large and informative displays combined with advanced wave-shape analysis capabilities, LeCroy instruments are tailored to enhance the productivity of engineers in the computer and semiconductor, consumer electronics, data storage device, automotive and industrial, telecommunication, and military and aerospace markets.

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Premier Farnell plc today announced that it has added Digilent to its global distribution portfolio.

Digilent has a wide range of products for academic, industry professionals and academics in electrical and computer engineering fields. These include the FPGA and microcontroller development boards, JTAG programming solutions for Xilinx FPGAs and the Electronics Explorer Kit – a personal circuit design station. Recently, Digilent launched the chipKIT line – 32-bit-microcontroller-based platforms for the Arduino™ community. Additionally, Digilent offers a wide range of peripheral modules including robotics platforms, A-D and D-A, sensors, actuators to extend the capabilities of development boards. Digilent products are available from Premier Farnell’s operating businesses of Farnell, Newark element14 and element14.

“This agreement reflects our core business strategy which focuses on supporting our global base of electronic design engineers and enhancing our product offerings to our customers around the world,” said Mike Buffham, Director of product and Electronic Design Engineering at Premier Farnell. “This adds to our existing strong supplier relationships and we are excited by the opportunity this brings us, enabling us to strengthen our existing customer base and attract new ones globally.”

“Partnering with Premier Farnell will greatly increase our mutual customers’ exposure to our kits,” said Clint Cole, president of Digilent, Inc. “We look forward to working together to help solve the complex programming needs of today’s engineers.”

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DSM Engineering Plastics and Resinet have entered into a distribution agreement, to join forces in the market development and sales of DSM Engineering Plastics resins in Brazil.

In order to tap fully into the Brazilian potential, DSM sees a solid partnership with distributors as key for sustainable growth. Resinet has been selected to represent and help accelerate the growth of the DSM Engineering Plastics product portfolio in Brazil throughout the Automotive, Electrical and Electronics, and General Industries. Resinet is a 40 years experienced company that focusses on the Raw Materials distribution market in the Brazilian regions. The agreement with Resinet, a major distributor for the local market, is a strategic action that will give customers access to more DSM products. Antonio Celso Ferraz, Commercial Director of Resinet says that the Brazilian market for engineering applications continues to open up opportunities for promoting the growth of DSM´s polyamides and to deliver added value to local industry. “This agreement will help expand the DSM product line in the Brazilian market using Resinet’s technical expertise and sales force.” he said.

With the ongoing trend towards the replacement of PA66 with PA6, DSM will support this agreement in Brazil by offering global grades of products including Akulon® PA6, Stanyl® PA46 and Arnitel® TPC. Stanyl® PA46, new to the Brazilian market, offers outstanding resistance to wear and high temperatures for both automotive and electrical/electronic applications. Koen Devits, President DSM EP Americas, said: “These products will now be easily available to Brazilian customers through Resinet”.

DSM is commercializing innovative, more sustainable polymers that create greater value with less environmental impact, including EcoPaXX™ PA410, a bio-based, high performance resin that is carbon neutral from ‘cradle to gate’, and Arnitel® Eco, a high performance thermoplastic copolyester (TPC) made from 20 to 50 percent renewable resources, both of which will be available to the Brazilian market in the short term.

The partnership with Resinet seals the possibility and makes real the strength of DSM Engineering Plastics in the Brazilian marketplace which is in line with DSM´s strategy to deliver value for existing and new customers world-wide.

Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation and LEMO today announced the companies have signed an agreement in which Digi-Key will distribute LEMO’s product worldwide.
Offering more than 50,000 combinations of product that continues to grow through custom specific designs, LEMO’s high quality push-pull connectors are found in a variety of challenging application environments including medical, industrial control, test and measurement, audio-video, and telecommunications.

“Engineers are continually faced with the need for connectors to meet the challenges presented in a variety of applications,” said Jeff Shafer, Digi-Key’s vice president of interconnect, passive, and electromechanical products. “LEMO is a leader in meeting this demand with the design and manufacture of their push-pull connectors and we are pleased to offer their products to our global customers.”

“LEMO strives to achieve the highest level of quality and customer satisfaction,” said Dean Pohwala, general manager, LEMO USA, Inc. “With the addition of Digi-Key, we can now offer customers extended customer service delivered with technical expertise, professionalism and speed. We are very happy to have Digi-Key as part of our distribution network and we look forward to a very successful partnership.”

LEMO’s line of high quality connectors can be purchased online from Digi-Key’s international websites.
As the leading integrated Internet-based distributor of electronic components, 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® product training modules; TechZoneSM technology zones; Another Geek Moment videos; Digi-Key toolbar; PurchasingProSM for electronics buyers; TechXchangeSM; a Mobile and Social Center; and a Reference Design Library.

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Saelig Company, Inc. and Plessey Semiconductors Ltd. jointly announce that Saelig Company, Inc. has been appointed North American distributor for their innovative portfolio of semiconductor products.

UK-based Plessey has a long and distinguished history of innovative design, complemented by its own manufacturing facilities. Plessey manufactures semiconductor components for the global electronics industry with extensive expertise in RF, analog, power, and sensing technology combined with unique IC processes, providing solutions for medical, instrumentation, aerospace, automotive and communications markets. Standard products include demodulators, synthesizers, dividers, data converters, amplifiers, photodiodes and low drop-out regulators.

Plessey’s unique EPIC Electric Potential Sensor was named 2011 Sensor Product of the Year by Electronic Products Magazine due to its innovative design and significant advancement in technology. Plessey’s novel EPIC sensor will enable breakthrough applications in markets ranging from medical health/fitness through to automotive safety, security and computer input.

Founded in 1988 in Rochester, New York, Saelig is a North American distributor with a growing reputation for finding and sourcing remarkable, unique, control and instrumentation products and components for use in a wide variety of industries. Product lines are continuously added from sources around the globe, and are offered at competitive prices, accompanied by full in-house technical support, exceptional customer service, and fast delivery.

Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s largest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, has signed a global distribution agreement with Synapse Wireless.

“We are excited to provide Synapse Wireless products to our growing global customer base,” said Mark Zack, vice president of semiconductors, Digi-Key Corporation. “Synapse Wireless offers state-of-the-art, intelligent wireless control innovations including Synapse’s Portal® and the SNAP® network operating system.”

“Digi-Key is a leader in bringing the latest and most reliable wireless technology to the engineering community,” said Wade Patterson, CEO of Synapse. “Synapse’s SNAP® network operating system removes the worry of setting up machine-to-machine and machine-to-Internet connectivity, letting the customer focus on their application. Our intelligent, wireless control products will give Digi-Key’s customers faster time to revenue.

Synapse’s Portal and SNAP Connect products provide a complete software development environment for easy application development and fast time to revenue. Synapse RF Engine® modules include an increasing number of MCU choices for both interoperability and second sourcing.

Synapse Wireless products are available for purchase now on Digi-Key’s global websites.
As the leading integrated Internet-based distributor of electronic components, 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® product training modules; TechZoneSM technology zones; Another Geek Moment videos; Digi-Key toolbar; PurchasingProSM for electronics buyers; TechXchangeSM; a Mobile and Social Center; and a Reference Design Library.

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Digi-Key Corporation and Vicor Corporation today announced the two companies have signed a global distribution agreement.

Vicor Corporation offers a comprehensive portfolio of high efficiency, high density power distribution architectures that enable customers to efficiently convert and manage power from the wall plug to point-of-load and address a broad range of power system requirements including performance-critical applications.

“Vicor is well known for its innovative, high performance modular, plug-and-play components ranging from bricks to semiconductor-centric power solutions, and its world-class manufacturing and applications development,” said Jeff Shafer, Digi-Key’s vice president of global interconnect, passive, and electromechanical products. “Adding these products to our premier power offering is a natural and beneficial decision for Digi-Key and our customers. We look forward to a successful partnership with Vicor.”

For more than thirty years, engineers have relied on the density, efficiency and flexibility advantages of Vicor components. Vicor offers tens of thousands of standard and customized high performance power conversion and management products designed to enable customers to achieve faster time to market, greater functionality and a competitive advantage.
“Vicor’s new relationship with Digi-Key represents an important element of our global growth strategy,” said Richard Begen, Vicor’s vice president of global distribution. “We expect that Digi-Key’s expansive market reach will enable Vicor to expand our global footprint, while increasing our presence and revenue in critical growth markets worldwide.”
Vicor products are available for purchase now on Digi-Key’s global websites.

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Digi-Key Corporation today announced the global addition of Dynastream Innovations products to its expansive line card.

Dynastream Innovations is an industry leader in wireless monitoring products, specifically the ANT™ series of 2.4 GHz wireless networking protocols and embedded system solutions.

“We are pleased to partner with Digi-Key for the broad distribution of ANT and ANT+ products,” stated Rod Morris, Director, ANT Wireless. “We have worked with Digi-Key for years as our engineering parts supplier and have great confidence in their capacity to efficiently service the vast development engineer market.”

The Dynastream ANT™ series is a proven wireless sensor network protocol and silicon solution for ultra-low power networking applications in sport, wellness, home and industrial automation. With an installed base of over a million nodes, ANT is engineered for ultra-low power, low system cost, ease of use, scalability and flexibility that enables sensors to operate for up to three years on a coin cell battery. The ANT protocol handles peer-to-peer, star, tree and practical mesh topologies.

“We are delighted to welcome Dynastream Innovations into our family of quality suppliers,” said Mark Zack, Vice President, Semiconductor Product, Digi-Key Corporation. “Dynastream’s advancements and patents-in-motion analysis technology have propelled them into a leadership position in ultra-low power wireless solutions.”
Dynastream Innovations products are available for purchase now on Digi-Key’s global websites.

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