Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced it is stocking new product from TE Connectivity.
TE Connectivity designed the Automotive Surface-Mount Devices (ASMD) Resettable Fuses offering, which includes the nanoASMD, microASMD, miniASMD, ASMD, and AHS product lines, to support the miniaturization trend in automotive electronics and meet performance specifications for resistance, time-to-trip (TtT) and hold current at three temperatures (-40°C, 25°C and max T) as outlined in the automotive industry’s AEC-Q200 standard for electronic components.

Available in footprints from 1206 to 3425, the ASMD Resettable Fuses provide current ratings from 0.05 to 3.0A and voltage ratings from 16 to 60VDC. These devices provide overcurrent and overtemperature protection for Electronic Control Units (ECUs), I/O ports and traces, telematics and infotainment systems, and motor and motor control circuits. The TE Connectivity nanoASMD, microASMD, miniASMD, and ASMD product lines are rated from -40°C to +85°C. TE Connectivity’s Automotive SMD Resettable Fuses are Pb- and halogen-free, RoHS compliant and are compatible with high-volume SMD assembly processes.

» Contact details for Mouser Electronics, Inc.

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 Phoenix Contact’s PTSM and PTPM miniature connector series to its expansive product line.

Phoenix Contact’s PTSM and PTPM connectors are now available for purchase on Digi-Key’s global websites.

The PTSM is the smallest spring-cage fixed terminal block in the industry and comes in both through-hole reflow and true surface mount. A simple PUSH-IN can be used for solid wire applications. Despite the PTSM’s small 5 mm size, it is capable of passing 5 Amps and 150 Volts.

The PTPM provides a special connection to PTSM headers as an insulation piercing contact, capable of transmitting up to 4 Amps. A tool-less termination makes this product suitable for almost any installer.

These new additions to Digi-Key’s online catalog offer reliable connections and are best utilized for space-limited applications such as small fans, compact power supplies, and LED connections.

» Contact Details for Digi-Key Corporation

Initiative targets renewable energy, M2M interfacing, industrial control and more

Abacus – one of Europe’s leading interconnect, passive, electromechanical and power distributors – and world-renowned connector maker, FCI are launching a joint Europe-wide initiative aimed at helping designers choose the right connector for demanding applications in the industrial market. Renewable energy, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) interfacing and industrial control systems are typical examples of the Demanding Applications market segments that pose particular design and manufacturing challenges.

Explained Marco Enge, Product Marketing manager at Avnet Abacus: “Today, electronics systems are everywhere – in factories, warehouses, shops, the home, in cars and mass transportation. Equipment must operate under severe environmental, mechanical and electrical conditions, as well as tough regulatory conditions and high consumer expectations. Additionally, products must withstand frequent use over many years, both by experts and less experienced users. These factors have a significant impact on the selection of components such as connectors.”

Avnet Abacus has a long-established and successful distribution relationship with FCI across Europe, and the two companies have leveraged their respective expertise and strengths in product development, manufacturing and market knowledge to create a balanced connector product portfolio that addresses the fast-growing Demanding Applications industrial market sector. The companies have also created a microsite www.avnet-abacus.eu/fci that provides technical design-in information, animations and other downloads.

“FCI is fully committed to supporting the Demanding Applications industrial sector and is able to provide industry standard connectors with specific features relevant to specific requirements”, said Michael Clarner, Distribution Key Account Manger at FCI. “Examples include our Ribcage industrial board-to-board connector range with a contact system designed to ensure signal integrity under extremes of shock and vibration, and our flexible connector system with secure cable locking system that is manufactured in LCP to withstand high temperatures.”

» Contact details for Avnet

Growth and new product sales are key

Harwin, the leading hi-rel connector and SMT board hardware manufacturer, has named global distributor of Passive, Interconnect, Relay & Switch and Discrete components TTI, Inc. as its European “Distributor of the Year” for 2010.

Comments Andrew McQuilken, Director at Harwin: “TTI is very deserving of this award as they have significantly grown the Harwin business during the last year and have been especially successful in selling our new products. We are very impressed with the high number of sales they have achieved for our high reliability Datamate connector family and cost-effective Archer brand of 1.27mm pitch headers and sockets.”

John Sandy, Director of Supplier Marketing, Europe at TTI remarks: “We are delighted to receive this award from Harwin and we are very pleased with the success we have achieved with Harwin’s product line. In particular, Harwin’s Datamate range and their record of launching innovative products is a perfect fit for TTI’s focus on new business design wins, especially in the high-reliability aerospace and defence sectors.”

Mouser Electronics, Inc., a top design engineering resource and international distributor of semiconductors and electronic components, has been named the Global Master Distributor for the Q-CEE’s brand of calibration labels from TE Connectivity (TE). Mouser was selected for its award-winning website, superior logistics service and same-day shipping capabilities.

The new agreement with TE establishes Mouser as the first global electronics distributor to carry the complete QCEE’s product line. It reinforces Mouser’s dedication of providing total customer support and instant access to a broad range of calibration and identification labels for tooling, product testing, board revisions, and quality control.

“Not only does our relationship with the Q-CEE’s brand of TE fit well with our unique business strategy of delivering solutions that speed new product development,” stated Krystal Jackson, Mouser Vice President of Interconnect. “We’re the first and only distributor to provide this product range. Now, design engineers and buyers can turn to Mouser, a company they already know and trust…further simplifying their world by having one source for everything our customers need or want.”

TE commented on the expanded partnership. “Mouser is the first to stock the vast array of the Q-CEE’s calibration and inventory control labels for TE Connectivity,” explained Lauren Catalano of TE. “This will give customers across the globe valuable labeling options, making their operations run more efficient and ultimately, helping them get their designs to market faster.”

» Contact details for Mouser Electronics, Inc.

Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, has achieved the honor of being named TE Connectivity’s 2010 Global Catalog Distributor of the Year.

This is the second award TE has presented to Digi-Key in recognition of the company’s global distribution of TE products. Digi-Key received the award based on sales growth, performance, demand identification and creation, customer expansion, cash improvements, and cost reductions/operation efficiency gains.

“We appreciate the recognition we have received from TE,” said Mark Larson, Digi-Key’s president and COO. “As a global, Internet-based distributor, Digi-Key is dedicated to maintaining the highest levels of in-stock product available to our customers worldwide. As this award confirms, Digi-Key is a company that is able to offer the best possible service to our global customer base by offering quality name-brand products from leading suppliers like TE.”

Digi-Key has distributed TE products since 1984. TE’s diverse line of quality products is available for purchase on Digi-Key’s global websites.

“For the past 26 years Digi-Key has maintained a strong relationship with TE. Distributing their quality products to our customer base worldwide presents Digi-Key as a trustworthy company with the best in electronic components,” said Jeff Shafer, Digi-Key’s vice president of global interconnect, passive and electromechanical product. “We have the utmost respect for TE and are grateful to be considered TE’s Global Catalog Distributor of the Year for 2010.”

» Contact Details for Digi-Key Corporation

800 new HARTING interconnect products and dedicated Microsite to help engineers find and buy for same day despatch

RS Components today announced the introduction of 800 new interconnect products from HARTING. RS has continued to introduce the latest HARTING devices for several months and to support the new portfolio has also launched a new Microsite that enables customers to quickly find and buy products from the complete HARTING range it holds in stock. The HARTING Microsite which can be found at rswww.com/Harting provides access to supporting data and technical information.

Featured introductions into the expanded HARTING range include more than 50 new HAN heavy-duty connectors, as well as an increased range of electronic connectors. New products now in stock also include a selection of accessories such as polarisation pins and modular inserts as well as 10A and 16A rated sockets. The new HARTING Microsite gives design engineers access to a comprehensive range of industrial and networking connectors that meet the latest application challenges. Increased ranges of DIN 41612, D-Sub electronic products make up the additional component offering.

“RS has an enviable history of supplying design engineers with the products they want when they want them,” commented Doreen Sanderson, Regional Manager at HARTING. “The new Microsite and expanded portfolio supported by RS, further demonstrates their commitment to supplying the widest possible selection of components to the design engineering community.”

Valerie Ramon, Category Business Manager for Electromechanical and Connector products at RS continued, “HARTING is a premier manufacturer of interconnect components. The Microsite and new product offering are the culmination of our close partnership working to ensure we bring our customers the right choice of products, no matter what their design application demands.”

» Contact details for RS Components

Network power, USB connectivity, solid state storage and more on show at Avnet’s European ‘Design Strategies for ARM Systems’ program

Avnet Abacus – one of Europe’s leading interconnect, passive, electromechanical and power distributors – is to support its sister companies EBV Elektronik, Silica, Avnet Memec & Avnet Embedded at the recently-announced ‘Design Strategies for ARM® Systems’ seminar program which will play in 16 cities across Europe in May and June.

Design engineers will gain an exclusive opportunity to learn how to harness ARM’s latest mobile technology which is finding applications not only in the consumer market, but also in other growth sectors such as defence and medical. Attendees will also benefit from learning how to leverage the many supporting technologies from Avnet EM’s other Design Strategies for ARM Systems partners such as Freescale Semiconductor, Texas Instruments, STMicroelectronics, Cypress, Microsoft and Xilinx.

Ensuring that designers choose the best passive, connector, power and emech technology to back up the enabling silicon solutions, Avnet Abacus – the IP&E division of Avnet Electronics Marketing– has a significant presence at these seminars, displaying power and connector products from Emerson, TE Connectivity , Molex, FCI and Varta Microbattery as well as the recently introduced Cymbet solid state franchise. Key focus will be given to technology product offerings including: Cymbet Energy harvesting power management solutions, Emerson network power supplies including the NPS20-M & NPS60-M series; and USB/HDMI and USB/IEEE-1394 connectors from Molex and TE Connectivity respectively.

Comments Avnet Abacus’ President Graham McBeth: “By introducing designers from Moscow to Milan and Stockholm to Cambridge to our broad portfolio of exciting technologies we hope that they will understand the real synergy that exists within the Avnet group companies. Avnet is known for spearheading design and that is as true for our product families as it is for our semiconductor colleagues.”

» Contact details for Avnet

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 CONEC’s robust, solid-body D-sub connecters.

The IP67-rated solid-body D-sub connector has a silicone O-ring panel seal for a watertight connection. CONEC ensures high performance with gold-plated machined contacts. The connector is available in standard, high-density, and combination D-sub configurations, and with solder-cup, right-angle, and straight terminations.

The solid-body, nickel-plated, zinc die cast housing conforms to current solder requirements for RoHS-compliant solder temperatures. The entire product range is UL Listed, rated to IP67 and can be mated to standard shell sizes one through five in D-sub standard, D-sub high density, and mixed-layout configurations.

CONEC’s robust design performs better against mechanical impacts during installation and operation and has less possible leak paths, making it ideal for applications such as industrial machinery, medical equipment, test and measurement equipment, and communications.

The new line of advanced, water-resistant D-sub connector are now available for purchase on Digi-Key’s global websites and will be featured in future print and online catalogs. Digi-Key’s websites also feature a product training module in which customers can receive more information about this series and learn how to best utilize the CONEC® connectors.

» Contact Details for Digi-Key Corporation

Established connector family now suitable for I/O applications

Farnell, the leading multi-channel distributor has announced first stock of Harwin’s 2mm Datamate hi-rel connector family in Europe. The connector and SMT board hardware manufacturer’s new product is now available with single-piece, machined metal backshells that provide screening against RFI and EMI interference. Datamate S-Tek, which is the industry’s lowest cost, shielded hi-rel connector and well-proven in harsh environments, can now be considered for I/O applications as well as PCB-mount designs.

Manufactured in aluminium alloy and nickel plated for electrical performance and corrosion resistance, , Datamate S-Tek backshells ensure full 360 degree electrical shielding when used in conjunction with metal braid . Designed to attach to a wide variety of standard metallic braids using industry standard tools, the connectors allow the shield braid to be connected through the backshell to the PCB ground plane. Available in female cable-to-PCB-mount and cable-to-panel-mount configurations in a range of sizes including 6,10,14,20 and 26 positions, the backshells also provide excellent design flexibility.

Farnell will be providing access to a wide range of data and discussion about the new products via its element14 online community http://www.element-14.com/community/docs/DOC-25386, supporting customer applications, and helping speed time to market for new designs.

“This launch enables electronic design engineers to use Datamate for I/O applications as well as PCB mounted designs, “ said Steve Herd, Farnell’s Head of EMCO Product and Supplier Management. “Farnell is the first distributor to offer its customers the new range of connectors and backshells that will suit many I/O applications in the Military and Aerospace markets, as well as in industrial electronics and control system applications.”

Delivering 55/125/56 (-55 ºC to +125 ºC, 56 day damp heat, steady state) performance levels the new backshells are mechanically strong and easily assembled using industry standard tooling. The Datamate J-Tek connectors also feature jackscrews for added mating security.

» Contact details for Farnell