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 it is stocking components in support of the Wireless Power Consortium’s Qi (pronounced “chee”) global standards for interoperability between wireless power transmitters and wireless power receivers. The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC), consisting of 100 international, leading wireless technology companies, is dedicated to promoting wireless charging stations that are compatible across different companies and countries.

Mouser is stocking new components that meet the new Qi standard.
Texas Instruments’ BQ500110 / BQ500210 Wireless Power Transmitter Managers
Integrate the logic functions required to control wireless power transfer
Single channel WPC compliant contactless charging base station
TI’s BQ51011 Gen 2 Wireless Power Receiver
Provides AC/DC power conversion while integrating the digital control required to comply with the WPC v1.0 communication protocol

These transmitters and receivers are designed for devices such as cell phones, smart phones, headsets, digital cameras, portable media players and hand-held devices. Both the TI transmitter and receiver are supported by robust development tools.
TI’s bqTESLA150LP Evaluation Kit
Low power wireless development kit
Includes transmitter with a Qi-compliant controller and a Qi-compliant receiver IC
Vishay’s IWAS Series Wireless Charging Receiving Coil/Shield
First commercial Qi-compliant wireless receiver coil available
Incorporated into the Texas Instrument’s bq51013EVM-725
High permeability shielding, blocks charging flux from sensitive components or batteries

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 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, 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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Solid State Supplies has introduced a new cutting-edge Marine AIS Search and Rescue Transmitter (SART) baseband processor. CML Microcircuits’ CMX7045 is a highly integrated and flexible device that employs a 9600 baud GMSK modem for the transmission of formatted AIS data.

In addition to providing the core AIS-SART formatted data functionality, the CMX7045 incorporates a number of auxiliary operations that assist in the overall system implementation and reduce component count and cost. These include: PA Ramp automation, ADC for battery monitoring, system PLL clocks and four DAC outputs for general purpose and visual indicator use. Engineered for total reliability, the CMX7045 is manufactured using CML Microcircuits’ FirmASIC® technology to fully meet IEC 61097-14 standards, and provides outstanding performance, very low power operation and the fastest time-to-market for the designer.

To further support its applications as a marine safety device, the CMX7045 offers low power sleep modes to ensure maximum safety-battery life and is available in small 48pin VQFN/LQFP packages.

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Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) (NYSE: ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications, announced today that it has entered into a worldwide sales distribution agreement with Richardson RFPD, Inc. As one of the leading distributors of RF and microwave components, Richardson RFPD will support the design-in of ADI’s high-performance RF ICs (integrated circuits) along with the company’s full range of analog, mixed-signal and digital signal-processing products. ADI’s RF ICs and signal-processing technology are available now through Richardson RFPD’s North and South America offices and are expected to be available through Richardson RFPD’s offices in Europe, Middle East, Greater China, Asia Pacific and Japan in the first half of 2012.

ADI delivers world-leading data converters, amplifiers, MEMs, DSPs (digital signal processors) and power management ICs and a portfolio of high-performance RF ICs covering the entire RF signal chain from leading function blocks such as PLLs, mixers and power detectors, to highly integrated short-range single-chip transceiver solutions. Together, these technologies form a complete design and play a fundamental role in converting, conditioning, and processing real-world phenomena in a wide array of applications.

“Our customers are integrating wired and wireless connectivity into an ever-widening range of applications, and ADI’s high-performance RF and signal-processing portfolio is at the core of these systems,” said Peter Real, ADI vice president for Linear and RF. “With our portfolio and Richardson RFPD’s technical team, customers can expect to accomplish great things.”
Alex Glass, ADI vice president, worldwide channel sales, said, “We are pleased to enter into this agreement with Richardson RFPD whose highly skilled RF and microwave sales and technical support teams will be accessible to customers through a global network of 47 offices and seven stocking locations.”

“We are excited to partner with ADI, and this distributor agreement further elevates Richardson RFPD’s ability to support all aspects of our customers’ needs for design, logistics, and new product updates,” said Greg Peloquin, president of Richardson RFPD. “Combining ADI’s leadership position in ADC and DAC technology, and their investment in developing innovative RF products with our global reach into the RF & Wireless market, make it possible for RF engineers to now procure almost every part they need from one qualified source.”

LPRS, Europe’s leading supplier of short-range radio devices, announces the appointment of Veloxity Components Pte. Ltd. as their distributor for the Asia/Pacific region. Veloxity will principally sell the LPRS market leading easyRadio Advanced (eRA) industrial wireless communications modules as well as development kits and accessories.
John Sharples, Managing Director of LPRS comments; “We see the Asian and New World markets as key to the continued sales growth of our products. We are confident that our British designed and manufactured wireless modules can not only compete on price in Asia but that their unique feature sets offer all system builders the shortest time to market for any industrial project requiring wireless communication.”

Based in Singapore, Veloxity Components is an independent distributor of electronic components with sales offices also in Malaysia and Thailand. Veloxity also offer a number of value-added services including supplier base consolidation, worldwide sourcing, excess inventory management, minimal MOQ restrictions, 3rd party programming , stocking and kitting, re-packing, taping, vacuum packing, baking, in-house visual/microscopic inspection and solderability testing, low volume PCB assembly and 3rd party testing.
In addition to its own easyRadio Advanced (eRA) wireless modules the LPRS product range now includes, narrow band long range wireless modules from CDP, the IQRF range of wireless networking components, the IQVC range of visual control panels together with antenna, wireless key fobs and a wide range of sensor products.

Toumaz, the leading provider of ultra-low energy wireless telemetry technologies for consumer, industrial and internet-connected devices, today announces that its TELRAN products are now set to be available via Mouser’s extensive global network.

With the global distribution agreement in place, Mouser will support its customers with Toumaz’s Ultra Low Energy Wireless technologies and products from the TELRAN family including the TZ1053 device, the associated TELRAN Development Kit (TDK) and production RF Modules. TELRAN is an ultra-low energy radio solution for wireless sensor networks, remote controls, green energy solutions, smart meters and environmental monitoring. The TZ1053 high-performance sub-1GHz radio SoC offers operation down to 1V using a single button cell battery or harvested energy sources and draws less than 3mW continuous use power consumption.

“We’ve seen a lot of interest in our TELRAN range of products so we’re really glad to be making them available worldwide now through Mouser’s extensive global network,” said Professor Chris Toumazou, Co-Founder and CEO of Toumaz. “Mouser’s reputation for reliability, wide product range, superior customer support and innovation around new technologies such as the TZ1053 is something we value very highly. This partnership is a key stepping stone on the path to enabling easy access to Toumaz’s technology for our mutual customers.”

“Toumaz’s ambition to push the limits of ultra-low energy technologies makes them exactly the type of partner we look for,” says Russell Rasor, Mouser’s Vice President of Advanced Technology. “Our customers rely on us to provide the widest, most advanced selection of electronic components on the market today and with Toumaz’s line of ultra-low energy wireless products, we have continued to provide just that.”

TZ1053 TELRAN silicon devices, 868MHz and 915MHz versions of the TZ1053 TELRAN RF Modules and supporting TDKs are available to order from Mouser with immediate effect.

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Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced its partnership with Toumaz, a pioneer in low cost, ultra-low energy wireless telemetry technologies.

With the global distribution agreement in place, Mouser will bring customers Toumaz’s forward-minded technologies including the TZ1053 TELRAN. TELRAN is an ultra-low energy radio for wireless sensor networks, remote controls, green energy solutions, smart meters, and environmental monitoring. The high-performance sub-1GHz radio SoC offers 1V operation using a single button cell battery and uses less than 3mW continuous use power consumption.

“Toumaz’s ambition to push the limits of ultra-low energy technologies makes them exactly the type of partner we look for,” says Russell Rasor, Mouser’s Vice President of Advanced Technology. “Our customers rely on us to provide the widest, most advanced selection of electronic components on the market today, and with Toumaz’s line of ultra-low energy wireless products, we have continued to provide just that. We are excited for the continued opportunity to bring design engineers more of what they need, and look forward to our companies’ mutual growth.”

“We are excited to be able to partner with such a progressive company as Mouser,” says Professor Chris Toumazou, Co-Founder and CEO of Toumaz. “Mouser’s reputation for reliability, wide product range, and superior customer support is something we value very highly. Their dedication to integrity and innovation are indispensable. We see great things in store for ourselves, Mouser, and our customers.”
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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Advanced Power Components announces that Bluegiga Technologies’ new Bluetooth 4.0 development kit is available through APC Hero. The product is designed for development and evaluation of Bluetooth 4.0 single mode applications and to simplify the development of Bluetooth low energy applications in order to shorten development cycles and time-to-market.

Bluetooth low energy is a new, open standard developed by the Bluetooth SIG. It is targeted to address the needs of modern wireless applications, such as ultra-low power consumption, fast connection times, reliability and security. Bluetooth low energy consumes 10-20 times less power and is ready to transmit data 50 times quicker than classical Bluetooth solutions.

The BLE112 Bluetooth 4.0 single-mode module is targeted for low power sensors and accessories. It offers all Bluetooth 4.0 single-mode features: radio, stack, profiles and application space for end user applications so can therefore be used without an additional micro-controller. BLE112 also provides flexible hardware interfaces to connect sensors, buttons or even displays. Bluegiga BLE112 can be powered directly with a standard 3V coin cell battery or pair of AAA batteries. In lowest power sleep mode it consumes only 400nA and will wake up in few hundred microseconds.

Bluetooth low energy devices come in two types: single-mode devices that only support Bluetooth low energy and are optimized for low-power, low-cost and small-size solutions, or dual-mode devices that support Bluetooth low energy and classical Bluetooth technologies. Dual-mode devices are interoperable with all Bluetooth specification versions.

Bluegiga’s Bluetooth 4.0 software development kit allows in-module software development with Bluegiga’s BGScriptTM scripting language. BGScriptTM enables developers to embed applications directly into the BLE112 module in a matter of hours. Bluegiga’s Profile ToolkitTM on the other hand offers a simple XML based description language for Bluetooth profile development.

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Solid State Supplies has announced a range of modules and technical services for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications that enable wireless networks to be quickly and easily deployed then accessed, controlled and managed over the iDigi cloud-computing platform. The drop-in networking products, manufactured by Digi, establish 2-way mesh communications networks for sensors, controllers, activators and other electronic or electromechanical input/output devices. An Internet gateway is then used to connect to the iDigi cloud, which offers uniform connectivity to different types of networks, provides centralised management of nodes, and supports web services protocols for application integration. Tools are integrated into the cloud-computing platform for authentication, account management, configuration, software updates, group updates, storage and web services. Data integrity is assured through AES and SSL encryption.

Typical embedded applications include smart energy, street lighting, fleet management, medical device networking, building management, retail point-of-sale, and industrial automation.

Communications hardware includes gateways, Zigbee modules and solutions-on-modules combining microcontrollers and processors with pre-certified networking connectivity. Processors range from economical 16-bit devices to the ConnectCore® i.MX product family from Freescale that provides the processing power required for multimedia applications, including high-definition video display.

Solid State Supplies offers comprehensive technical and applications support including assistance to determine the most suitable combination of products for specific applications and environments.

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