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DigiKey has announced a significant expansion of its portfolio in 2024, adding 340,000 new stocking parts year-to-date, including nearly 90,000 newly introduced product SKUs. This includes the addition of 150 new suppliers, across its core business, DigiKey Marketplace, and the Fulfilled by DigiKey programme. Key suppliers added in the first half of 2024, highlighted by the company, include AEM, FLEXEMATIC, ...

DigiKey is partnering with memory manufacturer Kingston Technology to distribute its memory and storage systems globally. Kingston options including eMMC, eMCP, ePoP, UFS and DRAM components for industrial and embedded OEM customers. The company also provides an industrial SSD line of SATA and NVMe solid state drives (SSDs). These are created for system designers and builders. End user applications cover ...

DigiKey has added ISO 27001 certification to its data security program, which relates to securely managing information for customers, suppliers and partners. ISO 27001, which is independently audited, is the international industry standard for information security management systems. “ISO 27001 certification promotes a holistic approach to information security and is a tool for risk management, cyber-resilience and operational excellence,” said ...

Caroline Hayes speaks to YC Wang, DigiKey’s global academic programme director, about the next generation of engineers. With regards to a shortage of young talent, YC is confident about areas such as AI and the IoT, but says there is a shortage in specific key areas. “For example, PC board design and manufacturing are critical to the electronics industry. However, ...

DigiKey has teamed up with LabsLand to release Prism4, a remote engineering hardware system. The distributor will be exclusively releasing the modular system, designed to build real-time, remote hardware systems, in a fast and efficient manner. Prism4 supports systems with cameras, modular lights and evaluation boards and the platform includes a set of Phase Dock workbench bases, where devices can ...

DigiKey is launching Series 3 of a video sequence entitled ‘Farm Different’, which explores agri-tech. The series features three episodes that look into the future of farming to determine what innovations will power the next generation of global food production. For example, how robotics and autonomous vehicles are coming to the farm and also the integral data necessary to maximize ...

DigiKey has hosted a webinar on procurement and purchasing, entitled “Strategic Procurement for 2024: A Live Fireside Chat”. The virtual event features procurement experts from DigiKey discussing successful procurement strategies and real-world solutions. It promises “a more strategic and successful approach to procurement and purchasing”. “As procurement professionals prepare for 2024, no one knows what the future holds, but if ...

DigiKey has begun its annual DigiWish Giveaway programme – the social media giveaway offers engineers the chance to win DigiKey products, and it runs from the 1st to the 24th of December. To enter, you must select one in-stock DigiKey product (valued up to $100) and then comment or post your “wish” on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter using the hashtag ...

DigiKey has announced is partnering with Ambiq, a specialist in “ultra-low” power ICs, for global distribution. Through the agreement, for example, DigiKey is now stocking Ambiq’s Apollo4 Blue Plus SoC, which is aimed at designers of always-connected IoT endpoints, for example wearables and battery-operated smart devices. According to Ambiq, the Apollo4 Blue Plus – with Bluetooth LE 5.1, enhanced graphics, ...

DigiKey is launching its annual Back2School sweepstakes, giving students a chance to win credit with the distributor to buy components and tools for their engineering projects. In total, there will be nine prizes with one grand prize winner receiving $1,000 of DigiKey credit. Also, three second prize winners will receive $500 of DigiKey credit, and five third prize winners will ...