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Distributor Avnet has introduced the Tria brand for its embedded computing products (computer on modules, boards and systems). It has also announced the Tria Technologies business group which will also include its compute design and manufacturing capabilities. Tria Technologies will support OEMs with design either from scratch or using off-the-shelf products and will also make custom designs. Tria will be ...

Rebeca Obregon is to be the president of Farnell from the first of July. Farnell is a subsidiary of Avnet. “Since joining Avnet’s leadership team last year, Rebeca has shown her commitment to delivering results,” said Phil Gallagher, CEO, Avnet. “Farnell remains a critical part of Avnet’s proposition, and I’m confident that Rebeca is the right leader to steer the ...

The growing interest in exploring modular hardware instead of a traditional chip-down approach requires an understanding of the pros and cons of each approach, say James Jaksich and Camron Chilton. There are five key benefits of a system-on-module (som) approach, which will help engineers through the make vs buy decision process. Flexibility Standards defining size, connectors and interfaces play a ...

What caught David Manners' eye this week was Pragmatic, the Cambridge flexible chip manufacturer, raising $206 million.

The 2023 Avnet Insights survey reports that nearly three quarters (73%) of engineers who responded from around the world say the component shortages experienced recently in the supply chain have improved year on year year on year. This is an improvement from last year, when 59% said the component shortages had worsened year-on-year. A large majority (66%) said there was ...

Avnet Embedded has come up with the compact MSC OSM-SF-IMX93 OSM computing modules compliant with the new OSM* 1.1 standard (Size-S) “Small” with dimensions of 30 x 30mm. The scalable standard module family integrates i.MX 93 applications processors from NXP Semiconductors. The MSC OSM-SF-IMX93 OSM modules housed in a pre-tinned LGA package can be soldered directly to the PCB and ...

Avnet Embedded is offering Intel’s Alder Lake H 12th generation Core processors in a series of Type 6 COM Express Basic modules. Called MSC C6B-ALP, typical applications for the 125 x 95mm boards will be automation, machine vision, AI, medical equipment, gaming, video processing and security systems, it said. Intel has split cores into two types for these processors: ‘performance’ and ...

MSC C6B-CFLR COM Express Type 6 modules, now available from Avnet Integrated, are positioned at the top end of the performance range. These modules are based on the 9th generation Intel Core processor, and their launch coincides with Intel’s 9th generation announcement, giving developers early accessibility to design with the latest Intel processor technology. The MSC C6B-CFLR module family features ...

Avnet Silica has a Distributor of the Year award from Nordic Semiconductor, the low power wireless communication chipset supplier. “Nordic Semiconductor is a leader in ultra-low-power short-range wireless communications and especially Bluetooth low energy and Bluetooth 5, which are important technologies in many industrial market applications and new designs,” said Laurence Dellicott, director supplier management of Avnet Silica.  Nordic was ...

Avnet Abacus has announced the appointment of Rudy Van Parijs as president.  Van Parijs has been running EBV Elektronik’s South Europe region for the last eight years. He joined EBV Elektronik, an Avnet company, in 1991, as a field application engineer. Slobodan Puljarevic, president EBV Elektronik writes:  “He is highly qualified to step into the president’s role at Avnet Abacus ...