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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 ...

DigiKey has announced it is now supporting Europe to Europe direct shipping, for delivery of components through its Marketplace. The Marketplace is an online platform for an extended list of manufacturers and distributors to sell their products through DigiKey – basically, it is an extension of its line card that still meets the company’s quality standards. European businesses in DigiKey’s ...

Unleash the Power of Innovation with Industrial Semiconductors from Profusion Ltd. Profusion Ltd is a specialist semiconductor distributor that has supplied the audio industry for nearly 35 years, forging close ties with global partners who design and manufacture a wide range of state-of-the-art components. Many of these parts have a much broader application base than audio, with considerable potential for ...

Moxa has introduced families of Ethernet switches for industrial environments. Spread across EDS-2000 and EDS-4000, they are being stocked in the UK by Impulse Embedded. “The core difference between ranges is their manageability: EDS-4000 switches are managed, which provides a higher level of control, security and optimisation,” according to Impulse, “EDS-2000 switches are unmanaged, which means that these function out-of-the-box, ...

DigiKey is releasing the third series of its Digital City videos, sponsored by Analog Devices, exploring the “future of mobility”. Specifically, it anticipates the future of automotive technology. The first of three videos – “An Evolution in Mobility” – looks at the history of the automotive industry, charting the progress made in the last several decades and where technology is ...

Members of the element14 community can sign up for an educational programme which the Avnet community is hosting in collaboration with NI. Called A Beginner’s Course in LabView and Test Automation, the programme is designed to introduced members to automated testing. The first prize is a year’s subscription to NI’s Test Workflow software, Pro edition, which includes LabView. The second ...

Electromechanical components including pushbutton switches, rocker switches, and illuminated tact switch buttons for power circuits and interfaces by Marquardt are available from TME. The components are for use in general industry and heavy machinery as well as consumer devices.  Rocker switches are available as mono-stable, bi-stable and tri-stable models with SPST, DPST and DO3T contact configurations. They are designed to ...

A manufacturer-distributor nestling in the Welsh hills has carved a niche as a specialist supplier. Caroline Hayes asked one of Charcroft Electronics’ directors, Debbie Rowland, about its business strategy. Debbie Rowland joined Charcroft Electronics as sales manager in 1993 and was appointed a director in 2015. The privately owned company reported revenue of £12.2m in 2022, up from £10.8m in ...

Around 100 DRAM, NAND flash memories and selected DRAM modules from Intelligent Memory are now available from Mouser Electronics, following the signing of a global distribution agreement. Founded in 1991, Intelligent Memory changed its name from Pacific Force Technology in 2003 and manufactures DRAM components as well as DRAM modules (SDRAM to DDR4) and also offers a customisable NAND flash ...

Austrian ac-dc power supply and dc-dc converter manufacturer, Recom, has been added to Waldom Electronics’ line card. Recom is also part of Waldom’s Excess Inventory Management Solutions, whereby manufacturers send excess inventory to the wholesale distributor which it sells to its network of distributors to make a range of products available at reduced minimum order quantities with same day shipments. ...