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CLICK TO REGISTER TO ATTEND TODAY The one-day electronic component event of the year! The 2024 Electronic Component Show takes place on Thursday 19 September 2024 at the Kassam Stadium, home of Oxford United Football Club. ECS is the must attend event for purchasing professionals, design engineers and industry professionals involved in specifying and sourcing of electronic components and associated services. Held at the Kassam stadium for the third consecutive year, ECS provides the ideal one-day event to meet existing or potential clients. The Seminar Program provides an educational mix of topics and technologies catering for design engineers and supply…
Consistency and stability
As Charcroft Electronics turns fifty, Debbie Rowland explores the company’s consistent evolution and drive to be industry’s best through collaboration…
Focus on quality light
MARL International explains how its focus on quality underpins success in demanding manufacturing environments from military and rail to marine…
Discussing automotive electronics trends and innovations: The 1st Rutronik Automotive Convention in the USA
The 1st Rutronik Automotive Convention in the United States of America will take place on October, 9. As part of…
Smart New Colors For METCASE’s TECHNOMET Premium Instrument Enclosures
METCASE’s premium TECHNOMET instrument enclosures are now available in an additional new standard color scheme. These elegant desktop and portable…
Sager Electronics Receives Outstanding Contribution Award from Cincon
Sager Electronics, a leading North American distributor of Interconnect, Power, and Electromechanical products and custom solutions provider, today announced it…
Mouser Electronics and Altium Team Up to Advance Electronics Education and Careers Worldwide
Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorized global distributor with the newest electronic components and industrial automation products, and Altium LLC, a…
Automotive-Compliant, Hall Effect ICs from Diodes Incorporated Offer Wide Choice of Switching Sensitivities for Optimal Proximity Detection
Diodes Incorporated (Diodes) (Nasdaq: DIOD) announces the addition of two enhanced high-voltage, Halleffect switch IC families to its automotive-compliant* product…
DigiKey Launches Annual Back2School Prize Giveaway
DigiKey, a leading global commerce distributor offering the largest selection of technical components and automation products in stock for immediate…
CUI Devices has a New Name, Say Hello to Same Sky
CUI Devices is now Same Sky! The electronic components manufacturer today announced an exciting new chapter in its history with…
Compact industrial 3kW programmable power supplies offer constant voltage and constant current operation with single or three-phase inputs
TDK Corporation (TSE 6762) announces the introduction of the 3000 watt TDK-Lambda brand HWS3000 programmable AC-DC power supplies in a…
Barcode turns 50 this year
In this article, John Denslinger waves goodbye to the barcode, replaced by QR codes and RFID tags, and ponders whether AI will enhance and refresh…
Don’t fear the dip
I first encountered electronic components in a business environment when I started my engineering career at a robotics and automation company in the late 1980s….
Charging: the disconnect to EV adoption
To empower the EV rollout, John Denslinger suggests switching the focus from car sales to the number of charging stations brought on-line. EV sales have…
Chicken or egg?
Consider this leader as a follow on from John Denslinger’s article on EV charging infrastructure on page 18 of this issue of Electronics Sourcing North…
Barcode turns 50 this year
In this article, John Denslinger waves goodbye to the barcode, replaced by QR codes and RFID tags, and ponders whether AI will enhance and refresh both for another 50 years….
Charging: the disconnect to EV adoption
To empower the EV rollout, John Denslinger suggests switching the focus from car sales to the number of charging stations brought on-line. EV sales have stalled. Dealer lots are full…
Trucking needs technology boost
This month, John Denslinger highlights new standards impacting the design, manufacture and operation of heavy-duty trucks, then explores six areas of opportunity. The EPA recently finalized stronger national greenhouse gas…
Data centers, AI’s lifeline
In this article, John Denslinger argues that good or bad, AI is fast becoming inseparable to human activity and AI’s lifeline is definitely the data center. For the past year,…
GenAI workplace trends
In this article, John Denslinger acknowledges that GenAI is still at trial phase, but the trend is clear—every organization, every employee can elevate performance. ‘Knowledge is power’—Sir Francis Bacon, Philosopher…
Distributors grapple with conflicting supply chain signals
Supply chain complexities have increased throughout the electronics industry, creating opportunities for distributors to help customers navigate the tortuous terrains facing them. After nearly two years of severely constrained supply…
Distribution: record sales ahead of downturn
Purchase commitments made by OEM customers during the period of product shortages will keep distribution sales and profits high through the rest of the year despite signs of a market…
Specialist distributors expect another strong year for sales
Component demand remains healthy, prices are increasing and some component lead times are still long. Specialist electronics distributors are cautiously optimistic that strong component demand will continue through the year…
Distributors see rising sales from auto industry
The auto industry is facing continuing chip shortages and many tier 1-4 automotive suppliers are turning to distributors for parts and services. Distributors report that sales to tier 1-4 automotive…
Should chipmakers be preparing for a downturn?
Semiconductor sales are weakening amidst efforts by governments to tame spiking inflation. Are these the early signs of another downturn and how should chipmakers prepare for another one of its…
DRAM price increases will ease
There should be ample supply of DRAM through the rest of the year as memory IC manufacturers continue to increase capacity. Memory IC buyers can expect a 2-5 per cent…
Lead times will remain long for discretes through 2022
Prices for MOSFETS, IGBTs and rectifiers increased in 2021 and there could be more price hikes in 2022. Buyers can expect continued tight supply for discrete semiconductors through most of…
NAND flash memory market soars as demand rises
NAND flash revenue will break an all-time record this year. Despite an expected 1 per cent decline in average selling prices, the global NAND flash memory market will post strong…
