Electronics Sourcing 
Step inside, if you dare: the supply chain haunted house, full of strange noises, flickering lights and things that go bump in the night. For purchasing professionals, the ghosts and ghouls can be all too real. In one darkened corridor, ghostly lead times float further away, leaving production managers shivering with uncertainty. Around a hidden … Read more
Offering High Power Density of > 650 W/in2, Space-Saving Device Provides Low Resistance Down to 0.03 mW to Increase Efficiency. Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today introduced a new surface-mount Power Metal Strip® current sense resistor that combines a high power rating up to 5 W, TCR down to ± 75 ppm/°C, and extremely low … Read more
Newark, an Avnet company, has signed a new supplier agreement with Altech, a leading U.S.-based manufacturer of high-quality industrial automation and control components. The partnership brings Altech’s competitively priced, UL approved products to Newark’s customers across North America. With over 40 years of industry experience, Altech, delivers reliable, high-performance components across automation, safety and medical … Read more
Kyocera AVX has released its new 9288-000 series hermaphroditic wire-to-wire (WTW) and wire-to-board (WTB) connectors for lighting and industrial applications. These two-piece connectors facilitate WTW termination with two identical mating halves, which simplifies BoMs and WTB termination with one of those halves and an SMT version. Both halves feature orange or white glass-filled PBT insulators … Read more
In measurement and testing applications, connector options are limited when carrying out measurements between 1 kV and 1.6 kV AC/DC. The ODU Medi-Snap 1.6 kV AC/DC in size 1 meets these requirements for PD 2 and offers further advantages including a long service life, easy handling with a push-pull locking mechanism, together with color and … Read more
For space constrained products such as mobile devices or control cabinet these Display Visions’ displays offer four lines (each with 20 characters) and measure 75 by 27 mm. The modules are equipped with a high-contrast alphanumeric LCD Supertwist display including controller. The standard LED backlight means text appears clear and perfectly readable. The dot-matrix display … Read more
Advanced Coating’s GM, Ernest Garcia, introduces purchasing professionals to the benefits of Parylene conformal coating for protecting mission-critical components. For more than 35 years, Advanced Coating in Rancho Cucamonga, California has stood at the forefront of advanced material protection for the world’s most critical technologies. Under the leadership of General Manager Ernest Garcia, the company … Read more
Engineers gain 200W switching power in new Series 68 HV relays with flying leads, ideal for demanding test, medical, and energy applications. Pickering Electronics, the global leader in high-performance reed relays, has upgraded its Series 68 high voltage reed relays to include a new variant supporting high power switching up to 200W. Previously available only … Read more
