Electronics Sourcing

CamdenBoss, provider of innovative electromechanical components and enclosures, has added a series of switches, keypads and access control products featuring piezoelectric technology to its product range. Piezoelectric technology converts a small pressure exerted on a piezoelectric element into a pulse of current that, by means of embedded circuitry, changes the state of a switch from off … Read more

AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, has extended the capacitance range and voltage ratings for its X7R MLCCs, resulting in a much broader product offering with several new high volumetric efficiency options.  Available in sizes spanning 01005 to 2225, AVX’s X7R MLCCs exhibit high K and low ESR and are now … Read more

Powerstax, specialist provider of highly optimized power sources, has just added 2 new switch-mode COTS DC-DC power supply units to its portfolio which are designed to cope with even the most demanding application environments. The Behlman VPXtraä 1000CM is a rugged, highly reliable, OpenVPX and Vita 62 compliant unit that accepts a wide range 28VDC input. It … Read more

Sunpower announces its new PCV range of LED drivers which offer constant voltage operation with 0 – 100% Triac dimmable control (dimmer dependent). These mains dimmable drivers are compatible with both leading-edge and trailing-edge dimmers. The range currently has six models, with power ratings from 20 W to 90 W. All models have both 12 … Read more

Altera Corporation today announced it has been honored with a 2014 Defender of the Year award from defense contractor General Dynamics C4 Systems. The award recognizing on-time delivery and quality was presented by James Norton, vice president of Washington Operations for General Dynamics C4 Systems, as part of the company’s annual Supplier Day event held … Read more

TDK Corporation presents a new series of soft-termination MLCCs that are specially designed to withstand flex cracking caused by bending stresses to the PCB. The new series of commercial grade MLCCs with soft terminations is available in case sizes from EIA 0402 (1.0 mm x 0.5 mm) to EIA 3025 (7.5 mm x 6.3 mm) … Read more

BEC Distribution, ARCOL’s Premier UK Distributor has announced the availability of ARCOL’s AP101 and AP140 non-inductive resistors which feature extremely low thermal resistance. They AP101 is capable of dissipating 100 watts and the AP140 can dissipate up to 140 watts, with a maximum current rating of 25A. In practice, the AP140 power dissipation of 140 … Read more

Digi-Key global electronic components distributor , the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery, recently received TE Connectivity’s (TE) 2013 Americas Distributor of the Year award. This award is presented annually to the distributor demonstrating innovation and performance in support of TE product. Historically, Digi-Key has been well positioned with TE, garnering back-to-back awards … Read more