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America II and HellermannTyton Announce Global Distribution Agreement

America II Electronics, Inc., one of the world’s largest independent distributors of semiconductors and electronic components, has entered into a global distribution agreement with HellermannTyton, a global manufacturer and supplier of cable management, identification and structured cabling solutions. Through this agreement, America II will distribute a broad line of HellermannTyton products for the automotive, manufacturing, … Read more

Arrival Components Announce Release of Genesys Logic’s Hub Controller

Arrival Components is pleased to announce the release of the GL3520 USB3.0 Hub Controller from Genesys Logic. The GL3520-10 is a highly-compatible, high performance USB 3.0 hub controller, which integrates Genesys Logic’s own self-developed USB 3.0 Super Speed transmitter/receiver physical layer (PHY) and USB 2.0 High-Speed PHY. It supports Super Speed, Hi-Speed, and Full-Speed USB … Read more

Efficient switching is a must

RS Components (RS) is now stocking ADP2384 4A and ADP2386 6A 20V synchronous step-down DC-to-DC regulators from Analog Devices for same-day despatch. These switching regulators target high performance applications that require high efficiency and design flexibility, such as communications infrastructure, networking and servers, industrial and instrumentation, healthcare and medical, intermediate power rail conversion and DC-to-DC … Read more

Re-branding underscores close connections

Interconnect specialist, Hypertac, has announced a re-branding initiative that will position the company, along with its two sister companies, Sabritec and IDI, under the Smiths Connectors banner. In addition to extending Smiths Connectors’ global presence through the combined brands, which provide a far larger suite of interconnect product and service offerings, the re-branding also increases … Read more

Digi-Key Now Distributing Electric Imp Hardware Cards and Modules

Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery, today announced the signing of a distribution agreement with Electric Imp, which offers a platform that combines a cloud service and hardware solution that makes it easy to connect devices to the Internet. Now available worldwide through Digi-Key are … Read more

New Technology Site from Mouser Electronics Focuses on RFID and NFC Technologies

Mouser Electronics, Inc. announces the launch of its new RFID & NFC Technologies site. This Mouser technology site explores the rapidly expanding Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) market and includes featured products, technical articles, videos, white papers, testing resources, and more. RFID technology has wide-ranging uses but generally involves bi-directional communication between an RFID tag and RFID reader. … Read more

Inventory falls as demand rises

A supply chain inventory brief from industry analyst, IHS, has revealed that the total inventory held by semiconductor suppliers declined significantly in the first quarter. Excess stockpiles created during the global economic malaise of 2012 were cleared away, in anticipation of a resurgence in consumer demand for electronic products expected by the second half of … Read more

North Shore Components receives Silver Boeing Performance Excellence Award

North Shore Components, Inc. announced that it has received a 2012 Boeing Performance Excellence Award. The Boeing Company issues the award annually to recognize suppliers who have achieved superior performance. North Shore Components, Inc. maintained a Silver composite performance rating for each month of the 12-month performance period, from October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012. This year, … Read more