RS Components has upped its game in the LED lighting space by adding over 400 new products from Osram Opto Semiconductors to its catalogue and website.
Continue reading RS adds more Osram LEDs to its stock list.
September 2009 Archives
For anyone operating in the automotive supply chain there will be considerable relief that the Lord Mandelson may extend the car scrappage scheme beyond the original February 2010 deadline.
Continue reading Lord Mandelson takes pragmatic view of car scrappage plan.
Anglia Components has taken on Fastrax's line of GPS modules in the UK and Ireland.
To kick off the new franchise the distributor will give away over £6,000 worth of Fastrax evaluation kits to selected customers.
Continue reading Anglia launches Fastrax GPS line with a give away offer.
Altera has teamed up with distributor Arrow Electronics to develop an evaluation board for its Nios II soft core processor embedded in FPGAs.
Continue reading Arrow has evaluation board for Altera Nios II processors.
Well done the EEF. The manufacturers' organisation is offering advice to companies to help them as they take advantage of the growing market for low carbon goods and services.
Continue reading Don't forget manufacturers in low-carbon plans, Gordon.
Rutronik is now carrying the wireless semiconductor lines of Nordic Semiconductor in the UK.
Continue reading Nordic Semi goes pan-European with Rutronik.
The government, Gordon Brown's UK government that is, has given a £10m loan to Indian car maker Tata to develop a new hybrid vehicle in the UK.
This is great news for the UK skills base of sustainable energy technologies.
Continue reading Government supports low-carbon car technology in West Midlands.
Social networking is finding its place in the electronics design community. But is it a fun exercise, or something with commercial value?
Continue reading Is social networking a serious design resource?.
If like me, you were ever-tempted to question the electronics industry's apparent fixation with sustainable energy applications. Then some new figures will explain all.
Continue reading So what's the scale of the 'green' business opportunity?.
Arrow Electronics has added a new lighting range in the UK and Northern European by signing up geometrical optic specialists, Ledil.
Continue reading Arrow adds LED lense specialist to linecard.
German foundry X-Fab has pushed CMOS operating temperatures up to 175 deg C.
The absolute maximum is specified at 185°C.
Continue reading X-Fab high temperature CMOS chips clear 175 deg C.
Farnell has upped the range of products in its catalogue which are aimed at automotive and transport system applications.
Continue reading Farnell gets on the move with transportation push.
Advanced Power Components has been awarded specialist military and aerospace distributor status in the UK by Cinch Connectors Europe.
Continue reading APC takes on military connector lines.
The world has a second Android mobile phone, it comes from Motorola and Orange will sell it in the UK.
This is likely to be the first in a number of high profile Android handset launches before the end of the year.
Continue reading Orange gets Motorola's Android mobile phone in UK .
FCI has signed a pan-European distribution agreement with Rutronik.
Continue reading Rutronik takes on pan-European connector line.
Zuken has streamlined sales support for its Cadstar PCB design tool in the UK by naming Quadra Solutions as sole distributor in the market.
Continue reading Design tool firm streamlines UK distribution channel.
NXP Semiconductors has a range of HD set-top box chips for multi-channel broadcast receivers.
Continue reading NXP HD chip combines ARM Cortex-A9 and PowerVR.
UK LED lighting suppliers will perhaps take some comfort from what they see happening in Portugal.
The rollout of LED street lighting has been going strong in Portuguese towns all summer.
But you could ask when will something similar start in UK cities.
Continue reading LED Lighting Watch: Portugal turns on 10 cities.
TriQuint Semiconductor has announced the acquisition of one of its foundry customers, TriAccess Technologies. Could this be the start of a trend?
Continue reading Foundry TriQuint buys chip designer - the start of a trend?.
Premier Farnell continues to embrace online sales and design support activities with talk of a partnership with Google and an iPhone application.
Continue reading Farnell teams with Google and Apple for post-recession world.
Mouser has signed a distribution agreement with Conflux, a Swedish manufacturer of what it calls a superimposed impedance polymer compound which provides efficient heating.
The technology is used in hybrid vehicles being developed by Saab.
Continue reading Mouser takes on heating technology used in hybrid vehicles.
Digi-Key has extended its distribution agreement with Cooper Bussmann which now becomes a global deal.
Continue reading Digi-Key takes Cooper Bussmann global.
An environmentally-friendly approach to manufacturing is flourishing on the south downs of West Sussex.
Continue reading Green manufacturing on the South Downs of Sussex.
