Arrow Electronics has developed an energy-harvesting evaluation kit together with Italian technology consultant company @m2el.
It harevsts enegry from solar and temperature differences and uses it to transmit and receive data.
The solar energy inverter market achieved a new record in 2011 with shipments exceeding 26GW for the first time, according to figures from IMS Research.
A new report from Strategy Analytics on automotive electronics trends looks at in car networks and predicts that Ethernet will see both the fastest growth and the largest volume by 2020.
RS Components is stocking a range of ARM Cortex-M4 processor-based 32-bit Kinetis microcontrollers from Freescale Semiconductor.
Future Electronics has launched a division in the UK and Eire offering medium-sized and developing electronics manufacturers services generally only available to larger companies.
LeCroy has signed another online distribution deal to drive sales of its low and mid-range test instruments. This time it is Digi-Key.
London-based distributor Transonics is offering free programming of all devices purchased.
So it seems LTE mobile technology the 4G battle and take most of the wireless infrastructure capital spend next year.
Harting has named St Helens-based Northern Connectors as its specialist distributor of the year for 2011.
Digi-Key has taken on the LEMO ranges of push-pull connectors with a worldwide franchise agreement.
High reliability electronics manufacturer C-MAC MicroTechnology recently held a ceremony at its Great Yarmouth offices to recognise the performance of two of its suppliers.
Mouser Electronics says it has stock available for the BeagleBoard's BeagleBone Community Development Board.
Intended to work stand alone or in conjunction with existing BeagleBoard and BeagleBoard-xM, the BeagleBone Community Development Board is targeted at application developers enabling easy access to industry standard I/O's.
BeagleBone features the TI AM3359 processor, a 700MHz ARM Cortex-A8, 256-MB RAM, and a USB 2.0 port with the ability to supply power.
Typical applications are likely to include industrial robotics, web servers and Internet-enabled kiosks and in-vehicle systems.
The lighting sector has been relatively unaffected by the downturn and there are significant business opportunites, according to Mark Pinkney, the newly appointed marketing manager for Anglia's lighting business.
Vigilant Components is a new independent electronic component distributor.
It has been created to provide component sourcing, testing, counterfeit detection and verification services.
Acal BFi has announced the availability of alternatives to fast synchronous SRAMs made obsolete by the planned withdrawal of supplier Samsung from the market.
IMS Research predicts that by 2016 annual revenues from the smart gas meter market will reach over $1bn.
That represents a four-fold increase on the 2011 market estimate.
Pericom Semiconductor has appointed Broadband Technology 2000 as rep in the UK & Eire.
Anglia Embedded has appointed Paul Senior as divisional marketing manager for its M2M and embedded business.
Luso Electronics Distribution has signed an exclusive UK and Ireland distribution agreement with Veetronix for its range of switches and keycaps.
