A Raspberry Pi has been used as the hardware platform to build a fully portable gaming console.
It is the result of an online design project by blogger Ben Heck, who uses a Raspberry Pi Model B board featured in a two-part series on the element14 Community of distributor…
Senior buyers and executives from the coil winding, insulation and electrical manufacturing sectors attending this year’s CWIEME in Berlin expect a strong business recovery over the next 12 months.
According to a survey commissioned by organisers i2i Events Group, 49% of executives believe their business will perform better in…
Silicon Labs has agreed to acquire Energy Micro, the Oslo-based chip firm specialising in low power ARM Cortex-M based microcontrollers for $170m.
Silicon Labs is confident of its own low power microcontrollers based on the 32-bit Precision32 architecture, but Energy Micro’s Cortex-M devices will strengthen…
America II has signed an authorised distribution agreement with Altech, a supplier of terminal blocks, circuit breakers, fuses, enclosures and power supplies. It is a global deal.
According to Brian Ellison, president of America II Electronics: “Our goal is to continue building a robust line card. This partnership allows us…
Future Electronics has signed a worldwide franchise agreement with embedded System-on-Module manufacturer TechNexion.
TechNexion specialises in embedded boards and modules incorporating ARM-based processors from Texas Instruments, Freescale, and x86 processors from Intel.
TechNexion is known for having developed an open-source hardware and software interface providing pin…
Analog Devices has signed a global distribution deal with Mouser Electronics.
ADI has been refocusing its European sales and marketing strategy in the last year or so and this deal with the catalogue and online distributor indicates that the chip firm is looking at its global supply chain.
“Mouser Electronics…
Caltest Instruments has expanded its power system and test equipment distribution business in to Germany.
Guildford-based Caltest has set up a company in Achern to supply the markets in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
The focus will be power supplies and loads for the aerospace, defence, manufacturing, renewables and communications…
Germany’s component distribution market seems to be stabilising, much to the relief of suppliers and distributors alike.
According to the FBDi, the professional association of component distribution in Germany, its member companies saw revenues in the first quarter jump by 20% on the last quarter.
With Germany being by…