Digi-Key continues to be encouraged by the growth in its turnover and customer numbers in Europe and, in particular, in the UK.Chris Beeson, executive vice president of sales and supply development, said it was continuing the transformation from what he called being 'Thief River Falls centric' to having local conversations with sales an...

27th October 2014 – Aware of the growing need throughout the industry to conduct thorough energy audits and gain more comprehensive knowledge of power efficiency levels, test sourcing specialist Livingston now offers its customer base the Dranetz HDPQ series for intelligent logging of detailed power quality data. Boasting 8 independent analys...

An international group of scientists claims it has made the most significant breakthrough in a decade towards the development of electrical circuits based on DNA. The work, published in Nature Nanotechnology, is believed to be a useful contribution to the development of technology that might enable the electronics industry to move beyond s...

The second Electronics Design Show has proved even more popular than the first, attracting over 4,000 engineering professionals to the Ricoh Arena in Coventry between Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd October.The Show, which this year was co-located with the inaugural Embedded Design Show and Engineering Design Show, featured more than 200 exhib...

The Graphene Flagship – Europe's collaborative R&D initiative – has announced that Netzsch, NetComposites, ABB and Imerys have joined as associate members. These four are expected to be the first of a number of similar moves to be made in the coming months. Graphene Flagship director Professor Jari Kinaret, pictured, sa...

With the move towards keeping records on digital media, there is a need for a storage technology that has a long life time. Hitachi, working with Professor Miura Kiyotaka of Kyoto University's School of Engineering, has developed technology that allows digital data to be read from and written to a device featuring 100 layers of fused sil...

Tantalum-Cased, Hermetically Sealed Device Offers Established Reliability for Avionics and Aerospace SystemsMALVERN, Pa. - Oct. 23, 2014 - Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today announced the release of a new tantalum-cased, hermetically sealed wet tantalum capacitor that is the industry's first qualified to the MIL-PRF-39006/33 spe...

With Ratings to 85 A and Power to 1600 W, Device Offers Convenient Drop-in Replacement for Competing SolutionsMALVERN, Pa. - Oct. 22, 2014 - Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today introduced a new stud-mount version of its edgewound power resistor. Providing a convenient drop-in replacement for competing solutions, the EDGS combines a h...

Over 4,000 design engineers will be gathering at the Electronics Design Show in Coventry over the next two days to learn about the latest innovations and trends shaping this fast moving sector.Taking place alongside the Engineering Design Show and the Embedded Design Show between 22-23 October, this two-day event will offer delegates the chance...

Weighing in at just 0.3g and measuring only 7 x 7 x 2.2mm, the FXTH87 tyre pressure monitoring system from Freescale is claimed to be 50% smaller than similar products on the market.The TPMS system in package solution offers low power consumption and comes with a dual-axis accelerometer architecture, pressure and temperature sensor, integrated...