Distribution

RS Components (RS) has unveiled the latest release of DesignSpark PCB, the company’s professional software for schematic capture and PCB layout. Version 5.0 integrates two additional features within the free design tool - online Design Rule Checking and buses - which have been introduced to further reduce design times for engineers and to minimise errors during the design process.

Designed for customers requiring a simple, cost-effective, basic performance, mV output, unamplified, uncompensated, high quality, high resolution solution for medical and industrial applications, Honeywell"s highly durable NBP series basic board mount pressure sensors are now available from TTi.

The US-based distributor Richardson RFPD has committed to the Myriad open source RF initiative and will begin stocking and selling the Myriad-RF-1 board to customers around the world via its website’s online store immediately. Myriad was launched last month as an open source, non-profit initiative to increase access for easy-to-use, low-cost RF hardware and to drive innovation in the sector.

Avnet Abacus has launched a Thermal Management microsite, accessible via the Avnet Abacus website. This new application site provides an online hub for customers to source, select, and purchase a wide variety of thermal management products from leading manufacturers, which have been developed to dissipate heat in electronic system assemblies in a wide variety of end user applications, such as factory automation machinery, servers, military and aerospace equipment, medical devices, power supplies, audio amplifiers, frequency inverters and telecommunications systems.

Distributor Digi-Key Corporation, has signed a global distribution agreement with Adesto Technologies, a developer of non-volatile memory solutions. Adesto’s product portfolio includes Serial Flash and Conductive Bridge RAM (CBRAM) memory technology. Unlike other memory technologies, CBRAM is completely CMOS compatible and through optimisation of the memory cell, its architecture, and the manufacturing process, it is extremely versatile in the way it operates.

New to the Alpha Micro M2M connectivity portfolio is the xPico Wi-Fi module from Lantronix, a compact, embedded wireless device server designed for easy and fast serial-to-Wi-Fi connectivity. Said to be one of the world’s smallest and easiest to use serial-to-Wi-Fi device servers, the xPico Wi-Fi device has a tiny footprint of 24mm x 16.5mm and is a pin and form factor compatible member of the xPico product family.

Acal BFi - a division of Acal plc - has consolidated its value-add services from across the UK into a new, dedicated UK Custom Services Centre as part of a £2million investment. The new centre will provide customers with a highly responsive and integrated mix of services to stimulate innovation and accelerate time to market.

Anglia Components has signed a new UK and Ireland distribution agreement with UK manufacturer CamdenBoss covering its full range of enclosures, interconnect and components. Under the agreement, Anglia will be able to offer customers CamdenBoss custom enclosures based on the company’s zero-NRE Flat Sheet Plastic Technology (FSPT) process, and will stock a profile of standard enclosures, interconnect, fuses, fuse holders and other emech components.

Digi-Key Corporation, the global electronic components distributor, has announced an agreement to distribute IPDiA products worldwide. IPDiA, founded in 2009 as an offshoot from NXP, provides innovative 3D silicon sub-mounts, 3D silicon RF, and 3D silicon capacitor products.

Mouser Electronics now stocks Inverted Thru Board SMT Connectors from TE Connectivity. PCBs. High Power Inverted Thru Board Connectors eliminate wire dress management issues with discrete wire leads on the top surface of LED printed circuit boards. Designed to deliver up to 7 amps of power per contact to LED aluminum clad boards from the underside of the printed circuit board, these connectors can be surface mounted through a cutout inside the PCB or a notch on the edge of the PCB.