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UltraBOM enables part research
at Digi-Key within OrCAD capture
Free cloud-based CAD library provider Ultra Librarian has
announced UltraBOM for Digi-Key, enabling design engineers
to search and research Digi-Key
Electronics parts within OrCAD
Capture, and then submit BOM
parts directly to Digi-Key for
purchase. The entire Bill of Materials
(BOM) or a selection can be
ordered directly from Digi-Key with a single click of a button.
Errors and recommendations are then reported for review, and
all components are added to the cart in the correct quantities.
This also eliminates the manual entry of parametric data into
the schematic, reduces errors when ordering parts, and saves
time on monotonous tasks, allowing engineers to focus on their
designs.
Digi-Key
www.digikey.com
Online store specializes on wafers,
from glass to SOI
A technical distributor of equipment and materials, Inseto has
added an online store to its website, carrying the company’s
current inventory of semiconductor
wafers, including silicon, silica,
glass, coated and silicon on insulator
(SOI). The store features secure
online payment and promises
rapid delivery of stocked wafers.
The distributor says it will soon
expand its online inventory with sapphire, silicon on sapphire
(SoS), lithium niobate, germanium and other wafer materials.
A powerful filtering tool enables users to narrow down their
searches by specifying properties common to all wafers, such
as diameter and thickness. Then, depending on wafer material,
the properties become more specific.
Inseto
www.inseto.co.uk
Arrow Electronics adds Xunzel
renewable energy portfolio
Distributor Arrow Electronics has entered into an agreement
with Xunzel to supply a range of products to enable renewable
energy installations. Xunzel is a global
supplier of state-of-the-art technology
for solar and wind off-grid, offshore,
mobile and backup power. Applications
are expected to be within the industrial
and consumer electronics sectors and
the Internet of Things (IoT). Xunzel designs
its off-the-shelf solutions with user
experience at the top of its priority list. The company’s plugand
play products include system components such as power
converters, inverters and chargers, as well as photovoltaic
solar panels, solar batteries, and charge controllers.
Arrow Electronics
www.arrow.com
Time-of-flight 3D capture for Raspberry Pi
Conrad Electronic is now selling Pieye’s Nimbus 3D time-offlight
(ToF) camera module for Raspberry Pi, expanding its
range of accessories for development tools. The ToF module
offers a resolution of 352x288
pixels (100k) and operates in
the measuring range of between
0.1 to 3m with a measuring
accuracy of ±2%. “Pieye
Nimbus 3D brings the industryproven
time-of-flight technology
to Raspberry Pi and is aimed at B2B customers in inventory
management and warehousing who, for example, need to
monitor fill levels,” explains Markus Pröller from Pieye. “Users
in research and development, education, and robotics - such
as for gesture control - can also benefit from the camera modules’
features, offered through a cooperation with Makerfactory.
Conrad Electronic
www.conrad.de
Anders adds capabilities
via acquisition of Selectronic
Integrated display product and solutions provider Anders
announced it has acquired Selectronic, a provider of optoelectronic
components and active displays.
Selectronic specialises in the design, development
and supply of optoelectronic
products, predominantly active displays
and LEDs. They intrinsically balance
the needs of their customers alongside
cutting-edge innovation to achieve the optimal product. This
can range from a dashboard display for a contemporary highend
vehicle to the most basic LED for a consumable hand-held
device. “Welcoming Selectronic into the Anders family offers
an exciting opportunity for us to strengthen and expand our
portfolio in terms of the latest technologies, capabilities, and
capacity.” Paul Mullen, General Manager of Anders explains.
Anders Electronics
www.andersdx.com
Avnet to distribute Mipsology’s FPGA deep
learning acceleration software
Avnet announced it will promote and resell Mipsology’s Zebra
software platform to its APAC customer base. Zebra removes
the technical complexity of FPGAs,
making them plug-and-play
with exceptionally fast performance.
This agreement extends
Avnet’s IoT ecosystem, bringing
Mipsology’s breakthrough deep
learning inference acceleration
solution to its Asia customers.
Companies looking to deploy AI can now seamlessly migrate
to new FPGA-based acceleration technologies with no code
change and enjoy a much longer lifespan for software and
hardware than they could with GPU-based solutions.
Avnet
www.avnet.com
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