According to the German ZVEI industry association, the German electrical industry was forced to face a decrease in orders. In October 2011 the orders received by the German electro industry was 6.5% below that of the level of the previous year. Local orders decreased by 6% and foreign orders by 7%....

In the third quarter 2011/2012 the distributor Premier Farnell achieved total sales of 241.8 million GBP. This was a drop of 3.5% compared with the same quarter of the previous year. Profit before tax was 19.4 million GBP compared with 23.6 million GBP in the same period of the previous year.

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TDK-EPC has developed Epcos MKP and MKT film capacitors with low insertion heights. The capacitors of the B32*6T series with a lead spacing of 37.5mm feature insertion heights of 15mm or 19mm. These components are designed for rated voltages of between 63 and 2000VDC or 250 to 400VAC. Their capaci...

Xilinx announced its first Zynq-7000 Extensible Processing Platform (EPP) shipments to customers. The company is showcasing the first public demonstration of a Zynq-7000 EPP at the ARM European Technical Conference, where attendees can see the device running a Linux-based application. For syste...

Silicon Laboratories introduced energy-efficient microcontroller (MCU) and wireless MCU solutions for power-sensitive embedded applications. The C8051F96x MCU and Si102x and Si103x wireless MCU families are based on low-power technology that enables 40 percent less system current draw and up to 65 p...

Exar announced that Louis DiNardo will join the Company as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company on January 3, 2012. He will replace interim President and Chief Executive Officer Richard L. Leza. In addition, DiNardo will become a member of the Company's Board of Directors. Most rec...

Suyin has succeeded in further miniaturizing its RJ45 jack connectors for 10/100-Base-T and 100-Base-T4 applications. This makes it possible to develop PCBs that are even more densely populated yet feature a particularly low profile. The eight-pin type 100355XB008SX00ZL right-angle RJ45 jack design...