Robotic arm lowers price barrier for simple automation 16th November 2018

Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+, now available from Premier Farnell, delivers the latest features and capabilities to a more compact form factor and lower price point. Like the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ it boasts a 64-bit quad core Broadcom BCM2837 processor running at 1.4 GHz, adding significant performance enhancements over the previous model.

The factory floor is changing. From what has traditionally been a mechanically focussed environment, electrification and electronics are playing an increasingly vital role, being led by the drive towards factory automation and Industry 4.0.

Marvell Technology Group has announced the opening of its Operations Center of Excellence at the Tai Seng Centre, in the heart of Singapore’s industrial quarter. The company has had a presence in Singapore for more than two decades and it has been an integral part of the company’s global success and continued growth. Serving as its headquarters in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, the new site will be involved in distribution, procurement, quality control, R&D, product test engineering, sales and customer support activities.

A new e-book focused on home automation as part of All Things IoT has been published by Mouser Electronics. It is the latest series in Mouser’s Empowering Innovation Together program. In the first of three e-books in the series, Mouser experts explore the engineering behind the Internet of Things (IoT) that is automating our homes, offices and industry and changing the way we live.

A major extension of its PCB Part Library, which provides a key tool for engineers working in PCB design by delivering direct access to schematic symbols and footprints has been unveiled by RS Components. The library now includes more than 10,000 new models from a range of leading suppliers, including C&K Switches, ON Semiconductor and ROHM Semiconductor.

A global provider of engineered electronics for performance critical applications, TT Electronics, has announced the opening of a new design centre in Shenzhen, China. The site will provide world class design and R&D capabilities to support the company’s anticipated growth plans, working in partnership with the global manufacturing centres of excellence to deliver smarter solutions together.

  Privately held and veteran-owned designer and manufacturer of standard and custom optoelectronics components and assemblies, Marktech Optoelectronics has announced its membership in The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics).

Healthy mid-single-digit growth has been the order of the day for the European semiconductor distribution industry this year. With product shortages and price increases continuing through the summer, Q3/2018 ended, according to DMASS, with 2.3bn Euro of sales, an increase of 6.3% compared to 2017. The first nine months of 2018 showed exactly the same increase of 6.3%, to 6.91bn Euro of sales.