High lumen density LED arrays are fast becoming the technology of choice for downlights and directional lighting in smart buildings, whether for retrofit or new build applications.  Addressing the thermal management challenge presented by these devices can be relatively simple.  Alan Jermyn, V.P. European Marketing at Avnet Abacus, explains.

Avnet Memec and Echelon have released the dates for the latest hands-on LabDay workshops.  The free one-day events will be dedicated to the Internet of Things and will introduce IzoTTM from Echelon. During the hands-on Lab Days participants will learn how to connect LonTalk, LonTalk IP, BACnet IP and Any IP devices in a multichannel environment.

Avnet Memec has scheduled the dates for its latest UK TechDay seminars.  The free one-day events will be dedicated to the Internet of Things and comprise keynote speakers combined with hands-on technology streams and presentations. Workshops are being held in Oxford and Cambridge on Tuesday 03 June at Culham Science Park, Oxford and Thursday 05 June at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford

SILICA announced that Avnet Electronics Marketing and ROHM Semiconductor have collaborated to design and develop a power supply module board optimised for Xilinx 7 series FPGAs and Zynq-7000 all programmable SoC’s evaluation kits.

The Qseven standard is acknowledged as one of the most flexible and powerful COM platforms for a wide variety of applications, from low power mobile devices upwards. While traditionally based on the X86 architecture, solutions are now emerging that are based on other CPUs, which deliver many benefits and offer users an even wider choice. Gunnar Holm, Field Applications Engineer with Avnet Embedded, explores further.

Silica, an Avnet, Inc. company will be showcasing the latest innovative lighting solutions at LuxLive 2012 in London. Technical and market experts will be available on booth G34 to discuss advances in lighting technology and applications.

Avnet Memec has announced the introduction of a chipset for Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) band radios. The chipset combines application-specific integrated passive devices with the industry's leading low-power transceiver. The advanced ISM radio chip-set solution is based on the new generation of companion chip products from silicon passive devices supplier IPDiA, which have been designed specifically for use with Semtech's SX1211 &nda...

Avnet Abacus is introducing the IP67 and IP68-rated Deltron 480 and 483 series of aluminium enclosures manufactured by DEM Manufacturing, a division of the UK-based Alpha 3 Manufacturing Limited. Designed for the most demanding electrical and environmental conditions in marine, industrial, food preparation, transportation, leisure, military and aerospace, the enclosures can optionally feature EMI/RFI protection. All are certified to BS EN 60529:...

Avnet Memec will be demonstrating its portfolio of key technologies on booth C76 at the Metering, Billing/CRM Europe 2011 event in Amsterdam 4th – 6th October. Suppliers including, Cirrus Logic, Echelon Energy Micro, Intersil and Silicon Labs will highlight technologies for smart, gas, water and heat meters alongside lowest power wireless MCU and long range communications devices.

Avnet Memec will be demonstrating its portfolio of key technologies on booth C76 at the Metering, Billing/CRM Europe 2011 event in Amsterdam 4th – 6th October. Suppliers including, Cirrus Logic, Echelon Energy Micro, Intersil and Silicon Labs will highlight technologies for smart, gas, water and heat meters alongside lowest power wireless MCU and long range communications devices.

A review of best practice in developing efficient power supply solutions for solid state lighting by Cor van Dam Marketing Director – Power Avnet Abacus

Avnet Abacus, one of Europe’s leading power, interconnect, passive, and electromechanical distributors is teaming up with some of the world’s leading manufacturers of power components to deliver a series of free technical seminars in five locations across Europe focused on the difficult challenges that face power system design engineers.

Avnet Memec announced today the expansion of its pan-European distribution agreement with Renesas Electronics Europe to include industrial automation products such as IO Link, ERTEC and Ethernet Controllers & PHYs supporting IEEE1588 v2.

Avnet Memec has announced that it has expanded its component distribution agreement with Microsemi Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance. Avnet Memec will sell and support Microsemi’s full range of power, RF, analogue and mixed-signal devices throughout all European territories

Avnet Abacus, one of Europe’s leading interconnect, passive, electromechanical and power distributors, has signed a Pan-European distribution agreement with Cymbet Corporation, the leader in solid-state energy storage solutions for microelectronic systems, to distribute Cymbet’s complete range of rechargeable solid state batteries, power management devices, and evaluation kits. This will include Cymbet’s EnerChip solid state batteries (SSB)...

Avnet Abacus has been appointed as the first and currently only pan-European distributor for the full range of CellPac lithium batteries from VARTA Microbattery, including custom-designed as well as standard battery packs.

Avnet Abacus is bringing its portfolio of power technologies together online with the launch of the Avnet Abacus Power microsite. Engineers developing and designing new power projects will have direct access to a comprehensive array of power based solutions.

The new MachXO2 PLD family from Lattice offers designers of low-density PLDs an unprecedented mix of low cost, low power and high system integration in a single device. Built on a low power 65-nm process featuring embedded Flash technology, the MachXO2 family delivers a 3X increase in logic density, a 10X increase in embedded memory, more than a 100X reduction in static power and up to 30% lower cost compared to the MachXO™ PLD family. In a...

Avnet Memec has confirmed a new pan-European distribution agreement with Renesas Electronics, following the merger between Renesas Technology Corporation and NEC Electronics. The agreement makes Avnet Memec a key distribution partner for the entire portfolio of Renesas microcontrollers and system-on-chip, analogue and power products throughout the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.

Power Integrations, a leading supplier of analogue power conversion and management integrated circuits, and specialist technical distributor Avnet Abacus are hosting two UK technical design seminars. The seminars will enable attendees to learn how to design and implement cost effective LED driver circuits using the latest IC technology from Power Integrations.