Distribution World

The European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which took effect on 25th May, is giving firms a new set of compliance headaches. GDPR is designed to protect EU consumers by forcing individual businesses to ensure that personal information is managed correctly.  Compliance is compulsory for all businesses, and those found in breach can be fined up to 4% ...

A Raspberry Pi Zero Shield that will connect a Zero or Zero W module to a 3.3V or 5V compatible Arduino board, is available from US-based Burgessworld Custom Electronics. The two boards are connected via UART, SPI, I2C or logic-level pin signalling. And there are current limiting resistors to protect the Raspberry Pi’s inputs. The shield can be powered using ...

TDK Europe has recognised its best performing distribution partners for TDK and EPCOS components.  The gold award went to Avnet Abacus, Digi-Key Electronics and to the Polish distributor Elhurt Spólka. This is the fifth time that these awards have been presented in Europe.  Dietmar Jaeger, head of the TDK’s distribution business in Europe, writes: “I am particularly pleased that we ...

Arrow Electronics is offering IoT developers a secure design service with the potential to authenticate IoT devices and quickly establish trusted connections to the cloud. Based around the NXP A71CH security device, Arrow has expanded the programming facilities at its distribution centre in Venlo, Netherlands, to offer the new service, which will be available to its customers in Europe. The ...

Würth Elektronik eiSos is investing €25m at its Waldenburg logistics centre with sample factory which opened two years ago. The existing storage, picking and logistics space is set to double again with the construction of 4,000 m² of usable space for logistics and a fully automated shuttle warehouse covering 1,300 m².  “Developers worldwide should receive their component samples and design ...

A million members have joined Avnet’s online collaborative networks of engineers, entrepreneurs and developers – element14.com and Hackster.io. Avnet acquired both element14 (as part of Premier Farnell) and Hackster.io in 2016.  Since then, the combined membership grew by approximately 48% year over year. element14 is a discussion-based online community where engineers collaborate to solve one another’s design challenges. Members can ...

Rutronik has expanded its distribution agreement with TDK for the European market.  As a result will now offer TDK’s Epcos brand of products. This is in addition to the TDK-Micronas and TDK-Lambda brands. Under the EPCOS brand, TDK offers aluminum electrolytic and foil capacitors, transformers, varistors, thermistors, piezo components, and actuators for haptic feedback.  Rutronik already sells TDK inductors, MLCCs, ...

Cinch has been recognised by Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems with a supplier excellence award for 2017.  This annual award is presented to Raytheon suppliers having achieved 95% or better performance, in both quality and delivery.  Suppliers are judged on certain criteria, including overall quality and on- time delivery.  In total 66 companies have been recognised by Raytheon IDS.  Iain Procter, ...

An IoT development board based on NXP silicon from Arrow Electronics combines support for up to 7-inch colour displays, multi-protocol wireless along with its sensors. There is also a gesture control capability. Called HANI, the board has an NXP LPC54618 180MHz Arm Cortex-M4 microcontroller which has an integrated LCD controller providing user interfaces on TFT-LCD graphics panels ranging from small ...

Schurter says the opening of its electronic component production facility in the Czech Republic was an essential part of its European expansion plans. The key element is the proximity to the Eastern European market of the Czech plant in Železný Brod.The new plant has been in operation since mid-December 2016. Managing director Jaroslav Marx, writes:  “The relocation of the production ...