NEWS IN BRIEF Assistance with thermal issues
Conference agenda set The National Electronic
Distributors Association (NEDA) will present the 2010 NEDA Executive ConferenceOctober 17-19 at the Intercontinental ChicagoO’Hare Hotel.
This annual conference
provides the electronics industry with an opportunity to find out the latest industry news and learn fromexperts on a variety of key issues. The conference offers a perfect combination of industry and economic news, strategic content, roundtable collaboration and ample networking time.
Registration and detailed
conference information is available online at
www.nedassoc.org
Modules available through channel TTI Inc., a global distributor of
connector, passive, electromechanical and discrete components, adds to its robust line card Fargo Assembly of PA DillBlox Power Distribution Modules.
DillBlox Power Distribution
Modules are designed to provide flexible, easy to configure electrical distribution panels. DillBloxmodules have a unique interlocking edge and can be joined together using the dovetailwedge.
Newonlinemagazine Electronic components
distributor Digi-Key Corp. has announced its inaugural Digi-Key Tech Zonemagazine is now available for online viewing. The first issue focuses onMicrocontroller Solutions, which is also one of four featured Technology Zones on Digi-Key's website.
With editorial content
provided bywell-knownwriters in the electronic components industry, information about the latestmicrocontroller products fromworld-class suppliers, and Digi-Key educational resources, the inaugural issue of Digi-Key Tech Zonemagazine is a valuable resource for design engineers interested inmicrocontrollers and can be found at
www.digikey.com
Buyers with questions about thermal products can turn to Nextreme Thermal Solutions, a leader in microscale thermal and power management products for the electronics industry. Nextreme has expanded its services offerings to include materials evaluation and characterization services. With recent advances in materials sciences
and nanotechnology, new materials are being developed that exhibit thermoelectric properties. The assessment of thermoelectric materials is a challenge, particularly when investigating them over significant temperature ranges. Nextreme has capabilities to conduct measurements across a range of temperatures ranging below 200K to above 700K. Properties that can be measured include Seebeck coefficient, electrical resistivity and thermal conductivity. In addition to the evaluation of materials,
Nextreme offers thermal modeling, design and engineering services to deliver fully optimized thermal management solutions. Nextreme routinely conducts analytical and numerical thermal modeling at all design levels from component to module to subsystem.
Nextreme uses its breakthrough thin-film
thermoelectric technology to produce discrete and integrated cooling and power generation devices. Nextreme currently offers several
thermoelectric coolers, such as the OptoCooler HV14 and UPF40, that are capable of cooling and heating in ranges from 0.4 watts to 4 watts, with plans to provide higher heat pumping in the near future.Modules for electronics cooling and power generation are available for order now and pricing is available upon request.
Nextreme Labs is currently working with
customers in a variety of industries and applications. These include laser diode cooling, thermalmargining, and clean energy harvesting solutions for wireless sensor networks and remote powermanagement.
www.nextreme.com Procurement, payment made easier
Procurement and payment for products sourced in China has beenmade simpler for customers doing business with Avnet. Avnet Express, part of the Avnet Electronics Marketing operating group of Avnet Inc. has launched a comprehensive e-commerce website in Asia. The site
www.avnetexpress.com/asia represents the first distributor website in Asia to offer a China payment capability.
Known as Avnet Express, Asia, the new site
provides design and purchasing executives at OEMand EMS firms with rapid access to inventory held across Asia. They can also enjoy online access to Avnet ElectronicsMarketing’s global componentmenu, which now includes more than fourmillion different parts.
“Right now about 15% of our web customers
are shopping fromAsia – and having their parts shipped fromthe warehouse in the U.S. The ability to access and purchase inventory within Asia will provide Asia customers reduced cycle time and logistics costs, enabling themto order products fromthe location closest to their operation,” said Beth Ely, senior vice president of new channel development for Avnet ElectronicsMarketing (EM).
“Local payment options and local customer service support fromwithin the region will also
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make it easier for themto do business. Avnet Express is the first distributor to launch a website which will provide a consistent global platformwith localized content and functionality,” Ely added.
Avnet Express, Asia is an e-commerce
platformthat enables a comprehensive end- to-end online service – frompart and inventory searches, price checking, ordering to online payment. The site has been designed with a host of powerful functions such as parametric part searches, Bill of Material (BOM) optimization and parts cross- referencing. It can be viewed in 13 currencies and nine languages, including simplified Chinese and Japanese, and payments can be settled via AliPay, UnionPay, Visa and MasterCard.
With a library of information on 140
different franchised lines, Avnet Express, Asia offers engineers a fast and efficient resource to search Avnet EM’s Asia inventory in real time to check on availability and pricing. The site also supports searches and ordering across different regions as well as worldwide, allowing customers to buy products from much further afield if necessary.
www.em.avnetasia.com www.electronics-sourcing.com
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