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Rutronik is now stocking Vishay’s new series of power MiniLEDs in ultra-compact 2.3 x 1.3 x 1.4mm SMD packages. Utilising the latest advanced AllnGaP technology, the VLMx234 series provides exceptional brightness with a typical luminous intensity of 3500mcd and maximum luminous intensity of 4900mcd at 70mA, while delivering improved thermal performance.

Avnet’s acquisition of MSC Gleichmann Group (MSC) has been completed and MSC will now operate as a business group of Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA, a business region of Avnet. MSC Vertriebs GmbH and Gleichmann & Co. Electronics GmbH and its subsidiaries will now go to market as MSC Technologies, an Avnet Company.

New from specialist distributor Switchtec, the Dinkle range of DIN rail mounted terminals looks to meet the demand for smaller, smarter and more competitive products for use in control panels. Designed to be versatile there are two types of the terminals available.

Powersolve has launched two USB charging hubs designed to charge and sync up to 20 USB devices simultaneously. This includes tablet PCs, smartphones or any USB compliant device.

L2Tek, a manufacturers’ representative and distributor of components and sub-assemblies for professional video and high-speed communications systems, has announced availability of new video ICs from Explore Microelectronics, a fabless semiconductor company based in Taiwan. Aimed at companies designing and manufacturing digital and analogue audio/video (AV) broadcast and switching equipment, the EP9555E is a three-port low-power HDMI/MHL receiver with a video up/down scaler and CCIR 601/656 digital video output.

Arrow Electronics has announced the EMEA availability of SmarTool NFC, a reference design board created to help customers develop hardware and software that uses NFC (Near Field Communication) technology for applications such as access control, payment systems and contactless data exchange. The board was developed jointly by Arrow’s European engineering team and NXP Semiconductors, a major supplier of NFC devices.

Luso Electronics Distribution has made available a range of 1 and 2 watt single-output DC-DC converter modules from CTC that offer DC outputs ranging from 3.3 to 15V, operation over a wide temperature range and power efficiencies of up to 80%.

RS Components (RS) has unveiled the latest release of DesignSpark PCB. Version 6.0 adds three of the most popular requests for new features including: Simplified export to DesignSpark Mechanical, Cross Probe and Custom Shortcuts, making the tool easier to use and navigate around designs.

Rutronik is now stocking the SOM-6894, a new COM Express 2.1 Compact Module in Type 6 pin-out module board from Advantech. It has been designed with the latest 4th generation Intel Core i7-4650U vPro, i5-4300U vPro, i3-4010U processors, the Intel Celeron processor 2980U which integrates the CPU and PCH onto one single chip, resulting in lower power consumption but better CPU and GT3, GT2 and GT1 graphics performance.

TTI is stocking TE Connectivity’s Micro-MaTch connectors. These connectors offer contact spacing of 1.27mm and are fully compliant with current electronic packaging requirements. The Micro-MaTch system offers a range of board and wire connectors, enabling a variety of wire-to-board and board-to-board interconnections.