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Mouser Electronics, Inc. announces today that it has been named the High Service Distributor of the Year for 2016 by Panasonic Automotive & Industrial Systems Europe. The company cited Mouser for increased sales and customer acquisition. “We have been very impressed with Mouser’s activity to promote Panasonic in Europe,” commented Maximilian Jakob, Panasonic’s Product Director, Product Marketing Department. “Based on POS...

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry's leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, is now stocking the MEAS weather shield for Arduino/Genuino from TE Connectivity (TE), a global leader in connectivity and sensors. The MEAS weather shield integrates five TE environmental sensors onto an Arduino/Genuino 101- and Uno R3-compatible board. TE’s MEAS weather...

It’s that time of year again. The “10 technology trends” and “5 ways the Internet of Things (IoT) will change your business next year” prognostications are coming out. I always read these and enjoy the critical thinking behind the authors’ lists. And every year I think about looking back at last year’s lists to see how well the forecasters...

Cambridge Touch Technologies has raised an unspecified amount of cash in its Series A funding round, led by Cambridge Enterprise, Amadeus Capital Partners and Parkwalk Advisers. The company, a spin out from the University of Cambridge, is developing 3D multitouch technologies for smartphones and tablets and claims its approach is simpler and lower cost than similar systems. Dr Arokia Nathan, the...

With continuous data transmission, cyber threats are encountered in various forms with Insider Attacks being the most sophisticated attack of them all. Insiders are one of the class threat actors often overlookedas they play a combination of characters accounting for the access as a result of their status in the business, to leverage the same to fulfil their goals. An insider...

Even though C-suite executives are unlikely to have full visibility to every security threat, one in seven respondents in the 2016 Executive Application & Network Security Survey reported that they experienced a ransom attack in the past year. More than half (54%) admitted to paying a ransom. Across industries and geographies, the propensity to send funds could reflect a strong...

Mouser Electronics Inc., together withEasy Aerial Inc. and celebrity engineer Grant Imahara, today launched the second video episode from the latest series in theEmpowering Innovation Together™ program.The newProject First Respondersfocuses on creating a proof of concept for an autonomous, cloud-based drone platform forpublic safety operations during emergencies such as wildfires. The drone project is being developed in the Mouser...

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry's leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, is now stocking the ATECC508A CryptoAuthentication device from Atmel, now a part of Microchip Technology. Delivering ultra-secure cryptographic elements that enable more secure connected systems, the ATECC508A is ideal for a variety of Internet of Things (IoT) applications in...

India’s Ministry of Defense has cleared an order for 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), designated Mk1A, from government-owned defense manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) for the Indian Air Force (IAF). HAL currently has in hand an order for 40 GE F404-engined LCAs for the IAF. Of the 20 to be produced with an initial operational clearance, three have been...

San Jose, CA—December 1, 2016—Developersof heart rate and blood oxygen (SpO2) monitorscan now accelerate their efforts using the ultra-small MAXREFDES117 reference designfrom Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM). This optical heart-rate module reference design incorporatesred and infrared LEDs, a sensor, power subsystem, and logic level translation. Measuring 13mm x 13mm, this tiny, low-power board can be placed on a finger...