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Details: Written by Staff; Category: Design News; Published: 13 November 2008

THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN – Digi-Key Corp. has signed a deal to distribute Tyco Electronics’ passive components worldwide.

The new deal is aimed at growing markets in Europe and Asia.

Previously Digi-Key distributed Tyco’s products on a regional basis.

Tyco supplies passive electronic components used in the automotive, computer, consumer electronics, communication equipment, appliance, aerospace and defense, industrial machinery and instrumentation markets.

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Design News; Published: 12 November 2008

WILSONVILLE, OR and KIRKLAND, WA– Mentor Graphics Corporation has opened the Mentor Graphics Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design Laboratory at Lake Washington Technical College’s Kirkland campus. The lab will be used to teach PCB design methodologies based on the Mentor Expedition tool flow.
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Details: Written by Staff; Category: Design News; Published: 12 November 2008

MARLBOROUGH, MA– DownStream Technologies, LLC introduces BluePrint-4-PADS. This latest configuration of BluePrint-PCB is targeted to Mentor PADS Layout users. Users are able to simplify and automate the creation of documentation driving PCB fabrication, assembly and inspection processes.

Features include drag and drop, as well as automatic formatting of PCB views. The configuration uses the PADS ASCII file for intelligent PCB view display. It contains built-in word processing and spell check. It can hyperlink between notes, callouts and details, and it is node-locked.

There is support for drill tolerances, as well as unlimited PCB views on a single sheet. It has a free BluePrint document viewer download, and it has an automatic layer stack up detail creation.

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Design News; Published: 11 November 2008

SANTA CLARA, CA– Agilent Technologies Inc. has released a series of all-in-one solution kits designed to assist engineering and electronics teachers. Each kit contains undergraduate engineering coursework, teaching slide sets, problem-based student labs and measurement equipment meeting industry standards.
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PARIS– AWR Corporation will receive the Electron d’Or Award for its AXIEM 3D planar electromagnetic (EM) software. Sponsored by Electronique Magazine, the award is recognizes products in 12 categories.

AWR received its award in the CAE category. An independent jury of experts in the electronics industry chooses recipients. To be considered, products must have been released within the previous 12 months.

MUNICH, GERMANY -- Rochester Electronics has launched a source directory web site of authorized distributors to help customers buy fully-traceable and manufacturer-certified parts.

The site, www.ElectronicsASD.com, is endorsed by the Semiconductor Industry Association's Anti-Counterfeit Task Force. It is designed to help combat the growing problem of counterfeit components entering the supply chain. The Electronics Authorized Source Directory (EASD) is part of a larger campaign by SIA that involves working with customs authorities to seize counterfeits at the borders and encouraging the authentication of legitimate products and distributors.

For a copy of the printed reference manual, e-mail your request to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The site, www.electronicasd.com, links from www.sia-online.org, www.rocelec.com and other participating manufacturers.