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THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN and ALHAMBRA, CA – Digi-Key Corp. has signed an agreement with Tensility International Corp. to distribute Tensility cables.

Customers can purchase power supply output cord cables, as well as 2.5 mm and 3.5 mm audio cables. The products are currently available through Digi-Key’s Web site and are planned to be included in future print and online catalogs.

“We are very pleased to announce this new partnership with Tensility. This company’s commitment to customer service makes it a good match for Digi-Key and the mutual customers we serve,” said Jeff Shafer, vice president of interconnect, passive and electromechanical products.

LONDON – National Electronics Week (NEW) will host an inaugural conference during its annual exhibition, June 16-18.

The Electronics Weekly Live Design Conference will showcase design technologies and methodologies in themes such as Eco-Design, Power-Efficient Design and Embedded Processor Design.

The conference will include guest speakers from several organizations including ARM, CSR, National Instruments and Vicor.

“Providing a dynamic technical marketing platform to highlight new design innovations and best practices, the event is a major draw for development engineers looking to compete successfully in today’s marketplace,” said Claire Jeffreys, NEW event director

MULINO, OR – Sunstone Circuits and National Instruments (NI) have partnered to offer an integrated PCB prototype and quick-turn design environment.

Read more: PCB Prototyping Improves with Sunstone and NI Partnership

LOUISVILLE, CO – The Design Automation Conference (DAC) will be accepting nominations for the Marie R. Pistilli Women in EDA Achievement Award until April 10.

The award, honoring the former organizer of DAC, recognizes individuals who work to advance women in the EDA industry. The award will be presented in July at the 46^thannual DAC, during the Workshop for Women in Design Automation (WWINDA).

This year's event will take place July 26-31 in San Francisco.

SYDNEY – Altium today makes its online exhibition premiere at Virtual PCB. The company's virtual exhibit is fully interactive and includes "talk to an expert" and booth chat, putting participants in touch with Altium experts from all over the world.

Read more: Altium Goes Live at 'Virtual' Show

SMYRNA, GA -- Virtual PCB, the only online trade show for the design, fabrication and assembly markets, opened Tuesday with more than 2,000 designers, fabricators and assemblers having registered for industry's only free, online trade show. The event features several top CAD and CAM software tool providers and fabrication materials suppliers.

Read more: Virtual PCB Opens, Draws Crowds