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Visitors convinced: SIPLACE SX simplifies manufacturing challenges

Editor — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:43:00 +0000

The SIPLACE SX 2012 North America Road Show started off as a great success. From May 14 to 18, the SIPLACE team installed a SIPLACE SX placement machine at partner Asys’s demo center in Marlborough, Massachusetts in order to prove just how fast and easy the SX Platform is able to simplify complex manufacturing challenges.

Avnet Electronics Marketing Asia opens registration for X-fest 2012 Technical Seminars

Editor — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:28:00 +0000

Avnet Electronics Marketing Asia, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), and Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLX) announced that registration is now open for the Asian leg of X-fest , the premier one-day training event for FPGA, DSP and embedded system developers.

Vi TECHNOLOGY awards Macon as best distributor for Americas

Editor — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:01:00 +0000

Vi TECHNOLOGY announced the presentation of its highest agent honor, the American Representative Challenge Award, to Macon, Vi TECHNOLOGY’s sales representative for Argentina. The award was presented during the IPC APEX exhibition in San Diego, CA.

Join the SMTA Capital Chapter’s June meeting and counterfeit component presentation

Editor — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:25:00 +0000

The presentation addresses the unique sources of counterfeit components and provides insight into how they occur. Counterfeit components are a rapidly growing area of concern. The Department of Commerce has identified a 141% increase in the last three years alone! Counterfeit parts are no longer an emerging threat: they’re real and they’re here to stay.

Dangers of counterfeit electronic components: Detection Challenges, Solutions and Policies

Editor — Wed, 23 May 2012 00:24:00 +0000

University of Maryland, will take part in a panel discussion at the IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST-2012). The topic of this panel, moderated by Prof. Mohammad Tehranipoor of University of Connecticut, is "Dangers of Counterfeit Electronic Components: Detection Challenges, Solutions and Policies." The panel discussion will be held on June 3, 2012. HOST-2012 is a conference co-located with IEEE Design Automation Conference at San Francisco.

ZESTRON to exhibit HYDRON® WS 325 at SMTA Carolinas Expo & Tech Forum

Editor — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:06:00 +0000

ZESTRON, global provider of high precision cleaning products and services, will exhibit HYDRON® WS 325 as well as the company’s complete line of process solutions at the SMTA Carolinas Expo & Tech Forum in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 23rd from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. The expo is located at the Barnhardt Student Activity Center at the University of North Carolina – Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard.

IPC’s second annual IPC Midwest hand soldering competition looks to crown new champ

Editor — Mon, 21 May 2012 13:17:00 +0000

Who will add his or her name to the hand soldering victor’s list of Nichole DeVries, Adam Conaway, Linnea Gyllner and be crowned the next IPC hand soldering champ? The second annual IPC Midwest Hand Soldering Competition will take place August 22–23, 2012, at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel, Schaumburg, Ill.

COGNEX to host Complimentary Logistics Seminar

Editor — Mon, 21 May 2012 13:12:00 +0000

Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), the supplier of machine vision and industrial ID systems, announced that it will host a series of complimentary half-day seminars for logistics professionals. The new Image-based Barcode Readers Transforming the Logistics Industry events will explain how a wide range of logistics and material handing applications can now achieve all the benefits of image-based technology for less than the cost of traditional laser-based ID systems.

MEDER Electronic streamlines sensor design with new reed sensor and magnet evaluation kits

Editor — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:20:00 +0000

MEDER electronic Inc., manufacturer of precise, reliable, and long-lasting miniature switches, sensors and relays, announces the release of four new reed sensor and magnet design and evaluation kits, which take the guesswork out of the sensor design process.

element14 inspires tech innovation with a taste of Raspberry Pi at Maker Faire Bay Area 2012

Editor — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:03:00 +0000

Raspberry Pi Co-founder Eben Upton and Internet TV Star Modder Ben Heck join element14 to support Maker Movement through demos and panel discussion; “makers” worldwide invited to join element14 community activities and discussions