Heard in the Channel: Mouser launches harsh environments site for engineers

Mouser Electronics added to its growing list of online technical resources recently with the launch of its new Harsh Environments Technology Web site for design engineers. The new site offers technical information that can help designers develop new solutions to withstand water or high humidity levels, extreme temperature ranges and cycles, electrostatic discharge, electromagnetic interference, vibrations and physical impact. It also covers IP Code (IEC 60529) and NEMA Type Number (NEMA 250) ratings, which designate the various types and degrees of protection afforded to electrical equipment by a housing or enclosure against water, dust, corrosive agents and more.

The site includes industry articles, white papers, a library of technical resources, a featured products guide and a user-friendly graphical interface to speed navigation.

The Harsh Environments Site joins the ranks of 13 other application- and technology-focused sites available at Mouser.com.

“The rationale behind our Technology sites is to educate, help narrow the list of products, and find the right products for their design projects,” says Kevin Hess, Mouser’s vice president of technical marketing. “Applications that fall in the harsh environments category, especially downhole (oil and gas), require robust, reliable components capable of withstanding extreme temperatures, intense vibration, water, and more. Our goal is to help transform knowledge into design know-how—all with the simple click of a mouse.”

In other company news, Mouser is also getting ready for this weekend’s GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma at the Infineon Raceway, where champion driver Tony Kanaan will race the No. 11 Mouser Electronics/GEICO/KV Racing Technology Chevrolet/Firestone IndyCar. The two-and-a-half mile race course is in California’s Sonoma Wine Country; the race is scheduled for Sunday, August 26^th.

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Arrow Electronics expanded its distribution agreement component manufacturer Schurter to cover all of Europe, the Middle East and Africa region (EMEA). The distributor also signed a new agreement with Microchip Technology to represent its complete line of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit PIC microcontrollers, analog and interface semiconductors, wireless solutions, and memory devices, along with related
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Digi-Key announced new global distribution agreements with Rubycon and Olimex Ltd. The distributor will sell Rubycon’s line of capacitors to customers worldwide and will represent Olimex’s development tools for the embedded market. Digi-Key also said it now stocks Honeywell’s HMD5983 3-Axis Digital Compass ICs.
Future Electronics expanded its agreement withMicrochip Technology to include all of the products from Microchip’s SMSC acquisition.
Mouser announced it is now stocking the following products: TDK-Lambda’s Z+ Programmable Power Supplies; STMicroelectronics’ LBP01 Series of LED Bypass Protection Devices; SolderCore’s Open Source Design Platform, supporting TI Stellaris MCUs; Bluegiga’s WF111/WF121 Wi-Fi modules.
TTI extended its existing Murata franchise to include Murata Power Systems PCB-mount power products.