Premier Farnell : element14 launches electronics design solutions for energy and medical electronics in Guangdong and Jiangsu

Highlights of the element14 China roadshow:
- new products from Panasonic, TE Connectivity, Bulgin, NXP and Richtek
- expansion of technical and sales support in Guangdong and Jiangsu
- register to join in Guangzhou on 18 May, and Suzhou on 16 June

Shanghai, 3 May 2016 - In its new series of roadshows in China, element14 will be hosting industry-leading suppliers Panasonic, TE Connectivity, Bulgin, NXP and Richtek in key cities Guangzhou and Suzhou. At these interactive events electronics designers and buyers will get a hands-on demo of the newest solutions for applications in energy, medical electronics, industrial and manufacturing.

Zhu Weidi, Regional Director - Greater China, element14, said: 'We understand next-generation innovations require the newest solutions. Together with our key suppliers we are increasing our sales and technical support by bringing our latest products directly to our customers for review, demos and selection. Engineers and buyers in Guangdong and Jiangsu are welcomed to join us to discuss your requirements for design and manufacturing.'

New ranges including products from Panasonic, TE Connectivity, Bulgin, NXP and Richtek, will be presented at the roadshow -

The Panasonic FKS series of aluminium electrolytic capacitors is a revolution in size and performance. AEC-Q200 qualified, its advanced foil technology delivers performance suitable for automotive applications.

TE Connectivity products for connectivity, electromechanical and sensor solutions for applications in Industrial Automation and Control are located at http://cn.element14.com/te-connectivity . The range includes connectors, relays, resistors, RFI power line filters, and wires and cables that work reliably in harsh, high-capacity, high-impact environments such as the computer-controlled factories of tomorrow.

The popular Buccaneer® 6000 and 7000 series of connectors from Bulgin include the Buccaneer® 7000 series which offers robust, rapid connections for harsh environments; includes IP66, IP68 and IP69K ratings with a quick-turn locking mechanism.

NXP's new Freedom Development Platform K66F for Kinetis K66, K65 and K26 MCUs offers optimized performance, scalable integration and low power capabilities. It is ideal for developing low cost, low power applications to replace 8- and 16-bit devices with 32-bit performance particularly in Building Control, Factory Automation, Industrial Drivers, IoT data concentrators and Medical monitoring.

Electronics designers can easily add Zigbee or 802.15.4 connectivity to designs for Smart Energy, Health Care, Commercial, Industrial and Residential applications, with the NXP new Freedom Development Platform for Kinetis KW2x MCUs. Find details, downloads and discussions at https://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-78015

At the roadshow, element14 - the market leading manufacturer and distributor of the Raspberry Pi - will provide a hands-on demo of the new Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. The faster, more powerful board is the first 'out of the box IoT ready' Raspberry Pi and comes with built-in Wireless and Bluetooth connectivity. It is built on a new QUAD Core Broadcom BCM2837 64bit ARMv8 processor (running an ARMv7 operating system) at 1.20GHz, a significant increase from 900MHz on the Raspberry Pi 2. It has improved power management and an upgraded switched power source up to 2.5 Amps to support more powerful external USB devices.

To join the element14 roadshow and get hands-on demos and view the newest products from leading suppliers please contact cn-sales@element14.com or register at http://cn.element14.com/guangzhou-seminar-2016 or http://cn.element14.com/suzhou-seminar-2016

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