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Avnet Silica hosting ‚Sensing Discovery Day‘ webcast series featuring technology insights from leading sensor specialists
Avnet Silica, an Avnet company (NASDAQ: AVT), is hosting a series of free half-day online insights and knowledge forums on five dates through October to December 2020 focused on sensing technologies, how they impact digital systems, and their applications. The ‘Sensing Discovery Days’ are presented by specialists from across the semiconductor and embedded development industry. Each webcast explores the different use cases and market trends for sensors in a world where society is demanding a more controlled and safe living and working environment. The first ‘Sensing Discovery Days” of the series is now available on demand, with four live webcasts due to be aired on dates over the coming months.…
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Avnet Silica names Gilles Beltran as President
Avnet Silica, an Avnet company (NASDAQ: AVT), today announced that it will promote Gilles Beltran to its new President. As of January 1, 2021 Gilles will take over from Mario Orlandi, President Avnet EMEA, who will – in addition to his EMEA role – take responsibility for the global IoT team and Avnet Integrated. Beltran will continue to report to Mario Orlandi. Mr. Beltran joined Silica in 2002. Since then he has held different sales positions and EMEA wide responsibilities, lately as Vice President Sales & Supplier Management, driving Avnet Silica’s growth strategy. Before joining Avnet Silica, Beltran who holds an electrical engineering degree (Master) started his career at ON…
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Avnet Silica launches new LoRa®-based ‚Proof-of-Concept‘ development solution for industrial IoT applications
Combining a low-power multi-sensor solution, plus LoRaWAN™ and cloud connectivity, the highly scalable kit – based on Renesas Synergy™ hardware – delivers working solutions for industrial use cases in building or factory automation, tracking and retail applications, or smart cities Avnet Silica, an Avnet company (NASDAQ: AVT), today launched the Avnet Silica MiniPOC Kit, which is designed to enable ‘Proof-of-Concept’ for edge-to-cloud Internet of Things (IoT) use cases. The easy-to-use kit is based on Renesas’ Synergy microcontrollers as well as the manufacturer’s leading-edge sensors and power management components. The number of LoRaWAN (Long Range Wide Area Network) use cases is growing fast, addressing key markets that leverage existing and new LoRa networks…
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Avnet Silica Adds LED Driver Specialist Lifud to its Linecard
Avnet Silica, an Avnet company (NASDAQ: AVT), today announced that it has further expanded its array of cutting-edge solid state lighting products. The company is now stocking the driver technology for powering LED luminaires for both indoor and outdoor deployment produced by Shenzhen-based manufacturer Lifud. LED drivers convert higher voltage, alternating current to low voltage, direct current. They also keep the voltage and current flowing through an LED circuit at its rated level. These advanced units are compatible with DALI interface technology (DT6 and DT8) – thereby facilitating dimming and color temperature control. They have a strong combination of cost-effectiveness and compelling features. Highlights of the Lifud driver range available via Avnet…
