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How Digi-Key is innovating to strengthen customer support through the COVID-19 pandemic

Manufacturers unite to target reshoring opportunities & new supply chain capability

EPDT May 2020 issue (inc. Lighting & Rail features + PXI for T&M supplement) now available online

How to stop a speeding train

Engineering Design Show postponed from October 2020 till 31st March-1st April 2021

An overview of tantalum capacitors

- Micron’s low-power DDR5 DRAM boosts performance & UX of motorola’s new flagship edge+ smartphone (22/04/2020)
  
  Collaboration key to unlocking the full potential of 5G in mobile devices. Motorola claims its new edge+ has the fastest performance & 5G speeds, the highest resolution camera, the loudest audio & the boldest display of any smartphone ever.
- Component production & shipping vital for consumer electronics during COVID-19 crisis, says GlobalData (15/04/2020)
  
  When COVID-19 broke out in China, the country was quick to slow down its production, eventually ceasing all manufacturing as it went into lockdown. This had a drastic impact on global supply chains, as many industries, including consumer electronics, are heavily reliant on components manufactured in China, according to data & analytics firm, GlobalData.
- Testing crystal oscillators in high pressure conditions (01/04/2020)
  
  Following questions from customers with demanding applications, frequency control specialist, Euroquartz recently undertook a series of tests to understand what would happen when its crystal oscillators were subjected to up to 500 bar of pressure.
- How to avoid component obsolescence rendering your entire product defunct (01/04/2020)
  
  Component obsolescence can render an entire product difficult to sell, leaving your business with hefty research & development and design & marketing costs to recoup, but little avenue for a return on investment.
- Working from home? Get your free copy of EPDT magazine redirected to home... (01/04/2020)
  
  Working from home due to COVID-19, but still want to receive your printed copy of EPDT? For the duration of the coronavirus pandemic, get your monthly copy of EPDT temporarily redirected & delivered direct to your home address.
- Anglia COVID-19 task force prioritises available inventory & design support for ventilators (30/03/2020)
  
  Electronics distributor, Anglia Components has formed a COVID-19 task force to coordinate & allocate available inventory & application engineering resources to support customers designing or manufacturing ventilators and other vital medical equipment to help address the coronavirus emergency.
- Microchip expands silicon carbide (SiC) family of power electronics to deliver system level improvements in efficiency, size & reliability (16/03/2020)
  
  700, 1200 & 1700V SiC SBD-based power modules maximise switching efficiency, reduce thermal rise & allow smaller system footprint.
- PCIM Europe 2020 exhibition & conference postponed till 28–30 July in response to coronavirus outbreak (13/03/2020)
  
  Due to the increasing spread of COVID-19 in Europe, Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH has decided to postpone this year's PCIM Europe exhibition & conference from 5–7 May 2020 to 28–30 July 2020. The venue remains the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre. Visitor tickets already purchased are valid for the new date.
- Anglia announces new measures to support electronics customers through Coronavirus (11/03/2020)
  
  Electronics distributor, Anglia Components has put in place extensive measures to minimise the supply chain impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on its customers – and to protect its staff.

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