Arrow Electronics Joins Siemens’ MindSphere Partner Program to Extend its Industrial IoT Offering

Arrow Electronics announced today that it has joined the MindSphere Partner Program, Siemens’ program for industrial IoT solution and technology providers.

MindSphere is the cloud-based, open IoT operating system from Siemens that connects products, plants, systems and machines, enabling businesses to harness the wealth of data generated by the IoT with advanced analytics. As a MindSphere Platinum Partner, Arrow has multiple technical staff trained by Siemens through the MindSphere technical curriculum, a variety of MindSphere applications in development, and a joint go-to-market agreement to assist customers in achieving substantial business value through IoT technology generally and MindSphere specifically.

Arrow’s broad portfolio of products, services and expertise enables it to address every layer of an IoT solution stack, ranging from electronic components to IT solutions. Arrow provides coverage from the edge to end-of-life, including: sensors, connectivity, cloud, analytics, security, IT infrastructure, and asset disposition. IoT solutions providers can benefit from these and other services delivered by Arrow, such as remote management and monitoring, design and integration, as well as the digital transformation solutions offered by Arrow subsidiary eInfochips.

As a member of the Siemens MindSphere Partner Program, Arrow can offer market-ready solutions including Retrofit – which enables companies to integrate old industrial equipment with the new – smart city and end-to-end asset tracking. These, together with analytics services, help to keep the barriers to starting a new project low.

Aiden Mitchell, vice president of IoT global solutions, Arrow Electronics, said, “This arrangement with Siemens enables us to offer our customers leading industrial IoT solutions to solve their digital transformation challenges across their manufacturing enterprises. Arrow is well positioned to initiate and orchestrate all stages of industrial IoT projects, including hardware, software and technical – as well as business – services.”

Paul Kaeley, senior vice president, global partner ecosystem, Siemens PLM Software, said, “Arrow’s vision of IoT, “From Sensor to Sunset,” fits perfectly with the transformative business opportunities of introducing Siemens’ MindSphere IoT operating system into client environments. This offers complete solutions enabling businesses to deploy and manage secure pre-connected intelligent sensors and high-end devices throughout their entire lifecycle globally.”

Arrow will have a presence in the MindSphere Lounge at the Hanover Fair (Hall 9) where it will showcase the breadth of the company’s Industrial IoT offering.

Detailed information about Arrow’s operations can be found by visiting www.arrow.com

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Small PoL DC/DC converter eases power management integration

TDK claims that its FS1406 uPOL point of load (PoL) DC/DC converter is the smallest available. It is scalable and configurable, with multi-time programmable memory.

It is designed for big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), 5G cells, IoT and computing enterprise applications.

While conventional DC/DC converters use side by side discrete integrated circuit (IC) and discrete inductor (L) the FS series integrates the IC and inductor in a compact 3.3 x 3.3 x 1.5mm package. It is particularly suitable for space-constrained applications requiring a low-profile power source, adds TDK.

The DC/DC converter minimises the external components required and its simplified design eases integration. The FS series can deliver a high density solution of 1W per mm3, while reducing size by 50 per cent, compared with other products available in its class, says TDK. This minimises system solution cost, reduces board size and assembly costs, as well as bill of materials and PCB costs. The DC/DC converter operates at a broad junction temperature range, from -40 to +125 degrees C.

uPOL products were developed by TDK’s Faraday Semi company. They combine high-performance semiconductors in advanced packaging technologies such as semiconductor embedded in substrate (SESUB) and advanced electronic components to achieve system integration in a smaller size and lower profile by 3D integration. This integration allows TDK to deliver higher efficiency and ease of use at a lower total system cost to what is currently available today.

μPOL technology includes a DC/DC converter placed in the vicinity of complex chipsets such as ASICs, FPGAs. It is by minimising the distance between the converter and the chipset, that the resistance and the inductance components are minimised, allowing fast response and accurate regulation with dynamic load currents.

The product family is rated for industrial application, is lead free and is RoHS- compliant.

Mass production of FS1406 is expected to begin in Q3 2019.

https://www.global.tdk.com

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Farnell Demonstrates Full Range of Artificial Intelligence Products with New Technology Pages

Exclusive products including Smartedge Agile and Ultra96 make it easier than ever for users to build intelligence into their designs.

Farnell, the Development Distributor, announces the launch of a dedicated Artificial Intelligence (AI) online resource on the Farnell website. The new pages cover a variety of topics ranging from basic explanations of AI, and different types of AI applications, to descriptions of specific AI products including several ranges that are exclusive to Farnell.

Today, AI-driven analytics and real-time insights are helping industries transform their businesses in diverse sectors from logistics and healthcare to automotive and manufacturing. Farnell’s new AI technology pages will help customers to learn more about AI, explore unique AI-specific product ranges, and access support to choose the best solutions to meet their project requirements.

A key element of the Farnell AI offering is the AI Configurator: an interactive tool that allows engineers to quickly determine the most appropriate products and solutions for their AI projects. It identifies the various development boards, sensors and software that best meet the needs of the inputted application from a wide range of vendors. This enables users to select the most suitable products with confidence and obtain optimum results faster, speeding up development without the need for unnecessary and often time-consuming research.

In addition, new AI products that are exclusively from Farnell include:

  • Smartedge Agile: Exclusive to Farnell, an end-to-end IoT solution to deliver AI and security at the edge. The Smartedge Agile device is a certified hardware solution embedded with a full software stack featuring edge intelligence.
  • Ultra 96: Exclusive to Farnell, a platform to simplify machine learning, Ultra96 is an Arm-based Xilinx Zynq UltraScale MPSoc development board based on the Linaro 96 board specification.

“As AI technology is still at a relatively early stage in terms of its potential applications and market penetration, the scope is wide open for customers to explore various possibilities and develop new products and ideas”, says Cliff Ortmeyer, Global Head of Technology Product Marketing and Solutions Development at Farnell. “Our new AI technology pages will provide a valuable resource that users and developers can use as a starting point for their designs.”

AI technology pages and can be found on the Farnell website in EMEA, Newark website in the America and element14 website in Asia Pacific.

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Farnell Demonstrates Full Range of Artificial Intelligence Products with New Technology Pages

Exclusive products including Smartedge Agile and Ultra96 make it easier than ever for users to build intelligence into their designs.

Farnell, the Development Distributor, announces the launch of a dedicated Artificial Intelligence (AI) online resource on the Farnell website. The new pages cover a variety of topics ranging from basic explanations of AI, and different types of AI applications, to descriptions of specific AI products including several ranges that are exclusive to Farnell.

Today, AI-driven analytics and real-time insights are helping industries transform their businesses in diverse sectors from logistics and healthcare to automotive and manufacturing. Farnell’s new AI technology pages will help customers to learn more about AI, explore unique AI-specific product ranges, and access support to choose the best solutions to meet their project requirements.

A key element of the Farnell AI offering is the AI Configurator: an interactive tool that allows engineers to quickly determine the most appropriate products and solutions for their AI projects. It identifies the various development boards, sensors and software that best meet the needs of the inputted application from a wide range of vendors. This enables users to select the most suitable products with confidence and obtain optimum results faster, speeding up development without the need for unnecessary and often time-consuming research.

In addition, new AI products that are exclusively from Farnell include:

  • Smartedge Agile: Exclusive to Farnell, an end-to-end IoT solution to deliver AI and security at the edge. The Smartedge Agile device is a certified hardware solution embedded with a full software stack featuring edge intelligence.
  • Ultra 96: Exclusive to Farnell, a platform to simplify machine learning, Ultra96 is an Arm-based Xilinx Zynq UltraScale MPSoc development board based on the Linaro 96 board specification.

“As AI technology is still at a relatively early stage in terms of its potential applications and market penetration, the scope is wide open for customers to explore various possibilities and develop new products and ideas”, says Cliff Ortmeyer, Global Head of Technology Product Marketing and Solutions Development at Farnell. “Our new AI technology pages will provide a valuable resource that users and developers can use as a starting point for their designs.”

AI technology pages and can be found on the Farnell website in EMEA, Newark website in the America and element14 website in Asia Pacific.

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