What’s New

Renesas and Micrium’s “The Power of Two” Campaign Continues by Popular Demand

Renesas and Micrium join forces to present an exciting offer for production users of Renesas' flagship RX and RL78 MCUs. RX and RL78 customers can get a free, single production license for Micrium’s real-time deterministic multitasking Kernel (uC/OS-II or uC/OS-III) and middleware (TCP/IP, USB, File System and others) plus free support and maintenance from Micrium at no cost during your one year development period. The new customer project must use a Renesas RX or RL78 MCU product and it must be used in a commercial application.    Read More

New Micron and Crucial M500 SSDs Offer Affordable, High-Capacity Storage

Micron Technology, Inc. has introduced the M500 solid state drive (SSD), featuring terabyte-class capacity, new ultra-slim package designs, and increased response times at a more affordable price point. Available to consumers, businesses, and system builders under the Crucial^® brand, and to OEM customers under the Micron^® brand, the new M500 SSD is built start-to-finish by Micron, providing the quality and reliability that only a NAND flash memory and SSD manufacturer can provide. Watch this behind-the-scenes video to see how Micron designs and builds SSDs.  Read More

GainSpan Unveils Industry First Wi-Fi® and ZigBee® IP Single Chip

GainSpan Corporation, a leader in low power Wi-Fi for the Internet of Things, unveiled the GS2000, the industry’s first single chip solution bringing together two IEEE low power standard wireless technologies: Wi-Fi® (802.11b/g/n) and 802.15.4. The GS2000 is a highly integrated System on a Chip (SoC) containing multi-standard RF as well as both 802.11b/g/n and 802.15.4 PHY/MAC functionality, dual ARM® Cortex® -M3 processors, networking stack and services, and large memory size to support various application profiles—all on a single silicon die. The new Wi-Fi and ZigBee® IP chip will accelerate the development and market adoption of home networked devices.  Read More

Featured Product

Lattice Announces World's Smallest FPGA for Miniature Systems

Lattice has introduced the tiny iCE40™LP384 FPGA, the smallest member of their expanding iCE40 family of ultra-low density FPGAs.

The tiny, low power, low cost iCE40 LP384 FPGA has a capacity of 384 LUTs; consumes 25-Microwatts static core power; comes in packages as small as 2.5 mm x 2.5 mm with a migration path to 2.0 mm x 2.0 mm and costs less than 50 cents per unit in multi-million unit quantities.

The new iCE40 LP384 FPGA lets you add new features to your mobile design in an instant, and is ideal for applications such as portable medical monitors, smartphones, digital cameras, eReaders, and compact embedded systems. Designed from the ground up for low power, iCE40 devices will maximize battery life and minimize power consumption.

The iCE40 LP384 FPGA offers the perfect architecture for capturing and processing large amounts of data at hardware speeds while using very little power and board space. It deftly handles system tasks such as managing sensor interfaces, adapting to new interface standards, and offloading the CPU without requiring fully custom-designed chips.  Read More

Upcoming Events

September 10 - 12, 2013
Medical Design & Manufacuring Show
McCormick Place Lakeside - Chicago, IL

Technology, networking, education, and partnerships for today's medical device development professional.

A visit to MD&M Chicago provides you everything you need to improve product quality and reliability, shorten time-to-market, reduce costs, and enhance patient safety. From the exhibition featuring hundreds of leading contract service providers and consultants to the new and leading-edge technology through the practical, actionable solutions presented at the Conference, you're certain to walk away with the tools you require to bring your big idea from paper to patient. Read More

September 19, 2013
Arrowfest 2013
1162 Springlake Drive, Itasca, IL

Back by popular demand, Arrow is excited to announce Arrowfest 2013: Powered by Vision Series. This premier industry event is the perfect venue for engineering professionals to discover the latest technical innovations, while building valuable relationships with leading manufacturers and Arrow representatives. This year, Arrow will host Arrowfest in conjunction with our popular Vision Series. That means more technically-driven seminars, more hands-on training and more networking opportunities for you.

Sumer and our manufacturers will be displaying and presenting at Arrowfest 2013. More details to follow shortly.