element14 offers electronics industry free legislation guidance on RoHS recast directive
LONDON, UK: element14, a collaborative global electronics community from Premier Farnell plc, is providing additional resources and guidance on its comprehensive legislation page to help manufacturers and design engineers to better understand the recent changes made in the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive.
An informative free RoHS eBook, which addresses the recent recast changes and live chat with global legislative expert Gary Nevison, are available to demystify and expedite compliance.
While RoHS was put into effect by the European Union (EU) on July 1, 2006, it impacts any electronics manufacturer who is conducting global business. The original directive restricted six substances in the manufacturing of certain categories of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), including IT equipment. The recast, agreed in September 2010, will eventually include category 11, which will include all EEE not captured in categories 1 to 10, unless specifically excluded. The recast also outlines the dates when medical devices and monitoring and control instruments (along with additional exemptions) will fall within scope.
Avago mini-SFP+ optical transceivers increase port density for storage and Ethernet equipment
OFC/NFOEC 2011; SAN JOSE, USA & SINGAPORE: Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced two new fiber-optic transceivers that enable increased port density in Ethernet and storage equipment.
The new mini-SFP+ (mSFP) AFBR-54D7APZ transceiver addresses 8-Gbps Fibre Channel for storage applications and the AFBR-703SNZ transceiver targets next-generation 10-Gbps Ethernet equipment designs. Both pluggable modules increase port density by 30 percent over industry-standard SFP+ transceivers, while delivering the same data-transmission performance.
The mSFP transceivers incorporate Avago 850-nm Vertical-Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) and PIN detector technology, which insures the AFBR-54D7APZ module is compliant with 8.5/4.25/2.125 GBd Fibre Channel specifications and the AFBR-703SNZ module complies with IEEE 802.3ae 10GBASE-SR standards. The devices use the SFP+ electrical connector and I2C interface, and are compliant with the Small Form Pluggable (SFP) Multi Source Agreement (MSA) electrical specifications for duplex transceivers.
The mSFP modules are designed for low power consumption with typical dissipation of 0.6W. Avago will demonstrate the mSFP transceivers, in addition to other high-speed optical fiber solutions, at the 2011 Optical Fiber Conference in booth number 2001 at the Los Angeles Convention Center from March 8-10.
Digi-Key offers over 2,000,000 products online
THIEF RIVER FALLS, USA: Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corp. announced that the company’s product offering has increased to more than 2,000,000 part numbers.
“Having a vast breadth of product is one of the reasons Digi-Key stands out among distributor competition. While other companies offer electronic component quantities in the hundreds of thousands, Digi-Key offers millions. We have reached a great milestone by gaining the ability to offer our customers the greatest selection of product choices from more than 470 trusted suppliers,” said Mark Larson, president and COO of Digi-Key Corporation.
All products may be ordered on Digi-Key’s global websites and products in stock will be featured in future print and online catalogs.
Digi-Key’s online presence has become more prevalent in the last two years. According to a recent survey conducted by Beacon Technology Partners LLC, digikey.com was rated number one for product search engine, the best in ease of navigation, and topped the competition for overall value of content. Digi-Key currently hosts 81 different websites, each tailored to a specific country, and ships to 170 different nations around the world.