PC’s blog nominated for international award ;)

PC’s Electronic Components Blog has been nominated for inclusion on the list of 99 Top Resources for Electrical Engineers that will be published on ElectricalEngineeringSchools.org, USA’s website. According to the nomination, ‘My site can be a great resource for people just starting to learn about electrical engineering.’ Wow! That’s great!! Should I win, it will

Analog Devices launches portable lab for electronic circuit design

Analog Devices, as part of its University Program, has launched a personal, affordable and portable lab for electronic circuit design in India at the 26th international conference on VLSI, currently ongoing in Pune, India. Somshubhro Pal Choudhury, MD, Analog Devices India Pvt Ltd said that miniaturization and portability are the key trends today. Desktops have

Electronics For You has a new website!

Electronics For You, India’s leading electronics magazine, has a brand new website (see image)! This is a great effort made by the Web development team at EFY Enterprises  as the site was long overdue. This launch also co-incides with Electronics Rocks, an EFY event for design engineers that is taking place today and tomorrow in Bangalore.

What’s Farnell (element14) up to? And, semicon equipment bubble burst? Whoa!!

I’ve received two interesting reports today. One, from Premier Farnell on a name change and another from The Information Network on the troubles of the semicon equipment industry. First, Premier Farnell plc announced the launch of a new, market leading customer proposition in Asia offering a significantly expanded inventory of products relevant to electronic design

Roundup of day 2 @ Electronica India 2010

Day 2 at Electronica India 2010 was quite interesting. I first bumped into Ranga Prasad, business development manager of Aqtronics, a demand creation semiconductor distributor. Aqtronics is targeting nine segments — wireless, automotive, embedded, LED lighting, telecom, industrial, power, identification and IT enterprise. It has signed up Atheros, which has five SBO segments — Wi-Fi,

Farnell looking to convert 3,500 prospects this year in India!

Now that’s what I call aggression! Last July, I had the pleasure of meeting Ms Harriet Green, CEO, Farnell Electronics, a part of the Premier Farnell group of companies. It is soon going to be a year since the company set up presence in India. Farnell has aggressive plans for India, with the company likely