This month has seen continued growth in the sales of electronic components across the globe, with major component distributors reporting record shipping results. Component manufacturers and service providers also, are introducing increasingly innovative devices and technologies :

Tomorrow’s technology today - Mouser - harvest energy from moving vehicles to drive popular wireless applications such as RTLS and WSN. http://www.electropages.com/viewArticle.aspx?intArticle=15349

Traditional analogue instruments such as dials and meters can be replaced by bright new TFT digital displays - GPEG. http://www.electropages.com/viewArticle.aspx?intArticle=15342

For modern inverter applications, including solar, wind and fuel-cell inverters, CDE's new DC link capacitors provide bulk energy storage and ripple filtering and offer advantages over traditional aluminium electrolytic capacitors. http://www.electropages.com/viewArticle.aspx?intArticle=15343

Making life easier for electronics engineers and designers sourcing Tyco components, global distributor, Digi-Key has launched a new supply centre which offers a wealth of data. http://www.electropages.com/viewArticle.aspx?intArticle=15277

Satisfying a broad spectrum of LED lighting applications, Cypress offers a cost-effective solution for both non-dimmable and dimmable LED lighting, new AC-DC digital power controllers meet EnergyStar requirements. http://www.electropages.com/viewArticle.aspx?intArticle=15183

ARM's mbed programme, has been embraced by RS Components to strengthen its embedded development platform (EDP) product line. http://www.electropages.com/viewArticle.aspx?intArticle=15332

Specialist in ultra high-performance and high-reliability memory and flash-based storage, as an alternative to

An alternative to hard disk drives (HDDs) - OCZT intends to mass produce the Z-Drive R2 solid-state drive (SSD). http://www.electropages.com/viewArticle.aspx?intArticle=15247

A global franchise distribution agreement, with leading Flash memory solutions provider Spansion and Farnell get together to accelerate growth of large portfolio of leading Flash memory solutions. http://www.electropages.com/viewArticle.aspx?intArticle=15297

An increase in the use of

Cost-effective resin encapsulation offers quick and easy method of protecting against shock, vibration, moisture ingress - and intellectual property theft, says Wilson Process Systems (WPS). http://www.electropages.com/viewArticle.aspx?intArticle=15193