Visitors experienced innovations from 17 companies at the Farnell element14 booth
This year’s electronica in Munich proved to be a great success for Farnell element14, a global leader in high service distribution of technology products and solutions for electronic system design, maintenance and repair.
International visitors were able to access a range of exclusive products and solution from companies from Freescale, Atmel and EnOcean to Tektronix. One of the key demonstrations was from Raspberry Pi of its new accessories the Gertboard and the PiFace, both exclusively available through Farnell element14. Live guests at the booth included the inventor of the Gertboad, Gert Van Loo and the co-founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, Pete Lomas.
A PiFace-controlled animatronics chicken spread the word whenever somebody was using Twitter to talk about electronica and Farnell element14 and ARM exclusively showed its new development tool Keil MCBSTM32F400 Starter Kit. On the CadSoft moon base visitors raced each other with moon buggies, designed with the EAGLE software and part of CadSoft’s project to land the first commercial vehicle on the moon.
Farnell element14’s performance was honoured with several supplier awards. Omron, ROHM, 3M and Samtec each recognized Farnell element14’s excellent distribution achievements for their products.
Although most visitors came from Germany, the booth generated attention from an international audience as well. Guests from Italy, Austria, Poland and the Czech Republic completed the list of the countries most interested in the Farnell element14 booth.
Neil Harrison, President of Farnell element14, said: “The buzz at electronica was amazing. The preparation, planning and execution was first class. Our stand was certainly the busiest which is testimony to a great team. It was fantastic, welcoming and high tech, it really came alive showing the end to end process taking the design engineer from research stages, to designing, on to the final product build.“
Exhibitors at the electronica-booth of Farnell element14 were:
Agilent Technologies
Analog Devices
ARM
Atmel
CadSoft
Digilent
Embest
enocean
Freescale Microchip
Gertboard
NXP
PiFace
Raspberry Pi
ST
Tektronix
Texas Instruments
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About Farnell element14
Farnell element14 is a high-service distributor of technology products and solutions for electronic system design, maintenance and repair. Bringing together the latest products, services, and development software, all connected to an innovative online engineering community where purchasers and engineers can access peers and experts, a wide range of independent technical information and helpful tools. Whether researching a new technology, designing an electronic product, or looking for parts to repair an existing system, Farnell is the trusted source to find the answers and parts you need to keep your project on the fast track, right from the start.
Farnell element14 is the operating business of Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl) in Europe.
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