element14 (formerly Farnell) has introduced new Robotics, Medical and Industrial Automation microsites for the Asia Pacific region. The three new microsites will cater to the latest emerging technologies in the region.

element14’s dedicated team of technology experts have combined proprietary intelligence with the latest information from the world’s top electronics suppliers to provide the most comprehensive technical knowledge and solutions for engineers, conveniently located at these technical microsites. Design tools and resources, featured products, white papers, training videos and articles can easily be accessed online to help electronics design engineers significantly accelerate their design cycles and reduce time-to-market.

“Our existing six microsites have proven to be a very useful resource for customers successfully helping them narrow down the thousands of products available to those that are best suited to their specific applications,” says element14 regional director of North Asia and Business Development Uma Pingali.

“These new microsites, grouped according to key technology segments, provide a comprehensive selection on design resources that enable engineers to progress from block diagram concepts to solutions within a shorter time frame.”

The widespread use of robotics in industrial manufacturing processes is resulting in reductions in costs, and improvements in product quality and consistency. element14’s Robotics microsite features products and training videos from manufacturers like Freescale, Microchip, Omron Industrial Automation, STMicroelectronics and Vishay to accelerate the adoption of robotics solutions.

High performance, highly accurate and highly reliable components are important for the medical industry. element14’s Medical microsite leads with use of analogue signal chain, embedded processing and sensing technologies and products from world-leading suppliers such as Altera, Fischer, Panasonic, Texas Instruments and XP Power. Medical imaging has a strong presence in Asia Pacific with displays and multimedia embedded products such as DSP and FPGA. Also growing in popularity are low-power devices and wireless communications for mobile medical devices.

Industrial Automation handles much of the repetitive, physically difficult, and even dangerous work in production, freeing up manpower to take on other roles. Popular control solutions from manufacturers like Harting, Honeywell, Molex, Schneider and TE Connectivity are covered on element14’s microsite, including programmable control (PLC), temperature and process PID control, variable speed drive control, and even electromechanical relay, timer, and counter control.

As with all element14 microsites, engineers can link from the sites to the appropriate group in element14’s engineering Community to collaborate with industry peers and experts. element14’s online Community offers engineers the opportunity to find impartial, independent knowledge on technical issues and to find inspiration from the latest innovations.