PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avnet,
Inc. (NYSE: AVT),
a leading global technology distributor, today announced that two
Avnet-designed solutions introduced in 2016 have been recognized as “Top
100 Hot Products” by EDN magazine and its readers. Selected for
People are also reading…
their innovation, reader interest and overall technical value were: the AES-ALI3-AMPIRE10-G
10-in. Touch-Display Kit and the MicroZed™
Industrial IoT Starter Kit.
Inclusion in EDN’s annual “Hot 100” listing is based primarily on
reader response to the product stories EDN publishes throughout
the year. Avnet is one of only two distributors to be recognized in
2016, and is the only distributor to have multiple mentions.
Introduced in January 2016, the AES-ALI3-AMPIRE10-G
10-in. Touch-Display Kit provides engineers in highly competitive
embedded markets with the elements needed to develop a differentiated
display solution using Xilinx® Zynq®-7000 All
Programmable SoC evaluation and development boards. The touch display
easily connects to the Avnet-designed ZedBoard™, MicroZed™,
PicoZed™ or Zynq® Mini-ITX through the standard
DisplayPort cable and adapter cards included with the kit.
Demonstrating Avnet’s commitment to helping customers capitalize on
opportunities across the entire IoT ecosystem, the MicroZed
Industrial IoT Starter Kit is an out-of-the-box, edge-to-enterprise
solution backed by industry-leading technologies from IBM, Wind River®
and Xilinx® that was unveiled at the Internet
of Things World Expo in May. By simplifying IoT device-to-cloud
integration, the kit is a “significant step forward in the drive to
capture the full value proposition of the IoT,” noted Jack Desjardins,
vice president, Alliances & Ecosystem Business Development, IBM Watson
IoT, when the kit was first released.
“These kits were initially selected for coverage in our publication
because they provide developers with rapid and easy development
opportunities for key capabilities in human-machine interface design and
cloud-connected industrial control, and they drew strong reader
interest,” said Rich Quinnell, editor of Industrial
Control DesignLine for EETimes and editor of the Systems
Design Center of EDN magazine. “Both of these products
represent complex technologies that require considerable expertise to
develop from scratch. The technical support associated with these kits
helps to greatly simplify the developer’s task, and with the IIoT kit in
particular, the simplification also applies to transitioning from
prototype to production.”
Each year, Avnet’s technical experts produce an assortment of
development boards and kits that are designed to accelerate customers’
new product introductions, while boosting market penetration for the
supplier technologies represented on the boards. These kits include all
the tools and support needed to bring new products from prototype to
production, including software, reference designs, cables and
programming hardware.
“Keeping up to date with the latest technologies becomes more
challenging for electronics designers with each new product generation.
The goal of our Avnet engineering services organization is to make these
technologies more accessible to our customers, enabling them to bring
powerful and innovative new solutions to market more quickly and
cost-effectively,” said Jim Beneke, vice president, global technical
marketing at Avnet. “This recognition from EDN reaffirms that we
are, indeed, targeting the applications and technologies that are of
greatest interest and value to customers.”
For more information on Avnet’s AES-ALI3-AMPIRE10-G 10-in. Touch-Display
Kit, click here.
Details and ordering information for the MicroZed Industrial IoT Starter
Kit can be found here.
to Tweet: .@avnet #microzed #IIoT Starter Kit and 10-in.
touch-display kit recognized in @EDNcom 2016 Hot 100 products http://bit.ly/1ll33LR
Follow Avnet on Twitter: @Avnet
Connect
with Avnet on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/avnet
Connect
with Avnet on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AvnetInc
About Avnet, Inc.
From components to cloud and design to disposal, Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT)
accelerates the success of customers who build, sell and use technology
globally by providing them with a comprehensive portfolio of innovative
products, services and solutions. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.
Contacts
Avnet
Heidi Elliott, 480-643-7584
Senior Director, Marketing
Programs
Maureen
O’Leary, 480-643-7499
Director, Media Relations