This resource provides links to sources of data on electronic components, telecommunications, optics and connectors. Other miscellaneous items are included.

If you would like suggest any additions or corrections, then please email me via theContact Pageand I will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Updates and Latest News (8th October 2011)

Extra links added.

Component Data

General Information Chip Directory IC Master Electronics Manufacturers on the Net Obsolete Components Specialists Allocated Semiconductors Astute Electronics Gateway BP Purchasing European Component Resource Electronic Expediters Inc. Converge - Global Trading Exchange Planet XS Rocester Electronics Inc. A Aavid Thermalloy Actel Home Page; FPGA Design Ashcroft Capacitors Ltd. AEL; Quartz Based Frequency Control Components Agilent Technologies; HP Electronic Components AICO Ltd. Allegro Microsystems Allen-Bradley Alpha Industries Alpha Wire Company ALPS Electric Europa GmbH Altecnic Ltd. Altera; Programmable Devices AMD Home Page Embedded Processors Non-Volatile Memory Analog Products; Product Index: Digital to Analog Converters Analog Technology Inc. Anders Electronics Applied Kilovolts Arcolectric Corporation Atmel AVX Corporation B BC Components Belden BI Technologies Botex Bourns Incorporated Brandenburg; High Voltage Power Supplies Brooktree (Conexant) Bulgin Components Burr Brown Corporation Bussmann C C&D Technologies Inc. Cal Controls Ltd.; Industrial Temperature and Process Controllers Calex CapXon Capacitors Cardinal Components; Field Programmable Oscillators and Programmers Chronos Technology; Oscillators C-MAC Frequency Components; formerly IQD Comtec Crystals GmbH Conexant; Formerly Brooktree and Rockwell Semiconductor Connor-Winfield; Frequency Control Products Coutant Lambda Cypress Semiconductor Hotlink D Dallas Semiconductor (Maxim) Densitron Dicon Safety Products Dinsmore Sensors Dubilier Electronics E EAO EBT Optronic Edmund Industrial Optics EG & G Vactec Elantec Semiconductor Inc. Elna Capacitors EMCO High Voltage Supplies Entrelec EPCOS Electronic Components; SAW filters & Resonators, EMC ERG Components ERGpower Ericsson Microelectronics Euroquartz; preferred manufacturer Evox Rifa Exar F Fairchild Semiconductor; Logic etc. Fenner Drives Fordahl; Frequency Control Products Fujitsu Futaba; Vacuum Fluorescent Displays G Galleon Systems GE Gemcon Capacitors General Semiconductor (GI) GENI Electronics; Lighting Effects, Strobes, Scanners, Controllers Greatecs; Switches, Encoders, Touch-sensitive Solutions Gold Tek Electric Golledge Quartz Crystals Grundig H Hamaamatsu Photonics Harris Semiconductors Hellermann Tyton Corporation Hitachi HiTek Power; High Voltage Power Supplies I Integrated Device Technology IMI Marston Ltd.; Thermal Management Infineon Technologies Intel Network Processors IntelLiDrives; manufacturer of precision actuators for optical applications International Rectifier Interpower Components Intersil ITT Cannon ITW Switches J JenColour - Mazet JFW Industries K KEMET Electronics Corporation Kingbright LED KOBOLD Instruments Inc. L Labfacility Densei-Lambda Lascar Electronics Lattice Semiconductor Corporation LG Electronics USA Linear Technology Lucent Microelectronics Lumileds M M-A-COM Product and Technology Info Center Marl International Ltd.LEDs, indicators Maxim; Analog, Mixed Signal, RF, and Fiber ICs From DC to GHz MEDER Electronic AG Meggitt Electronic Components Melexis Microelectronic Integrated Systems Micrel Semiconductors Microchip Technology Inc. Micronel MiniCircuits Mitsubishi (UK) Mindspeed ; Internet Infrastructure Products MK Electric Moeller Motorola Semiconductors Product Library Network Processors 32 bit Embedded Processors Digital Signal Processors Multicore Solders Murata Electronics (North America) Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Japan)

N National Semiconductors (NB. for logic devices see the Fairchild Web Site) NEC Semiconductors New Japan Radio Newport Components Newport Corporation Nexans Nichia America Corporation Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co. Ltd. Ningbo Yunhuan Electronics Group; Manufacturer of power cord, AC power cord, power supply cord NJD NMB Technologies Noritake-Itron NorLux; LED Lighting NSF; Solenoid and Switching Products O Oki Semiconductor Omron ON Semiconductor - Logic OnSpec Oscillators OPCOM Group Optosource Oxley Group P Panasonic Components Panasonic USA Papst Pericom Philips CPLD Info/Data Philips Semiconductors Digital Logic Phycomp (Yageo) Pico Electronics Inc. Precision Instruments Inc. Q QT Optoelectronics R Radiall S.A. Radiometrix RS Components Ltd. Radio-Tech Raychem RC Systems; Voice Synthesizers RF Solutions; Low Power Radio modules, transceivers, telemetry Rhopoint Components Rilton Electronics Ltd. Rockwell Automation ROHM RTI ScreenKeys Technology Rubycon S Samsung Semiconductor Samwha Condenser Group SanDisk Corporation Sanyo Sanyo Database Service Sanyo Denki America Inc. Sanyo Semiconductor Company Schurter AG Sensortechnics GmbH SGS-Thomson SGS-Thomson Bookshop Sharp Global Sharp Microelectronics Shoulder Electronics Ltd. Siemens AG Siliconix (Vishay) SJE (Sang Jing Electronics) Sonceboz SA Spectrol Spellman; High Voltage Power Supplies ST Microelectronics T Taitien Electronics; crystal oscillators Taiyo Yuden TDK Semiconductor Corp. TDK Semiconductor Corp. Texas Instruments Home Page Digital Logic Alternative Sources of Vendor Tektronix; Test Equipment etc. ThermOptics Toko America Toshiba America Toshiba Semiconductor Corp. Toyoda Gosei Optoelectronics Tundra Semiconductors; Specialist PCI briges etc. Tyco International Ltd. U Ubicom UMC Unitrode V Varitronix International Ltd. Varta Vero Electronics Vishay Intertechnology Inc. Visualux Vitesse Standard Products W WAGO GmbH Weinschel Corporation Welwyn WINA Capacitors X Xicor Design Info.; Data Sheet Summaries and Selection Guides. Xilinx Home Page Virtex Series FPGAs Y Yageo Yamaha Yamaha Technical Information Yamaha (Japan) Z Zarlink Semiconductor (Mitel) Zenith Transformer Manufacturing Zenith Zetex Semiconductors Zilog Zilog Internet Resources ; Z8, Z80, Z28

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Telecommunications Specialists

• Advent Networks
• Atoga Systems
• I-Touch Communications
• Logic Eastern
• PLX Technology
• Seiko
• Shanghai Bell
• TransTech Systems

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Telecommunications References

• Network Processing
  • Network Processing Forum
  • Common Switch Interface (CSIX)
  • Comms Design - Network Processing Design Centre
  • Network Processors Conference
• Switching
  • Bustronic Next Generation Backplanes
  • Converge Network Digest; Standards Organisations
  • Converge Network Digest; Silicon Company Directory
• SDH and Sonet
  • IP Over Sonet: References
  • SDH/Sonet; The Queen's University of Belfast
  • Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
  • SONET / SDH Technical Summary
  • SONET Telecommunications Standard Primer
  • The SONET Home Page
• Fibre Channel
  • Fibre Channel
  • Welcome to the FCA server
  • Fibre Channel Manufacturers
• 1355 Association
• HSI - High Speed Interconnect
• European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• Protocols.com; Protocols for WAN, LAN, ATM data communications and telecommunications
• Sam's Telecom Page
• BABEL: A Glossary of Computer Related Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Telecommunications Information; an excellent resource compiled by David C Blight.

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Optics & Connectors

• Amphenol
• AMP Connect Home Page
• BERG Electronics Corp.
• Cambridge Connectors
• Cinch Connectors
• Critchley Inc
• CTS Corporation - Interconnect Products
• Dialight Corp. - LEDs and Indicators
• FCI - Framatome Connectors International
• Fischer Connectors
• Harwin Electronic Connectors
• Lemo Connectors
• MH Connectors
• Molex - Connectors
• Molex - BSC Backplane Connector System Fiber Optic Connectors
• Molex - SC/APC Connectors & Adapters Fiber Optic Connectors
• NetOptics - A fiber optic components index
• Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Corp.
• Thomas & Betts
• Volex Group plc.; cable assemblies & fiber optics

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Miscellaneous Information

• Electronic Design "Calculators" & Tools
  • Martindale's Reference Desk; Calculators On-line
  • PCB Calculators (NB. the Mentor Graphics CAD system allows the desired impedence of any particular net to be entered, and will calculate the required width automatically from the PCB layer stack definitions)
    • RFCalc; Multifuction Calculator (incl. transmission lines)
    • Multilayer Board Impedance Calculator
    • PCB Trace Impedance Calculator
    • PCB Trace Width
  • Transmission line effects on a bus

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• VHDL Training and Support
  
  • Doulos
    • The Winning Edge; Design Guides and Resources

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• Tcl/Tk Resources
  
  • TCL Developer Exchange

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• Alex's Electronic Test Bench
• Tom' s Hardware Guide
• HP T&M Products - by model number

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• IET; Institution of Engineering & Technology
• Internet Resources Newsletter; the free Web resource for academics, students, engineers, scientists, and social scientists.
• Rail Timetables
• BT Directory Enquiries; On-line telephone directory
• Postcodes On-line; Royal Mail
• Internet Search Almanac
• Multi Media Mapping (UK Maps)
• UK Street Maps
• International Maps
• USA Maps
• Somewhere Near; a guide for leisure or business travellers looking for places to go and spots to visit, with searchable maps showing distances from your location to the points you find.

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