Electronics components distributor Digi-Key Corp., Thief River Falls MN, and IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee chip provider Jennic Ltd., Sheffield, England, have signed a distribution agreement.
Digi-Key will stock and deliver Jennic’s complete line of SoC products, ranging from the flagship JN5121 single chip wireless microcontroller to the JN5121-MO family of modules, including one with up to 100mW of transmit power. Development tools and evaluation kits for the platform will also be available.
Jennic is a fabless semiconductor company with expertise in systems and software combined with leading-edge RF and digital chip design.
It provides low cost, highly integrated silicon devices for the low power, short range wireless data market with a focus on IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee standards.
The company’s products include state-of-the-art low power wireless microcontrollers, transceivers and low cost development platforms.
Its products will be available in Digi-Key print and online catalogs and available for purchase directly from the distributor. The agreement with will allow Digi-Key to fulfill the design as well as the production needs of its customers worldwide.
“As we strive to position Digi-Key at the forefront of the emerging wireless technology space, we are confident that Jennic’s versatile product line will significantly enhance Digi-Key’s line card,” Mark Larson, Digi-Key president and COO, says. “We also are certain that Jennic’s products will be of considerable interest and appeal to Digi-Key’s distinct customer base.”
“Working with Digi-Key was a logical choice based on a number of factors,” Jennic CEO Jim Lindop says. “The organization is a world leader in customer service and support including hardware design, software and firmware.”
“This combination is critical to securing design wins in the emerging wireless sensor networks space,” he adds. “In addition, Digi-Key has built an organization that simplifies purchases of evaluation kits and sample quantities of our products through its multi-language Web presence and its print catalogs.”
“Additionally, its volume business division handles just-in-time production shipments at any quantity with competitive pricing,” Lindop says.
