Paul Dean, Boston Sales, Boeing Representative attended the Boeing Supplier Diversity Showcase this August. The theme of the show was “Partnering with Small and Diverse Businesses: Our Past, Present and Future.” Representatives from businesses like Edge Electronics were invited to the invitation only event.
     “The showcase was a first class event. Boeing should be
extremely proud with the setup and the turn out,” Paul said after returning from the Showcase.
     At the event, Paul had the opportunity to meet with Boeing procurement specialists, engineers, and program managers, as well as partners and government agencies to gain insight from Boeing’s strategic leaders. He established contacts and enriched relationships at all levels of the Boeing organization. Along with stimulating speakers talking about Boeing’s initiatives in supply chain management the attendees developed a shared understanding of business challenges.
     “It was a tremendous opportunity for Edge Electronics to
attend,” Paul recalled. “We were the only electronics distributor to present.”       Boeing representatives had the opportunity to learn more
about the technology offerings of Edge as part of the company’s commitment to develop supplier relationships that will continue to provide innovative, best-of-industry, best-value solutions.
     “There is opportunity to do business direct with Boeing and to other attendees that have electronics requirements,” Paul concluded. “The potential upside is immeasurable.” 
     The event was held Thursday, Aug. 2, 2007, from 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Boeing Auditorium in Seattle, Washington. Back To Top

Actronix is a manufacturer of cable assemblies and harnesses for the technology industry. Our motto is, “Simple company,complex products.’  While it’s 

true that some of the products we manufacture can be incredibly complex,
from high-density ribbon cables to high-frequency R.F. assemblies, our goal is to make our business relationship as simple as possible. Our mission is to always deliver the right products, at the right price, at the right time to our customers.

UnyTouch Manufacturing is a leader in developing, manufacturing and marketing touch screen products. For the last 15 years UnyTouch has produced

touch screens for the hospitality industry that have been sold across North America. UnyTouch now offers a complete selection of products that can be used in industrial, medical, gaming, POS, kiosk and any application that wishes to use the easiest, most intuitive, computer interface available.

Acrosser designs and manufactures Embedded System, Embedded PC, PC104, Single Board Computer, Industrial PC, Industrial computer 

systems with support packages on Windows CE (WinCE.NET), XP Embedded (XPe), Linux and ROM-DOS. Our product lines include the X86 platform from 386, 486, 586, Pentium III to Pentium 4, utilizing CPUs such as the AMD Geode (GX1), VIA Eden, INTEL Ultra Low Power Celeron, and Pentium-M. Back To Top

Traditional Metal Oxide Varistors withstand 150% of its rated voltage for a given duration. But Metal Oxide Varistors may fail to a short-circuit condition or fail to open when subjected to sustained steady-state over-voltage above its rated specifications. TVZ has a thermal fuse integrated with an MOV disk that responds to the MOV temperature and disconnects

the MOV from the line, should the temperature or voltage exceed a certain level.
     The TVZ series is designed to meet the abnormal over-voltage requirements of UL 1449 3rd edition, Section 39.4.
     World Products Inc. three-leaded TVZ devices are designed to be connected, via the monitor lead, to an indicator (such as an LED) to provide diagnostic features indicating if the MOV is disconnected from the circuit in the event the fuse element opens. 
     As a result of the integration of the thermal fuse attached to the MOV disc, Thermally Fused Varistors provide an instant response to unexpected over-voltage situations. Lower inductance is another benefit of the inclusion of a thermal fuse, enhancing clamping performance to sudden over-voltage transients. World Products Inc. Thermally Protected Varistors offer protection to sensitive downstream electric components. Back To Top

NEC's new 78KOR devices give you all the advantages of 16-bit MCUs and get a lot of mileage from a set of batteries. The 27 new 78KOR MCUs provide best-in-class power/
performance of 1.8 mW/MIPS at 3V— approximately twice the power/ performance of other leading 16-bit MCUs and six times the power/performance of NEC Electronics’ 8-bit 
78KOR MCUs.     

     Even if you aren’t watching every milliwatt, the new 16-bit MCUs offer just-right performance for applications that lie in the broad area between 8- and 32-bit capabilities. So the 16-bit devices are perfect for upgrading 8-bit applications.
     Using a three-stage pipeline, the new 78KOR devices give you 13 Dhrystone MIPS performance at 20 MHz. Almost all instructions execute in one or two cycles. And if you are used to 8-bit devices’ 64 KB linear address space, a 16-bit MCUs will seem like a whole new world. The 78KOR’s 20-bit address bus opens up a 1-MB linear address space. On-board flash capacity can go as high as 512 KB.
     Like our new 32-bit MCUs, the 78KOR devices features DMA, power-on reset and voltage detection circuits, two on-board oscillators and EMI noise reduction. The flash memory is based on single-voltage SuperFlash® technology.
 
Built-in real-time clock
The 78KOR’s capabilities go far beyond those of 8-bit devices, but the cost remains reasonable, especially considering the new device’s built-in functions. In particular, the 78KOR’s on-board real-time clock (RTC) eliminates the need for an external one. This is a true hardware-based RTC, in contrast to most competing products that use pre-scale timers/counters with a software calendar function.
 
     The 78KOR RTC ensures timing accuracy by including error correction for the crystal oscillator as well as temperature compensation. The RTC module provides separate alarm registers and timer interval counter, and the registers can handle long intervals—up to 99 years. To minimize power consumption, calendar update works on a long wakeup cycle. The RTC runs in Halt mode and does not require frequent updates. These features are ideal for applications such as set-top boxes, digital cameras, glucose meters, blood pressure monitors, smart home appliances, thermostats, HVAC systems and residential fire alarm panels.
 
Migrate to 16-bit power
To provide a smooth migration path, 78KOR devices are software compatible with NEC Electronics’ 8-bit 78KOR /Kx2 MCUs. The 78KOR devices has the instructions of the 78KOR plus 16 new instructions, including shift instructions, 16-bit add and subtract instructions, a single-cycle 16-bit multiply instructions, and SKIP instructions. Software developed specifically for the 16-bit platform can thus achieve more compact code size and higher real-time performance. 
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NEW HIRES
Donna Schiller has been hired as a Florida Sales Representative. Donna has spent almost 30 years in the electronics industry bringing a wealth of experience to Edge.

Justin Giannone has been promoted to Sales Executive from Product Manager. As Product Manager Justin had the opportunity to gain invaluable product knowledge and insight into dealing with the worldwide factories.

Edge welcomes back Gloria Chavez as Account Executive. After almost six years at Edge previously she is back with a vengeance as a dedicated Representative with a commitment to sales solutions and strategy.

Ross Hilman has been hired as Product Manager from Apollo Display Technologies where he had been Operations Mgr. Previously he had been Product Manager at Arrow Electronics. 

Steve Wolf has just been hired as a Sales Representative in the New York office. Steve has extensive knowledge of LCD displays and display related technology. Back To Top

Mitchell and Cynthia Auerbach are sending their son Jason off to John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City in September. 

Jennifer & Peter Fountaine celebrated the first birthday of their son Daniel Magnus on April 26th. Jennifer is Product Manager at Edge.
 
Adrienne Giannone, President/CEO of Edge, celebrated with her grandson, Billy Joseph on his First Birthday. After an engagement of 9 months, office mates, Janeen Poska and Jeff Fink were married at 

The Bayview House at Captain Bills located in Bayshore, NY this year on the tenth of June. 

    In support of the Fisher House program, Edge gave a donation of $200 on June 13th for Audrey Fitzpatrick’s Birthday. Back To Top

On June 14th, the Third Annual Golf Outing to benefit The Long Island 2-Day
Walk to Fight Breast Cancer took place at Stonebridge Country Club. As the first honoree, Adrienne Giannone, has been committed to supporting this important cause. Edge Electronics, has been the premier sponsor of the event 

for all 3 years. Edge Electronics is also a proud sponsor of the The Long Island 2-Day Walk To Fight Breast Cancer. With Edge Electronics as the major sponsor, the Golf Outing has been an important event for the electronics components and distribution industry. Peter Goldsmith, the President of LISTNET was this year’s honoree. Back To Top
 

    Who’s the Boss? (It may not be who you think.)
 
     In business we all hear and discuss topics like Security, the Global Economy, Corporate
Accountability, Sarbanes Oxley, Outsourcing, Sales and Marketing, the impact of Technology,
and Global Warming just to mention a few, but we always seem to leave out the most important topic: “Who’s the Boss?”
 
     We all have one boss and in my company, it’s not me. The “Boss” can hire and fire anyone in the entire company (including me!) If you haven’t already figured it out, the real Boss is THE CUSTOMER.
 
     Our customers provide us with steady work and a decent income. They open up employment
opportunities for additional workers and provide us with a viable business. They give us the reason
to answer the phone, take an order, purchase materials, store inventory, ship products, send out invoices, pay our bills, file, use software, program
product, learn about new products, install quality procedures, market our products, advertise, etc. The list goes on and on.
 
     Everyone here at Edge is responsible for doing the very best job they can for the real “Boss.” Let’s face it; none of us wants to be fired
by the “Boss.” So, on behalf of me and all the Edge employees, we all wish to send a big “Thank You!” to the Boss. We sincerely hope that
we are performing above and beyond your expectations.
 
Hail to the Chief! Our Customers!
Sincerely,
Adrienne Giannone
President/CEO
Edge Electronics, Inc.
 
 

 
  Unytouch Manufacturing has developed a new twist in 5 Wire Resistive touch technology. 
 
     For most, daylight readability with LCD based applications come with its share of challenges such as adequate brightness and contrast ratio of the LCD itself. Couple that with issues of glare and reflection from the touch sensor and you quickly find yourself behind the eight ball from a design point of view.
 
     Unytouch Manufacturing has solved these design issues with its full line of Film on Glass and Glass on Glass 5 wire resistive touch sensors. These sensors will incorporate a combination of advanced film technologies that will reduce overall surface reflection to < 5% while improving overall color intensity. The end results are clear and crisp images from your high bright industrial LCD modules that would likely be compromised with standard touch technologies. 
 
     Mass production is scheduled for late Q4 2007. For additional information, please contact your local Edge Electronics representative.