Avnet shines spotlight on microcontroller solutions

PHOENIX, USA: The Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas (EMA) business region of Avnet Inc., has released its Microcontroller Technology Spotlight series of multimedia instructional videos available for download on Avnet Electronics Marketing’s Online Technical Training website. The videos provide design engineers with on-demand access to technology overviews and demonstrations featuring some of today’s most innovative microcontroller technology solutions.

Narrated by Avnet’s microcontroller technology specialist Jim Carver, the dynamic training videos give users a programmer’s perspective on the features and benefits of the technologies available. These compelling technical videos combine expert narrative with graphic visuals and easy-to-follow sample project builds. In less than 20 minutes, busy engineers can get a complete run-down of product specifications, technical advice and insider tips for faster programming.

The first three videos in the Microcontroller Technology Spotlight series focus on practical real-world design examples implementing the Freescale Semiconductor Tower system, Texas Instruments Stellaris microcontrollers, and the mbed rapid prototyping microcontroller platform from NXP Semiconductors.

“Today’s engineers are under tremendous pressure to innovate on tighter budgets within more compressed time-to-market windows,” said Dayna Badhorn, director, centralized technical support, Avnet Electronics Marketing. “These videos can help meet these challenges by providing designers with unbiased technical instruction in a format that is user friendly, technologically substantive and readily accessible any time, anywhere there is Internet access.”

To access the Spotlight instructional videos, please visit Avnet Electronics Marketing Online Training Web site. The new Spotlight video series for microcontroller engineers is another component of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas’ comprehensive Centralized Technical Support strategy, which also includes online technical forums, Avnet OnDemand product videos and an industry-leading team of technical support experts.