June 17, 2009 -- Premier Farnell has launched www.element-14.com, a technology resource and community for electronic design engineers. The company says the website is specifically created for electronic design engineers who are looking for a wealth of unbiased technical information and tool-focused services in one source to enhance their design and development capabilities.
According to the company, element14 uses web 2.0 functionality to facilitate interaction, collaboration and information sharing among users, and provides a wealth of product data, design tools and technology information, ensuring electronic design engineers have access to necessary information when they need it. A value added benefit is the ability to collaborate with select engineers about design techniques or seek new technology developments from experts in the field, says Premier Farnell.
Users have their own unique login, allowing them to customize and personalize their homepage with widgets of the applications they use most. The Google Translate tool has been incorporated to facilitate greater interaction and enable users of different languages to converse in real time, breaking down language barriers to help increase the availability of resources for this global community.
Users participate in the community by posting comments, podcasts and videos that can help to drive traffic to their site, using referral links to raise awareness about their individual profile, academia, technology development or business.
"element14 provides a very much needed one-stop resource for electronic design engineers," says Kevin Yapp, chief innovation officer of Premier Farnell. "This website provides information on a wide variety of technology materials with collaboration from a variety of electronics suppliers, academics and other experts from around the globe. element14 is specifically built for electronic design engineers, design students, suppliers and journalists looking for the opportunity to share technical information and have access to all the latest electronic design engineering resources."
For more information on element14, go to: www.pinnaclecrc.com/element14/index.htm.
