Engineers visiting Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) in San Jose invited to attend
element14, the new online global community and US technology store created for electronic design engineers, will present engineering veterans Bob Pease, Martin Giles and Nick Gray with lifetime achievement awards at an element14 LIVE event in San Jose on April 28, 2010 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm. Engineers visiting the Embedded Systems Conference are invited to meet the honorees atthe element14 LIVE event, an "after party" that will bring some of the most popular features of the website to life, such as discussions with industry experts and opportunities to trial new technologies.
Registration for the event is available at http://www.element-14.com/community/events/2507
"Bob, Martin and Nick have travelled the globe for decades, sharing new product information, application insights and design knowledge with their colleagues around the world." comments Jeff Hamilton, Director of Marketing, element14. "As the leading community website for design engineers to connect, collaborate and acquire products for their designs, element14 is proud to salute them for their years of service,"
Each of the honorees has had a distinguished engineering career. MIT graduate Bob Pease has designed 26 linear ICs, holds 21 patents, has written hundreds of columns for Electronic Design magazine and given many lectures around the world. Nick Gray, a 30-year semiconductor veteran has authored numerous published articles about data converters and signal integrity issues and serves as an expert on element14. Martin Giles has travelled the world helping customers to integrate design linear integrated circuits into their products, and has also written many application notes and articles.
The honorees all worked together at National Semiconductor. Bob Pease and Martin Giles were part of the company's Analog Road Show, which was started by Nick Gray and supported by him for more than a decade. This series of educational seminars was presented to customers around the world.
element14 is one of the official sponsors of the Embedded Systems Conference.
Editor's note: A hi-res image of Bob Pease is available at
http://www.vocus.com/images/pr/newark_PeaseWhite1.jpg
View a video about the element14 environment at
http://www.youtube.com/element14community
About element14
element14 (www.element-14.com) is the first workspace of its kind for electronic design engineers, offering an information portal of rich technical data, a collaborative web 2.0 global community and an electronics technology store for US customers. With these capabilities, the site can seamlessly support engineers through every stage of the design process, from concept to the creation of a next-generation product prototype. Users can access global legislation that impacts their design, download free design tools, query a panel of industry experts, collaborate and share information openly or privately with engineers around the globe, using web 2.0 functionality and the site's built-in translation tool. At the electronics technology store, US engineers can purchase many of the innovative products being discussed within the community. Products are in stock and available for same day shipping within the US at flat freight fees that start as low as $5 per order.
element14 is another innovative offering from Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl), FTSE 250, a leader in multi-channel distribution and specialty services for electronic design engineers. Globally, it offers a stocked range of 450,000+ products, and access to 4,000,000 items from 3,500 top suppliers including suppliers of emerging technologies. More than 4,100 Premier Farnell employees work in 28 countries, and the Group hosts 29 local language websites, which receive more than 32.5 million monthly page views. Group sales in 2009 were £804.4m
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