Anglia Components, one of Europe’s longest established independent, authorised distributors of electronic components, has signed a pan-European distribution agreement with Nanopower Semiconductor, the Norwegian company pioneering IoT system power reduction and battery elimination. Introduced last year, Nanopower’s nPZero Gen1 power management IC extends system lifetime by reducing the load on the main MCU. By taking over the role of monitoring sensors and managing wake-up logic, nPZero enables the main system to remain powered off for longer periods, while consuming mere nanoamps.
“nPZero is a truly innovative solution and fits Anglia’s sustainability narrative perfectly”, says John Bowman, Anglia’s Marketing Director. “The device targets battery-powered and energy-harvesting IoT applications where power budgets remain a critical constraint and we are delighted to be the first pan-European distributor to stock and support this exciting technology.”
Anthony Carter, Vice President of Global Sales at Nanopower adds: “We share Anglia’s commitment to a sustainable future and believe with their customer reach and technical capability, they will be able to enable customers across the UK and EU to eliminate millions of batteries and make designs much more efficient.”
While wireless chip manufacturers have focused on power consumption during transmitting and receiving, the Nanopower device extends power consumption optimisation to the sensor and host processor elements of the circuit. Completely hardware agnostic, the nPZero can be combined with any microprocessor, processor and digital sensor, delivering power savings of up to 90% in various operating modes.
About Anglia
Anglia Components Plc is a leading, privately-owned, authorised, UK and European distributor of semiconductors, optoelectronics, interconnect, passive and electromechanical components with franchise agreements with many of the world’s top component manufacturers. A signatory of the ADS SC21 programme, the company holds AS9120, ISO9001 and ISO14001 accreditations.
With a highly experienced team of staff, Anglia supports OEM and EMS companies in every sector of electronics manufacturing. Anglia’s suppliers include many leading electronic component brands, complemented by many smaller companies with leadership in their chosen technologies.
Anglia stocks over 2 billion components from more than 1.7 million product lines in its UK based distribution centre. Components from every supplier are stocked in depth and breadth for same-day dispatch. Anglia aims to streamline logistics and reduce customers’ transaction costs through services that include VMI, KAN-BAN, API, EDI, BoM management tools and customer-dedicated inventory, while an accurate, on-time delivery performance is a vital goal for the company.
Technical support includes the unique Ezysample sampling service that delivers free components and evaluation tools to customers across the UK and Europe. This is backed up by expert technical advice from well-trained product specialists and face-to-face guidance from field applications engineers. Both commercially and technically, management of industry legislation and component obsolescence are recognised as areas of vital importance to customers.
Anglia is driven by an ethos of ever-improving customer understanding and, as a privately owned business, aims to provide a fast, consistent and highly responsive service.
