Posted by: Michael Crudele on Thursday, July 26th, 2007
I just came across a March 6, 2007 press release from LAIRD (formerly Centurion Wireless) antennas about their BLACKCHIP antenna, and wanted to share my thoughts on this device. Please note that the BlackChip is called out as part # MAF95029 or WIC2450-A. As LAIRD's exclusive distributor for their wireless antenna line, ARCADIAN SALES www.arcadiansales.com sells lots and lots of BLACKCHIP antennas, and our customers love it. Here are some basics on this device:
1. Small size, (8x6x2.5mm, .21 grams, surface mount, RoHS compliant, packaging=tape and reel
2. Wide Bandwidth: Frequency range of 2.4 - 2.5 GHz and 4.9 - 6.0 GHz
3. Wide temperature range of -40 to +85 degrees celsius
4. Applications: 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth
If you are interested in the BLACKCHIP antenna, you find a picture, data sheet, and ordering info at this link: http://arcadiansales.com/centurion/internalexternal-wireless-device-antenna/MAF95029/
and if you'd like to check out a demo board / engineering eval board, which is called out as part # MAF95032 or WIC2450-A-SM, you can find that at http://arcadiansales.com/laird-antennas-centurion/internalexternal-wireless-device-antenna/MAF95032/
If you have any feedback on this post, please email me at mikec@arcadiansales.com
Regards,
Mike Crudele
ARCADIAN SALES
1-888-925-5967
Posted by: Michael Crudele on Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Arcadian Sales, distributor for antennas and antenna accessories, is now stocking external antenna kits for the VC5090 vehicle mounted mobile computer manufactured by Symbol/Motorola ( www.symbol.com/vc5090 )
The external antenna kit, which is approved and recommended by Symbol Motorola, includes a Laird/Centurion antenna (model # WTS2450-RPSMA, also known as MAF94051)a magnetic mount, and 5 foot extension cable with RPSMA connector. The main advantage to using this antenna kit is to extend the wireless range of your VC5090 computer, particularly when used on a forklift in a warehouse environment.
Specs on the antenna can be found at the link http://arcadiansales.com/centurion/internalexternal-wireless-device-antenna/VC5090/
Basic antenna info:
1. Covers 2.4 to 2.5 GHz for 802.11b, and 4.9 to 6 GHz for 802.11a and all
US, European, and Japanese WLAN applications
2. Omni-directional patterns at all frequencies with increased gain in upper bands for optimal coverage
3. Fully RoHS compliant (antenna, mount and cable)
You can order this antenna kit on the webpage of Arcadian Sales (www.arcadiansales.com) or by calling 1-888-925-5967 in N. America or 1-973-890-2324 from anywhere in the world.
If you have feedback on this post, please email me at mikec@arcadiansales.com
-Mike Crudele
ARCADIAN SALES
Posted by: Michael Crudele on Monday, April 9th, 2007
The world's MOST VERSATILE DC/DC Converter, Bel's S7AH-08E1A0, now available in a kit for power designers. For just $49, POWER PACK I includes 5 units of S7AH-08E1A0 and FREE SAME DAY SHIPPING.
The 8 amp ArrowHead Point Of Load DC/DC converters feature an overmolded surface mount form factor, "Wide" 4.5 to 14 volt input, and "Wide" 0.8 to 5 volt output, all at 8 amps for a total of up to 40 Watts of power.
By using "trim resistors" these Point Of Load dc/dc's should meet any and all of your power needs, and are available from STOCK in RoHS 5 or 6 compliant versions.
Click Here to Go To the POWER PACK I page...
Posted by: Michael Crudele on Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
Hello, my name is Mike Crudele, President of Arcadian Sales, the world’s #1 distributor for the BEL family of products. I’d like to ask you to spend the next few minutes with me learning about our latest release of our RAPIDs catalog, which is available as a
download in PDF format here. The catalog highlights BEL parts that are recommend for new designs, and this issue is specifically dedicated to 100% RoHS compliant products from BEL.
If you turn to the first page of the RAPID’s catalog, you’ll find BEL POWER point of load dc/dc converters. ARCADIAN chose just a handful of parts that we felt would cover every application. For example, the ArrowHead part # S7AH-08E1A0, which is RoHS “5”compliant and can substitute for 75% of the point of load converters BEL offers. We carry this part in stock, and we’ll soon have the full RoHS part in stock as well.
Next, we’ll talk about MagJack, BEL’s RJ45 connectors with integrated magnetics for Gigabit and 10/100 ethernet. ARCADIAN has shipped MagJacks to more customers than every other BEL distributor combined. We typically can ship from 1 to 1000 pcs of any standard MagJack in 1-2 days.
In addition if you turn to the third page of the RAPIDS catalog, you’ll see all of the different LED color combinations that ARCADIAN can offer including “ultra-bright” versions of every standard part, as well as custom colors like red and blue. We also have MagJack Demo Boards available through the local BEL reps in each geopgraphic territory, that are a great way to get a live look at each of these color options before you buy.
If you look in the back of the catalog, you’ll find a comprehensive cross reference list of the most popular BEL “standard” part numbers and their RoHS equivalents. I’d like to draw your attention to the part numbers starting with SI. These are the MagJacks that were developed at the Stewart division of BEL. ARCADIAN has made a commitment to carry inventory of the RoHS equivalent to each and every SI number that you find in this cross reference.
That concludes this presentation, and I hope you found it valuable. To order a copy of the RAPIDs catalog just go the the RAPIDs section of our website and sign up or just give us a call. And remember at ARCADIAN SALES... it’s all about BEL!
Posted by: Michael Crudele on Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
Hello, my name is Mike Crudele, President of Arcadian Sales, the world’s #1 distributor for the BEL family of products. This newsletter offers a quick explanation of who Arcadian Sales is, and what it is that we do.
I’ll begin by explaining my background. I was born into the electronics business. My father started an electronic components distributor called Thor Electronics in the early 60’s, and I spent a considerable amount of time growing up working every aspect of the business from sales and customer service, to purchasing, testing and warehousing. After college I went to work for one of the largest distributors, Future Electronics, specifically in the FAI division, as a combination inside/outside salesperson. Then, I joined a company called Astrorep, and spent five years as a manufacturer’s rep. In 1999, I joined BEL (Bel Fuse Inc.) as their National Distribution Manager, and served as Regional Sales Manager in North America as well.
While I was at BEL, in 2000, we had a real need for a highly focused “niche” distributor to service all of the “non-strategic” opportunities that were brought to us daily. As you probably know, many of today’s distributors are huge, many generating hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, and a few with revenue in the billions. While that sounds impressive, it can be a real problem to interconnect, passive and electromechanical component manufacturers, like BEL.
These huge distributors which carry as many as 300 or more lines, just cannot have much expertise in any of them. Furthermore, they are simply too overwhelmed with their commitments to key accounts to put much effort into serving the tier II and III customer base on behalf of the smaller lines that they carry. So, after searching the market for a niche distributor to partner with BEL, I struck out. Then, an old friend of mine came to BEL looking for a job, and although we were not hiring, I encouraged him to start his own company to distribute BEL’s products, and in the summer of 2000 Arcadian Sales was born.
The partnership was an instant success, and has grown steadily over the past seven years. I made the decision in January of 2003 to leave BEL and take over operations at Arcadian Sales. My goal then was to become the #1 distributor in the world for BEL (now Bel Fuse - Stewart Connector,) and I believe that we have done that. We consistently are the most RESPONSIVE, the most FLEXIBLE, the most KNOWLEDGABLE, and the most properly INVENTORIED distributor of BEL products anywhere in the world.
We currently have over 500 BEL customers in more than 20 nations. We are an approved vendor with the world’s largest contract manufacturers, including: Celestica, FoxConn, Solectron, Flextronics, Sanmina-SCI, Jabil, Benchmark, Plexus, and Suntron, and we operate warehouses in North America and Asia in an effort to provide the highest level of service to our BEL rep partners and BEL customers.
In 2007, it is our goal to DOUBLE our BEL BUSINESS. We need your help to this goal. If you are a BEL employee or BEL rep, we ask that you to refer your BEL opportunities to us; we won’t let you down. No one works harder to service BEL customers, and we have no competing lines. If you are an OEM or CM, give us a shot; you will not be disappointed.
That said, I hope this has been an adequate explanation of Arcadian Sales, who we are and what we do. Keep in mind, at Arcadian Sales... it’s all about BEL!
