Arduino and Avent have signed a global distributor agreement allowing the embedded commercial control single board computers (SBCs) to use Avnet’s design and distribution network.
The goal is to strengthen the trend of OEMs using modular components to accelerate product development from prototype and preproduction phases to high volume designs. Additionally, it will bolster the trend to move away from chip-down design to more of a reliance on SBCs like Arduino Pro, the companies said.
“Not every customer has the time, resources, or capability to perform a chip-down design, which often is a manual, hands-on process to design, engineer, prototype, source and produce,” Alex Iuorio, senior vice president of supplier development at Avnet. “Using Arduino’s PRO product line offerings and Avnet’s support will greatly reduce time to market.”
The move also continues the relationship with Avnet after two Arduino Uno R4 boards were ported to Avnet subsidiary Newark in August.
