Avnet Memec, Energy Micro Host Seminars Featuring the Gecko Family of MCUs

September 17th, 2010 - Avnet Memec, a division of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), has teamed up with Energy Micro to offer a series of technical seminars focusing on design techniques using Energy Micro’s low-power EFM®32 Gecko family of ARM® Cortex™-M3 microcontrollers (MCUs). The workshops are being offered in multiple locations throughout North America beginning September 29, 2010.

Attendees will explore the advantages of the Energy Micro product families through presentations and hands-on lab activities using the EFM32 Gecko Starter Kit. The IAR tools featured in the labs will also be installed on attendees’ laptops for use during and after the training. In addition, technical experts from ARM will be on-hand to present the details/value of the Cortex-M3 architecture, along with steps that can simplify design migration.

"Energy Micro has received overwhelmingly positive feedback from the field on the energy-friendly EFM32 Microcontrollers," said Raman Sharma, Vice President of Sales, Americas at Energy Micro. "Now it's time to further help embedded systems engineers concerned with their system’s energy consumption. Through several technical training events, hosted by Avnet, we will demonstrate both in theory and hands-on labs how engineers can design for the future of ultra-low-power microcontroller applications."

"Our goal is to provide design engineers with access to the technical training they need to increase their time to market," said Phil Sansone, senior vice president of Avnet Memec. "These workshops teach how to take advantage of the energy friendly peripherals in the EFM32 Gecko and Tiny Gecko families in both new and existing designs."

To register for this event please visit: http://em.avnet.com/EFM32Seminars. Each attendee will receive a free EFM32 Gecko Starter Kit valued at $70; cost to attend is $50.00 and includes lunch.

For further information and reader enquiries:

Avnet Electronics Marketing, Bethany Helvie, Public Relations, 480-643-7183, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Øyvind Borgan, Energy Micro AS, PO Box 4633, Nydalen, N-405 Oslo, Norway, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

About Avnet Electronics Marketing
Avnet Electronics Marketing is an operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. that serves electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers in more than 70 countries, distributing electronic components from leading manufacturers and providing associated design-chain and supply-chain services. The group's website is located at www.em.avnet.com. Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology serving customers in more than 70 countries worldwide. Avnet accelerates its partners' success by connecting the world's leading technology suppliers with a broad base of more than 100,000 customers by providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended July 3, 2010, Avnet generated revenue of $19.16 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.

About Energy Micro
Energy Micro develops, markets and sells the world's most energy friendly microcontrollers, based on the industry leading ARM® Cortex™-M3 32-bit architecture. The company was founded in 2007 by experienced semiconductor professionals with previous expertise from Chipcon, Texas Instruments, Atmel, Nordic Semiconductor. Energy Micro is backed by leading Nordic investors Northzone Ventures and Investinor. More information on Energy Micro is available at www.energymicro.com

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