Avnet Electronics, STMicroelectronics team up to create PV video series

February 7, 2011
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Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas and STMicroelectronics have teamed up to create a series of technical videos focusing on the challenges and solutions in PV system development. The three-part video series is titled ‘Design Solutions for Solar Applications’ and aimed at bringing engineers' designs to market more quickly.

“To continue to accelerate growth in the solar industry, there is a strong need for high-performance, cost-effective design,” said Luca Difalco, alternative energy business development manager at STMicroelectronics. “Based on our many years of experience designing for the solar industry, the solar-specific products and reference designs from STMicroelectronics will change development and enable customers to rapidly complete their designs.”

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“As solar power continues to evolve and grow as a viable energy-generation technology, we've seen a surge in demand for both design expertise and integrated solutions. This technical series pairs engineers with the technical expertise as well as the product offerings they'll need to develop their on- and off-grid solar applications,” added Alex Iuorio, senior vice president of supplier marketing at Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas.

The series, which is presented by Avnet Electronics Marketing’s technology director Heather Robertson, makes up part of its technical support portfolio and is available on-demand and free of charge at Avnet's website.

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