Mouser to sell MultiTech products worldwide

  • April 28, 2021
  • Steve Rogerson

Texas-based distributor Mouser Electronics is to offer sensors, authentication and communications products from MultiTech to buyers worldwide

MultiTech is a Minnesota-based supplier of IoT devices and services.

“We are pleased to announce our partnership with MultiTech, which furthers our commitment to providing the latest products and technologies to our customers worldwide,” said Jeff Newell, senior vice president at Mouser Electronics. “We look forward to providing engineers and buyers worldwide with their innovative communications solutions, backed by Mouser’s best-in-class logistics and unsurpassed customer service.”

Mouser Electronics, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is an authorised semiconductor and electronic component distributor focused on new product introductions.

“This partnership with Mouser brings MultiTech products to customers around the world with enhanced customer experience,” said Dawn Rogers, distribution sales manager at MultiTech. “Mouser’s specialisation in rapid introduction of new products to engineers makes them a great partner for MultiTech as we expand our footprint.”

The MultiTech SocketModem Cell is a complete, ready-to-integrate communications device that offers 4G-LTE, as well as 2G or 3G, GSM data performance. These quick-to-market communications devices allow developers to add wireless communication to products with little development time and expense. The modems are based on standard open interfaces and use MultiTech’s universal socket design, a flexible, comm-port architecture that allows engineers to use a single system design and populate it with their choice of connectivity module.

The MultiConnect microcell is a compact and simple communications platform that provides cellular capabilities for fixed and mobile applications such as vending, smart parking and smart inventory tracking equipment. This standalone USB-to-cellular device supports 4G-LTE Cats 4 and 1 technology and is intended to provide basic cellular communication and security such as SSL/TLS 1.2 or higher.

The Conduit programmable gateway is a configurable, manageable and scalable gateway for IIoT applications. It features wifi, Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, GNSS and two accessory card slots that let users plug in MultiTech mCard accessory cards supporting their preferred wired or wireless interface including LoRaWan to connect to a wide range of assets locally to the gateway.

The MultiTech xDot is a secure, CE, FCC, RCM and GITEKI-certified, Arm Mbed programmable, low-power RF module that provides long-range, low-bit-rate M2M data connectivity to sensors, industrial equipment and remote appliances. It is LoRaWan 1.0.2 compliant, providing bidirectional data communication up to 15km line-of-sight and 2km in buildings, using sub-GHz ISM bands in North America, Europe, Australia (AU915), Asia Pacific (AS923), India (IN865) and Korea (KR920).

As a global authorised distributor, Mouser offers a selection of the newest semiconductors and electronic components in stock and ready to ship. Buyers can expect 100% certified, genuine products that are traceable from each of its manufacturer partners. To help speed designs, Mouser’s web site hosts a library of technical resources, including a technical resource centre, along with product data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, engineering tools and other information.

Serving the global electronic design engineer and buyer community, the web site is available in multiple languages and currencies and features more than five million products from over 1100 manufacturer brands. Mouser offers 27 support locations worldwide to provide customer service in local language, currency and time zone. The distributor ships to over 630,000 customers in 223 countries and territories from its distribution facilities in Texas.