Avnet Express Now Stocking TI's New SIMPLE SWITCHER Nano Power Modules and Regulators

Avnet Express, the e-Commerce engine for Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), today announced the immediate in-stock availability of Texas Instruments' recently released SIMPLE SWITCHER nano power modules and regulators. Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas carries a broad line of TI products and when ordered by 8:00 p.m. CST, these products ship same-day. To order the new SIMPLE SWITCHER products, visit Avnet Express. Recently, TI released four new SIMPLE SWITCHER power management integrated circuits for space-constrained point-of-load designs: the 1-A LMZ10501 and 650-mA LMZ10500 nano modules and the 2-A LMR24220 and 1-A LMR242210 nano regulators. These powerful ICs can be used in conjunction with TI's WEBENCH online design tool to simplify and speed the design process. "Avnet and TI's strong, longstanding relationship enabled us to quickly provide these industry-leading products to our mutual customers," said Beth Ely, senior vice present of Avnet Express. "Avnet continually looks for ways to accelerate our customers' time-to-market and providing in-stock availability of these products gives automotive, communications and industrial designers a true edge on their competition." Avnet Express gives design engineers and purchasing professionals access to the world's largest catalog of electronic component products, which tops five million parts. Avnet Express offers parametric searching capabilities and the ability to upload a bill of materials (BOM) for easier sourcing of products and a consistent global platform of localized content. The site can be accessed in nine languages and 13 currencies. Discount on Evaluation and Development Tools from TI To support Avnet customers' design efforts and celebrate the joining of TI and National Semiconductor, Avnet is offering 25 percent off the listed AvnetExpress.com resale for all Texas Instruments evaluation and development kits ordered online through November 15, 2011. Discount code: TIAVT. Follow the Avnet Express Drive for Innovation Avnet Express is celebrating innovation in electronics engineering with a cross-country "Drive for Innovation" tour in conjunction with UBM Electronics, a UBM company and the daily source of essential business and technical information for the electronics industry's decision makers. The tour will highlight cutting-edge technology and showcase Avnet's passion for innovation through its supply and design chain services and technical support programs. avnetexpress.avnet.com