Farnell, an Avnet Company and global distributor of electronic components, products and solutions, has today released the third episode in its new global podcast series, The Innovation Experts, featuring leading test manufacturer Hioki. The podcast series investigates how test and measurement equipment supports innovation and new product development across a wide variety of real-world applications. Each episode in the series will provide valuable insights for buyers, engineers, and other industry professionals wanting to stay up to date with the latest trends, challenges, products, tools and applications.

This brand-new podcast episode takes an exclusive look into how Hioki designs innovative tools and equipment for battery design. Kai Scharrmann, Engineer and Business Development Manager at Hioki joins Farnell’s Cliff Ortmeyer, Global Head of Technology Product Marketing and Solutions, to discuss this cutting-edge technology and explain how it is used to measure the efficiency of electric cars and other critical applications. The Experts also address trends and challenges in battery technology and testing along with insights on how Hioki’s other high-technology products enable innovation across a variety of industries.

James McGregor, Global Head of Test & Tools at Farnell, said: “Our third podcast episode featuring Hioki will be of great interest to designers of clean energy systems such as electric vehicles, green energy storage and other battery powered systems.

With new episodes released every few weeks, The Innovation Experts podcast will cover how test and measurement equipment enables innovation at tiny start-ups right through to large blue-chip organisations. All previous podcast episodes are available now on Farnell’s new Technical Resources Hub including:

• Episode 1: Test equipment drives hybrid working and remote learning – The debut episode of the series focuses on how Pico Technology’s PC-based oscilloscopes and RF testing products have enabled hybrid working and new ways of remote learning throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Mike Purday, Business Development Manager from Pico Technology, discusses the capabilities and impact of using low-cost PC-based scopes through to high-performance products for a range of innovative – and unexpected – applications, from tattoo removal to monitoring the temperature of penguin eggs.

• Episode 2: Fast-tracking innovation: Emerging trends and techniques – As Tektronix and Keithley celebrate their 75th anniversary, the second episode of The Innovation Experts podcast provides a brief historical perspective about how both companies have helped drive innovation in some of the world’s leading industries. Brad Odhner, Technical Marketing Manager for Tektronix and Keithley talks about how test and measurement equipment is accelerating innovation by helping engineers overcome present and future challenges.

Hioki is a manufacturer of electrical measuring instruments supporting applications ranging from R&D to maintenance and service with four product groups: automatic test equipment, data recording equipment, electronic measuring instruments, and field measuring instruments. These products are used in an extensive range of industries and fields.

Farnell offers a full range of market-leading test, tools and production supplies from stock to support electronic design and test, with no minimum order value and an educational discount programme. Customers have free access to online resources, data sheets, applications notes, videos and webinars with excellent customer and technical support available 24/5 in local language.

The Innovation Experts podcast is freely available from major podcast providers including Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

This third podcast episode, featuring Hioki, is available now on Farnell’s new Technical Resources Hub.

Farnell, the Development Distributor, has added Hioki, the long-established Japanese manufacturer of electrical measuring instruments, to its test and measurement portfolio. This agreement makes Farnell the only high service distributor of Hioki Products in Europe and further expands Farnell’s already extensive range of test, measurement and inspection products, providing excellent quality at an affordable price.

Hioki products are widely used by electronic design engineers as well as in research, education and manufacturing. Hioki has accumulated expertise in the field of test and measurement over more than eight decades, has registered hundreds of patents, and houses all facilities from R&D to production in a single location to implement “Kaizen”, the Japanese philosophy of continuous improvement in performance and quality.

Farnell is initially stocking digital multimeters, clamp meters and electrical installation tools with further products from the Hioki range to be added in the next quarter.

James McGregor, Global Head of Test and Tools for Farnell says: “This is a great addition to our test and measurement range which enables our European customers to purchase Hioki products from a high-service distributor for the first time. Hioki products provide exceptional levels of functional design, anticipating the challenges that design engineers face every day and delivering innovative solutions. Farnell continues to be first-to-market with the latest technologies from leading manufacturers and offers a full range of test and measurement products to support electronic design, test and maintenance.”

Farnell customers will be able to buy Hioki products with same day despatch. Customers also benefit from 24/5 technical support from in-house test and measurement specialists and free access to online resources, data sheets, application notes, videos and webinars.

Hioki test and measurement products are available for same day despatch from Farnell in EMEA.